Hulu today gave a first glimpse of the avidly awaited eight-part series Rivals, based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper and produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios. The series is set to debut on Disney+ in other countries later this year.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, Rivals delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.
This first wave of images unveiled six iconic characters from the drama. Alex Hassell plays the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary. Aidan Turner is journalist and TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who becomes caught in the crossfire of the long-simmering feud between Rupert and Tony.
Nafessa Williams is pictured as Cameron Cook,...
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, Rivals delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.
This first wave of images unveiled six iconic characters from the drama. Alex Hassell plays the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary. Aidan Turner is journalist and TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who becomes caught in the crossfire of the long-simmering feud between Rupert and Tony.
Nafessa Williams is pictured as Cameron Cook,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Disney+ thas revealed a set of first-look images of the eight-part series, ‘Rivals’, based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper and produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, the show delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. Part of Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series it is packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex and wit.
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Six of the iconic characters from the drama have been unveiled in this first wave of images. Alex Hassell features as the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, the show delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. Part of Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series it is packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex and wit.
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Six of the iconic characters from the drama have been unveiled in this first wave of images. Alex Hassell features as the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary.
- 5/9/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Disney+ is building buzz for its Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals by teasing first-look images of the eight-part series. The series will stream on Hulu in the U.S.
Rivals is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England. Scroll on for more images.
Rivals chronicles the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 and the long-standing rivalry of ex-Olympian, MP, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and his neighbor Tony Baddingham (David Tennant), controller of Corinium Television.
Poldark star Aidan Turner is TV presenter Declan O’Hara, a fierce intellectual with an even fiercer temper who is wooed to Corinium from the BBC. Other cast includes EastEnders actor Danny Dyer as Freddie Jones, a self-made electrics millionaire.
Among the wider ensemble is Nafessa Williams (Black Lighting), Bella Maclean (Sex Education), Katherine Parkinson...
Rivals is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England. Scroll on for more images.
Rivals chronicles the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 and the long-standing rivalry of ex-Olympian, MP, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and his neighbor Tony Baddingham (David Tennant), controller of Corinium Television.
Poldark star Aidan Turner is TV presenter Declan O’Hara, a fierce intellectual with an even fiercer temper who is wooed to Corinium from the BBC. Other cast includes EastEnders actor Danny Dyer as Freddie Jones, a self-made electrics millionaire.
Among the wider ensemble is Nafessa Williams (Black Lighting), Bella Maclean (Sex Education), Katherine Parkinson...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: When Murray Ferguson left UK drama house Clerkenwell Films in 2021 after more than two decades, it was a true changing of the guard. Today marks a big day for his successors, Petra Fried and Wim de Greef.
Not only is the Truelove and The End of the F***ing World producer’s Netflix drama series Baby Reindeer launching globally, but its BBC series Cheaters has landed a second season. Joint Managing Directors Fried and de Greef revealed the news in their first interview since taking over the company more than three years ago.
Susan Wokoma (CrazyHead, Year of the Rabbit, Enola Holmes), Joshua McGuire (Anatomy of a Scandal, Lovesick), Jack Fox (Riviera, Sanditon) and Callie Cooke (Henpocalypse, Rules of the Game) will all return for another run of the relationship comedy-drama. It is set for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with no transmission date set yet.
The short-form show...
Not only is the Truelove and The End of the F***ing World producer’s Netflix drama series Baby Reindeer launching globally, but its BBC series Cheaters has landed a second season. Joint Managing Directors Fried and de Greef revealed the news in their first interview since taking over the company more than three years ago.
Susan Wokoma (CrazyHead, Year of the Rabbit, Enola Holmes), Joshua McGuire (Anatomy of a Scandal, Lovesick), Jack Fox (Riviera, Sanditon) and Callie Cooke (Henpocalypse, Rules of the Game) will all return for another run of the relationship comedy-drama. It is set for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with no transmission date set yet.
The short-form show...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer Disney+ has revealed a power packed British cast who will join the previously announced David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer on the series adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s steamy novel “Rivals.”
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aiden Turner have joined the casting line-up for the eight-part series, ‘Rivals’, based on the celebrated novel by Jilly Cooper.
Completing the ensemble cast are Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luke Pasqualino and Catriona Chandler.
The original eight-episode series is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles, the iconic literary series packed full of wit, romantic entanglements, sex and unforgettable characters. The story is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Diving headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennant...
Completing the ensemble cast are Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luke Pasqualino and Catriona Chandler.
The original eight-episode series is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles, the iconic literary series packed full of wit, romantic entanglements, sex and unforgettable characters. The story is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Diving headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennant...
- 3/21/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Doctor Who star David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aidan Turner are featuring in an ensemble cast for Disney+’s adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Unveiled at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, Rivals is part of iconic British author Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
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Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent...
Unveiled at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, Rivals is part of iconic British author Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
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Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent...
- 3/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Rivals,” the steamy 1980s novel from “Queen of the Bonkbuster” Jilly Cooper is set to be adapted for streamer Disney+.
The eight-part series is set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
“As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle,” reads the longline.
The series will be produced by Happy Prince Productions, which is part of ITV Studios. Elliot Hegarty (“Ted Lasso”) will lead direct and exec produce episodes 1-3. Eliza Mellor (“The Midwich Cuckoos”) is series producer.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”) will exec produce alongside Cooper, Alexander Lamb (“The Bay”), literary agent Felicity Blunt, writer Laura Wade and Lee Mason, director of scripted content for Disney...
The eight-part series is set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
“As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle,” reads the longline.
The series will be produced by Happy Prince Productions, which is part of ITV Studios. Elliot Hegarty (“Ted Lasso”) will lead direct and exec produce episodes 1-3. Eliza Mellor (“The Midwich Cuckoos”) is series producer.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”) will exec produce alongside Cooper, Alexander Lamb (“The Bay”), literary agent Felicity Blunt, writer Laura Wade and Lee Mason, director of scripted content for Disney...
- 8/25/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has greenlit a new eight-part series titled Rivals, based on the popular novel by British author Jilly Cooper.
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 when a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over: ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black, and his Rutshire neighbor Tony Baddingham, controller of the independent TV franchise Corinium Television.
As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle.
“The combination of Jilly Cooper and Disney+ is delightfully unexpected. We were thrilled when Dominic brought us these iconic books, and we leapt at the chance to bring them to life. We can’t wait to welcome Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of Rutshire to the platform,” said Lee Mason,...
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 when a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over: ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black, and his Rutshire neighbor Tony Baddingham, controller of the independent TV franchise Corinium Television.
As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle.
“The combination of Jilly Cooper and Disney+ is delightfully unexpected. We were thrilled when Dominic brought us these iconic books, and we leapt at the chance to bring them to life. We can’t wait to welcome Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of Rutshire to the platform,” said Lee Mason,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Julie Walters (National Treasure) and Clarke Peters (The Wire) are fronting a dark, irreverent drama based around a death pact for broadcaster Channel 4.
They will star in Clerkenwell Films’ six-part Truelove, which is written by from Iain Weatherby (Humans) and co-created with Charlie Covell. She wrote the tonally similar Channel 4 and Netflix drama The End Of The F***ing World — another Clerkenwell production.
With a core cast in their 60s and 70s, Channel 4 says the series “breaks the rules for older characters on screen and flips ageist tropes on their head in a series which promises thrilling twists and turns, irreverent humour and passionate romance.”
Walter will play Phil, an ex-senior police chief enjoying a comfortable if boring retirement, and Peters plays Ken, a divorcee and ex-special forces vet who feels similarly at sea. The pair are childhood sweetheart who never quite managed to forget each other.
At a friend’s funeral many years later,...
They will star in Clerkenwell Films’ six-part Truelove, which is written by from Iain Weatherby (Humans) and co-created with Charlie Covell. She wrote the tonally similar Channel 4 and Netflix drama The End Of The F***ing World — another Clerkenwell production.
With a core cast in their 60s and 70s, Channel 4 says the series “breaks the rules for older characters on screen and flips ageist tropes on their head in a series which promises thrilling twists and turns, irreverent humour and passionate romance.”
Walter will play Phil, an ex-senior police chief enjoying a comfortable if boring retirement, and Peters plays Ken, a divorcee and ex-special forces vet who feels similarly at sea. The pair are childhood sweetheart who never quite managed to forget each other.
At a friend’s funeral many years later,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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BBC Studios has scored a raft of sales on all seasons of smash hit series “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Amazon Prime Video will take non-exclusive SVOD global rights to all four series of the series and the special, “The Abominable Bride,” excluding the U.S., Australia, and greater China. In China, the series will be available exclusively on Tencent Video, while Japanese broadcaster Mystery Channel has acquired the exclusive pay TV license for its Axn Mystery channel. In Russia, the series will have co-exclusive SVOD home on Yandex’s Kinopoisk. Cosmote has secured exclusive Pay TV and non-exclusive SVOD rights for Greece and public broadcaster Rtve in Spain has picked up non-exclusive Fvod rights for its Rtve Play service. In Canada, non-exclusive agreements with CBC Gem and BBC First are in place.
Written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss...
BBC Studios has scored a raft of sales on all seasons of smash hit series “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Amazon Prime Video will take non-exclusive SVOD global rights to all four series of the series and the special, “The Abominable Bride,” excluding the U.S., Australia, and greater China. In China, the series will be available exclusively on Tencent Video, while Japanese broadcaster Mystery Channel has acquired the exclusive pay TV license for its Axn Mystery channel. In Russia, the series will have co-exclusive SVOD home on Yandex’s Kinopoisk. Cosmote has secured exclusive Pay TV and non-exclusive SVOD rights for Greece and public broadcaster Rtve in Spain has picked up non-exclusive Fvod rights for its Rtve Play service. In Canada, non-exclusive agreements with CBC Gem and BBC First are in place.
Written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss...
- 1/26/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jack Whitehall's Cornish accent goes horribly awry in the funny first clip from The Bad Education Movie.
Confronted by a police officer, Whitehall's Alfie Wickers panics as he desperately tries to cover up the seven students in a pub. Game of Thrones star Iain Glen also features in the scene, posing as Alfie's father.
Watch the clip above to witness the worst Cornish accent you'll ever hear.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani all reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley and The Wire's Clarke Peters are all new additions to the cast.
The film is co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, and directed by Elliot Hegarty.
The Bad Education Movie will be released in cinemas on August 21.
Confronted by a police officer, Whitehall's Alfie Wickers panics as he desperately tries to cover up the seven students in a pub. Game of Thrones star Iain Glen also features in the scene, posing as Alfie's father.
Watch the clip above to witness the worst Cornish accent you'll ever hear.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani all reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley and The Wire's Clarke Peters are all new additions to the cast.
The film is co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, and directed by Elliot Hegarty.
The Bad Education Movie will be released in cinemas on August 21.
- 8/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall's Cornish accent goes horribly awry in the funny first clip from The Bad Education Movie.
Confronted by a police officer, Whitehall's Alfie Wickers panics as he desperately tries to cover up the seven students in a pub. Game of Thrones star Iain Glen also features in the scene, posing as Alfie's father.
Watch the clip above to witness the worst Cornish accent you'll ever hear.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani all reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley and The Wire's Clarke Peters are all new additions to the cast.
The film is co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, and directed by Elliot Hegarty.
The Bad Education Movie will be released in cinemas on August 21.
Confronted by a police officer, Whitehall's Alfie Wickers panics as he desperately tries to cover up the seven students in a pub. Game of Thrones star Iain Glen also features in the scene, posing as Alfie's father.
Watch the clip above to witness the worst Cornish accent you'll ever hear.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani all reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley and The Wire's Clarke Peters are all new additions to the cast.
The film is co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, and directed by Elliot Hegarty.
The Bad Education Movie will be released in cinemas on August 21.
- 8/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall brings Bad Education to the big screen in The Bad Education Movie. Here's the first trailer...
The last British comedy show that picked itself a prime August release slot on its way to UK cinemas was The Inbetweeners Movie, and its sequel. Both made huge amounts of money, both landed in the top ten films of the year at the British box office, and both are regularly respun on home formats. The money is still coming in.
High hopes, then, for The Bad Education Movie, based on the hit comedy show of almost the same name. Jack Whitehall stars, reprising the role of Alfie Wickers, and the cast includes Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Harry Enfield, Matthew Horne and Sarah Selomani.
Elliot Hegarty is directing, with Whitehall and Freddy Syborn penning the script. Here's the first trailer...
The Bad Education Movie arrives on Friday August 21st.
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The last British comedy show that picked itself a prime August release slot on its way to UK cinemas was The Inbetweeners Movie, and its sequel. Both made huge amounts of money, both landed in the top ten films of the year at the British box office, and both are regularly respun on home formats. The money is still coming in.
High hopes, then, for The Bad Education Movie, based on the hit comedy show of almost the same name. Jack Whitehall stars, reprising the role of Alfie Wickers, and the cast includes Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Harry Enfield, Matthew Horne and Sarah Selomani.
Elliot Hegarty is directing, with Whitehall and Freddy Syborn penning the script. Here's the first trailer...
The Bad Education Movie arrives on Friday August 21st.
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- 7/13/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Jack Whitehall is a badass teacher in the first trailer for The Bad Education Movie.
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils are back for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which arrives in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
In the trailer, Alfie is itching to take his class for one last trip away together after completing their exams - but soon comes up against opposition from disgruntled parents who don't think he's an appropriate role model.
In response, he resolves to take the students "on a holiday that's so bats**t mental that if it was a movie, everyone would be played by Nicolas Cage", and they soon tear up Cornwall, raising havoc, insulting the locals and upsetting the resident wildlife.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams,...
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils are back for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which arrives in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
In the trailer, Alfie is itching to take his class for one last trip away together after completing their exams - but soon comes up against opposition from disgruntled parents who don't think he's an appropriate role model.
In response, he resolves to take the students "on a holiday that's so bats**t mental that if it was a movie, everyone would be played by Nicolas Cage", and they soon tear up Cornwall, raising havoc, insulting the locals and upsetting the resident wildlife.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams,...
- 7/12/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall has promised the 'best school trip ever' in the upcoming Bad Education Movie.
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils will return for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which lands at cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Game of Thrones star Iain Glen and The Wire's Clarke Peters have also joined the cast.
The Bad Education Movie will see Alfie take his class for one last trip abroad after completing their GCSEs. Co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, the film is directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Last year, Whitehall pitched Bad Education with the Us TV networks, but the project didn't get picked up to series.
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils will return for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which lands at cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Game of Thrones star Iain Glen and The Wire's Clarke Peters have also joined the cast.
The Bad Education Movie will see Alfie take his class for one last trip abroad after completing their GCSEs. Co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, the film is directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Last year, Whitehall pitched Bad Education with the Us TV networks, but the project didn't get picked up to series.
- 6/29/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall has promised the 'best school trip ever' in the upcoming Bad Education Movie.
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils will return for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which lands at cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Game of Thrones star Iain Glen and The Wire's Clarke Peters have also joined the cast.
The Bad Education Movie will see Alfie take his class for one last trip abroad after completing their GCSEs. Co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, the film is directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Last year, Whitehall pitched Bad Education with the Us TV networks, but the project didn't get picked up to series.
Alfie Wickers and his tearaway pupils will return for a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy, which lands at cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, August 21.
Harry Enfield, Mathew Horne and Sarah Solemani will reprise their roles from the sitcom, alongside the pupils played by Ethan Lawrence, Layton Williams, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Weruche Opia, Jack Binstead and Charlie Wernham.
Jeremy Irvine, Joanna Scanlan, Talulah Riley, Game of Thrones star Iain Glen and The Wire's Clarke Peters have also joined the cast.
The Bad Education Movie will see Alfie take his class for one last trip abroad after completing their GCSEs. Co-written by Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, the film is directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Last year, Whitehall pitched Bad Education with the Us TV networks, but the project didn't get picked up to series.
- 6/29/2015
- Digital Spy
Filming is underway in Cornwall on a full-length spin-off film from the bit BBC Three sitcom Bad Education, starring comedian Jack Whitehall back in the role of Alfie Wickers, "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system".
The 26-year old is joined by the rest of the show’s cast, including Ethan Lawrence as Joe, Nikki Runeckles as Chantelle, Layton Williams as Stephen, Charlie Wernham as Mitchell, Jack Binstead as Rem Dogg, Kae Alexander as Jing and Weruche Opia as Cleopatra.
Sarah Solemani, Mathew Horne and Harry Enfield are also all set to return.
Whitehall said: “It’s very exciting to be bringing Bad Education to the big screen. It’s great to be reunited one last time with my amazing class of kids before they get ripped apart by puberty.”
Bad Education made its debut on BBC3 in August 2012 and ran for three series' until October 2014. It...
The 26-year old is joined by the rest of the show’s cast, including Ethan Lawrence as Joe, Nikki Runeckles as Chantelle, Layton Williams as Stephen, Charlie Wernham as Mitchell, Jack Binstead as Rem Dogg, Kae Alexander as Jing and Weruche Opia as Cleopatra.
Sarah Solemani, Mathew Horne and Harry Enfield are also all set to return.
Whitehall said: “It’s very exciting to be bringing Bad Education to the big screen. It’s great to be reunited one last time with my amazing class of kids before they get ripped apart by puberty.”
Bad Education made its debut on BBC3 in August 2012 and ran for three series' until October 2014. It...
- 3/1/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
The feature-length, more expensive and extra-expansive movie version of Bad Education started shooting on February 24rd, and I have just been sent the first image from the set. You can see it in full below.
Like episodes of the TV show, the movie has been written by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn and directed by Elliot Hegarty. The same cast are on board too, with Whitehall, the kids, Sarah Solemani and Harry Enfield all appearing.
And in the tradition of sitcoms-turned-movies, the story is about a trip of some kind. In this case, the cast decamp to Cornwall – less expensive than The Inbetweeners’ Magaluf, perhaps, and certainly less glitzy than Sex and the City 2’s Dubai, but somewhere I’d far rather go on my holidays.
All we know of the plot so far is that it’s about a nightmare school trip staged as “one last hurrah” for...
Like episodes of the TV show, the movie has been written by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn and directed by Elliot Hegarty. The same cast are on board too, with Whitehall, the kids, Sarah Solemani and Harry Enfield all appearing.
And in the tradition of sitcoms-turned-movies, the story is about a trip of some kind. In this case, the cast decamp to Cornwall – less expensive than The Inbetweeners’ Magaluf, perhaps, and certainly less glitzy than Sex and the City 2’s Dubai, but somewhere I’d far rather go on my holidays.
All we know of the plot so far is that it’s about a nightmare school trip staged as “one last hurrah” for...
- 2/27/2015
- by Brendon Connelly
- Obsessed with Film
Exclusive- Entertainment Film Distributors is in early talks to board the feature adaptation of hit Brit TV comedy series Bad Education, Deadline understands.
The project, which has not yet been greenlit, is being produced by Ben Cavey, with Elliot Hegarty (The Middle) directing and Freddy Syborn and Jack Whitehall writing. Whitehall is also set to reprise his role as the role of Alfie, arguably the worst teacher to ever grace the British education system.
The series, which produced by Endemol-owned Tiger Aspect Pictures, was a popular show for BBC 3 and broke the record for the highest-rated first episode of a comedy on the channel when it debuted in 2013.
Entertainment will no doubt be hoping to recreate the success the company enjoyed with the similar small to big screen adaptation of The Inbetweeners. The first feature instalment was a box office phenomenon in the UK, where it grossed over $70 million in...
The project, which has not yet been greenlit, is being produced by Ben Cavey, with Elliot Hegarty (The Middle) directing and Freddy Syborn and Jack Whitehall writing. Whitehall is also set to reprise his role as the role of Alfie, arguably the worst teacher to ever grace the British education system.
The series, which produced by Endemol-owned Tiger Aspect Pictures, was a popular show for BBC 3 and broke the record for the highest-rated first episode of a comedy on the channel when it debuted in 2013.
Entertainment will no doubt be hoping to recreate the success the company enjoyed with the similar small to big screen adaptation of The Inbetweeners. The first feature instalment was a box office phenomenon in the UK, where it grossed over $70 million in...
- 1/29/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Suburgatory, Episode 2.17 “Eat, Pray, Eat”
Directed By: Elliot Hegarty
Written By: Charlie Carlisle and Aimee Jones
Airs Wednesdays at 9:30pm Et on ABC
Every comedy is due for an off episode here and there and tonight’s episode of Suburgatory was one of those. Eat, Pray, Eat took a detour from the strictly comedic angle to try and explore a more mature storyline. But instead it just felt like a lesser than entry in the series where nothing much happened.
The main plot of the episode saw Dallas reeling when she sees an old blueprint of a house George had been planning with his ex-Alex. This plot development seemed to come from nowhere as Alex hasn’t even been mentioned on this show since the holidays and Dallas and George have a strong connection. Nevertheless this sends her on a tailspin, she cancels plan to go with George to an erotic lighthouse,...
Directed By: Elliot Hegarty
Written By: Charlie Carlisle and Aimee Jones
Airs Wednesdays at 9:30pm Et on ABC
Every comedy is due for an off episode here and there and tonight’s episode of Suburgatory was one of those. Eat, Pray, Eat took a detour from the strictly comedic angle to try and explore a more mature storyline. But instead it just felt like a lesser than entry in the series where nothing much happened.
The main plot of the episode saw Dallas reeling when she sees an old blueprint of a house George had been planning with his ex-Alex. This plot development seemed to come from nowhere as Alex hasn’t even been mentioned on this show since the holidays and Dallas and George have a strong connection. Nevertheless this sends her on a tailspin, she cancels plan to go with George to an erotic lighthouse,...
- 3/21/2013
- by Terence Johnson
- SoundOnSight
ABC has closed all the deals for "Pulling," a single-camera pilot based on the 2006 British series.
"Pulling," from ABC Studios, revolves around three single thirtysomething women who live together after one breaks off her engagement the day before her wedding.
Rob Hanning ("Courting Alex") penned the ABC pilot, which will be directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Stacy Traub has come on board as showrunner. She is exec producing with Francie Calfo and the creators of the original BBC Three series Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly.
"Pulling," from ABC Studios, revolves around three single thirtysomething women who live together after one breaks off her engagement the day before her wedding.
Rob Hanning ("Courting Alex") penned the ABC pilot, which will be directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Stacy Traub has come on board as showrunner. She is exec producing with Francie Calfo and the creators of the original BBC Three series Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly.
- 3/6/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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