What production that Jay Stapley worked on involves a weekend holiday to a country cottage in the Lake District?
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Jay Stapley Stapley started his musical career playing with local bands in Kent and Sussex in the UK. In 1978 he became involved in the London music scene and became a session player and gigging guitarist. He worked alongside various artists and producers on international tours with Roger Waters and Mike Oldfield, the film Withnail and I, and on the albums of Suede, Toyah and Scott Walker.
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Withnail and I Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's lecherous gay uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected.
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Wimbledon Studios Wimbledon Film & Television Studios is an English film and television production company and facilities provider, located in Colliers Wood, between Mitcham and Wimbledon in south London.
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Buttermere and Ennerdale Buttermere and Ennerdale is a National Trust property located in the Lake District of Cumbria, England.
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Wainwrights On The Air Wainwrights On The Air, or WOTA for short, is an adventure radio programme for licensed amateur radio enthusiasts based in the Lake District which allows them to combine fell walking with operating their radios from the summits of hills and mountains. The main aims of the programme are to increase portable radio activity in the Lake District, encourage more radio amateurs within reach of the area, and to promote the natural beauty of the region.
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Yoke (Lake District) Yoke is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It has a height of 706 m (2,316 ft) and is situated in the far eastern sector of the national park, 6½ kilometres (4 miles) ENE of the town of Ambleside. Yoke is the southern extremity of the long ridge that runs southwards from the fell of High Street. Yoke’s name is believed to be derived from the Old English language word "geoc" which is similar to the German word "joch" meaning mountain ridge.
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Alfardisworthy Alfardisworthy is a hamlet in Devon, England, which straddles the border with Cornwall. To the North-West is a reservoir, named Upper Tamar Lake, which provides water for the town of Bude and surrounding areas. To the South is Lower Tamar Lake which was originally constructed to supply the Bude Canal with water. Alfardisworthy is in the Parish of Bradworthy.
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Ayside Ayside is a hamlet on the A590 road, in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.
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Kevin Doyle (actor) Kevin Doyle (born 10 April 1960) is an English actor, born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. He is known for many roles, including DS John Wadsworth in "Happy Valley" and in the TV series "The Lakes" (as the character John Parr), "Coronation Street" and "The Crimson Field". Doyle played valet/footman Joseph Molesley in the TV series "Downton Abbey".
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Weyfest Weyfest is an annual music festival held at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, Surrey in the United Kingdom. It usually occurs around mid/end of August.
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Bleak House (2005 TV serial) Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House", which was originally published in 1852–53. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from 27 October to 16 December 2005, and drew much critical and popular praise. It has been reported that the total cost of the production was in the region of £8 million.
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Borrowdale, Westmorland Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District. It is located in the old county of Westmorland, and is sometimes referred to as "Westmorland Borrowdale" in order to distinguish it from a more famous Borrowdale located in the traditional county of Cumberland.
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The 39 Steps (2008 film) The 39 Steps is a 2008 British television adventure thriller feature-length adaptation of the John Buchan novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" produced by the BBC. It was written by Lizzie Mickery, directed by James Hawes, and filmed on location in Scotland, starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Eddie Marsan, and Patrick Malahide. Following three screen versions of the novel and the 1952 and 1977 television adaptations of "The Three Hostages", Penry-Jones became the sixth actor to portray Hannay on screen. This adaptation is set on the eve of the First World War and sees mining engineer Richard Hannay caught up in an espionage conspiracy following the death of a British spy in his flat.
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Woodhouse Copse, Holmbury St Mary Woodhouse Copse is an Arts and Crafts style house in the village of Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England. It is a Grade II listed building, known for its gardens, originally planted by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, and for the country house opera performed by Woodhouse Opera at the annual Woodhouse Summer Opera Festival.
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A Country Parish A Country Parish is a British television documentary made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC2 which was first broadcast in 2003. Produced and directed by Nigel Farrell the programme concerns the life of Jamie Allen who at the beginning of the series is a young, proactive curate from a working-class background in a none too prosperous Midlands town (Nuneaton).
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Paradise Music Festival Paradise Music Festival (or simply known as Paradise) is an annual three day camping music festival held in the last weekend of November at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, located in Victoria, Australia approximately 120 kilometres from Melbourne. The festival was first held in 2013 and is currently in its fourth year of operation.
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Hovey Manor Manoir Hovey , is a five-star inn and a member of the Relais & Chateaux association located in the village of North Hatley, in Quebec, Canada. North Hatley, a resort town on Lake Massawippi, owes most of its grand houses and particular architecture to the first summer people – aristocrats, captains of industry and large landowners, mostly Americans from the South. For some time after the American Civil War (1861-1865) many wealthy southerners renounced New England (Yankeeland) as a summer retreat and continued further North into Canada, some by private railway car. Legend has it that many drew their blinds in passing through New England.
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Sue Birtwistle Susan Elizabeth Birtwistle, Lady Eyre, (born 9 December 1945) is a producer and writer of television drama. Birtwistle has won awards for several of her productions, including "Hotel du Lac", "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma", and was one of the nominees for the 2008 BAFTA Awards for her production of "Cranford".
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Dash Valley The Dash Valley is a small valley in the English Lake District. It has only one dwelling, Dash Farm, the fields of which spread right across the valley. The valley is flanked on the northern side by Great Cockup, and on the southern side by Bakestall, part of the Skiddaw massif. At the head of the valley Dash Beck, the river which flows through the valley, falls dramatically forming Dash Falls (aka Whitewater Dash), which Wainwright called the finest succession of falls in the Lake District.
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Dyrham Park Country Club Dyrham Park Country Club is a Grade II-listed country house, estate and golf club in Hertfordshire, England, several miles northeast of Borehamwood, and to the north of Barnet. It is a white Palladian mansion, set in two hundred acres, with an 18-hole golf course, adjacent to East Barnet Golf Club. The estate was originally settled as a manor in Elizabethan times and the current Palladian mansion was built in the 19th century. The houses was renovated in the 1960s and the golf course was established in 1963. It is ranked as the eleventh best golf course in the county by the website Top 100 Golf Courses. In its history it has hosted numerous championships, including the 1974 JNF pro-am golf tournament, featuring 136 golfers. Due to its close proximity to Borehamwood Studios it has been extensively used as a filming location for numerous TV series and films, including "The Saint", "The Avengers" and "The Smile Behind the Veil" episode of "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" in the 1960s and films such as "The Strange World of Planet X" (1957) and "The Secret of My Success" (1965). A lake is located in the grounds. Until 1965, the house and park lay in Middlesex.
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My Family (series 3) The third series of the BBC family sitcom "My Family" originally aired between 6 September 2002 and 25 December 2002. The series was commissioned following consistently high ratings for the second series. The opening episode of the series, "Absent Vixen, Cheeky Monkey", re-introduces the five main characters, but also writes out the character of Janey, who plays only a recurring role in this series. In Episode 3, Abi Harper, played by Siobhan Hayes, is introduced to replace Janey. All fourteen episodes in the third series are thirty minutes in length, including the Christmas special. The series was once again produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron. The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, in front of a live audience.
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The A Word The A Word is a BBC drama television series based on Israeli series the "Yellow Peppers" (פלפלים צהובים) by Keren Margalit. The series follows a 5-year-old boy and how his dysfunctional family cope with the revelation that he has autism. Following filming in the Lake District from October 2015, a six-part series began airing on 22 March 2016.