One Summer - The Complete Series (2 Disc Set) [1983] [DVD]

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Morrissey returned to a weekly television role at the end of 2010 playing police detective Tom Thorne in Thorne, a six-part television series for Sky1 that was adapted from Mark Billingham's novels Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat. [78] After reading Lifeless during his time filming The Water Horse in New Zealand, Morrissey searched the Internet for more information. He found an interview in which Billingham stated his preference for Morrissey to play Thorne should a screen adaptation ever be made. When he returned to the UK, Morrissey arranged a meeting with Billingham and the two began developing the TV series. [79] [80] Morrissey shadowed officers in the Metropolitan Police's murder unit during their duties to learn about their jobs. He discovered that the officers felt undervalued in their jobs, and he incorporated these feelings into the series. [80] Sky first broadcast the series on 10 October. Morrissey received approval for the role; Andrea Mullaney wrote in The Scotsman, "Morrissey is never less than watchable and he brings a brooding presence to the role of Thorne." [81] and Adam Sweeting for The Arts Desk called him "authentic as the phlegmatic, low-key Thorne." [82]

Writing in the now-defunct local newspaper, the Liverpool Daily Post, John Williams declared the series as "simultaneously compulsive and depressing" and "grimly authentic". [5] Commercial release [ edit ] DVD release (2006) From January 2018, Morrissey appeared as Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar at the new Bridge Theatre. That year, he also starred as Inspector Tyador Borlú in the BBC2 drama The City and the City, adapted from China Miéville's novel of the same name by screenwriter Tony Grisoni. [97] 2020s [ edit ]

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Morrissey expands: “There’s a lot of television, you don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s much like life, you’re just dealing with what’s happening on the day. Whereas in film, you know where you’re heading. You know how much time you have to tell a story. You can argue for the consistency of your character.” One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16-year-old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their grim lives by running away to Wales one summer. It also starred James Hazeldine and Ian Hart (credited in the series as Ian Davies). The five-part series was shown on Channel 4 from 7 August to 4 September 1983. It was repeated on ITV in April 1985.

David Morrissey on his life, his career and Liverpool FC". 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. Webcast with Jason Solomons. In The Director's Chair. 19 February 2010. guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media). Retrieved 19 February 2010. In March 2009, Morrissey appeared as corrupt police detective Maurice Jobson in Red Riding, the Channel 4 adaptation of David Peace's Red Riding novels. Morrissey already knew the directors of the films, enjoyed reading the script and had either worked with his co-stars on other projects, or wanted to work with them. He liked the flaws in the Jobson character and that he differs from typical vigilante police officers portrayed on television. [72] Morrissey said of Jobson, "I think he sets out to be a good cop, he tries to do his job well but he gets involved in some corruption and realises that being a 'bit' corrupt is like being a 'bit' pregnant. You either are or you're not." [70] He received a Best Actor nomination from the Broadcasting Press Guild for the role. [73] At the end of the year, Morrissey played Bobby Dykins in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (2009). As a self-confessed "Beatles geek", Morrissey relished the opportunity to star in the film about Lennon's childhood. [74]In 2020, Morrissey starred in the TV Series The Singapore Grip and in August 2021 in the third series of historical fantasy drama Britannia. He's also known for his work on stage, including roles in Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caeser and many more. Is David in a relationship?

He always comes off as quite leftwing, without saying anything overtly political; it’s more of a leftie demeanour. He’s extremely conscious, though, of class and privilege and access. “My thing has always been, looking at this from a working-class point of view: we can get working-class people into drama schools, but that first four or five years in our business is difficult. And ipso facto acting becomes a middle-class profession because it needs the bank of mum and dad to support it.” In 2009, Morrissey and Mark Billingham launched the production company Sleepyhead, which produced the Thorne television series. [78] The company was a part of Stagereel, a production house previously set up by Morrissey's brother Paul. The company bought the rights to adapt the Thorne novels and Morrissey was already developing it to pitch to television channels when Sky made an offer to broadcast it. [100] As of 2010, Morrissey and Tubedale Films were developing two feature films with financing from the UK Film Council. [100] Morrissey criticised the Cameron–Clegg coalition government's decision to close the UK Film Council, as he believed it was an asset to first-time filmmakers. [106] The organisation's funding role was taken over by the British Film Institute in 2011. [107] Charity work [ edit ] David Morrissey to lead BBC Two's adaptation of China Miéville's the City and the City". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019 . Retrieved 20 December 2019. Nightingale, Benedict (29 November 2008). " A tale of torment that bears witness to a bitter truth". The Times (Times Newspapers): p.41. Retrieved 1 August 2011.David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. He learned to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At the age of 18, he and Hart were cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won them recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Preston, Alex (29 May 2021). "Esther Freud: 'I didn't learn to read till I was about 10' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 December 2021.