Charles most notably presented the cult TV hit Robot Wars on BBC2 ( 1998 – 2003 ) and Channel 5 ( 2003 – 2004 ), from series 2 until its conclusion at series 7, which included two Extreme series and numerous ' specials '.

Charles has acted in episodes of popular dramas such as The Bill ( 1995 ), EastEnders ( 2002 ) and Holby City ( 2003 ) and in the comedy The 10 Percenters ( 1996 ).

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

In August 1997, Charles married his second wife, Jackie, with whom he has two daughters Anna-Jo ( born 1997 ) and Nellie ( born 2003 ).

On January 6, 2004, Prime Minister Pierre Charles, who had been suffering from heart problems since 2003, died.

The genre was also a heavy influence on more mainstream writers, such as Charles Dickens, who read Gothic novels as a teenager and incorporated their gloomy atmosphere and melodrama into his own works, shifting them to a more modern period and an urban setting, including Oliver Twist ( 1837-8 ), Bleak House ( 1854 ) ( Mighall 2003 ) and Great Expectations ( 1860 – 61 ).

* Casualty of War: A Childhood Remembered ( Eastern European Studies, 18 ) Luisa Lang Owen and Charles M. Barber, Texas A & M University Press, January, 2003, hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN 1-58544-212-7

* Pierre Efratas wrote a sequel called Le Destin d ' Ivanhoe ( 2003 ), published by Éditions Charles Corlet.

My Father Knew Charles Ives ( 2003 ): Adams writes, " My Father Knew Charles Ives is musical autobiography, an homage and encomium to a composer whose influence on me has been huge.

* ( 2003 ) My Father Knew Charles Ives

On March 7, 2003, the war tribunal Special Court for Sierra Leone ( SCSL ) decided to summon Charles Taylor and charge him with war crimes and crimes against humanity, but they kept this decision and this charge secret until June that year.

October 14, 2003, Blah handed power to Charles Gyude Bryant.

The president of the last of these, Charles Taylor, was forced to step down in 2003, and the United Nations installed a transitional government.

Due to intense pressure from the international community and the United States, Charles Taylor resigned his office on August 11, 2003.

The resignation and exile of Charles Taylor in 2003 brought changes in diplomatic ties between the United States and Liberia.

* 1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor ( d. 2003 )

In 2003 Content, a 544-page magazine-style book designed by &&& Creative and published by Koolhaas, gives an overview of the last decade of OMA projects including his designs for the Prada shops, the Seattle Public Library, a plan to save Cambridge from Harvard by rechanneling the Charles River, Lagos ' future as Earth's third-biggest town, as well as interviews with Martha Stewart and Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

On 5 May 2003 Bockarie was killed in Liberia, allegedly on orders from President Charles Taylor, who feared Bockarie ’ s testimony before the Special Court.

American examples are Saigon Station ( 2003 ) by Charles Gillen, The Dream Merchant of Lisbon ( 2004 ) and No Game For Amateurs ( 2009 ) by Gene Coyle, Edge of Allegiance ( 2005 ) by Thomas F. Murphy, A Train to Potevka ( 2005 ) by Mike Ramsdell, Voices Under Berlin ( 2008 ), by T. H. E.

* MacLean, Charles ( 2003 ) Scotch Whisky: A Liquid History.

In late January 2003, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity, Charles Lewis, published a leaked draft copy of an Administration proposal titled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003.

Among PARC's distinguished researchers were three Turing Award winners: Butler W. Lampson ( 1992 ), Alan Kay ( 2003 ), and Charles P. Thacker ( 2009 ).

In 2003, Simon signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the US.

In the summer of 2003, Philips Semiconductors, a major mesh network supporter, ceased the investment.

He strongly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is a fervent supporter of the State of Israel.

Franklin Graham, a strong supporter of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, came under criticism for comments he made about Islam in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks when he referred to Islam as " a very evil and wicked religion.

He supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is a supporter of Israel.

Consistent with his positions during the leadership race, Prentice was a supporter of the merger endorsed by both the CA and PC parties in December 2003 that formed the new Conservative Party of Canada.

From 2003 until August 24, 2006, Shays was a " stalwart supporter " of the War in Iraq, and of a continued U. S. military presence there.

Born in Sheffield, he is a lifelong supporter of Sheffield United, with whom he had his longest managerial spell at eight years, taking them to the League and FA Cup semi finals in 2003.

He was a strong supporter of a 2003 constitutional amendment which officially changed the name of the province of Newfoundland to " Newfoundland and Labrador.

During the leadership crisis in the Labor Party in 2003, Smith was a prominent supporter of his fellow Western Australian, Kim Beazley.

During the 2003 Labor leadership contests he was a close confidant and supporter of Kim Beazley, but retained his positions under the new leader, Mark Latham.

A staunch Paul Martin supporter, Carroll was named Minister for International Cooperation, responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, when Paul Martin became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003.

Sorbara was initially a supporter of John Manley's bid to lead the federal Liberal Party in early 2003.

Raised in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dickson has been a supporter of the New Brunswick Liberals and campaigned for them in the 2003 election.

In federal politics, Emery has been a public supporter of the New Democratic Party since in 2003 Jack Layton supported the legalization of marijuana.

He was considered a strong supporter of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and was removed from the Canadian Cabinet when Paul Martin succeeded Chrétien as Liberal leader and prime minister in 2003.

While she was a past supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party and worked for the 1995 campaign of rival Tory MPP Brenda Elliott, Sandals defeated her in the Ontario provincial election of 2003 by 2, 872 votes in the riding of Guelph — Wellington.

Lik-Sang was a strong supporter of the Dreamcast Community, in 2003 they partnered with Dreamcast-Scene ( DCS ) and GOAT Store to promote independently developed games, they had an exclusive deal with GOAT Store that made them the sole distributor of all independently released games until their demise in 2006 ..

Feldman was a longtime supporter of Mel Lastman, the generally conservative mayor first of North York, then of the merged Toronto until 2003.

Beinart was a vocal supporter of the 2003 U. S .- led invasion of Iraq but by 2006 as he published his first book, he " had concluded that it had been a tragic mistake ", according to George Packer in The New Yorker.

A long supporter of football in Australia, Lowy was elected Chairman of the Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) in 2003.

Ross was a noted supporter of the Iraq war and he signed two Project for a New American Century ( PNAC ) letters in support of the war in March 2003.

Peters was a strong supporter of the 2003 invasion and ongoing war in Iraq.

The oldest active ultras group, Ultra Caos Stockholm, formed in 2003 is mostly influenced by southern European supporter culture.