Reina James Reina James Reina James (born 1947) is a British author. She has written two novels, the first of which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize in 2007. James was born in 1947, shortly after her parents arrived in the UK from South Africa. Her father was the actor Sid James. During her teenage years she played in a folk group before marrying and starting a family. In her late 20s she appeared in the stage play "John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert" by Willy Russell, and later appeared in Russell's musical "Blood Brothers". Having worked since the 1980s
Salah Sid for decades; ""Huna London"" (هنا لندن) are considered two of the most famous words since the establishment of the BBC Arabic Service in 1936. In the early stages of his career in the late 1960s, Sid trained as an actor at the Conservatoire de Musique et Déclamation (Conservatory of Music & Dramatic Arts) in Algiers, where he performed several stageplays. Between 1970 and 1979, Sid went on to work as an actor and presenter at Radio-Télévision Algérienne (RTA), a radio and television centre in Algiers, where he wrote and performed in radio dramas, and presented both radio and television programmes.