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Myra Frances ( born 10 ___MASK70___ 1943 ) is a British actress . BBC One is the flagship ___MASK26___ channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom , Isle of Man and Channel Islands . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC ___MASK26___ Service , and was the world ' s first regular ___MASK26___ service with a high level of ___MASK64___ resolution . It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 , using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964 , whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1 , with the current ___MASK59___ adopted in 1997 . The Isle of Man , also known simply as Mann , is a self - governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland . The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II , who holds the title of Lord of Mann . The Lord of Mann is represented by a Lieutenant Governor . Foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the British ___MASK62___ . Big Breadwinner Hog is a British ___MASK26___ thriller serial devised by Robin Chapman , produced by Granada TV and transmitted in eight parts , starting at 9 . 00pm on 11 April 1969 on the ITV network . It portrayed the ruthless rise through the criminal underworld of the trendy young London gangster Hogarth ( Peter Egan ). He exploits the resources of a declining gangster , Ryan ( Godfrey Quigley ), to take over the dominant crime syndicate Scot - Yanks , controlled by the equally ruthless and manipulative Lennox ( Timothy West ). The key to Hogarth ' s success is knowledge of a murder arranged by Lennox , of which there is a crucial witness , Ackerman ( Donald Burton ), a one - time private eye who has been blackmailed into working for Scot - Yanks , and bitterly resents Lennox as a consequence . Peter Egan ( born 28 September 1946 ) is a British actor known for his TV roles , including Hogarth in " Big Breadwinner Hog ", the future King George IV of the United Kingdom in " Prince Regent " ( 1979 ); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom " Ever Decreasing Circles " ( 1984  89 ); and Hugh " Shrimpie " MacClare , Marquess of Flintshire , in " Downton Abbey " ( 2012  15 ). He is married to retired actress Myra Frances . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK91___ in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK91___ ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK91___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK91___ in the European Union . Home Again was a British ___MASK26___ sitcom produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC One in 2006 . It starred Peter Egan , Samantha Janus , Bruce Mackinnon and Sinéad Cusack as two couples of different generations living in one house . The show lasted for one series only , during which six episodes were produced and broadcast . The theme song was Inbetween Days by The Cure . Bruce Mackinnon ( born 17 October 1978 ) is an actor and writer who has appeared in ___MASK61___ television programmes and films . Sinéad Moira Cusack ( born 18 February 1948 ) is an Irish stage , ___MASK26___ and film actress . Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin , before moving to London in 1975 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company . She has received two Tony Award nominations : once for Best Leading Actress in " Much Ado About Nothing " ( 1985 ), and again for Best Featured Actress in " Rock ' n ' Roll " ( 2008 ). Ever Decreasing Circles is a British ___MASK97___ which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989 . It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey , and it reunited them with Richard Briers , the star of their previous hit show , " The Good Life ". It was much less brash than most situation comedies , and was more like a comedy - drama in places . This move into darker areas of comedy was continued with Briers ' s later series " If You See God , Tell Him ". The Channel Islands ( Norman : " Îles d ' la Manche ", French : " Îles Anglo - Normandes " or " Îles de la Manche ") are an archipelago in the English Channel , off the French coast of Normandy . They include two Crown dependencies : the Bailiwick of Jersey , consisting of Jersey , the largest of the islands ; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey , consisting of Guernsey , Alderney , Sark and some smaller islands . They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy , and although they are not part of the United Kingdom , it is responsible for the defence and ___MASK48___ of the islands . The Crown dependencies are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations nor of the European Union . They have a total population of about 168 , 000 , and the bailiwicks ' respective capitals , Saint Helier and Saint Peter Port , have populations of 33 , 500 and 16 , 488 , respectively . The total area of the islands is 198 km . ___MASK64___ resolution is the detail an ___MASK64___ holds . The term applies to raster digital images , film images , and other types of images . Higher resolution means more ___MASK64___ detail . A ___MASK26___ channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a ___MASK26___ station or ___MASK26___ network is distributed . For example , in North America , " channel 2 " refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz , with carrier frequencies of 55 . 25 MHz for NTSC analog video ( VSB ) and 59 . 75 MHz for analog audio ( FM ), or 55 . 31 MHz for digital ATSC ( 8VSB ). Channels may be shared by many different ___MASK26___ stations or cable - distributed channels depending on the location and service provider . Much Ado About Nothing is a ___MASK23___ by ___MASK50___ thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599 , as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career . The ___MASK44___ was included in the " First Folio ", published in 1623 . " Much Ado About Nothing " is generally considered one of Shakespeare ' s best comedies because it combines elements of mistaken identities , ___MASK43___ , robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honour , shame , and court politics . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , ___MASK36___ , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance .