Margot Robbie and Rosamund Pike are among the nominees for the National Film Awards.The stars of 'Barbie' and 'Saltburn' respectively will compete against talent including Patricia Hodge ('Arthur's Whiskey'), Jo Hartley ('Swede Caroline'), Eiza Gonzalez ('The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare') and Emma Stone ('Poor Things)' in a star-studded Best Actress category.This year's ceremony is set to take place on July 3 at the Porchester Hall in London and marks the 10th anniversary of the prestigious awards. It will feature a lineup of nominees from around the globe consisting of seasoned acting veterans and emerging young talents.The Best Actor category is equally competitive with stars including Barry Keoghan ('Saltburn), Kevin Hart ('Lift') and Ewan McGregor ('Bleeding Love') competing for the prize with Kane Robinson ('The Kitchen') and Lakeith Stanfield ('Book of Clarence').Meanwhile,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Kris Marshall will continue to fight crime in a Christmas special and third series of Beyond Paradise. More details here.
When Robert Thorogood pitched his idea about police drama set in the Caribbean, he could scarcely have imagined the gargantuan hit it would become. Death In Paradise recently broadcast its 13th series, with Ralf Little departing. His replacement has not yet been revealed.
The huge success of the series led to a spin-off, Beyond Paradise. Developed by Thorogood and Hustle creator Tony Jordan, Kris Marshall reprises the role of Humphrey Goodman, who solves crimes in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott, near Devon, as he attempts to juggle his job with his relationship with Martha, played by Not Going Out star Sally Bretton
It is rare for a spin-off to equal the success of its parent show, but since it launched in 2023, Beyond Paradise has grown into one of the UK’s most popular dramas,...
When Robert Thorogood pitched his idea about police drama set in the Caribbean, he could scarcely have imagined the gargantuan hit it would become. Death In Paradise recently broadcast its 13th series, with Ralf Little departing. His replacement has not yet been revealed.
The huge success of the series led to a spin-off, Beyond Paradise. Developed by Thorogood and Hustle creator Tony Jordan, Kris Marshall reprises the role of Humphrey Goodman, who solves crimes in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott, near Devon, as he attempts to juggle his job with his relationship with Martha, played by Not Going Out star Sally Bretton
It is rare for a spin-off to equal the success of its parent show, but since it launched in 2023, Beyond Paradise has grown into one of the UK’s most popular dramas,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Death In Paradise spin-off Return To Paradise is now filming on location in Australia. Here are the details.
The thirteenth series of Robert Thorogood’s long-running crime drama Death In Paradise recently concluded, with Ralf Little leaving the show. His replacement has not yet been announced, but what is being dubbed ‘The Paraverse’ is expanding once again.
The first spin-off, Beyond Paradise, is in the midst of its second series. Developed by Thorogood and Hustle creator Tony Jordan, Kris Marshall reprises the role of Humphrey Goodman, who solves crimes in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott, near Devon.
The second is Return To Paradise. It was announced last year, but now the BBC have revealed details of the plot and characters. The synopsis reads as follows:
Return to Paradise follows Di Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson), an Australian ex-pat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases.
The thirteenth series of Robert Thorogood’s long-running crime drama Death In Paradise recently concluded, with Ralf Little leaving the show. His replacement has not yet been announced, but what is being dubbed ‘The Paraverse’ is expanding once again.
The first spin-off, Beyond Paradise, is in the midst of its second series. Developed by Thorogood and Hustle creator Tony Jordan, Kris Marshall reprises the role of Humphrey Goodman, who solves crimes in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott, near Devon.
The second is Return To Paradise. It was announced last year, but now the BBC have revealed details of the plot and characters. The synopsis reads as follows:
Return to Paradise follows Di Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson), an Australian ex-pat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases.
- 4/10/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Fremantle Completes Asacha Deal
Fremantle has completed its big-money acquisition of Death in Paradise producer Asacha Media Group. The super-indie notified this morning that the deal, which was revealed several weeks ago, has gone through, and will see the Poor Things maker acquire the group from Asacha’s founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Fremantle hasn’t revealed how much Asacha cost but has said it has spent more than €200M ($216M) on both Asacha and 80% of Singapore’s Beach House Pictures since the start of this year. Fremantle takes hold of an eight-label group including Death in Paradise producer Red Planet, Arrow Media and Italy’s Stand By Me. Headquartered in Paris, France, Asacha will continue to be run by Co-Founder and Group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac who will report to Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati. De Chavagnac will continue to be supported by Marina Williams...
Fremantle has completed its big-money acquisition of Death in Paradise producer Asacha Media Group. The super-indie notified this morning that the deal, which was revealed several weeks ago, has gone through, and will see the Poor Things maker acquire the group from Asacha’s founding partners, managers and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Fremantle hasn’t revealed how much Asacha cost but has said it has spent more than €200M ($216M) on both Asacha and 80% of Singapore’s Beach House Pictures since the start of this year. Fremantle takes hold of an eight-label group including Death in Paradise producer Red Planet, Arrow Media and Italy’s Stand By Me. Headquartered in Paris, France, Asacha will continue to be run by Co-Founder and Group CEO Gaspard de Chavagnac who will report to Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati. De Chavagnac will continue to be supported by Marina Williams...
- 3/25/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Death In Paradise returns to our screens in February, and the BBC have released plot and cast details.
Death In Paradise has been one of the BBC’s most successful dramas in recent years. Created by Robert Thorogood in 2011, the show’s thirteenth series is about to hit our screens. It has seen Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O’Hanlon and current detective Ralf Little solve a remarkably high number of murders for such a small Caribbean island.
Last year, Marshall’s character Humphrey Goodman starred in spin-off Beyond Paradise, which paired him with Not Going Out star Sally Bretton and relocated the action to Cornwall. Proving popular with viewers, it recently returned for a Christmas special and a second series will be broadcast this year.
A further spin off, entitled Return to Paradise was announced last year, with action taking place in Australia.
Death In Paradise itself is back for a new series,...
Death In Paradise has been one of the BBC’s most successful dramas in recent years. Created by Robert Thorogood in 2011, the show’s thirteenth series is about to hit our screens. It has seen Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O’Hanlon and current detective Ralf Little solve a remarkably high number of murders for such a small Caribbean island.
Last year, Marshall’s character Humphrey Goodman starred in spin-off Beyond Paradise, which paired him with Not Going Out star Sally Bretton and relocated the action to Cornwall. Proving popular with viewers, it recently returned for a Christmas special and a second series will be broadcast this year.
A further spin off, entitled Return to Paradise was announced last year, with action taking place in Australia.
Death In Paradise itself is back for a new series,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Get ready for a riveting episode of “Death in Paradise” as Di Neville Parker dives into a mysterious case on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at 9:00 Pm on BBC One. This time, the focus is on entrepreneur and devoted family man Gerry Stableforth, whose life takes a tragic turn when he is found dead in a ravine. The shocking discovery shakes his wife Bella, children Benjamin and Mariana, as well as his niece Riley to the core.
Di Neville Parker, portrayed by the talented team, steps into action to unravel the enigma surrounding Gerry’s demise. As the investigation unfolds, viewers can expect a rollercoaster of emotions, suspense, and unexpected twists. The close-knit family’s world is turned upside down, and Neville must navigate the complexities of grief, relationships, and secrets to bring justice to this tight community.
Tune in for an evening of intrigue and drama as “Death in Paradise” takes...
Di Neville Parker, portrayed by the talented team, steps into action to unravel the enigma surrounding Gerry’s demise. As the investigation unfolds, viewers can expect a rollercoaster of emotions, suspense, and unexpected twists. The close-knit family’s world is turned upside down, and Neville must navigate the complexities of grief, relationships, and secrets to bring justice to this tight community.
Tune in for an evening of intrigue and drama as “Death in Paradise” takes...
- 12/20/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Is there any corner of the globe left untouched by the British crime drama? If it’s not Kenneth Branagh stalking through the inky expanses of the Swedish winter, or Roger Allam quaffing rosé in Provence, it’s Ralf Little, Ben Miller, Kris Marshall or Ardal O’Hanlon nicking killers (and evading taxes) in Guadeloupe. Now, British crime turns its attention to the Costa del Sol with A Town Called Malice (Sky Max). a pulpy, blood-soaked vision of Brits abroad. “Death arrives on the Costa,” growls the local Spanish detective. “I like it.”
Gene (Jack Rowan) is the youngest of the Lord brothers, heirs-apparent to a south-London crime family. But he’s different, determined to make it as a newspaper journalist. “My family couldn’t lie in bed straight, but that’s not me,” he tells Cindy (Tahirah Sharif), a beautiful bartender. Soon enough, Gene and Cindy are engaged to be married,...
Gene (Jack Rowan) is the youngest of the Lord brothers, heirs-apparent to a south-London crime family. But he’s different, determined to make it as a newspaper journalist. “My family couldn’t lie in bed straight, but that’s not me,” he tells Cindy (Tahirah Sharif), a beautiful bartender. Soon enough, Gene and Cindy are engaged to be married,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Death in Paradise has gotten a big renewal. BBC has renewed the British–French crime comedy-drama series for two more seasons and two feature-length Christmas specials. This will keep the series on the air through its 14th season. The 12th season recently concluded in the UK and is currently being released on the BritBox streaming service in the US.
Starring Don Warrington, Élizabeth Bourgine, Ralf Little, Tahj Miles Shantol, and Jackson Ginny Holder, the Death in Paradise series follows the police on the island of Saint Marie.
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Starring Don Warrington, Élizabeth Bourgine, Ralf Little, Tahj Miles Shantol, and Jackson Ginny Holder, the Death in Paradise series follows the police on the island of Saint Marie.
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- 2/27/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the yeeeeear! Wherever you fall on a festive scale of Scrooge to Elf, it’s certainly the best time of year for good telly: Christmas TV is every channel and streaming service’s time to shine, as they adorn their listings with sparkly specials and festive films. 2022 is no different, with everything from Christmas comedy offerings from Inside No. 9, to Ghosts and Detectorists, a new animated family film from the team behind The Gruffalo, and brand-new soppy festive rom-coms.
There’s also a growing selection box of Christmas dramas – including the last ever episode of Doc Martin – which is just as well considering this will be the first holiday season without a special Doctor Who episode since the show relaunched back in 2005.
We’ll keep this list updated with announcements and release dates as the Christmas TV schedules are confirmed, but for...
There’s also a growing selection box of Christmas dramas – including the last ever episode of Doc Martin – which is just as well considering this will be the first holiday season without a special Doctor Who episode since the show relaunched back in 2005.
We’ll keep this list updated with announcements and release dates as the Christmas TV schedules are confirmed, but for...
- 12/2/2022
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Series five took Inside No. 9 to new and unusual places: the changing room at a premier league football match, a Louisiana prison, a cemetery at night, Wood Green… In fan-treat episode ‘Death Be Not Proud’, it even revisited an old haunt. Co-creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith welcomed new guest stars including David Morrissey, Ralf Little, Jenna Coleman, Phil Davis and Maxine Peake.
The series earned Bafta nominations for Best Scripted Comedy and Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, to go with Steve Pemberton’s 2019 Bafta win for the previous series. It offered laughter, tears, blood, a gristly beheading, and most of all, it offered variety. Streaming now on BBC iPlayer in the UK, find all the series five episode details and links to our spoiler-filled reviews below.
The Referee’s a W***er
Directed by: Matt Lipsey
Guest cast: David Morrissey, Ralf Little, Dipo Ola, Steve Speirs...
The series earned Bafta nominations for Best Scripted Comedy and Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, to go with Steve Pemberton’s 2019 Bafta win for the previous series. It offered laughter, tears, blood, a gristly beheading, and most of all, it offered variety. Streaming now on BBC iPlayer in the UK, find all the series five episode details and links to our spoiler-filled reviews below.
The Referee’s a W***er
Directed by: Matt Lipsey
Guest cast: David Morrissey, Ralf Little, Dipo Ola, Steve Speirs...
- 5/13/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Paradise isn’t always as luxurious as people are led to believe. That’s certainly the case for the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie in the British-French crime drama television series, ‘Death in Paradise.’ The popular show, which is filmed on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, features several London detectives as they investigate murder cases […]
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- 1/28/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
‘Joker’ Tops 2020 UK Home Ent Chart
Joker was 2020’s biggest home entertainment title in the UK, with more than 1.4 million copies of the film sold across physical disc, Est and Tvod, according to industry body Base. In total, the market was worth £3.3Bn across the year, up 26% on the previous 12 months. Digital formats accounted for that growth, with Tvod (transactional video-on-demand / rental) purchases up 24% in 2020 and Est across both film and TV up 14.5%. During the lockdown, the total number of customers buying and renting grew by 14% to 12.9 million, according to research company Kantar. Streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon grew by 42% in the year and now represent 74% of the total market value. The market for physical was down from £477M in 2019 to £365M in 2020, with the closure of some high street retailers for much of the year impacting sales.
Disney+ To Go Live In...
Joker was 2020’s biggest home entertainment title in the UK, with more than 1.4 million copies of the film sold across physical disc, Est and Tvod, according to industry body Base. In total, the market was worth £3.3Bn across the year, up 26% on the previous 12 months. Digital formats accounted for that growth, with Tvod (transactional video-on-demand / rental) purchases up 24% in 2020 and Est across both film and TV up 14.5%. During the lockdown, the total number of customers buying and renting grew by 14% to 12.9 million, according to research company Kantar. Streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon grew by 42% in the year and now represent 74% of the total market value. The market for physical was down from £477M in 2019 to £365M in 2020, with the closure of some high street retailers for much of the year impacting sales.
Disney+ To Go Live In...
- 1/7/2021
- by Tom Grater and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC and PBS drama Death in Paradise has returned to filming on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
The series, which is filming its tenth season, was set to start shooting in April but was delayed by the Covid-19 production shutdown.
Its return means that it is one of the first British dramas to start filming since lockdown.
Production company Red Planet Pictures has worked closely with industry bodies and the BBC to develop a detailed Covid-19 protocol policy, implementing various safety measures including social distancing, face coverings and temperature and Covid-19 testing to minimise any risk of infection
There is also a full-time Covid-19 supervisor on set to make sure the protocols are being implemented correctly and the latest guidance is incorporated into the policy.
Stars Ralf Little, who plays D.I. Neville Parker, Don Warrington, who plays Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, Tobi Bakare as D.S. Jp Hooper, Elizabeth Bourgine...
The series, which is filming its tenth season, was set to start shooting in April but was delayed by the Covid-19 production shutdown.
Its return means that it is one of the first British dramas to start filming since lockdown.
Production company Red Planet Pictures has worked closely with industry bodies and the BBC to develop a detailed Covid-19 protocol policy, implementing various safety measures including social distancing, face coverings and temperature and Covid-19 testing to minimise any risk of infection
There is also a full-time Covid-19 supervisor on set to make sure the protocols are being implemented correctly and the latest guidance is incorporated into the policy.
Stars Ralf Little, who plays D.I. Neville Parker, Don Warrington, who plays Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, Tobi Bakare as D.S. Jp Hooper, Elizabeth Bourgine...
- 7/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Viacom’s British broadcaster Channel 5 is getting back into the drama business – commissioning a four-part psychological thriller – its first original drama order in four years.
The broadcaster has ordered Cold Call from Chalkboard TV. Written by Karyn Dougan-Buckland and Mark Buckland, Cold Call is a dark thriller, set in Manchester, detailing the story of a single mother caught up in a fraudulent cold call scam that threatens to see her life unravel.
It stars Sally Lindsay as June, a hard working mother left determined to salvage her family’s future after a phone call that changes her life. Following the death of her elderly mother and fuelled by a bubbling rage, June attempts to hunt down those responsible in order to seek her revenge.
The show was ordered by Channel 5 Commissioning Executive Sebastian Cardwell, who has lead the broadcaster’s charge to get back into the drama business,...
The broadcaster has ordered Cold Call from Chalkboard TV. Written by Karyn Dougan-Buckland and Mark Buckland, Cold Call is a dark thriller, set in Manchester, detailing the story of a single mother caught up in a fraudulent cold call scam that threatens to see her life unravel.
It stars Sally Lindsay as June, a hard working mother left determined to salvage her family’s future after a phone call that changes her life. Following the death of her elderly mother and fuelled by a bubbling rage, June attempts to hunt down those responsible in order to seek her revenge.
The show was ordered by Channel 5 Commissioning Executive Sebastian Cardwell, who has lead the broadcaster’s charge to get back into the drama business,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Louisa Mellor May 17, 2017
Oxygen and Thin Ice show that the monsters aren’t what’s truly scary in Doctor Who series 10…
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 10 episodes 1-5.
See related Was season 4 Arrested Development's best yet?
Sci-fi is often a testing ground for our fears. We take something that scares us, dress it up in a tentacled bug suit, and write a comforting story about how we defeated it. (Sometimes we write stories about how it defeated us, but those don’t tend to sell as well.)
From the very start of the genre, writers have shaped monsters from the stuff of their anxiety—hubristic scientific advance or disease or enemies from this war or that—and designed scenarios in which, through pluck, luck and brains, we send them packing or squash them flat. Nuclear war, AIDS, terrorism? Bug suit. Story. Defeat.
Like any good sci-fi show,...
Oxygen and Thin Ice show that the monsters aren’t what’s truly scary in Doctor Who series 10…
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 10 episodes 1-5.
See related Was season 4 Arrested Development's best yet?
Sci-fi is often a testing ground for our fears. We take something that scares us, dress it up in a tentacled bug suit, and write a comforting story about how we defeated it. (Sometimes we write stories about how it defeated us, but those don’t tend to sell as well.)
From the very start of the genre, writers have shaped monsters from the stuff of their anxiety—hubristic scientific advance or disease or enemies from this war or that—and designed scenarios in which, through pluck, luck and brains, we send them packing or squash them flat. Nuclear war, AIDS, terrorism? Bug suit. Story. Defeat.
Like any good sci-fi show,...
- 5/16/2017
- Den of Geek
Pete Dillon-Trenchard Apr 22, 2017
Doctor Who series 10 remains in fine form with Smile - and we've been hunting for nerdy Easter eggs and spots in the episode. Spoilers!
This article contains lots of spoilers.
See related Better Call Saul season 3 episode 2 review: Witness Better Call Saul season 3 episode 1 review: Mabel The subtle rise of good prequels
Smile, folks - it’s that time of the week again where we take tonight’s episode of Doctor Who and shake it repeatedly until all of its hidden secrets fall out of its pockets - as well as callbacks and generally interesting observations. And if you think we’ve missed something, let us know in the comments below!
Happiness Will Prevail
If you’re reading this, you’re likely to fit into one of two categories – those of you who love and understand emojis and those of you (myself included) who have resigned...
Doctor Who series 10 remains in fine form with Smile - and we've been hunting for nerdy Easter eggs and spots in the episode. Spoilers!
This article contains lots of spoilers.
See related Better Call Saul season 3 episode 2 review: Witness Better Call Saul season 3 episode 1 review: Mabel The subtle rise of good prequels
Smile, folks - it’s that time of the week again where we take tonight’s episode of Doctor Who and shake it repeatedly until all of its hidden secrets fall out of its pockets - as well as callbacks and generally interesting observations. And if you think we’ve missed something, let us know in the comments below!
Happiness Will Prevail
If you’re reading this, you’re likely to fit into one of two categories – those of you who love and understand emojis and those of you (myself included) who have resigned...
- 4/22/2017
- Den of Geek
Simon Brew Apr 22, 2017
Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie head off to the future, in Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s Smile. Here’s our spoiler-packed review…
This episode contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
See related Better Call Saul season 3 episode 2 review: Witness Better Call Saul season 3 episode 1 review: Mabel The subtle rise of good prequels
10.2 Smile
“You can’t reach the controls from the seats, what’s the point in that?”
My thoughts on Smile, the second episode of this year’s Doctor Who run - and the second-ever story to be written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (previously behind series 8’s In The Forest Of The Night) - aren’t too far away from my thoughts on the series opener, The Pilot. That Pearl Mackie’s Bill is a breath of fresh air, that the interaction between her and Peter Capaldi’s Doctor feels different, and that the more relaxed pacing is...
Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie head off to the future, in Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s Smile. Here’s our spoiler-packed review…
This episode contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
See related Better Call Saul season 3 episode 2 review: Witness Better Call Saul season 3 episode 1 review: Mabel The subtle rise of good prequels
10.2 Smile
“You can’t reach the controls from the seats, what’s the point in that?”
My thoughts on Smile, the second episode of this year’s Doctor Who run - and the second-ever story to be written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (previously behind series 8’s In The Forest Of The Night) - aren’t too far away from my thoughts on the series opener, The Pilot. That Pearl Mackie’s Bill is a breath of fresh air, that the interaction between her and Peter Capaldi’s Doctor feels different, and that the more relaxed pacing is...
- 4/22/2017
- Den of Geek
Jackson’s daughter had voiced a complaint about the casting of white actor Joseph Fiennes as the pop star.
Sky has pulled a half-hour comedy starring Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson after protests from the popstar’s daughter.
Sky Arts will not air Elizabeth, Michael And Marlon, a one-off produced by Ralf Little’s Little Rock as part of the Urban Myths strand.
Jackson’s daughter Paris used social media to complain and urged her followers to sign a petition against the show.
“I’m so incredibly offended by it, as I’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit,” she tweeted.
The show immortalised an outlandish roadtrip the singer took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.
Jackson had invited Taylor and Brando to attend his concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2011, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the trio hired a rental car and drove...
Sky has pulled a half-hour comedy starring Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson after protests from the popstar’s daughter.
Sky Arts will not air Elizabeth, Michael And Marlon, a one-off produced by Ralf Little’s Little Rock as part of the Urban Myths strand.
Jackson’s daughter Paris used social media to complain and urged her followers to sign a petition against the show.
“I’m so incredibly offended by it, as I’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit,” she tweeted.
The show immortalised an outlandish roadtrip the singer took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.
Jackson had invited Taylor and Brando to attend his concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2011, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the trio hired a rental car and drove...
- 1/13/2017
- ScreenDaily
While we were feasting on sugar plums, BBC America released a new Doctor Who season 10 trailer, featuring Pearl Mackie as The Doctor's newest companion, Bill Potts. Watch it, after the jump. The BBC America sci-fi drama series stars Peter Capaldi as the 12th incarnation of The Doctor -- an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.In Doctor Who, season 10, Michelle Gomez will reprise the role of Missy -- the latest iteration of The Doctor's nemesis, The Master. Matt Lucas is returning as Nardole. His character was introduced in the Doctor Who 2015 Christmas special, "The Husbands of River Song." In addition, David Suchet will guest star as The Landlord. Mina Anwar, Ralf Little, Kaizer Akhtar, Fady Elsayed, and Justin Salinger...
- 12/28/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ralf Little is joining Doctor Who. Digital Spy reports the actor has been cast in season 10 of the BBC series.Little has previously appeared on the sitcom The Royle Family and the comedy series Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. The actor also voiced Guy Fawkes in the Doctor Who video game, Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot.Read More…...
- 7/16/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Filming has commenced on The Time Of Their Lives, also starring Franco Nero and Joely Richardson; Sir Tim Rice to oversee the soundtrack.
Shoot is underway in France on road-trip-comedy The Time Of Their Lives, starring Golden Globe-winner Dame Joan Collins (Dynasty) and BAFTA-winner Pauline Collins, OBE (Shirley Valentine).
In writer-director Roger Goldby’s (Call The Midwife) feature, a former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins), who is determined to gatecrash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a downtrodden English housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage.
Franco Nero (Django Unchained) will play Alberto, a famous and eccentric Italian painter. Alberto becomes entangled with the two ladies and inspired by their madness, joins their road trip and, in turn, becomes part of an uneasy love triangle between Helen and Priscilla, who both vie for his attentions.
The main cast are joined by Joely Richardson (101 Dalmatians) and Ronald Pickup (Best...
Shoot is underway in France on road-trip-comedy The Time Of Their Lives, starring Golden Globe-winner Dame Joan Collins (Dynasty) and BAFTA-winner Pauline Collins, OBE (Shirley Valentine).
In writer-director Roger Goldby’s (Call The Midwife) feature, a former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins), who is determined to gatecrash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a downtrodden English housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage.
Franco Nero (Django Unchained) will play Alberto, a famous and eccentric Italian painter. Alberto becomes entangled with the two ladies and inspired by their madness, joins their road trip and, in turn, becomes part of an uneasy love triangle between Helen and Priscilla, who both vie for his attentions.
The main cast are joined by Joely Richardson (101 Dalmatians) and Ronald Pickup (Best...
- 7/5/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Filming has commenced on The Time Of Their Lives, also starring Franco Nero and Joely Richardson; Sir Tim Rice to oversee the soundtrack.
Shoot is underway in France on road-trip-comedy The Time Of Their Lives, starring Golden Globe-winner Dame Joan Collins (Dynasty) and BAFTA-winner Pauline Collins, OBE (Shirley Valentine).
In writer-director Roger Goldby’s (Call The Midwife) feature, a former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins), who is determined to gatecrash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a downtrodden English housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage.
Franco Nero (Django Unchained) will play Alberto, a famous and eccentric Italian painter. Alberto becomes entangled with the two ladies and inspired by their madness, joins their road trip and, in turn, becomes part of an uneasy love triangle between Helen and Priscilla, who both vie for his attentions.
The main cast are joined by Joely Richardson (101 Dalmatians) and Ronald Pickup (Best...
Shoot is underway in France on road-trip-comedy The Time Of Their Lives, starring Golden Globe-winner Dame Joan Collins (Dynasty) and BAFTA-winner Pauline Collins, OBE (Shirley Valentine).
In writer-director Roger Goldby’s (Call The Midwife) feature, a former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins), who is determined to gatecrash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a downtrodden English housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage.
Franco Nero (Django Unchained) will play Alberto, a famous and eccentric Italian painter. Alberto becomes entangled with the two ladies and inspired by their madness, joins their road trip and, in turn, becomes part of an uneasy love triangle between Helen and Priscilla, who both vie for his attentions.
The main cast are joined by Joely Richardson (101 Dalmatians) and Ronald Pickup (Best...
- 7/5/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Steve Toussaint will fight crime alongside Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox in the new series of Lewis.
The Line of Duty actor will star in the new series as Chief Superintendent Joseph Moody, who will clash with Robbie Lewis (Whately) over their differing approaches to detective work.
Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road) will return to the series as Detective Sergeant Lizzie Maddox, while Clare Holman will also appear as forensic pathologist Laura Hobson.
Other new additions to the cast include Steve Pemberton (Happy Valley) and The Hour's Helen Schlesinger, who will play Ian and Vivienne Tedman in 'One For Sorrow', the first episode of the new series.
The couple have connections to the death of a psychology student and artist named Talika Desai and will face questions from Lewis and his colleagues.
Ralf Little (Our Zoo), Tim Pigott-Smith (Houdini) and Naomi Scott (Terra Nova) will also star in the episode.
The Line of Duty actor will star in the new series as Chief Superintendent Joseph Moody, who will clash with Robbie Lewis (Whately) over their differing approaches to detective work.
Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road) will return to the series as Detective Sergeant Lizzie Maddox, while Clare Holman will also appear as forensic pathologist Laura Hobson.
Other new additions to the cast include Steve Pemberton (Happy Valley) and The Hour's Helen Schlesinger, who will play Ian and Vivienne Tedman in 'One For Sorrow', the first episode of the new series.
The couple have connections to the death of a psychology student and artist named Talika Desai and will face questions from Lewis and his colleagues.
Ralf Little (Our Zoo), Tim Pigott-Smith (Houdini) and Naomi Scott (Terra Nova) will also star in the episode.
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
A full series of Drunk History has been ordered by Comedy Central UK.
Work has already started on the eight-episode series, which sees comedians and actors get drunk and recount historical stories by acting them out.
A 30-minute UK pilot had been created by Tiger Aspect from an original format based on web videos by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner for Funny or Die.
Johnny Vegas, Ralf Little, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Russell Tovey, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster are already signed up to appear in the series, which will have a voiceover provided by Jimmy Carr.
Lourdes Diaz, Vice President, Head of Global Production & Development at Comedy Central International, said, "I'm excited that we have green lit series production for Drunk History. I know our UK audience is going love it, after all, it combines two things the nation holds dear to its heart... drinking and history!
Work has already started on the eight-episode series, which sees comedians and actors get drunk and recount historical stories by acting them out.
A 30-minute UK pilot had been created by Tiger Aspect from an original format based on web videos by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner for Funny or Die.
Johnny Vegas, Ralf Little, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Russell Tovey, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster are already signed up to appear in the series, which will have a voiceover provided by Jimmy Carr.
Lourdes Diaz, Vice President, Head of Global Production & Development at Comedy Central International, said, "I'm excited that we have green lit series production for Drunk History. I know our UK audience is going love it, after all, it combines two things the nation holds dear to its heart... drinking and history!
- 12/3/2014
- Digital Spy
The Great British Bake Off: BBC One, 8pm
Following the national meltdown (sorry) over the Baked Alaska 'bingate' drama last week, Bake Off returns without Iain, or Diana, who dropped out of filming for health reasons.
Emotions are running understandably high as the remaining bakers prepare a selection of pies and tarts, and try their hardest to avoid Mary Berry's least favourite feature: a soggy bottom.
Our Zoo: BBC One, 9pm
Straight after Bake Off comes a heart-warming new period drama on BBC One, which tells the story of the family who founded Chester Zoo.
Appalled at the treatment of the animals at a local circus, ex-soldier George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby) relocates a monkey and a parrot to his parents back yard - much to their distaste. Liz White, Ralf Little, Anne Reid, Sophia Myles and Stephen Campbell Moore (pictured) also star.
Silicon Valley: Sky Atlantic...
Following the national meltdown (sorry) over the Baked Alaska 'bingate' drama last week, Bake Off returns without Iain, or Diana, who dropped out of filming for health reasons.
Emotions are running understandably high as the remaining bakers prepare a selection of pies and tarts, and try their hardest to avoid Mary Berry's least favourite feature: a soggy bottom.
Our Zoo: BBC One, 9pm
Straight after Bake Off comes a heart-warming new period drama on BBC One, which tells the story of the family who founded Chester Zoo.
Appalled at the treatment of the animals at a local circus, ex-soldier George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby) relocates a monkey and a parrot to his parents back yard - much to their distaste. Liz White, Ralf Little, Anne Reid, Sophia Myles and Stephen Campbell Moore (pictured) also star.
Silicon Valley: Sky Atlantic...
- 9/3/2014
- Digital Spy
When winning an Academy Award, what follows such an accolade and the elation that comes with it, is pressure. A pressure as to what the filmmaker will do next, can they match the ingenuity of their preceding endeavour, and will they create another picture considered Oscar worthy? Well for Argentine auteur Juan José Campanella, he’s surprised us all, following the hard-hitting, sombre drama The Secret in Their Eyes, with the enchanting children’s animation The Unbeatables. It’s unlikely to match the critical acclaim of the aforementioned title – but that doesn’t take anything away from what is a charming, accomplished piece of cinema that will have a universal appeal.
Amadeo (Rupert Grint) has two loves in his life; foosball, and Laura (Eve Ponsonby). He’s skilled in the former – boasting an unbeaten record on the table in the local bar. As for the latter, well, he’s working on it.
Amadeo (Rupert Grint) has two loves in his life; foosball, and Laura (Eve Ponsonby). He’s skilled in the former – boasting an unbeaten record on the table in the local bar. As for the latter, well, he’s working on it.
- 8/11/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Animated football movie The Unbeatables has unveiled its first trailer exclusively through Digital Spy.
The film centres on Amadeo, a shy but talented young man and his table football team, who magically come to life as they try to reunite after being dismantled and torn from their home.
Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Ralf Little, Rob Brydon and Alistair McGowan feature in the voice cast of the movie, which is directed by Oscar-winning Secret in their Eyes filmmaker Juan José Campanella.
Campanella said of the English-language cast of The Unbeatables: "I loved Rupert's work in Harry Potter and I knew he would bring an honesty and intelligence to the part of Amadeo. As it is he played the part perfectly, he has the right nuances, he is the right age and he has the right level of tenderness.
"It is pretty amazing what he did - he is really very,...
The film centres on Amadeo, a shy but talented young man and his table football team, who magically come to life as they try to reunite after being dismantled and torn from their home.
Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Ralf Little, Rob Brydon and Alistair McGowan feature in the voice cast of the movie, which is directed by Oscar-winning Secret in their Eyes filmmaker Juan José Campanella.
Campanella said of the English-language cast of The Unbeatables: "I loved Rupert's work in Harry Potter and I knew he would bring an honesty and intelligence to the part of Amadeo. As it is he played the part perfectly, he has the right nuances, he is the right age and he has the right level of tenderness.
"It is pretty amazing what he did - he is really very,...
- 6/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Turn off that Abba CD, dig out your cheapest bottle of booze and prepare yourselves for some bearded drag queens, saucy Polish ladies and the most barking mad stage designs that Europe has to offer.
Eurovision, the nuttiest night of television every year, is back and this year promises to be an absolute corker.
Eurovision is no fun on your own, so we'll be here all evening live-blogging the best, the worst and the weirdest acts that those crazy Europeans have to offer.
23:30So, it's Austria 2015. Bring. It. On. We're off to tuck into a Curly Wurly cake. We hope you enjoyed the evening. See you next year.
23:29"We Are Unstoppable!" A lovely end to another crazy show from Eurovision as Conchita dedicates her award to everyone who wants peact. It all gets a bit political, but in a nice way. It's truly heartwarming stuff.
23:28But it's not about Molly tonight.
Eurovision, the nuttiest night of television every year, is back and this year promises to be an absolute corker.
Eurovision is no fun on your own, so we'll be here all evening live-blogging the best, the worst and the weirdest acts that those crazy Europeans have to offer.
23:30So, it's Austria 2015. Bring. It. On. We're off to tuck into a Curly Wurly cake. We hope you enjoyed the evening. See you next year.
23:29"We Are Unstoppable!" A lovely end to another crazy show from Eurovision as Conchita dedicates her award to everyone who wants peact. It all gets a bit political, but in a nice way. It's truly heartwarming stuff.
23:28But it's not about Molly tonight.
- 5/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Katherine Parkinson has signed up to star in a new ITV sitcom pilot.
Semi Detached will follow a group of mature adult housemates who were hoping to have achieved more in life at their age.
Ralf Little and Stephen Tompkinson will also star in the comedy series, to be filmed in May by Hat Trick.
Parkinson will play Ellie, who shares a house with Steve (Little), Michael (Tompkinson) and Jim (to be announced), reports the British Comedy Guide.
The group are either single, divorced or separated, and are forced to live in a half-way house together, despite not sharing anything in common.
Ben Bailey Smith - also known as stand-up comedian Doc Brown - and James Lance will also star.
Meanwhile, Spy actor Darren Boyd will lead the cast of new ITV sitcom The Delivery Man.
Boyd plays a policeman who decides to become a midwife in the sitcom. A...
Semi Detached will follow a group of mature adult housemates who were hoping to have achieved more in life at their age.
Ralf Little and Stephen Tompkinson will also star in the comedy series, to be filmed in May by Hat Trick.
Parkinson will play Ellie, who shares a house with Steve (Little), Michael (Tompkinson) and Jim (to be announced), reports the British Comedy Guide.
The group are either single, divorced or separated, and are forced to live in a half-way house together, despite not sharing anything in common.
Ben Bailey Smith - also known as stand-up comedian Doc Brown - and James Lance will also star.
Meanwhile, Spy actor Darren Boyd will lead the cast of new ITV sitcom The Delivery Man.
Boyd plays a policeman who decides to become a midwife in the sitcom. A...
- 4/22/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC One has announced the cast for its new drama series Our Zoo.
Inspector George Gently actor Lee Ingleby will star as George Mottershead, an ex-serviceman with a dream to build the first British zoo without bars.
Life On Mars star Liz White is cast as his wife Lizzie, while Ralf Little will play her mischievous brother Billy Atkinson.
Anne Reid, Sophia Myles, Peter Wight and Stephen Campbell-Moore will also feature in the upcoming drama.
Our Zoo is based on the true story of the eccentric Mottershead family, who established Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
Written by award-winning playwright Matt Charman, the series will be produced by Marcus Wilson (Doctor Who).
Our Zoo has begun principal photography and will air on BBC One in late 2014.
James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor to star in BBC One's The Missing
Aidan Turner to lead BBC One's new Poldark series
David Gyasi, EastEnders star Jo Joyner...
Inspector George Gently actor Lee Ingleby will star as George Mottershead, an ex-serviceman with a dream to build the first British zoo without bars.
Life On Mars star Liz White is cast as his wife Lizzie, while Ralf Little will play her mischievous brother Billy Atkinson.
Anne Reid, Sophia Myles, Peter Wight and Stephen Campbell-Moore will also feature in the upcoming drama.
Our Zoo is based on the true story of the eccentric Mottershead family, who established Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
Written by award-winning playwright Matt Charman, the series will be produced by Marcus Wilson (Doctor Who).
Our Zoo has begun principal photography and will air on BBC One in late 2014.
James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor to star in BBC One's The Missing
Aidan Turner to lead BBC One's new Poldark series
David Gyasi, EastEnders star Jo Joyner...
- 3/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games are out now on Steam.
All five episodes are available in a bundle for £14.99 ($17.99). For a limited time only, the bundle can be picked up for £13.49.
The Steam version adds Achievements, as well as Trading Cards and cloud saving.
Developed by Sumo Digital, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games are a series of point and click releases in which users play as the Doctor's assistant.
Debuting in 2010, the final episode, The Gunpowder Plot, was released in late 2011 and featured the voice of Ralf Little.
The BBC shelved future episodes of The Adventure Games in 2012 to focus on other Doctor Who game projects.
Free-to-play title Doctor Who Legacy made its iOS debut last year. It has since been released on Android.
Read Digital Spy's Doctor Who Legacy review
Watch a trailer for Doctor Who Legacy below:...
All five episodes are available in a bundle for £14.99 ($17.99). For a limited time only, the bundle can be picked up for £13.49.
The Steam version adds Achievements, as well as Trading Cards and cloud saving.
Developed by Sumo Digital, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games are a series of point and click releases in which users play as the Doctor's assistant.
Debuting in 2010, the final episode, The Gunpowder Plot, was released in late 2011 and featured the voice of Ralf Little.
The BBC shelved future episodes of The Adventure Games in 2012 to focus on other Doctor Who game projects.
Free-to-play title Doctor Who Legacy made its iOS debut last year. It has since been released on Android.
Read Digital Spy's Doctor Who Legacy review
Watch a trailer for Doctor Who Legacy below:...
- 3/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Award-winning animation to hit UK cinemas in August.
Vertigo Films has dated award-winning 3D animation The Unbeatables (Foosball) for an Aug 8 release in the UK.
Directed by Juan José Campanella, the film was Argentina’s highest grossing film of 2013 and follows the adventures of Amadeo and his table football team who magically come to life.
The English version will be voiced by Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Ralf Little, Rob Brydon and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
“The casting of Rupert and Rob was inspired and was my perfect cast. I loved Rupert’s work in Harry Potter and I knew he would bring an honesty and intelligence to the part of Amadeo,” commented The Secret in their Eyes director.
“As to Rob Brydon, he and Steve Coogan were so brilliant in The Trip I just wanted him in the film.”
Rupert Preston of Vertigo added: “We are incredibly excited to be working with such a talented film-maker as [link...
Vertigo Films has dated award-winning 3D animation The Unbeatables (Foosball) for an Aug 8 release in the UK.
Directed by Juan José Campanella, the film was Argentina’s highest grossing film of 2013 and follows the adventures of Amadeo and his table football team who magically come to life.
The English version will be voiced by Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Ralf Little, Rob Brydon and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
“The casting of Rupert and Rob was inspired and was my perfect cast. I loved Rupert’s work in Harry Potter and I knew he would bring an honesty and intelligence to the part of Amadeo,” commented The Secret in their Eyes director.
“As to Rob Brydon, he and Steve Coogan were so brilliant in The Trip I just wanted him in the film.”
Rupert Preston of Vertigo added: “We are incredibly excited to be working with such a talented film-maker as [link...
- 2/7/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The actors will star in The Time of Their Lives, a film that's 'Thelma & Louise with a hint of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' according to Joan Collins
• Stuart Heritage on which other same-surname movies should be greenlit
From Lethal Weapon to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the buddy movie has long been dominated by men – but thanks to Joan Collins and Pauline Collins, all that is set to change.
The British actors will star in The Time of Their Lives, a road movie in which Joan plays a former Hollywood star who escapes her London retirement home and travels to France for her ex-husband's funeral. Pauline plays a housewife with a failing marriage who joins the trip, and the pair become romantically embroiled with a reclusive Frenchman played by Franco Nero.
"I was very excited by the script, which was sent to me about one month ago,...
• Stuart Heritage on which other same-surname movies should be greenlit
From Lethal Weapon to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the buddy movie has long been dominated by men – but thanks to Joan Collins and Pauline Collins, all that is set to change.
The British actors will star in The Time of Their Lives, a road movie in which Joan plays a former Hollywood star who escapes her London retirement home and travels to France for her ex-husband's funeral. Pauline plays a housewife with a failing marriage who joins the trip, and the pair become romantically embroiled with a reclusive Frenchman played by Franco Nero.
"I was very excited by the script, which was sent to me about one month ago,...
- 12/10/2013
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood legends. Scary French mysteries. Typically British seaside comedies. We're trotting across the globe for this week's edition of Must-See TV, and the best bit is you don't even have to leave your sofa!
And with the sun shining brightly, we imagine many of your minds will be drifting back to the glorious summer of 2012 and the majesty of the London Olympics.
Luckily for those feeling nostalgic, the Beeb will be screening the London Anniversary Games, which marks one year since the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Coverage from the Olympic Stadium kicks off Friday, July 26 at 7.30pm on BBC Two.
Burton and Taylor: Monday (July 22) at 9pm on BBC Four
Helena Bonham Carter is out to smother all painful memories of Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick, as she gives surely a far more accomplished performance of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor in this new feature-length BBC Four drama.
Dominic West stars as Richard Burton,...
And with the sun shining brightly, we imagine many of your minds will be drifting back to the glorious summer of 2012 and the majesty of the London Olympics.
Luckily for those feeling nostalgic, the Beeb will be screening the London Anniversary Games, which marks one year since the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Coverage from the Olympic Stadium kicks off Friday, July 26 at 7.30pm on BBC Two.
Burton and Taylor: Monday (July 22) at 9pm on BBC Four
Helena Bonham Carter is out to smother all painful memories of Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick, as she gives surely a far more accomplished performance of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor in this new feature-length BBC Four drama.
Dominic West stars as Richard Burton,...
- 7/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky's director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy has revealed that the broadcaster is seeking a new star-led sitcom.
Murphy announced that he wants to commission a "Sky version" of popular BBC comedies such as Miranda and Not Going Out.
"On Sky1, we're looking for an audience sitcom with a big star at the centre," Broadcast quotes him as saying.
"I love Miranda and Not Going Out, so a Sky version of those shows would be bigger, funnier, probably [have] a longer run and [be of] higher quality."
Murphy also praised Charlie Brooker's cop spoof A Touch of Cloth, which will return to Sky1 with two new sequels.
"We also like the silly and physical humour that you get in Airplane or The Man with Two Brains," he said. "We definitely want more of that silly stuff."
Sky1 is currently developing a full series of comedy The Daltons starring Sheridan Smith and Ralf Little...
Murphy announced that he wants to commission a "Sky version" of popular BBC comedies such as Miranda and Not Going Out.
"On Sky1, we're looking for an audience sitcom with a big star at the centre," Broadcast quotes him as saying.
"I love Miranda and Not Going Out, so a Sky version of those shows would be bigger, funnier, probably [have] a longer run and [be of] higher quality."
Murphy also praised Charlie Brooker's cop spoof A Touch of Cloth, which will return to Sky1 with two new sequels.
"We also like the silly and physical humour that you get in Airplane or The Man with Two Brains," he said. "We definitely want more of that silly stuff."
Sky1 is currently developing a full series of comedy The Daltons starring Sheridan Smith and Ralf Little...
- 7/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky1 is developing a full series of The Daltons starring Sheridan Smith.
The comedy was originally launched via a 2011 edition of Sky's Little Crackers strand.
The Daltons - written by Michael Wynne and inspired by Smith's own memories - starred the actress and her Royle Family co-star Ralf Little as a country and western duo.
Annette Badland and Alan Davies also starred in the 'pilot' episode, directed by The Mighty Boosh's Paul King.
Sky's director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy announced plans for a full series yesterday (July 2), Broadcast reports.
Other projects currently in the works at Sky1 include new Ray Winstone drama Moonfleet and firefighter series The Smoke starring Jamie Bamber.
> Sheridan Smith on Jonathan Creek future: "I'd love to do more"
Watch a behind-the-scenes clip for The Daltons below:...
The comedy was originally launched via a 2011 edition of Sky's Little Crackers strand.
The Daltons - written by Michael Wynne and inspired by Smith's own memories - starred the actress and her Royle Family co-star Ralf Little as a country and western duo.
Annette Badland and Alan Davies also starred in the 'pilot' episode, directed by The Mighty Boosh's Paul King.
Sky's director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy announced plans for a full series yesterday (July 2), Broadcast reports.
Other projects currently in the works at Sky1 include new Ray Winstone drama Moonfleet and firefighter series The Smoke starring Jamie Bamber.
> Sheridan Smith on Jonathan Creek future: "I'd love to do more"
Watch a behind-the-scenes clip for The Daltons below:...
- 7/3/2013
- Digital Spy
TV questions - you asked them. Answers - we got them. Now all we've got to do is tell you them here in our ever-popular (with our mums) Tube Talk Q&A.
This week we've got exclusive Glee scoop from the Monte Carlo TV Festival, return dates for Community and CSI: NY, and a whole lot more. Read on for the details...
I'm so sad that Glee's over! Any scoop on the new season?
In case you hadn't noticed, half of the Tube Talk team have been off sunning it up in Monaco this week at the 53rd Monte Carlo TV Festival (we're not bitter... not at all). While there we've managed to get plenty of scoop on Mr Selfridge, Chicago Fire, Revolution, Grimm and Criminal Minds, which you really should check out when you have a sec.
And, as luck would have it, we also got to sit...
This week we've got exclusive Glee scoop from the Monte Carlo TV Festival, return dates for Community and CSI: NY, and a whole lot more. Read on for the details...
I'm so sad that Glee's over! Any scoop on the new season?
In case you hadn't noticed, half of the Tube Talk team have been off sunning it up in Monaco this week at the 53rd Monte Carlo TV Festival (we're not bitter... not at all). While there we've managed to get plenty of scoop on Mr Selfridge, Chicago Fire, Revolution, Grimm and Criminal Minds, which you really should check out when you have a sec.
And, as luck would have it, we also got to sit...
- 6/13/2013
- Digital Spy
It's a tough ol' time for the UK sitcom right now - even TV veterans can't seem to crack the genre of late. Ben Elton - he of Blackadder and The Young Ones fame - just spewed out the critically-mauled The Wright Way for BBC One, while over on ITV, luminaries of stage and screen Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi are about to indulge in the dubious pleasures of Vicious - a catty comedy that feels like it was heading for 1974 and somehow got lost along the way.
The sitcom has always been a tough nut to crack, of course - this country has produced some absolute classics, but also some absolute stinkers. This week's Friday Fiver is all about the misfires, the failures, the disasters.
Heard the phrase "So bad it's good"? Well, this bunch of 'comedies' were just plain bad.
All About Me - aired on BBC One,...
The sitcom has always been a tough nut to crack, of course - this country has produced some absolute classics, but also some absolute stinkers. This week's Friday Fiver is all about the misfires, the failures, the disasters.
Heard the phrase "So bad it's good"? Well, this bunch of 'comedies' were just plain bad.
All About Me - aired on BBC One,...
- 4/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Ralf Little wants to return to 'The Royle Family'. The 33-year-old actor last appeared as Jim and Barbara Royle's son Antony in the 2010 Christmas special of the hit BBC sitcom, and he admits he was disappointed when show co-writer Craig Cash told him there was no place for his character in last year's one-off episode, and he doesn't know if he'll be asked back again. He said: ''It's a tricky one as the co-writer, Craig Cash, rings me up every year and says, 'I'm sorry, I can't get you in it.' ''It's simply because my character now has his own wife and...
- 4/18/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Sheridan Smith made her name with a girl next door turn in Gavin and Stacey. Now her star has risen in the West End – from Legally Blonde to Hedda Gabler. Dustin Hoffman sees her future in Hollywood. Here, she tells Megan Conner about the most incredible 12 months of her life
Exactly 12 hours before I'm due to meet Sheridan Smith, the actor takes to her Twitter page. "Oh I can't stop crying. Hate myself sometimes, just can't be myself. I can only play characters. Wish I had more confidence when I'm being me," she writes. Within minutes, a stream of her some 310,000 followers are tweeting furiously.
"Omg, don't beat yourself up!" they say. "Stop stop stop that now," another instructs. One user, @Londontheatre1, has some helpful advice: Smith should draw on the strength of her characters, Ronnie Biggs's long-suffering ex-wife in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs, or Elle Woods, the...
Exactly 12 hours before I'm due to meet Sheridan Smith, the actor takes to her Twitter page. "Oh I can't stop crying. Hate myself sometimes, just can't be myself. I can only play characters. Wish I had more confidence when I'm being me," she writes. Within minutes, a stream of her some 310,000 followers are tweeting furiously.
"Omg, don't beat yourself up!" they say. "Stop stop stop that now," another instructs. One user, @Londontheatre1, has some helpful advice: Smith should draw on the strength of her characters, Ronnie Biggs's long-suffering ex-wife in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs, or Elle Woods, the...
- 12/30/2012
- by Megan Conner
- The Guardian - Film News
The Office star Lucy Davis and Primeval's Hannah Spearritt are among the guest stars for series two of Death in Paradise. The BBC One comedy-drama - which returns in early 2013 - stars Ben Miller as Di Richard Poole, a stuffy English detective who is relocated to an idyllic Caribbean island. Davis, Spearritt and Gavin & Stacey's Mathew Horne will all appear in the second series, alongside James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley), Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Road), Neil Pearson (Drop the Dead Donkey), Ralf Little (The Royle Family) and Shaun Parkes (Human Traffic). "It's great to be working with such a fantastic cast against the beautiful backdrop of Guadeloupe," said Davis. "Being filmed on location really offers a sense of authenticity and adds to the (more)...
- 10/5/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival launched yesterday under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and events from both established and upcoming talent over a 12 day celebration of cinema. The Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary features, including 14 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres and 34 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events. The 56th BFI London Film Festival will run from 10-21 October 2012. This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square...
- 9/7/2012
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Announced yesterday, the programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival brings a rich and diverse programme of international films and events from both established and upcoming talent over a 12 day celebration of cinema. The Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary features, including 14 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres and 34 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events.
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the BFI Southbank to include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir, Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London venues the Ica,...
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the BFI Southbank to include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir, Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London venues the Ica,...
- 9/6/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
One of the clear victors emerging out of Telluride was Ben Affleck‘s The Town follow-up, the political hostage thriller Argo. Featuring a great ensemble including Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman, the film received top-notch reviews for its mix of thrillers and comedy and now we’ve got word it’ll be showing at another prestigious festival.
BFI London Film Festival announced their promising line-up today, which includes Argo, as well as Michael Haneke‘s Amour, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, Michael Winterbottom’s Everyday, Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and much more. Check out the complete line-up below, as well as WB’s first TV spot for Argo.
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director,...
BFI London Film Festival announced their promising line-up today, which includes Argo, as well as Michael Haneke‘s Amour, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, Michael Winterbottom’s Everyday, Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and much more. Check out the complete line-up below, as well as WB’s first TV spot for Argo.
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director,...
- 9/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The line-up to the 56th London Film Festival has just been announced and you can see the list of movies coming to the greatest city in the world below. We already knew that Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Mike Newell’s Great Expectations would open and close the festival respectively but now we have the rest of the movies coming to London Town.
Let us know your thoughts on the line-up below in our comments section.
The Festival itself runs from October 10th to October 21st and we’ll be doing our best to bring you reviews from as many films as we possibly can!
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and...
Let us know your thoughts on the line-up below in our comments section.
The Festival itself runs from October 10th to October 21st and we’ll be doing our best to bring you reviews from as many films as we possibly can!
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and...
- 9/5/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Supported by nurturing elders in schools, film clubs and even local therapy groups, directors and producers as young as eight were celebrated at the annual First Light Awards this week. A red carpet and dash of celebrity judges and presenters including Naomie Harris, Dexter Fletcher, Ralf Little and Jodie Whittaker transformed the event into a bonafide ceremony where some wonderful innovation was applauded.
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- 3/6/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Ruth Jones' 'Stella' has been renewed for a second series. The Sky1 show - which was written by and stars the 'Gavin and Stacey' actress as the titular character - focuses on a working class single mother from Wales who embarks on a new love affair and Ruth is delighted it will return for at least ten more episodes. She said: 'I'm over the moon that Sky want more Stella. I'm looking forward to getting back to Pontyberry even though the place doen't exist.' Meanwhile, Sky1 have also ordered a second series of The Café - which tells the story of a group of friends in Weston-super-Mare- starring Ralf Little, who also co-wrote the script with Michelle Terry.
- 2/9/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Six year old Frankie Taylor from Finningley beat competition from across the UK to win the role of the young Sheridan Smith in Sheridan's episode of Sky's Little Crackers, a casting call that was posted on Screenterrier back in September.
Sheridan said of Frankie:
"She's gorgeous and she's acting us all off the screen. She's so talented. Frankie's actually from Doncaster and when I went to the auditions for the little ones, she was walking down the street and from behind with her long hair, I thought that she looked like I used to. Then there she was at the audition and she got the part - she's brilliant."
Due to appear on Sky before Christmas, Sheridan’s episode shows her as a child tired of being left at home with her big brothers and boring babysitter as her parents head out to perform their country and western gigs, so...
Sheridan said of Frankie:
"She's gorgeous and she's acting us all off the screen. She's so talented. Frankie's actually from Doncaster and when I went to the auditions for the little ones, she was walking down the street and from behind with her long hair, I thought that she looked like I used to. Then there she was at the audition and she got the part - she's brilliant."
Due to appear on Sky before Christmas, Sheridan’s episode shows her as a child tired of being left at home with her big brothers and boring babysitter as her parents head out to perform their country and western gigs, so...
- 11/1/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will return later this month, the BBC has announced. The first episode of the second series, 'The Gunpowder Plot', will be available to download free from the Doctor Who website from October 31. The Royle Family's Ralf Little will voice the role of Guy Fawkes, alongside Phil Daniels, Emilia Fox and Chris Johnson. Little said: "It is a way of bringing the story alive to, probably, millions of kids who are aware of the name Guy Fawkes because of November the 5th, but not actually really understand what the historical (more)...
- 10/3/2011
- by By Matthew Reynolds
- Digital Spy
This adaptation of Kevin Sampson's 90s-novel about the Britpop era could have been great, but it's let down by shoddy dialogue and leaden pacing
Kevin Sampson has adapted his own 1999 novel about a fictional Britpop-era band and the result is a mess. A drama that could have been either powerful and moving like Anton Corbijn's Control, or conceivably funny and punchy like Nick Hamm's Killing Bono is just a drag; it's cliched and leaden, and moves with all the speed and manoeuvrability of a submarine in treacle. Moreover, some of the dialogue is frankly bizarre. Liam Boyle plays Keva, a talented singer in a cult band called the Grams, whose unrecorded song about his late father is ripped off by a creepy hanger-on called Helmet (Al Weaver) and turned into a crass stadium anthem for Helmet's ridiculous rockers, who become unjustifiably famous while the Grams languish in obscurity.
Kevin Sampson has adapted his own 1999 novel about a fictional Britpop-era band and the result is a mess. A drama that could have been either powerful and moving like Anton Corbijn's Control, or conceivably funny and punchy like Nick Hamm's Killing Bono is just a drag; it's cliched and leaden, and moves with all the speed and manoeuvrability of a submarine in treacle. Moreover, some of the dialogue is frankly bizarre. Liam Boyle plays Keva, a talented singer in a cult band called the Grams, whose unrecorded song about his late father is ripped off by a creepy hanger-on called Helmet (Al Weaver) and turned into a crass stadium anthem for Helmet's ridiculous rockers, who become unjustifiably famous while the Grams languish in obscurity.
- 8/25/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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