The Great Ghost Rescue
06:33 am - 08:25 am, Saturday, August 22 on wedotv Movies UK (98)
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A young ghost and his family find themselves with nowhere to haunt after an exorcist drives them out of their home. The youngster discovers many other spooks are in the same position, and tries to find new homes for them all. Fantasy based on Eva Ibbotson's novel, starring Toby Hall, Georgia Groome and Kevin McKidd, and narrated by Jason Isaacs
2011
Family
Fantasy
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Toby Hall
(Actor)
.. Humphrey
Georgia Groome
(Actor)
.. Winifred
Kevin McKidd
(Actor)
.. Hamish
Anthony Head
(Actor)
.. Prime minister
Tracy-Ann Oberman
(Actor)
.. Mrs Burnley
Emma Fielding
(Actor)
.. Mabel
Otto Farrant
(Actor)
.. Barnabus
Jason Isaacs
(Narrator)
Yann Samuell
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Toby Hall
(Actor)
.. Humphrey
Georgia Groome
(Actor)
.. Winifred
Kevin McKidd
(Actor)
.. Hamish
Born:
August 09, 1973
in
Elgin, Scotland
Best Known For:
Trainspotting
Early-life:
Born August 9, 1973, in Elgin, Scotland. He had an impoverished working-class upbringing on a council estate near Inverness. and is the youngest of two sons of a plumber and a secretary. McKidd loved his childhood 'running around the fields' near his home and allegedly fell into acting because he believed he was too overweight for football. When he appeared in a school play 'everyone laughed either because I was fat, or because I was being funny... it was a good buzz.'
Career:
After studying engineering at an Edinburgh College he switched to drama. He landed a part before the course ended, in the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Other roles followed, including his breakthrough performance as the ill-fated Tommy in Trainspotting. Subsequent movies have included Regeneration, Hideous Kinky, Dog Soldiers and Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy. On TV he has played Anna Karenina's love interest, Count Vronsky, in Channel 4's classic adaptation, and more recently, Mary Queen of Scots' lover in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot.
Quote:
'I'd love to be able to get a job big enough to pay off my parents' mortgage. I'd love to say, 'I was a pain as a kid, but there you go'.'
Trivia:
He provided the voice for 'Soap' MacTavish in the video games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in 2011.
Anthony Head
(Actor)
.. Prime minister
Born:
February 20, 1954
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Early-life:
Anthony Stewart Head was born in Camden, north London, on February 20, 1954. His father, Seafield Head, was a documentary film-maker and his mother, Helen Shingler, was an actress. His older brother, Murray, is an actor and singer best known for his role in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday and stage hit Chess. Anthony caught the acting bug at the age of six, when he first appeared in a school play, and went on to join the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career:
Head's big break came when he was offered the role of Jesus in a West End production of Godspell. More musical stage work followed, as did roles in Secret Army, Bergerac, The Mallens, Love in a Cold Climate, and Accident. The Gold Blend ads in the late 1980s, in which he co-starred with Sharon Maughan, were hugely popular and made him a household name. They even went down well in America, paving the way for his successful run in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Since then, Head has returned to the UK, appearing in such projects as Little Britain, Doctor Who, Manchild, Sold, The Invisibles and Merlin.
Quote:
'Go outside the zone of confidence and find out what's on the other side.'
Trivia:
Head played the lead role in Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations between 2007 and 2012.
Tracy-Ann Oberman
(Actor)
.. Mrs Burnley
Emma Fielding
(Actor)
.. Mabel
Otto Farrant
(Actor)
.. Barnabus
Jason Isaacs
(Narrator)
Born:
June 06, 1963
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.
Early-life:
Born into a tight-knit Jewish community in Liverpool on June 6, 1963, Jason moved at the age of 11 to London with his family; his parents later emigrated to Israel. He's the third of four children. His brothers grew up to become a lawyer, a doctor and an accountant respectively. Jason initially also studied law, but gave it up after becoming hooked on acting while at Bristol University. He went on to train at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career:
Isaacs' film debut came in The Tall Guy in 1989. Other early roles came in Capital City, Inspector Morse and Taggart. His first major film was 1997's Event Horizon, but it was small part in the blockbuster Armageddon a year later that cemented his position as a noteworthy actor, and he hasn't looked back since. Movie projects include The Patriot, Black Hawk Down, Divorcing Jack, Event Horizon and the Harry Potter franchise. On TV he's appeared in The West Wing, Brotherhood, Awake and Case Histories.
Quote:
On the Harry Potter novels: 'I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought were slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack.'
Trivia:
His stage appearances include the National Theatre's 1993 production of Angels in America.
Yann Samuell
(Director)
