Nanny McPhee [SEP] production company
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Nanny McPhee


Nanny McPhee is a 2005 British-American comedy fantasy film based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones, co-produced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions with music by Patrick Doyle and produced by Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner. Set in Victorian England, the film stars Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee, along with Colin Firth and Angela Lansbury. The film was theatrically released on 28 October
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to, and Isabel handcuffs him to the stove. The children go out to watch Mr. Docherty dismantle the bomb, but he falls from the ladder. Megsie takes over, and succeeds with the help of the other children and Nanny McPhee's jackdaw, Mr. Edelweiss. After Nanny McPhee helps to harvest the barley with a little magic, saving Phil from Mrs. Biggles' hitwomen in the process, it is revealed that old Mrs. Docherty is in fact baby Agatha from the first film and that she remembers Nanny McPhee. As Nanny
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's "Nurse Matilda" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny
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No. 2 (behind the Martin Lawrence film "Big Momma's House 2"). Emma Thompson revealed on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" that two more films were planned. The second film, "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (also called "Nanny McPhee Returns"), was released in March 2010. It co-stars Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The character of Aggie Brown returns as the now elderly Mrs. Docherty. In it, Nanny McPhee takes charge
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Nurse Matilda


her London manor. In the third and final book, they are whisked away to the hospital following a prank that has gone wrong. The books were later adapted for the films "Nanny McPhee" (2005) and "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010). In the first motion picture there are only seven children, and Nurse Matilda is renamed Nanny McPhee - her first name is not mentioned. The most significant departure from the books, however, is the absence of Mrs. Brown. In Brand's
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based on Brand's books in the spring of 2007. "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures (April 2, 2010 in the UK). The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. "Nanny McPhee Returns", as the film was renamed for the North American market, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 December 2010. Critical response for the film was positive. Review aggregation website Rotten
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Nanny McPhee leaves surreptitiously, in accordance with what she told the children before on her first night: "When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go". On 11 March 2002 Kirk Jones was hired and set to direct "Nanny McPhee" based on "Nurse Matilda" by Christianna Brand. Emma Thompson wrote the script for the film. Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produced the film
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is upset, but then agrees that Norman might be right, so the two boys ask Nanny McPhee to take them to the War Office in London, where Cyril and Celia's father works. There, Nanny McPhee and the boys ask Cyril and Celia's father Lord Gray, who is very important in the War Office, what has happened to Mr. Green. At first Lord Gray sneers at Norman's disbelief at his father's death, but after Cyril blurts out that he knows his parents are getting a divorce, Lord
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Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 76% based on 115 reviews, with the site's consensus stating: "Emma Thompson's second labor of love with the Nanny McPhee character actually improves on the first, delivering charming family fare with an excellent cast." "News of the World" gave it 4/5 stars, stating the film was "smart, witty and beautifully crafted – exactly what you want from a family film" and excited about the next film said "Roll on Nanny McThree". "The Independent"
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spent little time with them and cannot handle them. The children have had a series of nannies, whom they have systematically driven out by their bad behaviour. They also take great pleasure in terrorizing their cook, Mrs. Blatherwick. Besides their father, the only one the children will ever listen to is Evangeline, the family's uneducated but sweet-natured scullery maid. One day, Cedric discovers multiple references for a "Nanny McPhee" throughout the home. That same night during a storm, the children cause havoc in
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the kitchen at the same time Cedric sees a shadow behind the door and opens it to reveal a frighteningly hideous woman, who states that she is Nanny McPhee and is a "government nanny". With discipline and a little magic, she transforms the family's lives. In the process, she becomes more beautiful each time the children learn a lesson. Her warts and unibrow disappearing, her long tooth and oversized nose shrinking and her wiry greying hair becoming lustrous and auburn. The children, led by the eldest son Simon
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a Wimpy Kid" and Jaden Smith (winner) for "The Karate Kid". In the UK, the film opened at number one, with £2,586,760 outperforming fellow new release "The Blind Side", grossing a total of £16,211,057. In the United States and Canada, it debuted in seventh position with a $8.4 million. Gross exceeded $27 million. In the course of the story, Nanny McPhee teaches the children five lessons: (1) to stop fighting; (2) to share nicely
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Angela Lansbury


Los Angeles. She made an appearance in a Season 6 episode of the television show "", for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005. She starred in the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee" as Aunt Adelaide, commenting that it was "such fun to play a baddie!" and later informing an interviewer that working on "Nanny McPhee" "pulled me out of the abyss" after the loss of her husband. She then appeared in the 2011 film "Mr. Popper's Penguins", opposite
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Henry Braham


Henry Braham (born October 30, 1965 in England) is a British cinematographer, best known for his work on "Nanny McPhee", "The Legend of Tarzan" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2". Braham’s cinematographic career began in 1989 with the British band The KLF working on their 1991 road movie, "The White Room". He later became a frequent collaborator with director Kirk Jones, as Cinematographer on his films "Waking Ned Divine" (1998), "Nanny McPhee" (
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, both interior and exterior, were filmed at the University of London, and the motorbike scenes on various London roads. Senate House. Dunsfold Aerodrome, the location of Top Gear, name Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as being filmed there The film is one of a wave of adaptations of the book trilogy by children's author Christianna Brand, "Nurse Matilda". The books are not directly connected to the film, but most scenes in the film are adapted from the books. Emma Thompson started to write the script
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Maggie Gyllenhaal


"conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling." Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010, Gyllenhaal appeared in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", the sequel to the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee". The role required her to speak with an English accent. The feature received mixed reviews, and earned US$93 million worldwide. Away from acting, she served as host of the PBS television documentary series "Independent Lens".
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Emma Thompson


a headmistress in the critically praised drama "An Education" and as a "tippling mother" in Richard Curtis's "The Boat that Rocked". Five years after the original, Thompson returned to Nanny McPhee with 2010's "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang". Her screenplay transported the story to Britain during World War II, and incorporated a new cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal. Building on the first film's success, it was another UK box office number one and the sequel was widely seen as an improvement. The
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2005 in the UK and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures. Thompson also scripted the film, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's "Nurse Matilda" books. A sequel, "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", was released in 2010. The filming location is Penn House Estate, Penn Street, Buckinghamshire, England. In Victorian England in the 1850s, widowed undertaker Cedric Brown has seven unruly children. He is clumsy and loves his children, but since the death of his wife, has
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an average rating of 6.7/10 with the consensus reading, "A bit alarming at first, "Nanny McPhee" has a hard edge to counter "Mary Poppins"-style sweetness, but it still charms us and teaches some valuable lessons." The film did well at the box office, earning $122,489,822 - $47,144,110 in the United States and $75,345,712 elsewhere. It premiered in the United States on 27 January 2006 with an opening weekend total of $14,503,650 in 1,995 theatres (an average of $7,270 per theatre) ranking at
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, try to play their tricks on her, but gradually start to respect her and ask her for advice. They change to responsible people helping their clumsy father in solving the family problems, making Nanny McPhee less and less needed. The family is financially supported by Cedric's late wife's domineering and nearsighted aunt Lady Adelaide Stitch, who demands custody over one of the children. She first wants Christianna (Chrissie), one of the daughters, but maid Evangeline volunteers and Adelaide agrees, assuming she is one of the daughters
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but Lily asks Evangeline whether she loves Cedric. She first denies, explaining that it would be inappropriate because of her station as maidservant, but then confirms she does. Cedric, who loves Evangeline back, marries Evangeline then and there, satisfying Aunt Adelaide's conditions for maintaining his allowance; and Nanny McPhee (who is now beautiful), magically makes it snow in August, which transforms the wedding scene and changes Evangeline's clothes into a beautiful wedding dress, and restores the children's late mother's rattle for them.
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Nanny McPhee


1 - July 9, 2004. The film reunites Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Thomas Sangster and Adam Godley who all previously starred in the 2003 film "Love Actually". The film was theatrically released on 28 October 2005 in the UK and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures and was released on DVD on 9 May 2006 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives "Nanny McPhee" a score of 73% based on 134 reviews, a rating deemed Certified "Fresh" with
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being sent to his mother. After the boys leave, Norman deduces that Uncle Phil forged the telegram. While the boys are at the War Office, Megsie, Celia and Vincent try to stop Isabel from signing the papers and selling the farm. Just as she is about to do so, a German pilot accidentally drops a huge bomb; it shakes everything but does not explode and is left sticking out of the barley field. When Nanny McPhee returns with Norman and Cyril, Norman accuses Phil of forgery, which he admits
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In 1943 while her husband is away at war, Isabel Green is driven to her wits end by her hectic life. Between trying to keep the family farm up and running and her job in the village shop, run by the slightly mad Mrs. Docherty, she also has three boisterous children to look after, Norman, Megsie and Vincent. When her children's two wealthy cousins, Cyril and Celia, also then come to live with them and start fighting with them, Isabel requires childcare help. When the magical Nanny McPhee
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Lúcia Moniz


feating Cláudio Lins 1998 – "Mar Português" / "Canção de Amor do Marinheiro" – album "Pelo Sonho É Que Fomos" 1996 – Arca de Noé (songs) 1990 – Pirilampo Mágico (participation) 2010 NANNY MCPHEE E O TOQUE DE MAGIA(Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) – Universal Pictures, On Air (Voice) 2009 SININHO E O TESOURO PERDIDO(Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure) – Klay Hall, DISNEY (Songs) 2005 SONHO DE UMA NOITE DE S. JOÃO (El sueño de una noche de San
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Sam Kelly


), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "All or Nothing" (2002) and on stage at the National Theatre in "Grief" (September 2011). Kelly's later roles were as the ARP warden in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", and as the old boatman, John Merdell, in the ITV production of "Dead Man's Folly" in the final (2013) series of "Poirot", the last episode of the series to be filmed. On 23 July 2010
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Michael Price (composer)


and concerts in Berlin, New York, San Francisco and Geneva. Following the production of the score to "Band of Brothers", Michael was approached to music edit on "" for New Line Cinema. Prior to work as a composer, Michael worked as a music editor with films including Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Richard Curtis' "Love Actually", "" and "Nanny McPhee". As a music editor, Michael has been nominated for 4 MPSE Golden Reel Awards,
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Durdle Door


for Fears' "Shout", Billy Ocean's "Loverboy", and Cliff Richard's "Saviour's Day". The landscape around Durdle Door has been used in scenes in several films, including "Wilde" (1997) starring Stephen Fry, "Nanny McPhee" starring Emma Thompson, the 1967 production of "Far From The Madding Crowd" (the latter also filmed around nearby Scratchy Bottom), and the Bollywood film "Housefull 3". Ron Dawson's children's story "Scary Bones meets the Dinosaurs
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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic


"Nanny McPhee", which also features a governess as its crucial character. The character of Ranbir Talwar is based on "King Uncle". Kunal Kohli considered Aamir Khan and Kajol for the lead roles (his lead pair from "Fanaa"), but both Aamir and Kajol were busy with their home productions, "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na" (2008) and "U, Me Aur Hum" (2008) respectively. In September 2007, the film began shooting in Delhi with some portions also being shot
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Blunt Talk


and an assortment of not particularly distinctive supporting players, including Walter’s sycophantic producers, Richard Lewis as his therapist and Romany Malco as the harried network boss." "The Guardian"s Brian Moylan states in his review, ""Blunt Talk" is an odd bird. It’s sort of like if The Newsroom and Veep had a love child and it was raised by Nanny McPhee in the Royal Shakespeare Company. It takes a close look at cable news and the personalities and celebrity involved, but it’s essentially about one man
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McPhee walks away from the now happy family, the children and Isabel chase after her, only to see Mr. Green, in army uniform with an injured arm, making his way to them. He runs to his family and they embrace. In the mid-credits scene, Ellie, Vincent's elephant, is seen enjoying the magically operated Scratch-o-matic. The village in the film is Hambleden in Buckinghamshire, the farm set and scenes were filmed in Hascombe, near Godalming in Surrey and the War Office scenes
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Floss McPhee


Summer Bay without a permit. He confronts them and is shocked to find Floss leading the company. Jade Sutherland (Kate Garven) later finds Floss cowering in pain but Floss asks her to keep in a secret. But it becomes apparent she is suffering from a serious illness. Floss, along with her husband Neville, first appears in the Caravan Park when the Fletcher family arrive. Floss travels to the city meets her grandson Ben (Justin Rosniak) after lying to his nanny about her references and uses a false name "
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Emma Thompson


2011), and has called her time on the popular franchise "great fun". The year 2005 saw the release of a project Thompson had been working on for nine years. Loosely based on the "Nurse Matilda" stories that she read as a child, Thompson wrote the screenplay for the children's film "Nanny McPhee" – which centres on a mysterious, unsightly nanny who must discipline a group of children. She also took the lead role, alongside Colin Firth and Angela Lansbury, in what was a highly
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McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Ewan McGregor, Asa Butterfield and Maggie Smith. The film was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $93.2 million on a $35 million budget. It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. On a farm during World War II
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McPhee Reservoir


McPhee Reservoir is located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It was constructed and is operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Dolores Project, and dams the Dolores River to furnish irrigation water for Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation. McPhee Reservoir is named for McPhee, Colorado, a company town founded by the New Mexico Lumber Company, that is now submerged under the reservoir. In 1927, the McPhee sawmill produced over half of Colorado's lumber. The town housed up
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Ian McPhee (computer scientist)


company to come from Waterloo. McPhee became Watcom's President, in 1986. McPhee became an executive at Sybase when it acquired Watcom. In 1995 McPhee became the first recipient of the annual J.W. Graham Medal, named after his mentor. Later he would chair the medal's annual selection committee. McPhee would serve as an executive or director of several more successful software companies, currently being a director at NexJ Systems Inc.. He is also a member of the University of Waterloo's Board of Governors, as well as making notable
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Emma Thompson on stage and screen


, "Love Actually" (2003), "Angels in America" (2003), "Nanny McPhee" (2005), "Stranger than Fiction" (2006), "Last Chance Harvey" (2008), "Men in Black 3" (2012), "Brave" (2012), "A Walk in the Woods" (2015), "Bridget Jones's Baby" (2016), "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), and "Late Night" (2019)
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Emma Thompson


Love Actually" (2003), "Angels in America" (2003), "Nanny McPhee" (2005), "Stranger than Fiction" (2006), "Last Chance Harvey" (2008), "Men in Black 3" (2012), "Brave" (2012), "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), "Late Night ("2019)"," and the BBC/HBO series "Years and Years" (2019). Thompson is married to actor Greg
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John Browning


Church) in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. He married Rachel Theresa Child (14 Sep 1860 – 30 Sep 1934) on April 10, 1879 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, and the couple had 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Production examples of the Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle caught the attention of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who dispatched a representative to evaluate the competition. Winchester bought the design for $8,000 and moved production to their Connecticut factory. From 1883, Browning
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An American Opera


An American Opera: The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever! is a multi-award-winning documentary film by Tom McPhee chronicling the events following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana when pet owners were forced to evacuate without their pets. "An American Opera" follows the pets, vets, owners, officials, rescuers, and adopters of animals as they try to remedy the situation, revealing that not everyone had the same goal of saving animals. Tom McPhee directed, narrated, and produced the film with the production companies Man
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John McPhee (politician)


at a newspaper in Bairnsdale, where he learned reporting, compositing and typesetting. McPhee moved to Hobart, Tasmania in 1908, where he ran a business college for a number of years. He also started a stationery and business equipment company (J. C. McPhee Pty Ltd), was co-proprietor of the "Huon Times" newspaper, and the director of several Tasmanian companies. McPhee was a strong supporter of the temperance movement, and was supported by temperance interests when he unsuccessfully stood for election to the Tasmanian House of
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Maggie Gyllenhaal


, "Stranger Than Fiction" (all 2006), and "Away We Go" (2009). For her performance in "Crazy Heart" (2009), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010), "Won't Back Down" (2012), "Hysteria" (2011), "White House Down" (2013), and "Frank" (2014). In 2014,
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Kelly Macdonald


Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress best known for her roles in "Trainspotting" (1996), "Gosford Park" (2001), "Intermission" (2003), "Nanny McPhee" (2005), "Boardwalk Empire" (2010–2014), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" (2011), "Brave" (2012), and the "Black Mirror" episode, "Hated in the Nation" (2016). For the 2005 TV
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Senate House, London


hotel), "Spy Game" (lobby of CIA Headquarters), "Batman Begins" (lobby of a court), "The Dark Knight Rises" (a costume ball), "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (a war office), "Fast & Furious 6" (Moscow Interpol HQ) and "" (Moscow restaurant). For television, the building has featured in "Jeeves and Wooster" (the exterior of Wooster's Manhattan apartment building) and "The Day of the Triffids
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Calgary Opera


company presented further expanded seasons of four productions in 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1988. Hanson retired from his posts in 1988. David Speers, previously the assistant general manager of the company, succeeded Hanson in 1988. The company staged five operas in 1990, and four operas in 1991. Speers concluded his tenure in 1998. In 1998, W.R. ('Bob') McPhee became general director of Calgary Opera. The company staged four productions in 2001, 2002 and 2004. From July 2004 to September 2005, the
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster


. Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film "Nanny McPhee" (2005), as the eldest of seven children. In 2007, he appeared in a two-part story ("Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood") in "Doctor Who" as schoolboy Timothy "Tim" Latimer, and guest-starred in the Big Finish "Doctor Who" audio dramas "The Mind's Eye" and "The Bride of Peladon". His voice lowered during filming of the "Doctor Who"
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Net Nanny


Systems, LLC, a maker of bio metric security software in Issaquah, Washington. LookSmart Ltd, a commercial web search company based in San Francisco acquired Net Nanny for $5.3 million in stock and cash in April 2004. In January 2007, Net Nanny was purchased by ContentWatch Inc and moved to Salt Lake City. The product line was expanded to include security and business-oriented solutions. Mobile browsers for iOS and Android were released in June 2012 at the Consumer Electronics Show. These also allowed parents to monitor and manage
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Wednesday Theatre


production, by Ron Callanderbr 35. "Almost a Honeymoon" (aired 31 Aug. 1966). Previously aired in the UKbr 36. "The Stag "(aired 7 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 37. "The Interior Decorator" (aired 14 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 38. "A Crack in the Ice" (aired 21 Sep. 1966). By Ronald Eyrebr 39. "Hamlet" (aired 28 Sep. 1966) British production, starring Laurence Olivier.br 40. "Flight into
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Jo Frost


" over the course of a family retreat. It was announced in January 2015 that Frost's production company, Nanny Jo Productions, partnered with Strix Television to produce "Nanny on Tour". Based in the Netherlands, Frost will travel across the country helping families. An debuted on Up TV on 28 January 2016 for a 10-week run. Frost is an advocate for the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life movement, which aims to decrease vaccine-preventable childhood diseases and deaths. In March 2015, she visited legislators at Capitol Hill
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Elizabeth Berrington


"Casualty", "The Lakes", "The Grimleys" and "Rose and Maloney". From 1996 to 1999, Berrington starred alongside Emma Wray and Tony Robinson in the ITV comedy-drama 'My Wonderful Life'. In 1999, she played Marie Antoinette in "Let Them Eat Cake", starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. In cinema, Berrington has featured in many popular films such as "The Little Vampire" and, more recently, "Nanny McPhee" with Emma Thompson and "In Bruges
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Kelly Macdonald


Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Macdonald starred in the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee", as the scullery maid Evangeline, and has since had supporting roles in "A Cock and Bull Story" (2006), and the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning "No Country for Old Men" (2007), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. It was reported that she had to fight her agent to be considered for the role
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Nanny McPhee


ceremony by pretending there are bees (inspired by the way Quickly told them to "behave" and baby Aggie repeating the word, but pronouncing it as "beehive"), chasing the guests, and throwing the pastries intended for the banquet at everyone present. Cedric swiftly understands that they do not like the bride and, recognising that he does not like her either, joins in the commotion himself. Mrs. Quickly cancels the marriage and storms off in anger. This seems to mean that Adelaide's marriage deadline is missed,
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Imelda Staunton


), "Nanny McPhee" (2005), "Freedom Writers" (2007) and "How About You" (2007). Staunton shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by a Cast in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." In 2004, she received the Best Actress honours at the European Film Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Venice Film Festival for her performance of the title role in Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake", which also won Best Picture. For the same role, she
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London Children's Ballet


"Victoria Collison", Composer: "Artem Vassiliev" 2017 "The Secret Garden" (Shortened version, for Ballet in a Box), Choreography: "Erico Montes", Composer: "Artem Vassiliev" 2016 "Little Lord Fauntleroy" Choreographer: "Jenna Lee" Composer: "Richard Norriss" 2015 "Snow White" Choreographer: "Jenna Lee" Composer: "Richard Norriss" 2014 "Nanny McPhee" Choreographer: "Erico Montes" Composer: "Tim Hammond" 2013 "The Secret Garden" Choreographer
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Penn, Buckinghamshire


in Leicestershire. The lychgate and Countess Howe memorial were moved from Congerstone in 1919, when the family sold the Gopsall Estate. The Cottage Bookshop in Penn was one of the locations for "A Tale of Two Hamlets", an episode of the ITV television programme, "Midsomer Murders". In addition, it was used to film an episode called "" in the children's television show ChuckleVision. The three-acre set for "Nanny McPhee" was also constructed there. Penn has a non-League football club
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Lindsay Doran


want to make the movie and didn't believe in it. A lot of people wanted to do it and Working Title came to us and were interested in working with Emma and with Kirk Jones who was attached as the director so they were willing to put up the money through Universal so we made the movie that way." They released its sequel, "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", in 2010. Other films Doran oversaw included "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The World Is Not Enough", "
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Asa Butterfield


of subsequent episodes; however the role was recast, with Alexander Vlahos playing Mordred as an adult character. In 2010, he had a small part in "The Wolfman". He starred as Norman Green at the age of 12 in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010), working together with Emma Thompson. The film, and his performance, both received positive reviews. At the age of 13 he played the main and title character in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo", adapted from the novel "
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The Last Legion


the "Bridget Jones" films. Firth accepted the role due to the story, which he liked, and that it was very different from previous roles. Thomas Sangster (Romulus) was one of the last to be cast. He had previously worked with Firth in "Love Actually" (2003) and "Nanny McPhee" (2006), and their familiarity with each other benefited both. Sir Ben Kingsley was cast as Ambrosinus/Merlin after one meeting with Lefler. Kingsley was drawn to the mystique of the character
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster


Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990), also credited as Thomas Sangster, is an English actor, best known for playing Sam in "Love Actually" (2003), Simon in "Nanny McPhee" (2005), Romulus Augustulus in "The Last Legion" (2007), Ferb in "Phineas and Ferb" (2007–2015), Jojen Reed in "Game of Thrones" (2013–2014) and Newt in the "Maze Runner" film series (2014–2018). Sangster also grew in popularity for
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Sebastian Armesto


Dorrit". In the 2011 film "" Armesto played the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. He plays the poet and playwright Ben Jonson in Roland Emmerich’s feature film "Anonymous". Armesto has also been in two stories of the British sci-fi series "Doctor Who" ("Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways" [2005] and "Human Nature/Family of Blood" [2007]). He has also played Simon in "Nanny McPhee", and played a cameo role as a First
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Stepmother


to that little girl. In the movie "Nanny McPhee" a group of children worry that their father will remarry, believing from their fairy tales that all stepmothers are an "evil breed." Although they help their father marry again to help keep the family together, their soon-to-be stepmother is very cruel, as they suspected. When the wedding to her is called off, the father decides to marry the much kinder scullery maid, causing one child to comment that the evil stepmother personification does not apply
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Nurse Matilda


stories, Mrs. Brown is alive and well, whereas in the first film she is dead, having fallen ill after the birth of the youngest child, Agatha. Mr. Brown is forced to marry the foul Selma Quickly, a garishly clothed, thrice-widowed gold-digger, whose character did not appear in the books. The sequel "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010) is loosely based on the trilogy of Nurse Matilda books. The film does not closely follow the plot of the trilogy, but several
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Eros Vlahos


Eros Vlahos (born 13 January 1995) is an English-Greek actor and comedian, probably best known for his roles as Cyril Gray in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", Jake Farley in "Summer in Transylvania", and Lommy Greenhands in "Game of Thrones". He also appeared in a recurring role on the television series "Da Vinci's Demons", as Nico Machiavelli. Eros Vlahos was born in London on 13 January 1995. His parents are Terry Davy (mother) and Spiros Vlahos (
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Celia Imrie


in 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, the fourth of five children of Diana Elizabeth Blois (née Cator) and David Andrew Imrie, a radiologist. Her father was from Glasgow, Scotland. She was educated at Guildford High School, an independent school for girls in her hometown of Guildford, followed by the Guildford School of Acting. Imrie's varied career spans films, television and radio drama, and the theatre. Her film credits include "Nanny McPhee", "Hilary and Jackie" (playing Iris du Pré) and
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Lindsay Doran


Lindsay Doran (c. 1949) is an American film producer and studio executive who has worked on such films as "This Is Spinal Tap", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Sense and Sensibility", "Stranger Than Fiction", and "Nanny McPhee". Much of Doran's family has worked in the Hollywood film industry. She was born to D. A. Doran, a 55-year-old veteran Hollywood executive producer. Her mother, Marion Avery, began her career in film as a script typewriter for
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Lindsay Doran


ended her partnership with Pollack, citing a need for change, and was quickly hired as the new president and chief operating officer of small studio United Artists, replacing John Calley. There, Thompson approached her with a proposal to adapt the stories of "Nurse Matilda" into film, with Thompson starring. She and Doran proceeded to work on the adaptation for "a good seven years" and released "Nanny McPhee" two years later, in 2005. Doran noted that MGM, owner of United Artists, "didn't
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Asa Butterfield


at the age of 11. He also played the young Mordred in the BBC TV series "Merlin" (2008–2009) and Norman in the fantasy film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010). For his leading performance as Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese's drama "Hugo" (2011), Butterfield received considerable praise and was awarded the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance—Male and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer, among
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Hambleden


-long location shoot at Lime Tree Valley, in Hambleden. In 1979 Hambleden church was the setting for a programme featuring Harry Secombe called "Cross on the Donkey's Back". It was an Easter programme by Thames Television and also featured a group of school children from Hambleden C of E School. The 2010 film "Nanny McPhee Returns" also used parts of the village in some of their scenes. The church was also used in the "Agatha Christie's Poirot" episode "Sad Cypress". Hambleden played the
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Rhys Ifans


Lovegood, editor of the wizarding magazine "The Quibbler" and father of the eccentric Luna Lovegood. In the same interview, he also announced that he would play the title role in the film "Mr. Nice", based on the life of the drug smuggler Howard Marks. He played Nemo Nobody's father in "Mr. Nobody", starring Jared Leto and Diane Kruger. He played a villain in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," which also starred Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. On 11 October 2010,
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The Blind Side (film)


the highest grossing football movie and sports drama of all time domestically unadjusted for ticket inflation. "The Blind Side" ended its domestic theatrical run on June 4, 2010 (nearly 7 months after it opened), earning a total of $255,959,475. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, "The Blind Side" was released on March 26, 2010. It was the third biggest release of that weekend behind "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". The film received mixed
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Nanny McPhee


, they agree to the marriage, and appease Mrs. Quickly by confessing they were to blame for the disturbance of her visit, luring her back to their father with tales of their Great Aunt Adelaide's wealth. However, the children soon discover that Mrs. Quickly is just as cruel and awful as any fairytale stepmother when she breaks baby Aggie's beloved rattle (which previously belonged to their late mother, and was the only thing they had left of her). When everybody is gathered for the marriage ceremony, they disturb the
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Ed Stoppard


Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in "The Pianist", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in "Joy Division" and as Lieutenant Addis in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang". His stage credits include the
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Joel Hopkins


Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, as well as a number of other awards at film festivals where the film was screened. After writing and directing "Jump Tomorrow", Hopkins said, "I'd been attached to films that haven't happened, as a director. I've had scripts I've written that have almost happened." When Hopkins was being considered to direct the 2005 children's film "Nanny McPhee", for which he was ultimately unsuccessful, he met with Emma Thompson, who had written the script
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Kirk Jones (director)


2005 Kirk directed his second feature film, "Nanny McPhee", for Working Title and Universal Pictures. Starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth, it was one of the year's ten highest-grossing films in the UK, with $30m, and took $135m worldwide. In 2008 Kirk wrote and directed his third film, "Everybody's Fine". Starring Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell, it is an adaptation of an Italian film and was released through Miramax 2009 and
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Bellavary


Bellavary and near-by village Bohola. Staunton is famous for roles in Vera Drake (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Bellavary's soccer team, the Bellavary Blue Bombers, were founded in McKeown's Field Knocksaxon. The Bombers originally were friends from the Aughaluskey, Knocksaxon, Shraheens, Ara, Coolfox, Derrinogue, Tavanaghkeneffe & Loughkeerane who got together for town leagues. They entered the old Division 3 in the Mayo League in 1986. Today the
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Derek Jacobi


in 2004, he starred as Lord Teddy Thursby in the first of the four-part BBC series "The Long Firm", based on Jake Arnott's novel of the same name. In "Nanny McPhee" (2005), he played the role of the colourful Mr. Wheen, an undertaker. He played the role of Alexander Corvinus in the 2006 movie "". In March 2006, BBC Two broadcast "Pinochet in Suburbia", a docudrama about former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and the attempts to extradite him from
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Charles McPhee


that did not. The show did well, but audience research revealed that there was a problem with the show. The audience far preferred listening to McPhee and his dream interpretations than to the music. In 2004, McPhee's manager, George Oliva, started a radio syndication company, Springhill Syndication, to distribute a version of the show without music. He moved McPhee back to California and launched the new three-hour talk show on November 11, 2004. The program was picked up by newstalk, talk, and even
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Watcom


Watcom International Corporation was founded in 1981 by Wes Graham and Ian McPhee. Founding staff (Fred Crigger, Jack Schueler and McPhee) were formerly members of Professor Graham's Computer Systems Group at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Watcom produced a variety of tools, including the well-known Watcom C/C++ compiler introduced in 1988. The first company started by Graham and McPhee was Structured Computing Systems, incorporated in 1974. Then the software development company, WATCOM Systems Inc, started in 1981 with
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang


to fix it. Isabel takes the children on a picnic during which an ARP Warden, Mr. Docherty, warns them about bombs and how he imagines a pilot might accidentally release his bomb. At the end of the picnic, Uncle Phil delivers a telegram saying Isabel's husband was killed in action. Isabel and everyone else believes the telegram, but Norman says that he can "feel it in his bones" that his father is not dead. He tells this to Cyril, who at first says it is just because he
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang


Gray checks what has happened. While he is gone, Cyril tells Norman that he and Celia have been sent away because their parents will be splitting up, and Norman asks where Cyril and Celia will live. When Cyril replies that their parents only want to show each other off, Norman tells Cyril that he and Celia are welcome to live on the farm with the Greens. Lord Gray returns and tells Norman that his father is not dead, but is missing in action, and that there is no record of a telegram
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Skandar Keynes


Brown in "Nanny McPhee", winning the former while losing the latter to Thomas Sangster. His voice changed, due to puberty, during the filming of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", so the director used his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines in the movie. He reprised his role as Edmund in "", released 16 May 2008. Keynes said he enjoyed the action-oriented stuntwork in the film but bruised his heel during a stunt with a horse. When he later had
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Eliza Bennett


Eliza Hope Bennett (born 17 March 1992) is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film "Inkheart", Tora in the film "Nanny McPhee", Susan in "From Time to Time" and Holly Manson in the West End musical "Loserville". Bennett starred on the MTV black comedy series "Sweet/Vicious" as Jules Thomas. Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister and attended Leighton Park School
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Ariel W/NG 350


800 W/NG motorcycles were supplied to the Danish Army between 1946 and 1947. The remaining W/NGs that survived were mostly converted back into civilian specification for resale by dealers, so good examples of the military model are now rare. An example attached to a sidecar appears in the film, "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang". The motorcycle, ridden by the title character, also appeared in versions of the advertising poster upon release. In the Bollywood hit film, "Sholay", the motorcycle was used
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Nanny McPhee


. She also threatens to reduce the family to poverty unless Cedric remarries within the month; the family would lose the house, and they would not be able to stay together. Desperate, Cedric turns to a vile and frequent widow, Mrs. Selma Quickly. The children assume from reading books of fairy-tales that all stepmothers are terrible women who treat their stepchildren like slaves; therefore they sabotage a visit of Mrs. Quickly, who leaves, angry at Cedric. After the financial rationale for the marriage is explained to the children
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Nanny McPhee


with the budget of $25 million for release in 2005. On 22 April it was announced that Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Thomas Sangster, Kelly Macdonald, Angela Lansbury, Eliza Bennett, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Raphaël Coleman, Samuel Honywood, Holly Gibbs, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow and Adam Godley joined the film. On 16 May it was announced that Patrick Doyle would compose the music for the film. Development of the film was completed in Dorset, England. Filming ran April
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Petra Štefanková


discussion at DOX: Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague in June 2010 and ICON6 Illustration Salon in Langham Hotel in Pasadena, CA in July 2010, ICON7 Roadshow Illustration Salon in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2012 and TEDx Bratislava 2013. Notably, as a designer, she collaborated on an animated title sequence for the feature film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang with Voodoodog Animation in London. The team was awarded, Silver World Medal at New York Festival, (World's Best TV and Film Awards) in 2011. In
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster


episodes. He also starred alongside "Love Actually" and "Nanny McPhee" co-star Colin Firth in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel "The Last Legion", released in 2007. That same year he voiced the character of Ferb Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series "Phineas and Ferb" alongside "Love Actually" co-star Olivia Olson. As of December 2007, he was also working on the filming of the mini series "Pinocchio", filmed in Italy. In March 2008
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Colin Firth


very poor reviews and made little impact at the box office. Firth played the painter Johannes Vermeer opposite Scarlett Johansson in the 2003 release "Girl with a Pearl Earring". Some critics praised the film's gentle subtlety and sumptuous visuals, whilst others found it almost too restrained, tedious and bereft of emotion. Nevertheless, the film received mostly favorable reviews, was moderately successful with audiences and earned several awards and nominations. In 2005, Firth appeared in "Nanny McPhee" with Emma Thompson, a rare venture for Firth into
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Neil McPhee


regular season crowns, and appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. He saw fourteen players drafted, including Carlos Peña and Adam Ottavino; several other players have signed professional contracts. McPhee led the Huskies to nineteen winning seasons and was named NAC Coach of the Year twice. After he announced his planned retirement at the close of the 2014 season, the Huskies named Mike Glavine, another McPhee product who played in the major leagues, as his successor. Glavine succeeded McPhee following the end of the season, in which Northeastern finished 5th in
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Barry Mulholland


Barry Mulholland (14 June 1940 – 28 April 2006) was an Australian racing driver. While a skilled racing driver, Mulholland was more infamously known as Bruce McPhee's 'contractual obligation' co-driver. In endurance production touring cars McPhee raced in during the 1960s which required two drivers, Mulholland would drive one lap at approximate mid-distance before handing the car back to McPhee. Mulholland holds the record for fewest completed laps to win a Bathurst 500 when he co-drove with McPhee to win the 1968 Bathurst 500
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang


arrives, the children at first do not listen and carry on fighting, which she soon puts a stop to with her magic. Meanwhile, Isabel's brother-in-law, Phil, has gambled away his half of the farm, and is being chased by two hired female assassins working for casino owner Mrs. Biggles. He desperately attempts to make Isabel sell her half of the farm, using mean and spiteful schemes to leave her no choice. The children find out one of his schemes and leads them to work together
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang


gave a very favourable review, stating "the film is an ingenious entertainment machine fuelled by a profound understanding of what children enjoy, whether it's cowpats, talking welly boots or piglets doing synchronised swimming. Thompson has written a properly funny script, which is performed superbly by Ifans, Maggie Smith, Bill Bailey, Ralph Fiennes and some estimable child actors." Eros Vlahos was nominated for Best Leading Young Actor at the Young Artist Awards 2011 against Noah Ringer for "The Last Airbender", Zachary Gordon for "Diary of
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Culture of Dorset


his novel, was filmed there; the 2005 British fantasy film Nanny McPhee used the Isle of Purbeck as its setting; "From Time to Time" starring Dame Maggie Smith was filmed at Athelhampton House near Dorchester. Mapperton House and its gardens have been the setting for many period dramas such as the 1996 "Emma", starring Gwyneth Paltrow, adapted, from Jane Austen's novel. Dorset's history is celebrated in more than 30 general and specialist museums throughout the county. There are museums dedicated to fashion, plastic design
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Eliza Bennett


. On October 23, 2016, she married her long time boyfriend, James Charlton. The couple lives in Los Angeles, California. Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine. She got her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's "The Prince & Me". In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in "Nanny McPhee". In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie "Supernova"
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Imelda Staunton


(2014) also earned her Olivier nominations. Staunton has been nominated for a total of 13 Olivier Awards. Staunton drew critical acclaim for her performance in the title role in the 2004 film "Vera Drake", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actress in addition to being nominated for the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Her other film roles include Mrs. Blatherwick in "Nanny McPhee"
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Rentrak


and the HDNet networks, purchased 120,000 more Rentrak shares on Aug 22, 2011 and holds an 8.7 percent ownership stake in the company as of Sep 22, 2011. He has been accumulating Rentrak stock since 2004. Total company revenue increased 32 percent to $28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, up from $21.6 million for the same period last year. The company's TV Everywhere product line grew 64%, its Movies Everywhere product line improved 10% on a constant currency basis, and its OnDemand Everywhere
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Nanny and the Professor


Nanny and the Professor is an American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century-Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was "Nanny Will Do". Playing upon the popularity of Mary Poppins and other magical nannies of literature, this TV series posited another ostensibly magical British nanny taking care of a family in need of guidance. Unlike the candid "magicality" of its forebears, this Nanny's paranormal nature was less overt and only implied. The Nanny's young wards, and
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The Nanny (season 1)


The series also features Daniel Davis as Niles, the family butler, and Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock, Maxwell's associate in his production company who is smitten with him. Several recurring characters also played a role in the sitcoms plotlines, many of whom were related to Fran. "The Nanny"'s first season debuted to moderate numbers and ratings for the channel, maintaining most of the initial audience through the season's broadcast. The season finale, however, generated a large increase in ratings, garnering the second highest rating
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Katharine McPhee (album)


28, December 5, December 19, and eventually—at McPhee's insistence—January 30. It sold 116,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 2 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart. The album was released by RCA Records in association with 19 Recordings Limited. The album contains twelve songs, three of which McPhee co-wrote. The album includes writing and production contributions from Babyface, The Underdogs, Kara DioGuardi, and Nate “Danja” Hills. It was also said that Ryan Leslie
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Buddies in Bad Times


company. For the first production of the season, Healy helmed the English-Canadian premiere of Sarah Kane's play "Blasted". Rhubarb! returned with a new festival director, Laura Nanni, and featured, for the first time, off-site performance in public spaces. Buddies also embarked on two major national tours of productions from its recent repertoire, "Agokwe" and "The Silicone Diaries". The company took home five Dora Mavor Moore Awards (for outstanding production, lighting design, set design, sound
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