Exclusive: UK agent Matt Chopping is officially launching Innovate Talent Management with a roster of clients including Nikolai Kinski (Barbarians), Ricky Champ (Eastenders) and Bhavna Limbachia (Coronation Street).
London-based Chopping spent almost two decades at UK firm Waring and McKenna. The long-term plan for Innovate is to add agents to the company, grow the client base and potentially add a literary division.
Chopping told us: “The talent management industry is evolving, and my aim is for Innovate to be ahead of the curve. The world today is unrecognizable from how it was even a year ago; freedom from some of the complex infrastructure of yesterday will enable Innovate to become a truly accessible global brand, able to rapidly adapt to the changes that the entertainment industry will face in the post-Covid era.”
He continued: “My aim is to capitalize on my wealth of experience and long-standing relationships in the industry...
London-based Chopping spent almost two decades at UK firm Waring and McKenna. The long-term plan for Innovate is to add agents to the company, grow the client base and potentially add a literary division.
Chopping told us: “The talent management industry is evolving, and my aim is for Innovate to be ahead of the curve. The world today is unrecognizable from how it was even a year ago; freedom from some of the complex infrastructure of yesterday will enable Innovate to become a truly accessible global brand, able to rapidly adapt to the changes that the entertainment industry will face in the post-Covid era.”
He continued: “My aim is to capitalize on my wealth of experience and long-standing relationships in the industry...
- 11/17/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Death in Paradise: BBC One, 9pm
The popular Caribbean-set crime series is back for a fourth run, with Kris Marshall returning for his second series as Di Humphrey Goodman.
In the first of eight new episodes, a plantation owner ends up dead during a séance - but with the door firmly closed at the time and all the participants holding hands round the table, who did the deed?
Bring Back Borstal: ITV, 9pm
In a social experiment, 13 troublemakers - some of whom have criminal convictions - volunteer to become borstal boys, facing compulsory work, education, discipline and intense physical activity.
Spending four weeks in a castle in Northumberland, will the experience set them on the straight and narrow?
Crims: BBC Three, 10pm
Elis James stars in this prison sitcom as Luke, who finds himself imprisoned in a young offenders' institution with his girlfriend's nightmare brother (Kadiff Kirwan).
Him & Her's...
The popular Caribbean-set crime series is back for a fourth run, with Kris Marshall returning for his second series as Di Humphrey Goodman.
In the first of eight new episodes, a plantation owner ends up dead during a séance - but with the door firmly closed at the time and all the participants holding hands round the table, who did the deed?
Bring Back Borstal: ITV, 9pm
In a social experiment, 13 troublemakers - some of whom have criminal convictions - volunteer to become borstal boys, facing compulsory work, education, discipline and intense physical activity.
Spending four weeks in a castle in Northumberland, will the experience set them on the straight and narrow?
Crims: BBC Three, 10pm
Elis James stars in this prison sitcom as Luke, who finds himself imprisoned in a young offenders' institution with his girlfriend's nightmare brother (Kadiff Kirwan).
Him & Her's...
- 1/8/2015
- Digital Spy
New BBC Three prison-set sitcom Crims, which starts tonight at 9pm, has plenty of Inbetweeners-style fun going for it...
There's an old turn of phrase that goes 'with friends like these, who needs enemies?'. It's also the first thing on Luke's mind when he's arrested for being an unwitting getaway driver for Jason, his girlfriend's brother. Sentenced to two years at Sunnybank Young Offenders Institution, Luke (played by Welsh comedian Elis James) wastes no time at all in making enemies of Marcel, the Twilight obsessed big dog. Now he's needing all the friends he could get, even wide-eyed idiot Jason.
BBC three's Crims is a new sitcom created and written by musical comedian Adam Kay and Grandma's House co-scribe Dan Swimer. 'It's an odd couple sitcom that just happens to be set in a prison' explains Adam. 'We started off with the Luke and Jason, establishing their relationship. Then...
There's an old turn of phrase that goes 'with friends like these, who needs enemies?'. It's also the first thing on Luke's mind when he's arrested for being an unwitting getaway driver for Jason, his girlfriend's brother. Sentenced to two years at Sunnybank Young Offenders Institution, Luke (played by Welsh comedian Elis James) wastes no time at all in making enemies of Marcel, the Twilight obsessed big dog. Now he's needing all the friends he could get, even wide-eyed idiot Jason.
BBC three's Crims is a new sitcom created and written by musical comedian Adam Kay and Grandma's House co-scribe Dan Swimer. 'It's an odd couple sitcom that just happens to be set in a prison' explains Adam. 'We started off with the Luke and Jason, establishing their relationship. Then...
- 1/8/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
A new trailer for upcoming BBC Three comedy Crims has premiered.
Set in a raucous Youth Offender Institution, the series sees comedian Elis James and Kadiff Kirwan both make their TV acting debut.
James stars as strait-laced Luke, who inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institution, after becoming a getaway driver for his girlfriend's brother Jason (Kirwan).
Sharing a cell with his so-called friend, Luke finds himself forced to rely upon Jason's street smarts, or lack thereof, to get through the experience.
Crims also stars Give Out Girls's Cariad Lloyd as prison officer Dawn, Him and Her's Ricky Champ as her colleague Greg and a cameo from former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy.
The six-episode series has been created and written by Dan Swimer (Bad Education) and Adam Kay (Up The Women).
Crims will premiere on BBC Three next month, January 2015.
Set in a raucous Youth Offender Institution, the series sees comedian Elis James and Kadiff Kirwan both make their TV acting debut.
James stars as strait-laced Luke, who inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institution, after becoming a getaway driver for his girlfriend's brother Jason (Kirwan).
Sharing a cell with his so-called friend, Luke finds himself forced to rely upon Jason's street smarts, or lack thereof, to get through the experience.
Crims also stars Give Out Girls's Cariad Lloyd as prison officer Dawn, Him and Her's Ricky Champ as her colleague Greg and a cameo from former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy.
The six-episode series has been created and written by Dan Swimer (Bad Education) and Adam Kay (Up The Women).
Crims will premiere on BBC Three next month, January 2015.
- 12/16/2014
- Digital Spy
Bad Education, Bluestone 42 and Some Girls have all been recommissioned by BBC Three.
The channel has also ordered new six-part sitcom 600 Days and comedy pilot Top Coppers.
600 Days follows the straight-laced Luke (Elis James), who finds himself sentenced to two years in a Young Offender Institution along with his girlfriend's witless brother Jason (Kadiff Kirwan).
Him & Her actor Ricky Champ and comic Cariad Lloyd will also star in the series from writers Dan Swimer (Grandma's House) and Adam Kay (Mongrels).
Top Coppers - starring Conor McKenna, John Kearns, Tom Bennett and Fresh Meat actress Charlotte Ritchie - is a 30-minute action comedy about police detectives.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett said: "BBC Three is at the heart of new comedy in the UK and is not only still on air, but thriving.
"These four deliciously different and brilliantly written series and pilot demonstrate our ongoing commitment to bring our viewers even more cutting edge,...
The channel has also ordered new six-part sitcom 600 Days and comedy pilot Top Coppers.
600 Days follows the straight-laced Luke (Elis James), who finds himself sentenced to two years in a Young Offender Institution along with his girlfriend's witless brother Jason (Kadiff Kirwan).
Him & Her actor Ricky Champ and comic Cariad Lloyd will also star in the series from writers Dan Swimer (Grandma's House) and Adam Kay (Mongrels).
Top Coppers - starring Conor McKenna, John Kearns, Tom Bennett and Fresh Meat actress Charlotte Ritchie - is a 30-minute action comedy about police detectives.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett said: "BBC Three is at the heart of new comedy in the UK and is not only still on air, but thriving.
"These four deliciously different and brilliantly written series and pilot demonstrate our ongoing commitment to bring our viewers even more cutting edge,...
- 3/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Each week, you lot send in your taxing TV-related posers and each week, Tube Talk assembles telly scoop - like a particularly perplexing puzzle - from phone calls, e-mails and letters delivered by carrier pigeon.
We're a regular bunch of amateur Sherlock Holmeses, so it's rather fitting that this week we have insider info on Elementary... plus The Blacklist, Him & Her, Franklin & Bash and more!
Any news on the second series of Elementary?
Johnny Lee Miller's Sherlock and Lucy Liu's Watson will be back on Sky Living in the next month or so - and season two opens with Holmes taking a trip to his old stomping grounds of London, where he not only encounters his ally Lestrade (played by the legendary Sean Pertwee) but also his brother Mycroft, brought to life by none other than Rhys Ifans...
Sounds like a real treat to us, and if you want...
We're a regular bunch of amateur Sherlock Holmeses, so it's rather fitting that this week we have insider info on Elementary... plus The Blacklist, Him & Her, Franklin & Bash and more!
Any news on the second series of Elementary?
Johnny Lee Miller's Sherlock and Lucy Liu's Watson will be back on Sky Living in the next month or so - and season two opens with Holmes taking a trip to his old stomping grounds of London, where he not only encounters his ally Lestrade (played by the legendary Sean Pertwee) but also his brother Mycroft, brought to life by none other than Rhys Ifans...
Sounds like a real treat to us, and if you want...
- 9/19/2013
- Digital Spy
Former History Boy is also the man who might have been Tintin but what he really wants is 'the career of Julie Walters. As a man'
One part facial elastics to two parts yappy bounce, interviewing Russell Tovey is a bit like grilling Scooby-Doo. Sitting in his local in north London, a chalkboard menu and Chesterfield sofas kind of affair, Tovey proudly holds forth on Him & Her, scattering his sentences with endearing yelps and incredulous splutters. "This second series seems more sure of itself. Stefan [Golaszewski, the writer] has notched it up, the characters have become more grotesque," he explains over a ginger ale.
Called out in the press for being crude, filthy, lewd and grubby, Him & Her is a show about Becky (Sarah Solemani) and Steve (Tovey), a pair of loved-up, layabout nobodies who do nothing and go nowhere. In short, it's everything conventional romcoms aren't and is all the funnier, more truthful for it.
One part facial elastics to two parts yappy bounce, interviewing Russell Tovey is a bit like grilling Scooby-Doo. Sitting in his local in north London, a chalkboard menu and Chesterfield sofas kind of affair, Tovey proudly holds forth on Him & Her, scattering his sentences with endearing yelps and incredulous splutters. "This second series seems more sure of itself. Stefan [Golaszewski, the writer] has notched it up, the characters have become more grotesque," he explains over a ginger ale.
Called out in the press for being crude, filthy, lewd and grubby, Him & Her is a show about Becky (Sarah Solemani) and Steve (Tovey), a pair of loved-up, layabout nobodies who do nothing and go nowhere. In short, it's everything conventional romcoms aren't and is all the funnier, more truthful for it.
- 11/12/2011
- by Nosheen Iqbal
- The Guardian - Film News
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