- published: 22 Jun 2008
- views: 785800
Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually-reproducing creature who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, etc. Rarely, such as in the case of sibling or half-sibling incest, these numbers are lower. In the history of modern humanity, around 30,000 years ago, the number of modern humans who lived to be grandparents began to skyrocket. It is not known for certain what spurred this increase in longevity. But it is believed that a key consequence of three generations being alive together was the facilitation of the passing along of information that prior to that point would have been lost; an example of this important information might have been where to find water in times of drought.
In cases where parents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate care for their children (e.g., death of the parents), grandparents often take on the role of primary caregivers. Even when this is not the case, and particularly in traditional cultures, grandparents often have a direct and clear role in relation to the raising, care and nurture of children.
Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn OBE (born 9 January 1920) is a retired English actor, comedian and author, best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army.
Born in Covent Garden, Westminster, Dunn is the cousin of actress Gretchen Franklin. As a child, he almost died while having a supernumerary nipple removed.
Dunn was educated at Sevenoaks School, an independent boarding school for boys (now coeducational), in the town of Sevenoaks in Kent in south east England. After leaving school, Dunn studied at the independent Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, in London.
Dunn played small film roles from the 1930s onwards, appearing alongside Will Hay in the films Boys Will Be Boys (1935) and Good Morning, Boys (1937). After a break for service in the army with the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, during the Second World War, during the course of which he spent four years in prisoner-of-war and labour camps in Austria, he worked for many years in music halls and theatres. In 1956 and 1957, Dunn appeared in both series of The Tony Hancock Show and the army reunion party episode of Hancock's Half Hour in 1960. In the 1960s he made many appearances with Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan and Dick Emery, among others, before winning the role of Jones in Dad's Army in 1968.
Actors: Nathan Elliss (actor), Nathan Elliss (writer), Nathan Elliss (composer), Nathan Elliss (director), Catherine Elliss (actress), Caroline Bower (actress), Caroline Bower (actor), Ronald Bower (actor), Thomas Andrews (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Earl Cameron (actor), Nour Wazzi (producer), Nour Wazzi (director), Maisie Williams (actress), Anthony Attah (writer), Vee Pinot (editor), Tom Harberd (producer), David M Saunders (composer), Jake Swift (actor), Sami Moughrabie (producer), Alessandro Solomon (actor), Michael Matias (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Vanessa Leigh (actress), Gwen Kosak (actress), Van Brockmann (actor), Jenna Laurenzo (actress), Yvonne LaBarge (miscellaneous crew), Yvonne LaBarge (actress), Yvonne LaBarge (miscellaneous crew), Rich Manley (actor), Ashley Tramonte (actress), Kim Gordon (actress), Lawrence Crowley (producer), Rachelle Davenport (actress), Mike Allison (actor), Rachelle Davenport (miscellaneous crew), Rachelle Davenport (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Ted has it all, a great job, a beautiful fiance, and a wonderful life ahead of him, but a twist of fate leads him to rely on the lessons he learned in the summers of his youth with his grandfather - a former champion rodeo cowboy. To save a dying young girl, he must make the ride of a lifetime.
Genres: Western,Actors: Graham Fitzpatrick (writer), Graham Fitzpatrick (editor), Graham Fitzpatrick (director), Tam Dean Burn (actor), Philip Curran (composer), Daniel Taylor (miscellaneous crew), Elek Kish (actor), Sarah Drummond (producer), Sharron Devine (actor), Ashleigh Shephard (actor), Amanda Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Naomi Cornwall (actress), Chris Robertson (actor), Madeleine Drewall (costume designer),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: David Clayton (actor), David Clayton (actor), Sam Wardhan (producer), Sam Wardhan (writer), Sam Wardhan (director), Jesper Hansen (composer), Isobel Melton (actor), Isobel Melton (actor), Rebekah Norton (actor), Rebekah Norton (actor),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Chung Chow (actor), Heung Kam Lee (actress), Michelle Yim (actress), Yiu-Cheung Lai (actor), Wah Yuen (actor), Moses Chan (actor), Sikei Lee (actress), Bosco Wong (actor), Kate Tsui (actress), Raymond Lam (actor), Lok-yi Lai (actor), Ka-Yan Chung (actress), Fala Chen (actress), Tavia Yeung (actress), Angel Chiang (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Iain Glen (actor), Clive Noakes (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Warbeck (composer), Billy Connolly (actor), David Bradley (actor), Tim Desbois (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Isherwood (miscellaneous crew), Mary-Jane Reyner (costume designer), Ian Cullen (actor), Mark Timmons (miscellaneous crew), Barrie Vince (editor), Marc Samuelson (producer), Kathy Hughes (miscellaneous crew), Aidan Williams (miscellaneous crew), Bill Ridealgh (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Hattie Jacques (actress), Harry Locke (actor), Bernard Bresslaw (actor), Jim Dale (actor), Derek Francis (actor), Peter Butterworth (actor), Kenneth Williams (actor), Julian Orchard (actor), Charles Hawtrey (actor), Julian Holloway (actor), Frankie Howerd (actor), Sid James (actor), Peter Jones (actor), Gertan Klauber (actor), Dandy Nichols (actress),
Plot: The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home. The patients are determined not to lose him, and so take on the might of the "cutting" Dr Tinkle and the overpowering Matron.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, carry-on, character-name-in-title, doctor, hospital, independent-film, medical, nurse, sequel, sexy-nurseActors: Joan Sims (actress), Ron Moody (actor), Graham Stark (actor), Ian Wilson (actor), Barbara Windsor (actress), Wilfrid Brambell (actor), Ronnie Stevens (actor), David Lodge (actor), Andreas Malandrinos (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Brian Murphy (actor), Fred Emney (actor), Aubrey Woods (actor), Henry Woolf (actor), Rodney Bewes (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Howard Douglas (actor), John E. Blakeley (director), John E. Blakeley (producer), John E. Blakeley (writer), Violet Farebrother (actress), Sandy Powell (actor), Barry K. Barnes (actor), David Callan (actor), Arthur Mertz (writer), Dan Young (actor), Pat McGrath (actor), Dorothy Stimson (editor), Patricia Phoenix (actress), Bernard Youens (actor), Harry Jackson (writer),
Plot: Joe Butler, the soccer-playing son of the company chairman, has to decide which team he will play for in a championship match, his school's or his father's. He makes the right decision and wins the affections of a pretty secretary in the process.
Genres: Comedy,If you come around to mourn for Grandad don't dress up
in black ‘cos
Although me Grandad's dead and buried, odds-on he'll be
back, yes.
Although they stuffed him in a coffin and read out the
will, and
Although he's six foot deep in darkness he'll never lie
still.
He's made of sterner stuff, he's not dead enough.
Angels, saints and seraphim
Please, please will you try to keep an eye
On him.
On his ninetieth birthday, Grandad went down for a
drink. Now
Me Grandad is a rabid dipso with a throat like a sink.
Drank himself toward the skyline and his friends to the
floor just
To prove how fit he was for boozing for ninety years
more.
Your pearly gates he'll climb when it's opening time.
Angels, saints and seraphim
You'll, you’ll find it hard to keep a guard
On him.
They brought him home upon a handcart with his legs in
the air. He
Was singing Rule Britannia backwards in his underwear.
Challenged all the county police force to a fight right
away, then
He offered to put the Ladies' Union in the family way.
Your crystal domes will shake when he makes his break
Angels, saints and seraphim
He'll give you the slip, so get a grip
On him.
The doctor lifted up an eyelid and pronounced him gone.
To judge from Grandad's finger signals the doctor was
wrong. They
Dressed him in his Sunday night-shirt, they combed out
his hair, but
They couldn't get my Grandad's boots off, he'd need
them up there.
Your silken wings he'll shed. He will paint Paradise
red.
Angels, saints and seraphim
Please don't expect that much respect
From him.
Even at the solemn moment he wouldn't behave, for
I heard him whistling in his coffin on his way to the
grave. He
Took off toward the New Jerusalem with his pinch of
salt. I
Distinctly heard him flatulating in his marble vault.
Your candles will be dimmed when he gets the wind.
Angels, saints and seraphim
Although he's old, although he's cold,
Keep a tight hold