The Last Polar Bears

Starring: Nigel Hawthorne Director: Alan Simpson Original UK Premiere: 2000 Dvd Release: 22nd July, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Animated, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Sir Nigel Hawthorne was a renowned British actor. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in England, although he spent some of his formative years in South Africa. He returned to the UK in the 1950s. In a long & varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson stout & a bit part in Dads Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes, Minister & as George III in the film adaptation of Alan Bennett s The Madness of King George, for which he was nominated for an Oscar & awarded the Olivier Award. He was knighted in 1999. An intensely private individual, he was deeply saddened when involuntarily outed as a homosexual in the run-up to the Oscars. While struggling with prostate cancer, however, he wrote a candid autobiography Straight Face, which was published posthumously. Victoria & Albert. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. The Clandestine Marriage. Lord Ogleby. The Object of My Affection. Rodney Fraser. Forbidden Territory. Stanleys Search for Livingstone. David Livingstone. Twelfth Night. Or What You Will. Malvolio. Richard III. Posters Of Twelfth Night

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Alan John Simpson is the Labour member of Parliament for the constituency of Nottingham South, one of three in Nottingham, England. Simpson came to Nottingham as a student, studying economics at Trent Polytechnic. After graduating in 1972 he became a community worker & later a research officer for the citys Racial Equality Council. He joined the Labour party in 1973, his initial taste of elected office coming in 1985 when he became a county councillor, a post he held until 1993. He first stood for the seat of Nottingham South in 1987, losing to the Conservative incumbent Martin Brandon-Bravo, who had taken the seat in the Tory landslide of 1983. He won the seat at the 1992 election & has held it since. Simpson is on the left wing of the Labour party, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group & on the board of the Tribune. His stances on many issues are opposed to those of the leadership of his party -- for instance, he is a supporter of unilateral nuclear disarmament & opposes globalisation, genetically modified foods & the euro.

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