Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals. Novello, the son of the celebrated Welsh singing teacher, Dame Clara Novello Davies, was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and served with the Royal Naval Air Service

Donald Davies was a British computer scientist and inventor of packet switching, along with American electrical engineer Paul Baran. Davies studied at Imperial College in London, obtaining degrees in physics (B.Sc., 1943) and mathematics (B.Sc., 1947). In 1947 he went to work on the design of the

Donald Davies was a British computer scientist and inventor of packet switching, along with American electrical engineer Paul Baran. Davies studied at Imperial College in London, obtaining degrees in physics (B.Sc., 1943) and mathematics (B.Sc., 1947). In 1947 he went to work on the design of the

Emily Davies was an English pioneer in the movement to secure university education for women and the chief founder of Girton College, Cambridge. She was responsible for University College, London, admitting women to classes in 1870 for the first time. Educated at home, Davies joined the campaign

Gareth Edwards: …Bennett (1969–78, 29 Tests), winger Gerald Davies (1966–78, 46 Tests), and fullback John Peter Rhys (“JPR”) Williams (1969–81, 55 Tests). Wales was frequently launched into attack by Edwards, who passed the ball back to Johns and later Bennett, with the action ending often in a try from one of the…

Larry Kramer: Film and stage work: …he helped to adapt from Hunter Davies’ novel of teenage sexual experimentation. Kramer then produced and wrote the screenplay for Women in Love (1969), an adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel directed by Ken Russell. He received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay. His final screenwriting effort—a musical…

Siôn Dafydd Rhys was a Welsh physician and grammarian whose grammar, Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve linguae institutiones et rudimenta (1592), was the first to expound the Welsh language through the international medium of Latin. Rhys spent some time at Oxford then earned a degree in medicine from

John Davies was an English poet and writing master whose chief work was Microcosmos (1603), a didactic religious treatise. Davies settled in Oxford and became known as the best penman of his day. As well as other religious verse treatises, he wrote Wittes Pilgrimage . . . (c. 1605), a collection of

golf: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA): Juli Inkster, and Laura Davies were among the top players of the 1980s and ’90s. By the turn of the century, when the annual purse for LPGA events had increased to more than $37 million per year, the tour was dominated by such players as Karrie Webb, Annika…

Marion Davies was an American actor who was more renowned for her 34-year relationship with publishing giant William Randolph Hearst than for her performance career. Nonetheless, she was a popular movie star in the 1920s, and she was particularly admired for her comic talents. Marion’s father,

Paul Davies is a British theoretical physicist and astrobiologist who contributed to scholarly and popular debate on issues such as the origin of life and extraterrestrial intelligence through his books and television specials. (Read Carl Sagan’s Britannica entry on extraterrestrial life.) Davies

Paul Davies is a British theoretical physicist and astrobiologist who contributed to scholarly and popular debate on issues such as the origin of life and extraterrestrial intelligence through his books and television specials. (Read Carl Sagan’s Britannica entry on extraterrestrial life.) Davies

Ray Davies is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band the Kinks. Ray Davies was born into a working-class family in the Fortis Green area of the suburban Muswell Hill district of north London. His parents were Frederick Davies, who worked in a slaughterhouse,

Celtic literature: The Reformation: …by Salesbury in collaboration with Richard Davies, bishop of St. David’s. The Welsh Bible translated by William Morgan, bishop of St. Asaph, aided by Edmwnd Prys, was published in 1588. The revised version, published in 1620, is still used. It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of these three…

Robertson Davies was a novelist and playwright whose works offer penetrating observations on Canadian provincialism and prudery. Educated in England at the University of Oxford, Davies had training in acting, directing, and stage management as a member of the Old Vic Repertory Company. He edited

Samuel Davies was a Presbyterian preacher in the American colonies who defended religious dissent and helped lead the Southern phase of the religious revival known as the Great Awakening. Davies was educated at Samuel Blair’s “log college” at Fagg’s Manor, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in 1747.

Emily Davies was an English pioneer in the movement to secure university education for women and the chief founder of Girton College, Cambridge. She was responsible for University College, London, admitting women to classes in 1870 for the first time. Educated at home, Davies joined the campaign

Sarah Forbes Bonetta was a Yoruban woman who was captured as a child by a neighboring kingdom and later taken from western Africa to the United Kingdom by an abolitionist. She had her welfare and education funded by Queen Victoria, with whom she developed a close relationship. There is very little

Sir John Davies was an English poet and lawyer whose Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing reveals a typically Elizabethan pleasure in the contemplation of the correspondence between the natural order and human activity. Educated at the University of Oxford, Davies entered the Middle Temple, London, in

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was an English composer, conductor, and teacher whose powerfully innovative music made him one of the most influential British composers of the 20th century. Davies studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1952–56; now the Royal Northern College of Music), at the

Ray Davies is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band the Kinks. Ray Davies was born into a working-class family in the Fortis Green area of the suburban Muswell Hill district of north London. His parents were Frederick Davies, who worked in a slaughterhouse,

William Henry Davies was an English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his Georgian contemporaries. After serving as apprentice to a picture framer, Davies tramped through the United States, crossed the Atlantic many times on cattle boats, lost a

Robertson Davies was a novelist and playwright whose works offer penetrating observations on Canadian provincialism and prudery. Educated in England at the University of Oxford, Davies had training in acting, directing, and stage management as a member of the Old Vic Repertory Company. He edited

Arrigo Caterino Davila was an Italian historian who was the author of a widely read history of the Wars of Religion in France. About 1583 Davila became a page in the service of Catherine de Médicis, wife of King Henry II of France. He subsequently became a soldier and fought in the French civil

Central America: Appointment of Pedrarias: Pedrarias sent a kinsman, Gil González Dávila, to explore northward, and he found civilization on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. The jealous Pedrarias forced him to flee to Santo Domingo before a Spanish colony could be planted, however, and instead sent Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in 1524, who established…

Honduras: The 20th century: …strongman José Santos Zelaya put Miguel Dávila into the Honduran presidency. This led in 1911 and 1912 to something more serious than periodic revolutions. The U.S. president, William Howard Taft, sent marines to protect American banana investments, which by this time had grown considerably, with three companies exploiting this Honduran…

Josephine Tey was a Scottish playwright and author of popular detective novels praised for their warm and readable style. A physical education teacher for eight years, Tey became a full-time writer with the successful publication of her first book, The Man in the Queue (1929). She wrote some novels

Davis, city, Yolo county, central California, U.S. It lies in the Sacramento River valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of Sacramento. The city, founded in 1868, was named Davisville for Jerome C. Davis, who owned a stock farm on the site. (The city’s name was shortened in 1907 by the post office and

Davis Cup, trophy awarded to the winner of an annual international lawn-tennis tournament originally for amateur men’s teams. The official name is the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy. The trophy was donated in 1900 by American Dwight F. Davis for a competition between teams from the

Lake Mead: …Canyon National Park to below Davis Dam (1950). It includes Lake Mohave and part of the Hualapai Indian Reservation. It was the first national recreation area to be designated as such by the U.S. Congress. Lake Mead National Recreation Area receives about eight million visitors annually and operates four marinas…

Tampa: In the 1920s the man-made Davis Islands were created offshore in Hillsborough Bay (Tampa Bay’s eastern arm) for real estate development. The origin of the city’s name is uncertain; it may be derived from a Creek word for “near it” or “a nearby place,” for its proximity to the bay,…

Davis Mountains, segment of the southern Rocky Mountains, mainly in Jeff Davis county, western Texas, U.S., extending northward for 45 miles (72 km) above the town of Marfa. Locally called the Texas Alps, the range has many peaks that exceed 7,000 feet (2,100 metres), the highest of which is Mount

Davis Strait, bay of the northern Atlantic Ocean, lying between southeastern Baffin Island (Canada) and southwestern Greenland. The strait separates the depths of Baffin Bay (north) from those of the Labrador Sea (south) and forms part of the Northwest Passage, a route through the Canadian Arctic

gerrymandering: In Davis v. Bandemer (1986), however, a plurality of the Supreme Court held that political gerrymanders could be found unconstitutional (under the equal protection clause) if the resulting electoral system “is arranged in a manner that will consistently degrade a voter’s or a group of voters’…

Davis v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on April 20, 1971, ruled (9–0) that the desegregation plan for Mobile county, Alabama, did not make use of all possible remedies and that lower courts needed to develop a more realistic plan. Davis was one

Brown v. Board of Education: Background and case: Elliott (1951) in South Carolina, Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (1952) in Virginia, and Gebhart v. Belton (1952) in Delaware; there was also a fifth case that was filed independently in the District of Columbia, Bolling v. Sharpe (1951). As with Brown, U.S. district courts had…

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 24, 1999, ruled (5–4) that, under Title IX of the Federal Education Amendments (1972), school boards are liable for failing to stop student-on-student sexual harassment under certain circumstances. The case

Al Davis was an American gridiron football coach and executive who, as commissioner of the American Football League (AFL), was a key actor in the merger of the AFL with the National Football League (NFL) and was either a part owner or principal owner of the Oakland Raiders football franchise

Alexander Jackson Davis was an American architect, designer, draftsman, and illustrator who was best known for his innovative, picturesque country houses. He helped establish the familiar type of American rural house in the “carpenter Gothic” style of the mid-19th century. Davis became a skilled

Alice Coachman was an American athlete who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Coachman first attracted attention in 1939 by breaking Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) high school and college women’s high-jump records while barefoot. She won the AAU outdoor high-jump championship for

Al Davis was an American gridiron football coach and executive who, as commissioner of the American Football League (AFL), was a key actor in the merger of the AFL with the National Football League (NFL) and was either a part owner or principal owner of the Oakland Raiders football franchise

Angela Davis is a militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970–72. The daughter of Alabama schoolteachers, Davis studied at home and abroad (1961–67) before becoming a doctoral candidate at the University of

Angela Davis is a militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970–72. The daughter of Alabama schoolteachers, Davis studied at home and abroad (1961–67) before becoming a doctoral candidate at the University of

The Brady Bunch: …Olsen); and Alice Nelson (Ann B. Davis), the wisecracking live-in housekeeper. While the initial season’s stories sometimes touched on the difficulties of adjusting to life in a combined family, the overall focus of the series was on the ordeals of growing up, such as sibling quarrels, parental restrictions, and…

The Brady Bunch: …Olsen); and Alice Nelson (Ann B. Davis), the wisecracking live-in housekeeper. While the initial season’s stories sometimes touched on the difficulties of adjusting to life in a combined family, the overall focus of the series was on the ordeals of growing up, such as sibling quarrels, parental restrictions, and…

Anthony Davis is one of the most dominant big men in the National Basketball Association (NBA), noted for both his stifling defense and prolific scoring. After winning an NCAA championship with the University of Kentucky in 2012, he was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) with the

Anthony Davis is one of the most dominant big men in the National Basketball Association (NBA), noted for both his stifling defense and prolific scoring. After winning an NCAA championship with the University of Kentucky in 2012, he was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) with the

Steele Rudd was a novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose comic characters are a well-known part of Australia’s literary heritage. Son of a blacksmith, Rudd worked as a horsebreaker, stockman, and drover before going to Brisbane, where he became a clerk and began to write poems and

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine writer and editor, known both for his own work and for his collaborations with Jorge Luis Borges. His elegantly constructed works are oriented toward metaphysical possibilities and employ the fantastic to achieve their meanings. Born into a wealthy family, Bioy

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine writer and editor, known both for his own work and for his collaborations with Jorge Luis Borges. His elegantly constructed works are oriented toward metaphysical possibilities and employ the fantastic to achieve their meanings. Born into a wealthy family, Bioy

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works became classics of 20th-century world literature. Borges was reared in the then-shabby Palermo district of Buenos Aires, the setting of some of his works. His family, which had been notable in Argentine history,

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was a pilot, officer, and administrator who became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was the first African American to become a general in any branch of the U.S. military. Davis studied at the University of Chicago

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became, in 1940, the first Black general in any branch of the U.S. military. Citing census and other records, historian Marvin E. Fletcher has asserted that Davis was born on May 28, 1880. Davis’s military records and his gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery show July 1,

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was a pilot, officer, and administrator who became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was the first African American to become a general in any branch of the U.S. military. Davis studied at the University of Chicago

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became, in 1940, the first Black general in any branch of the U.S. military. Citing census and other records, historian Marvin E. Fletcher has asserted that Davis was born on May 28, 1880. Davis’s military records and his gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery show July 1,

Bette Davis was a versatile, volatile American actress, whose raw, unbridled intensity kept her at the top of her profession for 50 years. Davis developed a taste for acting while attending her mother’s alma mater, Cushing Academy in Massachusetts. After gaining a smattering of experience in summer

Larry Kramer: The Normal Heart and later works: …star of the original production, Brad Davis, committed suicide because of AIDS complications in 1991. The 2014 HBO adaptation won an Emmy Award for best television movie. Kramer later wrote a sequel, The Destiny of Me (1992), which depicted Weeks’s own battle with the disease. (Kramer was himself diagnosed with…

“It’s All Right”: Chicago Soul: … producers—including Roquel (“Billy”) Davis and Carl Davis (who were not related), Johnny Pate (who also was an arranger), and Curtis Mayfield—developed a recognizable Chicago sound that flourished from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. This lightly gospelized rhythm and blues, which came to be known as Chicago soul, replaced the…

Ben L. Abruzzo: Richard Abruzzo and ballooning partner Carol Rymer Davis, a prominent Denver radiologist, won the 2004 Gordon Bennett race, but both were killed in September 2010, during that year’s Bennett race, when their balloon crashed into the Adriatic Sea.

Charles Harold Davis was an American painter, whose romantic interpretations of the landscape excelled in their cloud effects. Davis was a pupil of the schools of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was sent to Paris in 1880. Having studied at the Academy Julian, he went to Barbizon and often

Charles Henry Davis was a U.S. naval officer and scientist. Davis spent two years at Harvard before becoming a midshipman, and he returned there for the study of mathematics between sea cruises. He made the first comprehensive survey of the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine,

artillery: Recoilless guns: …first to succeed was Commander Cleland Davis of the U.S. Navy, who in 1912 developed a gun with a single chamber and two opposite barrels. One barrel carried the projectile, the other an equal weight of grease and lead shot. The explosion of the central cartridge ejected both loads, and,…

Clive Davis is an American music executive and producer who headed several labels, notably CBS Records (1967–73) and Arista (1974–2000), and guided the careers of numerous musicians. Davis earned scholarships to New York University (B.A., 1953) and Harvard Law School (1956), and in 1960 he joined

Clive Davis is an American music executive and producer who headed several labels, notably CBS Records (1967–73) and Arista (1974–2000), and guided the careers of numerous musicians. Davis earned scholarships to New York University (B.A., 1953) and Harvard Law School (1956), and in 1960 he joined

David Davis was an American politician, a close associate of Abraham Lincoln. He served as a Supreme Court justice and senator during the antebellum, American Civil War, and postwar eras. After graduating from Kenyon College in 1832, Davis earned a law degree from Yale in 1835. He was admitted to

animal rights: Animals and the law: …about slavery,” the American historian David Brion Davis has written, is the

Yorgos Lanthimos: The Favourite: …directed a film written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara called The Favourite (2018), about a love triangle between the British queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and two women who compete for her attention (Weisz and Emma Stone). Lanthimos made quirky choices for the film, including outlandish dance sequences and surreal

Dwight F. Davis was a tennis player best known as the donor of the Davis Cup (properly the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy) for competition among teams representing various nations. He later became a United States cabinet member. For three consecutive years (1899–1901) Davis won the U.S.

Dwight F. Davis was a tennis player best known as the donor of the Davis Cup (properly the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy) for competition among teams representing various nations. He later became a United States cabinet member. For three consecutive years (1899–1901) Davis won the U.S.

Sir William Osler, Baronet was a Canadian physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain and whose book The Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892) was a leading textbook. Osler played a key role in transforming the organization and

Elmer Davis was a news broadcaster and writer, director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II. Davis had been a reporter and editorial writer for The New York Times when he joined the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1939 as a radio newscaster. He soon gained a national

Elmer Davis was a news broadcaster and writer, director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II. Davis had been a reporter and editorial writer for The New York Times when he joined the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1939 as a radio newscaster. He soon gained a national

Ernie Davis was an American collegiate gridiron football player who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. As a student at Elmira (N.Y.) Free Academy, Davis was a high-school All-American in football and basketball. Widely recruited to play running back in collegiate football, he

Ernie Davis was an American collegiate gridiron football player who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. As a student at Elmira (N.Y.) Free Academy, Davis was a high-school All-American in football and basketball. Widely recruited to play running back in collegiate football, he

gospel music: Black gospel music: …movement, “We Shall Overcome”; Reverend Gary Davis, a wandering preacher and guitar soloist; Thomas A. Dorsey, a prolific and best-selling songwriter whose works included, most notably, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”; and the Reverend C.L. Franklin of Detroit (father of soul music singer Aretha Franklin), who issued more than 70…

Geena Davis is an American actress who was skilled at comedic roles and brought charm and likability to eccentric characters. Davis studied drama at New England College and later at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, from which she graduated in 1979; she also worked in summer stock theatre.

chemical engineering: History: …textbook on the subject, by George E. Davis, a British chemical consultant. This concentrated on the design of plant items for specific operations. The notion of a processing plant encompassing a number of operations, such as mixing, evaporation, and filtration, and of these operations being essentially similar, whatever the product,…

Glenn Davis was an American world-record holder in the 400-metre hurdles (1956–62) who was the first man to win the Olympic gold medal twice in that event. Davis excelled in track for Barberton (Ohio) High School, often scoring more individually than entire opposing teams. At Ohio State University

Glenn Davis was an American world-record holder in the 400-metre hurdles (1956–62) who was the first man to win the Olympic gold medal twice in that event. Davis excelled in track for Barberton (Ohio) High School, often scoring more individually than entire opposing teams. At Ohio State University

H.L. Davis was an American novelist and poet who wrote realistically about the West, rejecting the stereotype of the cowboy as hero. Davis worked as a cowboy, typesetter, and surveyor and in other jobs before being recognized for his writing. He first received recognition for his poems, written as

H.L. Davis was an American novelist and poet who wrote realistically about the West, rejecting the stereotype of the cowboy as hero. Davis worked as a cowboy, typesetter, and surveyor and in other jobs before being recognized for his writing. He first received recognition for his poems, written as

United States presidential election of 1904: The candidates: As the vice presidential nominee, Henry Gassaway Davis, a railroad tycoon and former West Virginia senator, became, at age 80, the oldest candidate ever to be named to a major party’s presidential ticket.

Henry Winter Davis was a Maryland unionist during the secession crisis, harsh critic of Abraham Lincoln, and coauthor of the congressional plan for Reconstruction during the American Civil War. Davis graduated from Kenyon College and studied law at the University of Virginia. He began his practice

Dalkon Shield: …Shield was invented by physician Hugh Davis and electrical engineer Irwin Lerner in 1968. After promoting the device at medical meetings, they formed the Dalkon Corporation. In 1970 Davis published an article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that described a study of 640 women using the Dalkon…

Jim Davis is an American cartoonist who is best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield. The strip’s titular character, a sardonic, lazy, lasagna-loving, Monday-hating, orange tabby cat, became a worldwide sensation after being introduced in 1978. Garfield went on to be one of the most

Glenn Davis was an American world-record holder in the 400-metre hurdles (1956–62) who was the first man to win the Olympic gold medal twice in that event. Davis excelled in track for Barberton (Ohio) High School, often scoring more individually than entire opposing teams. At Ohio State University

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War (1861–65). After the war, he was imprisoned for two years and indicted for treason but was never tried. Jefferson Davis was the 10th and last child of Samuel Emory Davis, a

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War (1861–65). After the war, he was imprisoned for two years and indicted for treason but was never tried. Jefferson Davis was the 10th and last child of Samuel Emory Davis, a

Jim Davis was an American character actor who was best known for his portrayal of Jock Ewing, the tough gravel-voiced patriarch of the oil-rich Ewing family on Dallas, a top-rated American television series. Davis graduated in 1930 from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He worked in a

Joe Davis was an English billiards and snooker player who was the world snooker champion from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. During his career Davis scored a total of 689 century breaks and held the world record for a maximum break of 147. He also held the world billiard championship from 1928

John Davis was an English navigator who attempted to find the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific. Davis appears to have first proposed his plan to look for the Northwest Passage in 1583 to Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I. In 1585 he began

John W. Davis was a conservative Democratic politician who was his party’s unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1924. Davis was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1895 but returned to his birthplace two years later. In 1899 he was elected to the West Virginia House of

John W. Davis was a conservative Democratic politician who was his party’s unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1924. Davis was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1895 but returned to his birthplace two years later. In 1899 he was elected to the West Virginia House of

trip-hop: The notable exception is DJ Shadow (byname of Josh Davis; b. Jan. 1, 1973, Hayward, Calif., U.S.), an American, who honed his version of trip-hop in northern California. A hip-hop fan disillusioned by rap’s commercialization, Shadow created emotionally evocative song suites such as “In/Flux” (1993), “Lost and Found” (1994),…

Gillian Armstrong: …Armstrong and its lead actress, Judy Davis. In her next movie, Starstruck (1982), Armstrong told the story of a young woman hoping to become a pop star in contemporary Sydney.

Julia A. Moore was a Midwestern versifier whose maudlin, often unintentionally hilarious poetry was parodied by many. Moore was born into poverty in rural Michigan. She attended school through the third grade, when her mother’s illness forced her to assume many adult responsibilities. She began

Katharine Bement Davis was an American penologist, social worker, and writer who had a profound effect on American penal reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Davis graduated from the Rochester (New York) Free Academy in 1879 and for 10 years thereafter taught high-school science in

Kingsley Davis was an American sociologist and demographer who coined the terms population explosion and zero population growth. His specific studies of American society led him to work on a general science of world society, based on empirical analysis of each society in its habitat. Davis received

Sex and the City: …idealistic and naive Charlotte (Kristin Davis). The dynamics of their relationships are revealed with wit and playful irreverence as the four friends experience love, loss, and betrayal. Carrie’s tumultuous relationship with the charismatic yet emotionally unavailable Mr. Big (Chris Noth) underpins the story line, forming a defining relationship in…

The Office: Premise and characters: …branch include Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis), an artistically inclined but drifting office receptionist; Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman), an amiable but also drifting sales representative; Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook), a humorless, self-important assistant regional manager and team leader; and Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson), a lecherous and bullying sales representative whom…