Richard Beckinsale Richard Beckinsale Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor, who played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom "Porridge" (along with its sequel series "Going Straight") and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom "Rising Damp". He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. Beckinsale was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, to an Anglo-Burmese father, Arthur John Beckinsale, and an English mother, Maggie Barlow. He left Alderman White Secondary Modern School at 15 with ambitions to become an actor, so while working in numerous manual jobs he enrolled at a Nottingham adult
Victoria (UK TV series) holds a rating of 87%, based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.17/10. The site's consensus reads, ""Victoria"'s sophomore season finds this striking period drama returning with a second batch of episodes that are just as absorbing as its first." On "Metacritic", the first series has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Victoria (UK TV series) Victoria is a British television drama series created and principally written by Daisy Goodwin, which stars Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria. The series premiered in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2016 on