Fire again struck the pier in 1974, during the filming of Ken Russell's "Tommy" and part of its superstructure had to be rebuilt.

BBC: Tattooing returns to Portsmouth pier

The maverick film director Ken Russell made a film of Elgar's life for the BBC In 1962, and it has been re-released on DVD.

BBC: Hereford - A few unusual facts about Elgar

In 1974 it was again wrecked by fire during the filming of the Ken Russell movie "Tommy" and part of the superstructure had to be rebuilt.

BBC: Southsea's South Parade Pier closed over safety concerns

After beginning his career as an actor Garland joined the BBC, where he directed programmes for Huw Wheldon on the arts programme Monitor, working alongside Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell.

BBC: Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo

It has a busy surface, with Haynes switching between high Ken Russell camp and dreary journalistic investigation, but the tactic feels less like the search for a Rosebud than desperation.

NEWYORKER: Velvet Goldmine

In 1987 she appeared as Mary Shelley in Gothic, Ken Russell's lurid take on the visit by the Shelley's and Lord Byron to the Villa Diodati which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.

BBC: Obituary: Natasha Richardson

Ms. Hammerstein, whose acting career included appearances in the BBC TV adaptation of "The Forsyte Saga, " and who worked with '60s star directors Ken Loach and Ken Russell, said that in some ways performing in front of children can be more exciting than doing so for adults.

WSJ: Only Make Believe Performs the Highest of Art

Labour education spokesman Ken Macintosh said Mr Russell was still failing to answer teachers' concerns about the Curriculum for Excellence.

BBC: Schools to get 'tailored help' for new curriculum

Montgomeryshire AM Russell George called for the government to explore options to extend the concessionary fares scheme, while Labour AM Ken Skates asked what support the government was offering to upgrade roads.

BBC: Local government questions