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Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 - 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.
He had significant parts in the war films The Dam Busters (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such as The Ladykillers, Sea of Sand, Angels One Five and The Cruel Sea (in which he was the ASDIC operator).
He also made hundreds of British TV appearances in programmes such as Minder (as Dunning, episode Get Daley!, 1984) and a notable role in All Creatures Great and Small. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s sitcom, That's My Boy. His last major television appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1960) in the early 1990s.
He also appeared in an episode of One Foot in the Grave (1990) as a window cleaner.- Alan Dobie was born on 2 June 1932 in Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Disputation (1986) and War & Peace (1972). He was previously married to Maureen Scott and Rachel Roberts.
- Fine Time Fontayne was born in 1951 in Wombwell, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Degrees of Error (1995), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and How We Used to Live (1968).
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Diane is an experienced scriptwriter, showrunner, script editor and producer. She was born Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Diane originally trained for 3 years as an actor at Manchester Metropolitan University, but since the late eighties has forged a successful career as a producer and screenwriter.
From 1995-1998 she successfully combined a writing career with running her own production company, Bite-Back Productions, producing a short film "Boom Boom Clap," as well as numerous plays and documentaries for BBC Radio 4. She sold her radio plays "Castlehill" and "Flights of Fancy," and has had several plays and series broadcast on BBC Radio. Her stage plays include "Castlehill," "Vegetable."
Her extensive screenwriting and producing credits include the award winning feature film Boston Kickout (1995) (co-written with director Paul Hills), along with the TV shows Home Farm Twins (1999) (writer), Big Meg, Little Meg (2000) (co-creator/writer/series producer), six years as a writer on BAFTA winning long running serial Grange Hill (1978), and two years as the series producer on long running ITV serial Children's Ward (1989).
She worked as development producer and head writer/showrunner on series 1 and 2 of the RTS and BAFTA nominated hit gothic teen drama, House of Anubis (2011), which Lime Pictures and Studio 100 produced for Nickelodeon US & UK, spun off from the top rated Belgian series. She also wrote a feature length special of the show along with episodes for series 3. She has worked with Studio 100 on a number of other feature and TV series ideas. Her previous work includes writing and producing for Granada Kids on shows such as Girls in Love (2003), The New Worst Witch (2005) and 24Seven (2001) as well as writing on BAFTA nominated series Topsy and Tim (2013).
Diane has had one children's novel published in 2007 titled "My Nana is An Alien" and has produced or executive produced three successful short films. She has a number of original series ideas in development and won development finance from Creative England to develop a book to film adaptation of "Girl, Missing" by Sophie McKenzie, which she will write and produce.
She co-created CBBC's drama series World's End (2015), and teen mystery series Evermoor (2014) for Lime Pictures/Disney. Diane has written multiple episodes across all series of the BAFTA-nominated CBBC drama Jamie Johnson (2016), and has also worked on popular pre-school animated series PJ Masks (2015). She was the showrunner on Hunter Street (2017) series 3 and 4 for Blooming Film TV & Nickelodeon. She has written for "Katie's Picture House" for New Moon TV and Channel 5, along with Bear Behaving Badly (2007) and The Worst Witch (2017). She also produced Jinx (2007) for Kindle Entertainment and Nickelodeon, then helping to develop the series which went on to be produced for CBBC.
As of September 2022 she is developing a new live action series for Nickelodeon and an original series idea with Rollem Productions. She also works as a consultant for Studio 100 (Belgium), and has various projects in development with Lime Pictures. Diane is also actively involved in Manchester theatre group JB Shorts who put on productions bi-annually at Joshua Brooks pub in Manchester.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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John Birkinshaw was born on 2 January 1932 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is known for The Bounty (1984), The Princess Bride (1987) and Full Metal Jacket (1987). He died on 2 August 1998 in Ascot, England, UK.- Nev Goodwyn was born in 1944 in Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Vroom (1990), Coronation Street (1960) and Seaview (1983). He was married to Patricia ?. He died on 29 February 2012 in Sale, Cheshire, England, UK.