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The Worricker Trilogy is a political thriller film trilogy made for the BBC. The films were written and directed by David Hare and star Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker, a British intelligence analyst working to right a wrong. [1] The story involves black sites, and a conspiracy involving the British prime minister.
Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His best friend and superior, director general Benedict Baron, summons Johnny to a meeting with MI5 agent Jill Tankard and Home Secretary Anthea Catcheside regarding a potentially explosive report.
Following the events of Page Eight, ex-MI5 officer Johnny Worricker is in hiding on the Turks and Caicos Islands.A seemingly chance encounter with Curtis Pelissier leads Johnny to a dinner with several shady American businessmen who comprise a company called Gladstone.
Following their flight from Turks and Caicos, Johnny Worricker and Margot Tyrell (Helena Bonham Carter) hopscotch around Europe to evade capture by MI5.After spotting one of his former recruits, disguised as a passing jogger, Johnny relocates once again and instructs former colleague Rollo Maverley (Ewen Bremner) to leak news of Prime Minister Alec Beasley's (Ralph Fiennes) corrupt dealings ...
During this time Nighy played MI5 agent Johnny Worricker in a trilogy of films written and directed by David Hare; Page Eight (2011), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014). Nighy acted in these films alongside Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, and Michael Gambon.
Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 by American novelist Dalton Trumbo and published in September 1939 by J. B. Lippincott. [1] The novel won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. [2] A 1971 film adaptation was written and directed by Trumbo.
It was a book that left me reeling for more of these characters and they live rent free in my brain.” $16.99 at amazon.com Great and Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros (2020)
Sex Pistols: John Lydon, stage name Johnny Rotten (lead singer, songwriter), Paul Cook (drummer), Steve Jones (guitarist). Family: Nora Forster (wife), John Christopher Lydon (father). Missing voices per George McKay in his review of Rotten, No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs : Glen Matlock (bassist, author of "I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol"; Sid ...