Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands: Hokkaido
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm, Thursday, February 5 on BBC Two England (2)
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Hokkaido
The documentary examining the wildlife of the east Asian country focuses on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island and a place totally unlike the rest of the country. Every year it swings from a bitter Siberian winter into the warmth of a Mediterranean-like summer, with the thaw revealing a landscape changed beyond all recognition. It takes hardy animals and tough people with real ingenuity to survive in this ever-changing place. Michelle Dockery narrates
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Michelle Dockery
(Narrator)
Mary Summerill
(Series producer)
Tim Martin
(Executive producer)
James Honeyborne
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Michelle Dockery
(Narrator)
Born:
December 15, 1981
in
Romford
Best Known For:
Downton Abbey.
Early-life:
Michelle Suzanne Dockery was born in Romford on December 15, 1981, the youngest of three daughters born to Irish immigrant Michael and his wife Lorraine from Stepney, East London. Michelle was a member of the National Youth Theatre and she studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she made her professional acting debut in His Dark Materials at the Royal National Theatre in 2004. She also trained at the Finch Stage School.
Career:
Dockery has worked extensively on the stage, appearing in Burnt by the Sun, Pygmalion and Hamlet. She made her TV debut in two-part BBC miniseries Fingersmith in 2005. Since then, she has starred in Hogfather, Dalziel and Pascoe, Heartbeat, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 and Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, Waking the Dead, Return to Cranford and The Turn of the Screw. Her big break came in 2010 when she was cast as Lady Mary Crawley in the hugely popular Downton Abbey. More recently, she starred in miniseries Restless.
Quote:
"Lady Mary would never have talked to me — I'd have been in service."
Trivia:
In 2013, Dockery won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in Downton Abbey.
Mary Summerill
(Series producer)
Tim Martin
(Executive producer)
James Honeyborne
(Executive producer)
