Martha Howe-Douglas
Encyclopedia
Martha Howe-Douglas is an English
actress, best known for playing the receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One
daytime soap, Doctors
. She has appeared in the children's series Horrible Histories
, and as Lady Anne in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "The Castle
".
receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors. She attended the British Soap Awards
in 2007 where she was nominated twice, once for '"Best Newcomer" where she came third out of fourth in the poll and "Best Comedy Performance" where she came second. Howe-Douglas replaced Dawn as the receptionist at Wernham-Hogg in The Office
. She also plays numerous characters on CBBC
's Horrible Histories
and appeared in The Armstrong & Miller Show on BBC One
. She played Flora Dies-Early in the hit radio show Bleak Expectations
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress, best known for playing the receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
daytime soap, Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
. She has appeared in the children's series Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)
Horrible Histories is an award-winning British children's television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. The first series was thirteen episodes long, and was broadcast from 16 April to 9 July 2009 on CBBC on BBC One. A second series, of twelve episodes , aired from 31 May...
, and as Lady Anne in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "The Castle
The Castle
The Castle is a novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist, known only as K., struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities of a castle who govern the village for unknown reasons...
".
Career
From 24 April 2006 until 11 May 2007 Howe-Douglas played BrummieBrummie
Brummie is a colloquial term for the inhabitants, accent and dialect of Birmingham, England, as well as being a general adjective used to denote a connection with the city, locally called Brum...
receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors. She attended the British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
in 2007 where she was nominated twice, once for '"Best Newcomer" where she came third out of fourth in the poll and "Best Comedy Performance" where she came second. Howe-Douglas replaced Dawn as the receptionist at Wernham-Hogg in The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
. She also plays numerous characters on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
's Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to engage children in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms...
and appeared in The Armstrong & Miller Show on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. She played Flora Dies-Early in the hit radio show Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations is a Radio 4 comedy series, whose first series premiered in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as Bleak House and Great Expectations, from which it derives its name – and costume dramas set in the same period, and parodies several of their plot...
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