Call it a cynical copy of The Traitors all you like, but The Fortune Hotel makes for entertaining reality game fluff. In it, couples stay in a luxury resort in the Caribbean where each day they must compete in a physical challenge and an indoor “room service” challenge to win better odds in the game of pass-the-parcel that is part of the elimination process in the Lady Luck Bar. Information is power, allegiances are key and if you’re good in a dinghy you’ve got an advantage.
Presenter Stephen Mangan is no Claudia Winkleman but he’s charming and affable.
The show airs every evening Monday-Thursday and Thursday’s ep ended with quite the cliffhanger. Secrets and lies are about to be exposed and one of the favourite couples is about to be sent home, smashing the competition wide open. There’s no new ep til monday so here...
Presenter Stephen Mangan is no Claudia Winkleman but he’s charming and affable.
The show airs every evening Monday-Thursday and Thursday’s ep ended with quite the cliffhanger. Secrets and lies are about to be exposed and one of the favourite couples is about to be sent home, smashing the competition wide open. There’s no new ep til monday so here...
- 5/17/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Get ready for an intense and gripping episode of “The Fortune Hotel” airing on ITV at 9:00 Pm this Thursday, May 23, 2024. Hosted by the talented Stephen Mangan, this installment promises high stakes, dramatic challenges, and life-altering decisions for the finalists.
In Season 1, Episode 8, the pressure is on as contestants vie for a life-changing amount of cash. As they tackle two dramatic challenges, viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating the outcome of each thrilling moment.
With the fate of the contestants hanging in the balance, tensions run high as they face a big decision that could potentially change their lives forever. As Stephen Mangan guides them through the challenges and dilemmas, viewers will be drawn into the excitement and drama of “The Fortune Hotel.”
Don’t miss out on this captivating episode, where contestants must summon all their courage and wit to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.
In Season 1, Episode 8, the pressure is on as contestants vie for a life-changing amount of cash. As they tackle two dramatic challenges, viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating the outcome of each thrilling moment.
With the fate of the contestants hanging in the balance, tensions run high as they face a big decision that could potentially change their lives forever. As Stephen Mangan guides them through the challenges and dilemmas, viewers will be drawn into the excitement and drama of “The Fortune Hotel.”
Don’t miss out on this captivating episode, where contestants must summon all their courage and wit to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.
- 5/17/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
“The Fortune Hotel” is gearing up for a thrilling night as Season 1, Episode 7 airs this Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 9:00 Pm on ITV. Hosted by the ever-charming Stephen Mangan, this episode promises high stakes and intense drama as the contestants inch closer to the grand finale and the coveted prize.
As the competition heats up, one pair’s dreams are dashed, their hopes sinking unexpectedly, adding a layer of suspense and emotion to the episode. Viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eager to see how this setback impacts the dynamics among the contestants. Meanwhile, a dramatic twist at the Lady Luck Bar sees a late swap that leaves another pair distraught, shaking up the game in a way no one anticipated.
The Fortune Hotel continues to captivate audiences with its blend of strategy, luck, and unexpected turns. With the final so close, every decision and every twist carries significant weight,...
As the competition heats up, one pair’s dreams are dashed, their hopes sinking unexpectedly, adding a layer of suspense and emotion to the episode. Viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eager to see how this setback impacts the dynamics among the contestants. Meanwhile, a dramatic twist at the Lady Luck Bar sees a late swap that leaves another pair distraught, shaking up the game in a way no one anticipated.
The Fortune Hotel continues to captivate audiences with its blend of strategy, luck, and unexpected turns. With the final so close, every decision and every twist carries significant weight,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Itvx will stream comedy shows live from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, and here are the details.
The Edinburgh Fringe is one of the greatest arts festivals in the world. Each year in August, artists, comedians, writers, performers, musicians and everybody inbetween descend on the Royal Mile to sell their shows to passing punters.
Television series like Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag and Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer, which is quickly becoming one of the most popular shows on Netflix, began life as Edinburgh Fringe shows. In 2004, director Annie Griffin made the micro budget dark comedy Festival. Set and filmed at the Fringe, it starred Stephen Mangan as an arrogant comedian.
Streaming platform Itvx has commissioned four hour-long episodes of Itvx Presents: Edinburgh Fringe Live, which will broadcast live from the arts festival. Each show will focus on specially curated compilation shows in which performers will present highlights from their festival shows.
The Edinburgh Fringe is one of the greatest arts festivals in the world. Each year in August, artists, comedians, writers, performers, musicians and everybody inbetween descend on the Royal Mile to sell their shows to passing punters.
Television series like Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag and Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer, which is quickly becoming one of the most popular shows on Netflix, began life as Edinburgh Fringe shows. In 2004, director Annie Griffin made the micro budget dark comedy Festival. Set and filmed at the Fringe, it starred Stephen Mangan as an arrogant comedian.
Streaming platform Itvx has commissioned four hour-long episodes of Itvx Presents: Edinburgh Fringe Live, which will broadcast live from the arts festival. Each show will focus on specially curated compilation shows in which performers will present highlights from their festival shows.
- 5/3/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Cult classic sitcom Green Wing has been resurrected as a podcast with the original cast and creative team.
Back in 2004, fresh from the success of sketch show Smack The Pony, writer Victoria Pile created Green Wing, a sitcom set in a hospital.
With an ensemble cast that included Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan – who would later reunite to star opposite Matt LeBlanc in Episodes – the comedy is helped enormously by committed clowning the cast, particularly Mark Heap and Michelle Gomez. The show ran for two series from 2004 to 2006 and, in a move more in common with American sitcoms, had a large pool of writers.
After the show ended, the same creative team made the terrific University comedy Campus in 2009, which despite only running for one series is well worth tracking down, especially for the tour de force performance from Andy Nyman as megalomaniacal monster and Vice Chancellor Jonty De Wolfe.
Back in 2004, fresh from the success of sketch show Smack The Pony, writer Victoria Pile created Green Wing, a sitcom set in a hospital.
With an ensemble cast that included Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan – who would later reunite to star opposite Matt LeBlanc in Episodes – the comedy is helped enormously by committed clowning the cast, particularly Mark Heap and Michelle Gomez. The show ran for two series from 2004 to 2006 and, in a move more in common with American sitcoms, had a large pool of writers.
After the show ended, the same creative team made the terrific University comedy Campus in 2009, which despite only running for one series is well worth tracking down, especially for the tour de force performance from Andy Nyman as megalomaniacal monster and Vice Chancellor Jonty De Wolfe.
- 4/30/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Audible is today releasing Green Wing: Resuscitated, a six-part series revisiting the hit Channel4 hospital sitcom.
Spanning six episodes, Green Wing: Resuscitated features the original cast. Created again by Victoria Pile, and scripted by original writers including Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, the show will explore more surreal twists and turns in the lives and loves of East Hampton Hospital’s staff.
The series revisits characters including Guy Secretan, played by Stephen Mangan, who is now a media sensation, balancing his TV and podcast appearances with his role as an anaesthetist. Following his many near-death experiences, ‘Mac’ MacCartney played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, has now returned to work as a surgeon, while Caroline Todd played by Tamsin Greig is making waves overseas as a medical pioneer. Joanna Clore, played by Pippa Haywood, is now imprisoned following her killing spree.
Olivia Colman, Mark Heap, Oliver Chris, Michelle Gomez...
Spanning six episodes, Green Wing: Resuscitated features the original cast. Created again by Victoria Pile, and scripted by original writers including Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, the show will explore more surreal twists and turns in the lives and loves of East Hampton Hospital’s staff.
The series revisits characters including Guy Secretan, played by Stephen Mangan, who is now a media sensation, balancing his TV and podcast appearances with his role as an anaesthetist. Following his many near-death experiences, ‘Mac’ MacCartney played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, has now returned to work as a surgeon, while Caroline Todd played by Tamsin Greig is making waves overseas as a medical pioneer. Joanna Clore, played by Pippa Haywood, is now imprisoned following her killing spree.
Olivia Colman, Mark Heap, Oliver Chris, Michelle Gomez...
- 4/29/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Over 50 years of British sci-fi television, the genre went from one golden age to another. The 1970s gave us bleakly devastating visions of the future, the 1980s gave us space invasions and comedy, the 1990s blended crime drama with sci-fi, and the 2000s remade shows from the 1970s and gave us Christopher Eccleston as two kinds of god.
Then came the 2010s, the birth of transatlantic co-productions and streaming. British sci-fi television was no longer the cheaper, shoddier counterpart to its US equivalent. The production values were glossy, the cast reached A-list heights, and the writing was what you’d expect from the most recent golden age of television. The age of cheap and cheerful sitcom-adjacent British science fiction was over… almost.
Dirk Gently (2010)
Stream on: BritBox (US); purchase-only on Prime Video (UK)
One final homemade hero! Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is Douglas Adams’ less well-known creation. He...
Then came the 2010s, the birth of transatlantic co-productions and streaming. British sci-fi television was no longer the cheaper, shoddier counterpart to its US equivalent. The production values were glossy, the cast reached A-list heights, and the writing was what you’d expect from the most recent golden age of television. The age of cheap and cheerful sitcom-adjacent British science fiction was over… almost.
Dirk Gently (2010)
Stream on: BritBox (US); purchase-only on Prime Video (UK)
One final homemade hero! Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is Douglas Adams’ less well-known creation. He...
- 4/19/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In 2021, Pointless fans had to come to terms with the fact that change is the only constant in this crazy, crazy world when the show’s co-creator and co-host Richard Osman left to pursue other career opportunities such as being an incredibly successful crime novelist, and taking the main seat on his own game show Richard Osman’s House of Games.
Good for Richard Osman, it all seems to be very going well for him. But for Pointless?
Taking its cue from satirical current affairs show Have I Got News For You?, which settled on a revolving carousel of guest hosts when its regular host Angus Deayton was forced to step down instead of plumping for a permanent chair, Pointless has welcomed a series of co-hosts in the past couple of years.
First up were Sally Lindsay, Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker, Konnie Huq and Ed Gamble. Next came Andi Oliver,...
Good for Richard Osman, it all seems to be very going well for him. But for Pointless?
Taking its cue from satirical current affairs show Have I Got News For You?, which settled on a revolving carousel of guest hosts when its regular host Angus Deayton was forced to step down instead of plumping for a permanent chair, Pointless has welcomed a series of co-hosts in the past couple of years.
First up were Sally Lindsay, Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker, Konnie Huq and Ed Gamble. Next came Andi Oliver,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Queen Elizabeth has been played by numerous actors over the years — three in Netflix’s The Crown alone. But tracking not far behind when it comes to onscreen depictions of major British figures is former prime minister Tony Blair. Among the names to have stepped into the shiny brogues of the divisive politician are the likes of Damien Lewis, Robert Lindsay, Toby Stephens, James Larkin, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Mangan, Harry Enfield and Pierce Brosnan (as a version of Blair in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer). Michael Sheen has also famously played Blair three times.
Joining this illustrious list is Bertie Carvel, the star of stage and screen who joined The Crown for its final outings in seasons five and six. While he’s mostly a supporting bystander in season five, the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit royal drama — which centered its first four episodes, now streaming,...
Joining this illustrious list is Bertie Carvel, the star of stage and screen who joined The Crown for its final outings in seasons five and six. While he’s mostly a supporting bystander in season five, the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit royal drama — which centered its first four episodes, now streaming,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Piglets, a new series from the writers of Green Wing, is heading to Itvx next year, and the first details of the new comedy have just landed.
Green Wing is one of the most memorable comedies of the early 2000s. Following the trials and tribulations of the staff who populate East Hampton Hospital, the writing was frequently silly and surreal, and it featured star making turns from the likes of Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Michelle Gomez.
Underrated comedy Campus followed a similar scenario, this time in the fictional Kirke University, where Andy Nyman’s domineering don Jonty De Wolfe ruled with an iron fist. That series has also built up quite a fanbase, and rightly so. Now? There’s more for that fanbase to look forward to as well.
That’s because the same creative team have now created Piglets, which heads to Itvx next year. The first details...
Green Wing is one of the most memorable comedies of the early 2000s. Following the trials and tribulations of the staff who populate East Hampton Hospital, the writing was frequently silly and surreal, and it featured star making turns from the likes of Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Michelle Gomez.
Underrated comedy Campus followed a similar scenario, this time in the fictional Kirke University, where Andy Nyman’s domineering don Jonty De Wolfe ruled with an iron fist. That series has also built up quite a fanbase, and rightly so. Now? There’s more for that fanbase to look forward to as well.
That’s because the same creative team have now created Piglets, which heads to Itvx next year. The first details...
- 11/21/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Banijay is checking into The Fortune Hotel ahead of Mipcom Cannes.
The indie powerhouse has acquired global distribution rights to the ITV1 and Itvx reality entertainment show set in a luxury Caribbean resort.
Banijay picked up the rights from Lego Masters producer Tuesday’s Child and will represent the format, with sales arm Banijay Rights selling finished tape for the ITV series. Tuesday’s Child, part of the Stv Studios-owned Greenbird Media, is retaining format production rights in the U.S., similar to the deal structure it has in place with Banijay for the much-travelled Lego Masters.
The Fortune Hotel, hosted by The Split and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan, follows 10 pairs of contestants who compete across eight episodes for £250,000. Each pair is given a briefcase, with one holding the cash and another an Early Checkout Card, which eliminates whoever is holding it at the end of each episode.
The indie powerhouse has acquired global distribution rights to the ITV1 and Itvx reality entertainment show set in a luxury Caribbean resort.
Banijay picked up the rights from Lego Masters producer Tuesday’s Child and will represent the format, with sales arm Banijay Rights selling finished tape for the ITV series. Tuesday’s Child, part of the Stv Studios-owned Greenbird Media, is retaining format production rights in the U.S., similar to the deal structure it has in place with Banijay for the much-travelled Lego Masters.
The Fortune Hotel, hosted by The Split and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan, follows 10 pairs of contestants who compete across eight episodes for £250,000. Each pair is given a briefcase, with one holding the cash and another an Early Checkout Card, which eliminates whoever is holding it at the end of each episode.
- 10/5/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Is Richard Osman’s House of Games the perfect teatime quiz show? It’s certainly in contention. Silly, funny and warm, it makes very good company. The armchairs exude a sense of convivial relaxation. There are no flashing-lights podiums or tense burden of cash prizes, making it a wholly gentler experience than, say, The Chase. It keeps the same four contestants all week long, meaning that the kind of rapport other quiz shows try to manufacture in rapid-fire Q&As with the host can naturally develop. The personalities and relationships are almost as important as the rounds and questions, and it’s all done with a sense of humour – from the deliberately naff 1970s gameshow-style fondue sets and carriage clock prizes, to the enjoyable silliness behind almost every round.
To celebrate the new series airing now on weekdays at 6pm on BBC Two, here are a few fun titbits about the show.
To celebrate the new series airing now on weekdays at 6pm on BBC Two, here are a few fun titbits about the show.
- 9/26/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The U.K. edition of iconic game show “Password” will bow imminently on broadcaster ITV, and new countries are being added.
Variety can reveal that the Fremantle-owned format is getting versions in Greece (Alpha TV), Hungary (TV2), Israel (Channel 13), Mexico (TV Azteca) and Slovakia (TV Joj).
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The U.K. version will offer a cash prize in the final. It benefits from the presence of three eminent comic talents: Stephen Mangan as host and BAFTA winners Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper as team captains.
The most recent U.S. version, starring Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows. The U.K. version will have its own distinct flavor.
Variety can reveal that the Fremantle-owned format is getting versions in Greece (Alpha TV), Hungary (TV2), Israel (Channel 13), Mexico (TV Azteca) and Slovakia (TV Joj).
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The U.K. version will offer a cash prize in the final. It benefits from the presence of three eminent comic talents: Stephen Mangan as host and BAFTA winners Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper as team captains.
The most recent U.S. version, starring Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows. The U.K. version will have its own distinct flavor.
- 8/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Hit U.S. Gameshow ‘Password’ Coming To ITV
Hit U.S. guessing game Password is coming to the UK’s ITV. Never Mind the Buzzcocks producer Talkback is behind the ITV version, which will see Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper take on the Resident Team Captains role, with Stephen Mangan hosting. Password is a word association game in which captains pair with contestants and give one-word clues to help their teammate guess a mystery “password.” The teams must try and get on each other’s wavelengths as they take it in turns to guess the all-important password across multiple rounds. Password has aired in the U.S. for decades and was most recently revived on NBC last year, with Keke Palmer hosting and Jimmy Fallon captaining. Password was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions and is now owned by Fremantle.
Banijay Forges Live Events Division
Banijay has launched...
Hit U.S. guessing game Password is coming to the UK’s ITV. Never Mind the Buzzcocks producer Talkback is behind the ITV version, which will see Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper take on the Resident Team Captains role, with Stephen Mangan hosting. Password is a word association game in which captains pair with contestants and give one-word clues to help their teammate guess a mystery “password.” The teams must try and get on each other’s wavelengths as they take it in turns to guess the all-important password across multiple rounds. Password has aired in the U.S. for decades and was most recently revived on NBC last year, with Keke Palmer hosting and Jimmy Fallon captaining. Password was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions and is now owned by Fremantle.
Banijay Forges Live Events Division
Banijay has launched...
- 6/22/2023
- by Zac Ntim and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Iconic game show “Password” – currently fronted by Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon – is getting a U.K. adaptation.
Broadcaster ITV has commissioned a version of the Fremantle-owned format, with Stephen Mangan serving as host while Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper are set to be team captains.
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The ITV version will offer a cash prize in the final.
In the U.S., the show has run in every decade across CBS, ABC and NBC. The most recent version, starring Palmer and Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows.
In the U.K. it will be produced by Fremantle label Talkback with Jonno Richards and Laura Gibson exec producing for the label. Juliet Morrish is series producer.
Broadcaster ITV has commissioned a version of the Fremantle-owned format, with Stephen Mangan serving as host while Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper are set to be team captains.
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The ITV version will offer a cash prize in the final.
In the U.S., the show has run in every decade across CBS, ABC and NBC. The most recent version, starring Palmer and Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows.
In the U.K. it will be produced by Fremantle label Talkback with Jonno Richards and Laura Gibson exec producing for the label. Juliet Morrish is series producer.
- 6/22/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
All 7 seasons of the NBC comedy 30 Rock are available to binge on Hulu. Tina Fey created the show inspired by her experiences on Saturday Night Live, though the world of Tgs was wilder than SNL. 30 Rock was both a Hollywood industry satire and a universally relatable workplace comedy with career and dating foibles.
L-r: Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer, and Alec Baldwin | Ali Goldstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
So, if you’ve burned through all seven seasons of 30 Rock you may be looking for something new to watch. Showbiz Cheat Sheet is here to help. Here are seven more shows you can watch if you like 30 Rock.
If you like ‘30 Rock,’ ‘Studio 60’ was the dramatic version of it
When 30 Rock premiered on NBC in 2006, it wasn’t the only show about the backstage workings of a variety show. Aaron Sorkin created Studio 60...
L-r: Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer, and Alec Baldwin | Ali Goldstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
So, if you’ve burned through all seven seasons of 30 Rock you may be looking for something new to watch. Showbiz Cheat Sheet is here to help. Here are seven more shows you can watch if you like 30 Rock.
If you like ‘30 Rock,’ ‘Studio 60’ was the dramatic version of it
When 30 Rock premiered on NBC in 2006, it wasn’t the only show about the backstage workings of a variety show. Aaron Sorkin created Studio 60...
- 3/29/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Spring release planned on British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s culture-clash comedy-drama.
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s TIFF Discovery premiere A Gaza Weekend.
‘A Gaza Weekend’: Toronto Review
Khalil’s made his feature directorial debut on the culture-clash comedy-drama about a couple stranded amid a deadly virus outbreak which has sealed off Israel and turned the Gaza Strip into the safest place in the region.
A British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend who want to flee Israel must place their faith in two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for cash.
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s TIFF Discovery premiere A Gaza Weekend.
‘A Gaza Weekend’: Toronto Review
Khalil’s made his feature directorial debut on the culture-clash comedy-drama about a couple stranded amid a deadly virus outbreak which has sealed off Israel and turned the Gaza Strip into the safest place in the region.
A British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend who want to flee Israel must place their faith in two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for cash.
- 3/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Eddie Izzard has announced the new name that she now uses alongside her original name.
Izzard, 61, said she has wanted to use the name “Suzy” since she was 10 years old.
The comedian shared the news during a recent interview on Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast on Monday (6 March).
“I’m Eddie. There’s another name I’m going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which is what I wanted to be since I was 10,” she said. “I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard.”
Izzard went on to say people can choose which name they use to address her by, adding “they can’t go wrong”.
“That’s how I’m going to roll, so people can choose what they want,” she said. “They can’t make a mistake. They can’t go wrong.”
In December 2020, Izzard appeared on Portrait Artist of the Year in which the...
Izzard, 61, said she has wanted to use the name “Suzy” since she was 10 years old.
The comedian shared the news during a recent interview on Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast on Monday (6 March).
“I’m Eddie. There’s another name I’m going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which is what I wanted to be since I was 10,” she said. “I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard.”
Izzard went on to say people can choose which name they use to address her by, adding “they can’t go wrong”.
“That’s how I’m going to roll, so people can choose what they want,” she said. “They can’t make a mistake. They can’t go wrong.”
In December 2020, Izzard appeared on Portrait Artist of the Year in which the...
- 3/7/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
It takes many people to fill Richard Osman’s shoes, and not just because he wears a size 14. Back in April 2021, the TV presenter, producer and novelist announced that he was leaving his co-presenter role on Pointless to focus on his hugely successful Thursday Murder Club book series and other projects. Due to the ‘stars we see in the night sky are actually hundreds of years in the past’ nature of TV broadcast, by that point, Osman was already four months out of the job. His final episode of the regular Pointless (he’ll still appear on the celebrity editions) was filmed in December 2021 and aired in July 2022, with this touching message to Alexander Armstrong.
When Pointless returned for Series 28 in September 2022, it came with a rotating clutch of new guest-hosts sitting behind Osman’s fact-checking desk. First up was Sally Lindsay, and following her were Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne,...
When Pointless returned for Series 28 in September 2022, it came with a rotating clutch of new guest-hosts sitting behind Osman’s fact-checking desk. First up was Sally Lindsay, and following her were Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Fipresci Jury Award-winning “A Gaza Weekend” made a splash at Toronto International Film Festival last week. Public and press alike flocked towards theaters for this film’s premiere weekend; each screening was packed. The film’s release could not have been more timely. Written during the swine flu and released after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, British-Palestinian Basil Khalil pokes fun at plague paranoia in his narrative feature debut. In this punchy family-friendly comedy of the Gaza Strip, any and all traditional power hierarchies are out the window for the sake of survival.
A Gaza Weekend is screening at Red Sea International Film Festival
Like many films about Palestine, “A Gaza Weekend” follows the trajectory of a refugee couple – though this time, they’re from Israel. Englishman Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli partner Keren (Mouna Hawa) are desperate to leave the country after the outbreak...
A Gaza Weekend is screening at Red Sea International Film Festival
Like many films about Palestine, “A Gaza Weekend” follows the trajectory of a refugee couple – though this time, they’re from Israel. Englishman Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli partner Keren (Mouna Hawa) are desperate to leave the country after the outbreak...
- 12/3/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Mena-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Mena rights for British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s feature debut A Gaza Weekend, ahead of its regional premiere at the Red International Film Festival this December.
The acquisition marks the third collaboration between Khalil and Front Row, as the company previously distributed his 2015 Academy Award and Palme d’Or-nominated short Ave Maria, which debuted in Cannes in 2015 and has also recently boarded Nour Shams, a short film by Saudi filmmaker Faiza Ambah and produced by Khalil.
International sales on the film, which world premiered in Toronto in September, are handled by London-based sales and production company Protagonist Pictures. The feature is produced by U.K.-Emirati producer Amina Dasmal and executive produced by Robin C. Fox.
The comedy-drama is set in a world where Israel is sealed off after a deadly virus outbreak and Gaza has become the safest place in the region.
The acquisition marks the third collaboration between Khalil and Front Row, as the company previously distributed his 2015 Academy Award and Palme d’Or-nominated short Ave Maria, which debuted in Cannes in 2015 and has also recently boarded Nour Shams, a short film by Saudi filmmaker Faiza Ambah and produced by Khalil.
International sales on the film, which world premiered in Toronto in September, are handled by London-based sales and production company Protagonist Pictures. The feature is produced by U.K.-Emirati producer Amina Dasmal and executive produced by Robin C. Fox.
The comedy-drama is set in a world where Israel is sealed off after a deadly virus outbreak and Gaza has become the safest place in the region.
- 11/29/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Dubai-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North Africa (Mena) rights to British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s action-packed drama “A Gaza Weekend” ahead of its regional premiere at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival.
Front Row, which is a prominent distributor of indie films in Mena region, picked up “Gaza Weekend” from London-based sales and production outfit Protagonist Pictures after it premiered positively at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Made by British-Emirati producer Amina Dasmal and Robin C. Fox, who executive produced, “Gaza Weekend” is set in a world where Israel is sealed off after a deadly virus outbreak and Gaza has become the safest spot in the region. British journalist (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli girlfriend (Mouna Hawa) find themselves stuck on the wrong side of the border, needing the help of two Palestinian street merchants who promise them a...
Front Row, which is a prominent distributor of indie films in Mena region, picked up “Gaza Weekend” from London-based sales and production outfit Protagonist Pictures after it premiered positively at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Made by British-Emirati producer Amina Dasmal and Robin C. Fox, who executive produced, “Gaza Weekend” is set in a world where Israel is sealed off after a deadly virus outbreak and Gaza has become the safest spot in the region. British journalist (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli girlfriend (Mouna Hawa) find themselves stuck on the wrong side of the border, needing the help of two Palestinian street merchants who promise them a...
- 11/29/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Osman has feigned outrage over the fact that the laptop in the Pointless studio actually works.
In April, the BBC announced that Osman had quit Pointless after almost 13 years.
The TV personality had presented the show since its very first episode in 2009 with Alexander Armstrong, with the latter now being joined by a rotating cast of co-presenters for the new series.
Coronation Street and Scott & Bailey star Sally Lindsay was the first celebrity to step into Osman’s shoes for last night’s episode (20 September), and she made use of a laptop in the studio to help her present.
Sharing an image of Lindsay using the computer, Osman – who was hardly seen going on the device during his years as host – tweeted: “Wait, the laptop Works Now????”
Lindsay later posted: “Thank you everyone (especially the legend @richardosman) for your comments and support regarding Pointless. It’s such a...
In April, the BBC announced that Osman had quit Pointless after almost 13 years.
The TV personality had presented the show since its very first episode in 2009 with Alexander Armstrong, with the latter now being joined by a rotating cast of co-presenters for the new series.
Coronation Street and Scott & Bailey star Sally Lindsay was the first celebrity to step into Osman’s shoes for last night’s episode (20 September), and she made use of a laptop in the studio to help her present.
Sharing an image of Lindsay using the computer, Osman – who was hardly seen going on the device during his years as host – tweeted: “Wait, the laptop Works Now????”
Lindsay later posted: “Thank you everyone (especially the legend @richardosman) for your comments and support regarding Pointless. It’s such a...
- 9/21/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Fipresci Jury Award-winning “A Gaza Weekend” made a splash at Toronto International Film Festival last week. Public and press alike flocked towards theaters for this film’s premiere weekend; each screening was packed. The film’s release could not have been more timely. Written during the swine flu and released after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, British-Palestinian Basil Khalil pokes fun at plague paranoia in his narrative feature debut. In this punchy family-friendly comedy of the Gaza Strip, any and all traditional power hierarchies are out the window for the sake of survival.
A Gaza Weekend is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
Like many films about Palestine, “A Gaza Weekend” follows the trajectory of a refugee couple – though this time, they’re from Israel. Englishman Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli partner Keren (Mouna Hawa) are desperate to leave the country after the outbreak of a new deadly Ars virus.
A Gaza Weekend is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
Like many films about Palestine, “A Gaza Weekend” follows the trajectory of a refugee couple – though this time, they’re from Israel. Englishman Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli partner Keren (Mouna Hawa) are desperate to leave the country after the outbreak of a new deadly Ars virus.
- 9/20/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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Films can be given life or put to death in Cannes. Many are born from meetings there. But very few are dreamed up in a rush on the beach while trying to impress an industry exec. A Gaza Weekend is a rare exception, beginning its unlikely journey at the 2009 edition of the festival, where Basil Khalil was casually asked by a sales agent what project he was working on next.
“And I had absolutely nothing,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. Not wanting to admit his creative shortcomings, the British-Palestinian filmmaker quickly came up with a project off the top of his head. “Swine flu had been in the news at the time, so I just said, ‘Ok, so there’s a virus in Israel and the only safe place is Gaza.’ And that’s all I had.” And did it have a name?...
Films can be given life or put to death in Cannes. Many are born from meetings there. But very few are dreamed up in a rush on the beach while trying to impress an industry exec. A Gaza Weekend is a rare exception, beginning its unlikely journey at the 2009 edition of the festival, where Basil Khalil was casually asked by a sales agent what project he was working on next.
“And I had absolutely nothing,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. Not wanting to admit his creative shortcomings, the British-Palestinian filmmaker quickly came up with a project off the top of his head. “Swine flu had been in the news at the time, so I just said, ‘Ok, so there’s a virus in Israel and the only safe place is Gaza.’ And that’s all I had.” And did it have a name?...
- 9/11/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Basil Khalil and co-writer Daniel Ka-Chun Chan waste no time setting the tone for their Middle Eastern comedy A Gaza Weekend. Conceived over a decade ago, its purpose is to satirize the very real conflict between Palestinians and Israelis to its most absurd extremes while also finding the common ground of humanity hiding beneath—much like Khalil’s enjoyable, Oscar-nominated short Ave Maria. As such, watching a scientist carelessly mill about an Israeli infectious disease center is less about her obvious lack of protocol and more about the color of her skin. Why? Because it means the country, despite being ground zero for a deadly disease, can absolve itself by blaming an Arab.
And what’s the point of making Israel the epicenter for a cataclysmic pandemic if you don’t also render Gaza the safest place on Earth? The reason: Israel has blocked the area off with walls...
And what’s the point of making Israel the epicenter for a cataclysmic pandemic if you don’t also render Gaza the safest place on Earth? The reason: Israel has blocked the area off with walls...
- 9/10/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Jeremy Clarkson made a mockery of Eddie Izzard’s pronouns while promoting the new season of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
At the ITV Entertainment Schedule Launch in London on Tuesday (30 August), Clarkson was asked by host Joel Dommett who would be appearing in the upcoming series.
He replied: “Eddie Izzard obviously is very bright so he was fun.”
In 2020, Izzard, who describes herself as being “gender fluid”, requested to be referred to by the pronouns “she/her”.
After realising his error, Clarkson botched his attempt to correct himself, saying: “She, them, it. I don’t know what you say! She? She?”
According to the Daily Mail, which was in attendance, the crowd mistakenly corrected the presenter with “they”, to which he responded: “They… whatever he is. I knew there was a word. There was a pronoun I had forgotten. They were very good.”
During the event, the former...
At the ITV Entertainment Schedule Launch in London on Tuesday (30 August), Clarkson was asked by host Joel Dommett who would be appearing in the upcoming series.
He replied: “Eddie Izzard obviously is very bright so he was fun.”
In 2020, Izzard, who describes herself as being “gender fluid”, requested to be referred to by the pronouns “she/her”.
After realising his error, Clarkson botched his attempt to correct himself, saying: “She, them, it. I don’t know what you say! She? She?”
According to the Daily Mail, which was in attendance, the crowd mistakenly corrected the presenter with “they”, to which he responded: “They… whatever he is. I knew there was a word. There was a pronoun I had forgotten. They were very good.”
During the event, the former...
- 9/1/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Network: SundanceTV.
Episodes: 18 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: May 23, 2018 — July 21, 2022.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Nicola Walker, Annabel Scholey, Deborah Findlay, Anthony Head, Rudi Dharmalingam, Stephen Mangan, Meera Syal, Fiona Button, Barry Atsma, Stephen Tompkinson, Mathew Baynton, Tanya Franks, Chanel Cresswell, Tamara Lawrance. and Claire Rushbrook.
TV show description:
From creator and writer Abi Morgan, The Split TV show unfolds in London. The drama follows Ruth Defoe (Findlay) and her three daughters. The Defoe women are at the center of the city's divorce circuit. When top attorney Hannah (Walker) leaves Defoes for rival firm Noble & Hale, she'll have to start facing off against her own family.
The Defoes specialize in...
Episodes: 18 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: May 23, 2018 — July 21, 2022.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Nicola Walker, Annabel Scholey, Deborah Findlay, Anthony Head, Rudi Dharmalingam, Stephen Mangan, Meera Syal, Fiona Button, Barry Atsma, Stephen Tompkinson, Mathew Baynton, Tanya Franks, Chanel Cresswell, Tamara Lawrance. and Claire Rushbrook.
TV show description:
From creator and writer Abi Morgan, The Split TV show unfolds in London. The drama follows Ruth Defoe (Findlay) and her three daughters. The Defoe women are at the center of the city's divorce circuit. When top attorney Hannah (Walker) leaves Defoes for rival firm Noble & Hale, she'll have to start facing off against her own family.
The Defoes specialize in...
- 6/23/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In the run-up to Cannes, the British Film Institute and the British Council held the Great8 showcase, which presented eight U.K. films from emerging filmmakers. Here are the films selected:
“Aftersun” (drama)
Director/writer: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Sales: Charades
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
“Birchanger Green” (sci-fi)
Director/writer: Moin Hussain
Cast: Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin, Claire Rushbrook, Simon Nagra
Sales: Bankside Films
Adam lives a solitary life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he is descended from an alien race.
“Aftersun” (drama)
Director/writer: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Sales: Charades
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
“Birchanger Green” (sci-fi)
Director/writer: Moin Hussain
Cast: Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin, Claire Rushbrook, Simon Nagra
Sales: Bankside Films
Adam lives a solitary life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he is descended from an alien race.
- 5/21/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Titles include ’Aftersun’, ’Enys Men’, ‘Birchanger Green’ and ‘A Gaza Weekend’.
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI and British Council have revealed the line-up for this year’s Great8 showcase, which allows international distributors and festival programmers to get an early look at eight releases from emerging U.K. filmmakers in the run-up to Cannes Marché.
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
- 5/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate the release of The Split, we spoke with the stars of the critically acclaimed BBC drama.
Created by Abi Morgan, The Split revolves around the tentative lives of a family of divorce lawyers. Now in Season 3, Hannah Stern, an accomplished lawyer for Noble & Hale, is balancing her working life alongside going through her own tumultuous divorce with her partner Nathan.
Playing Hannah’s younger sisters Rose and Nina, we spoke with Fiona Button and Annabel Scholey about the family dynamics on and off the screen as well as balancing both parenthood, infertility, and alcoholism.
We also spoke with the brilliant Stephen Mangan about saying goodbye to Nathan and how this new season will test his beloved character.
Actress Lara Pulver joins The Split as a child psychologist who shakes-up the life of the Sterns as they head into a messy divorce. Pulver spoke with us about being the...
Created by Abi Morgan, The Split revolves around the tentative lives of a family of divorce lawyers. Now in Season 3, Hannah Stern, an accomplished lawyer for Noble & Hale, is balancing her working life alongside going through her own tumultuous divorce with her partner Nathan.
Playing Hannah’s younger sisters Rose and Nina, we spoke with Fiona Button and Annabel Scholey about the family dynamics on and off the screen as well as balancing both parenthood, infertility, and alcoholism.
We also spoke with the brilliant Stephen Mangan about saying goodbye to Nathan and how this new season will test his beloved character.
Actress Lara Pulver joins The Split as a child psychologist who shakes-up the life of the Sterns as they head into a messy divorce. Pulver spoke with us about being the...
- 4/19/2022
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Abi Morgan, the creator and writer behind BBC series The Split, is making her debut in the directing chair on Season 3 of the show.
Below is a first look at the third season, on which Morgan is helming one of the five episodes; Dee Koppang O’Leary (Bridgerton) is lead director. Cast including Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, Damien Molony and Chukwudi Iwuji are reprising their roles.
The Split is produced by Sister for BBC One, co-produced with Little Chick and AMC Networks, and was re-commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama; Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer BBC; and Kristin Jones, EVP International Programming, AMC Networks. Series three is executive produced by Sister co-founder Jane Featherstone and Morgan.
In the U.S. the show will air on BBC America and be available to stream on AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now. BBC Studios will distribute worldwide.
Below is a first look at the third season, on which Morgan is helming one of the five episodes; Dee Koppang O’Leary (Bridgerton) is lead director. Cast including Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, Damien Molony and Chukwudi Iwuji are reprising their roles.
The Split is produced by Sister for BBC One, co-produced with Little Chick and AMC Networks, and was re-commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama; Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer BBC; and Kristin Jones, EVP International Programming, AMC Networks. Series three is executive produced by Sister co-founder Jane Featherstone and Morgan.
In the U.S. the show will air on BBC America and be available to stream on AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now. BBC Studios will distribute worldwide.
- 10/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Chernobyl actor Paul Ritter has died.
He was 54.
Deadline is reporting that the actor passed away due to a brain tumor.
The actor appeared in several TV shows and movies, including the aforementioned Chernobyl, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Quantum of Solace.
He is probably most well known to UK audiences for his role on the Channel 4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner. He played family patriarch Martin Goodman on the series from 2011-20.
Robert Popper, the creator of the sitcom, tweeted the following:
“Devastated at this terribly sad news. Paul was a lovely, wonderful human being. Kind, funny, super caring and the greatest actor I ever worked with.”
Ritter filmed a retrospective special for the comedy series to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and the special is set to air this year.
Ritter played the role of Anatoly Dyatlov in the award-winning HBO/Sky drama series Chernobyl.
He...
He was 54.
Deadline is reporting that the actor passed away due to a brain tumor.
The actor appeared in several TV shows and movies, including the aforementioned Chernobyl, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Quantum of Solace.
He is probably most well known to UK audiences for his role on the Channel 4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner. He played family patriarch Martin Goodman on the series from 2011-20.
Robert Popper, the creator of the sitcom, tweeted the following:
“Devastated at this terribly sad news. Paul was a lovely, wonderful human being. Kind, funny, super caring and the greatest actor I ever worked with.”
Ritter filmed a retrospective special for the comedy series to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and the special is set to air this year.
Ritter played the role of Anatoly Dyatlov in the award-winning HBO/Sky drama series Chernobyl.
He...
- 4/6/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“Chernobyl” producer Sister — the content studio set up by Jane Featherstone, Stacey Snider and Elisabeth Murdoch — has hired former “Black Mirror” producer Lucy Dyke to lead a new production hub out of Manchester, in northern England.
The outfit is called Northern Sister, and will focus on developing and producing high-end scripted projects in the region, while fostering creators from diverse backgrounds both on and off screen. The Manchester location will allow Sister to tap into creative talent in other cities, such as Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool and Bradford.
The company’s expansion up north comes at a time when U.K. broadcasters such as the BBC and Channel 4 are growing their own operations outside of London.
Calling the timing of the BBC’s expansion plans, revealed just last week, “fortuitous,” Dyke tells Variety, “It’s really important that we nurture the next generation of writers and script editors. When I started out,...
The outfit is called Northern Sister, and will focus on developing and producing high-end scripted projects in the region, while fostering creators from diverse backgrounds both on and off screen. The Manchester location will allow Sister to tap into creative talent in other cities, such as Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool and Bradford.
The company’s expansion up north comes at a time when U.K. broadcasters such as the BBC and Channel 4 are growing their own operations outside of London.
Calling the timing of the BBC’s expansion plans, revealed just last week, “fortuitous,” Dyke tells Variety, “It’s really important that we nurture the next generation of writers and script editors. When I started out,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The Split TV series will have one more run before the final credits roll. The drama series has been renewed for a third and final season on BBC One and SundanceTV. Actors Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, and Chukwudi Iwuji will all return.
The series takes a look at marriage and divorce in the high-end divorce circuit. The second season was a big hit for BBC with six million viewers and 19 million streams.
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The series takes a look at marriage and divorce in the high-end divorce circuit. The second season was a big hit for BBC with six million viewers and 19 million streams.
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- 2/10/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The BBC and AMC’s SundanceTV have renewed Sister relationship series The Split for a third and final season.
Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay and Chukwudi Iwuji are all set to reprise their roles in the drama, which is set in the fast-paced, complex world of London’s high-end divorce circuit.
Created and written by The Iron Lady scribe Abi Morgan, Season 3 has attached Dee Koppang O’Leary as lead director. Little Chick co-produces the drama with Sister.
Morgan said: “It’s great to be back writing for the Defoe Family, and to dive once more into to the complications of their lives and those of their clients. In the final series of this bittersweet trilogy, Hannah faces the heartbreak of her own divorce, and the fight to save her family and her marriage. Siblings clash, past mistakes are exposed and hearts are...
Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay and Chukwudi Iwuji are all set to reprise their roles in the drama, which is set in the fast-paced, complex world of London’s high-end divorce circuit.
Created and written by The Iron Lady scribe Abi Morgan, Season 3 has attached Dee Koppang O’Leary as lead director. Little Chick co-produces the drama with Sister.
Morgan said: “It’s great to be back writing for the Defoe Family, and to dive once more into to the complications of their lives and those of their clients. In the final series of this bittersweet trilogy, Hannah faces the heartbreak of her own divorce, and the fight to save her family and her marriage. Siblings clash, past mistakes are exposed and hearts are...
- 2/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Refresh for latest…: As the United States wakes up to the news that the presidential election is still undecided, industry fixtures are beginning to chime in with a mix of hope and anxiety. But, despite Donald Trump’s false claim that he “already won” over Joe Biden on Tuesday night, several stars posting on Twitter are focused on the votes that are still to be counted.
The very politically engaged Mark Ruffalo urged folks to “hang tough,” while others echoed the sentiment:
Hang tough everyone. #CountEveryVote this is what we have been saying about Trump and his #RedMirage. https://t.co/Ao29PH5PEm
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2020
All your votes are to Be Counted https://t.co/Ap1GcpoLkf
— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) November 4, 2020
They gotta count every vote.
Every last one.
Just. Keep. Breathing.
This could take a little while.#CountEveryVote
— James Corden (@JKCorden) November 4, 2020
Ruffalo also...
The very politically engaged Mark Ruffalo urged folks to “hang tough,” while others echoed the sentiment:
Hang tough everyone. #CountEveryVote this is what we have been saying about Trump and his #RedMirage. https://t.co/Ao29PH5PEm
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2020
All your votes are to Be Counted https://t.co/Ap1GcpoLkf
— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) November 4, 2020
They gotta count every vote.
Every last one.
Just. Keep. Breathing.
This could take a little while.#CountEveryVote
— James Corden (@JKCorden) November 4, 2020
Ruffalo also...
- 11/4/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Anil Gupta, the BAFTA-winning executive producer of the UK version of The Office, is joining Sky Studios in the newly-created role of creative director of comedy.
Gupta will focus on boosting in-house comedy production at the Comcast-owned company and will report to Jon Mountague, Sky Studios’ director of comedy.
As well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, his credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42 and Citizen Khan. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the RSC and co-created BBC Radio 4’s comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Mountague said he has a “unique ability to spot and nurture talent” and an “eye for a brilliant script.” Gupta added: “I can’t wait to get working with our best writers and performers, as well as uncovering the next generation of great British comedy talent. Mostly from my spare bedroom.”
Sky...
Gupta will focus on boosting in-house comedy production at the Comcast-owned company and will report to Jon Mountague, Sky Studios’ director of comedy.
As well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, his credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42 and Citizen Khan. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the RSC and co-created BBC Radio 4’s comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Mountague said he has a “unique ability to spot and nurture talent” and an “eye for a brilliant script.” Gupta added: “I can’t wait to get working with our best writers and performers, as well as uncovering the next generation of great British comedy talent. Mostly from my spare bedroom.”
Sky...
- 10/6/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA-winning writer and producer Anil Gupta has joined Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky, as creative director for original comedy in the U.K.
Gupta’s credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42, Citizen Khan and comedy drama Mutual Friends. As executive producer, he helped create global hit The Office, for which he won two BAFTA TV Awards and was Emmy-nominated. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-created the popular BBC Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Focusing on Sky Studio’s in-house production, Gupta ...
Gupta’s credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42, Citizen Khan and comedy drama Mutual Friends. As executive producer, he helped create global hit The Office, for which he won two BAFTA TV Awards and was Emmy-nominated. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-created the popular BBC Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Focusing on Sky Studio’s in-house production, Gupta ...
- 10/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
BAFTA-winning writer and producer Anil Gupta has joined Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky, as creative director for original comedy in the U.K.
Gupta’s credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42, Citizen Khan and comedy drama Mutual Friends. As executive producer, he helped create global hit The Office, for which he won two BAFTA TV Awards and was Emmy-nominated. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-created the popular BBC Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Focusing on Sky Studio’s in-house production, Gupta ...
Gupta’s credits include Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42, Citizen Khan and comedy drama Mutual Friends. As executive producer, he helped create global hit The Office, for which he won two BAFTA TV Awards and was Emmy-nominated. Outside of television, Gupta co-wrote a modern-day adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe for the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-created the popular BBC Radio 4 comic fantasy series ElvenQuest, starring Stephen Mangan.
Focusing on Sky Studio’s in-house production, Gupta ...
- 10/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comcast-owned Sky has confirmed that Sky Arts, its premium arts channel, is to become a free-to-air network in the UK from September.
The channel will launch on Freeview with a mission to bring “more of the arts to more people.” The move comes in an environment in which the BBC is scaling back originals on BBC Four, which has traditionally been at the forefront of the BBC’s arts content.
Sky Arts is famous for shows including Portrait Artist Of The Year, fronted by Episodes star Stephen Mangan, and Melvyn Bragg-hosted The South Bank Show. It has an average monthly reach of 6.2M viewers.
As part of the free-to-air plans, Sky Arts has confirmed a raft of new shows, including Brian Johnson Meets Dave Grohl, a Somethin’ Else documentary in which the Foo Fighters and AC/DC frontmen hang out.
Also on the agenda is Primal Media-produced Landmark,...
The channel will launch on Freeview with a mission to bring “more of the arts to more people.” The move comes in an environment in which the BBC is scaling back originals on BBC Four, which has traditionally been at the forefront of the BBC’s arts content.
Sky Arts is famous for shows including Portrait Artist Of The Year, fronted by Episodes star Stephen Mangan, and Melvyn Bragg-hosted The South Bank Show. It has an average monthly reach of 6.2M viewers.
As part of the free-to-air plans, Sky Arts has confirmed a raft of new shows, including Brian Johnson Meets Dave Grohl, a Somethin’ Else documentary in which the Foo Fighters and AC/DC frontmen hang out.
Also on the agenda is Primal Media-produced Landmark,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a bumper crop of the weird and the British – streaming service Britbox, which is home to a wide selection of BBC, ITV and Channel 4 series including classic Doctor Who, is fortifying its sci-fi ranks. From Thursday the 20th of August, a host of new additions will be joining the classic and modern British fare, including cult series The Prisoner and the complete collection of Sapphire & Steel.
Here’s the full list of new arrivals, known collectively on BritBox as the ‘Out of this World Collection’…
The Prisoner (1967)
All 17 episodes of the television drama created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. A former British secret agent is abducted and held captive in a strange coastal village while those who captured him try to discover the truth of why he suddenly resigned from his position.
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
The complete collection featuring all six seasons and 34 episodes from the...
Here’s the full list of new arrivals, known collectively on BritBox as the ‘Out of this World Collection’…
The Prisoner (1967)
All 17 episodes of the television drama created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. A former British secret agent is abducted and held captive in a strange coastal village while those who captured him try to discover the truth of why he suddenly resigned from his position.
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
The complete collection featuring all six seasons and 34 episodes from the...
- 7/21/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Updated With Winners: Chernobyl was the big winner at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards on Friday after the Sky and HBO drama scooped seven awards.
The Sister-produced nuclear disaster series beat competition from the likes of The Crown, Killing Eve and The Virtues at the pre-recorded ceremony, triumphing in categories including Director: Fiction for Johan Renck. Other wins included best Production Design and Editing: Fiction.
Elsewhere, other winners included Jesse Armstrong, who took home best Writer: Drama for Succession, while Jamie Demetriou scooped best Writer: Comedy for Stath Lets Flats. This Was Up creator Aisling Bea won the Breakthrough Talent gong. BBC and HBO drama His Dark Materials won in two categories: Special, Visual and Graphic Effects, and Titles and Graphic Identity.
The BAFTA TV Craft Awards was one of the industry’s first major awards ceremonies of the pandemic era. The event, which celebrated the best of British TV’s behind-the-scenes talent,...
The Sister-produced nuclear disaster series beat competition from the likes of The Crown, Killing Eve and The Virtues at the pre-recorded ceremony, triumphing in categories including Director: Fiction for Johan Renck. Other wins included best Production Design and Editing: Fiction.
Elsewhere, other winners included Jesse Armstrong, who took home best Writer: Drama for Succession, while Jamie Demetriou scooped best Writer: Comedy for Stath Lets Flats. This Was Up creator Aisling Bea won the Breakthrough Talent gong. BBC and HBO drama His Dark Materials won in two categories: Special, Visual and Graphic Effects, and Titles and Graphic Identity.
The BAFTA TV Craft Awards was one of the industry’s first major awards ceremonies of the pandemic era. The event, which celebrated the best of British TV’s behind-the-scenes talent,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. In the week in which Netflix said its coronavirus boom could be over, here are the seven things you need to know about the global film and TV business. If you want to subscribe to get this alert in a timely fashion, sign up here.
1. Scoop: Sky Steps Up Restarts
Sky soars again: After we brought you news last week of War Of The Worlds becoming the UK’s first pandemic-era TV drama series shoot, industry chatter around restarts is intensifying. Sky is among those leading the charge, with August being a key month in its planning. Dramas Britannia and Temple (pictured), and comedies Breeders and Code 404 are all set to begin shooting again, while the likes of A Discovery Of Witches will follow soon after. Here’s the full story.
A gamechanger? Sky was one of the UK broadcasters that fed...
1. Scoop: Sky Steps Up Restarts
Sky soars again: After we brought you news last week of War Of The Worlds becoming the UK’s first pandemic-era TV drama series shoot, industry chatter around restarts is intensifying. Sky is among those leading the charge, with August being a key month in its planning. Dramas Britannia and Temple (pictured), and comedies Breeders and Code 404 are all set to begin shooting again, while the likes of A Discovery Of Witches will follow soon after. Here’s the full story.
A gamechanger? Sky was one of the UK broadcasters that fed...
- 7/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Each year, the BAFTA TV Craft Awards recognize the behind-the-scenes production talent like writers, editors and costume designers behind the year’s hit shows. In an unprecedented era where the coronavirus pandemic has led to a global lockdown and the cancellation of events, the British Academy Television Craft Awards will go ahead on Friday as a digital-only ceremony, hosted by Stephen Mangan from a socially-distanced studio.
Ahead of the awards show, Variety talked to the nominated costume designers: Caroline McCall (BBC One’s “His Dark Materials”), Michele Clapton (Sky Atlantic/HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) and Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Sky Atlantic/HBO’s “Chernobyl”).
Below, they highlight key costumes from their nominated shows.
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
“Chernobyl”
On Creating Facemasks
The first thing the producers and directors were worried about was the fact that actors had facemasks on and we can’t redo dialogue with facemasks on. One of the first things...
Ahead of the awards show, Variety talked to the nominated costume designers: Caroline McCall (BBC One’s “His Dark Materials”), Michele Clapton (Sky Atlantic/HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) and Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Sky Atlantic/HBO’s “Chernobyl”).
Below, they highlight key costumes from their nominated shows.
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
“Chernobyl”
On Creating Facemasks
The first thing the producers and directors were worried about was the fact that actors had facemasks on and we can’t redo dialogue with facemasks on. One of the first things...
- 7/16/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
On Friday the 31st of July, the Bafta TV 2020 awards will take place as a closed-studio socially distanced ceremony.
The event will be broadcast “as-live” on BBC One, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually from first-time host Richard Ayoade, who will be corporeal but (possibly) presenting David Blaine-style from inside a giant glass box. There will be no virus-spreading handshakes or matey hugs. Acceptance speeches may well be comedy skits; it’s best to mentally prepare for such an eventuality.
Today’s TV award nominations were originally due to be announced on the 26th of April, with the ceremony taking place on the 17th of May, but were postponed due to Covid-19.
The Bafta Television Craft Award ceremony, presented by Stephen Mangan, will be streamed online on Friday the 17th of July. Those nominations, recognising the raft of off-screen talent in the UK and international television industry are available to see here.
The event will be broadcast “as-live” on BBC One, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually from first-time host Richard Ayoade, who will be corporeal but (possibly) presenting David Blaine-style from inside a giant glass box. There will be no virus-spreading handshakes or matey hugs. Acceptance speeches may well be comedy skits; it’s best to mentally prepare for such an eventuality.
Today’s TV award nominations were originally due to be announced on the 26th of April, with the ceremony taking place on the 17th of May, but were postponed due to Covid-19.
The Bafta Television Craft Award ceremony, presented by Stephen Mangan, will be streamed online on Friday the 17th of July. Those nominations, recognising the raft of off-screen talent in the UK and international television industry are available to see here.
- 6/4/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Sarah Kendall (Photo: Daniel Asher Smith)
Frayed‘s Sarah Kendall has been nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.
Kendall is the star, creator and writer of the six-part comedy drama, commissioned by the ABC/Sky UK and produced by Merman Television and Guesswork Television.
It follows the UK-based Australian comedian as Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her hometown of Newcastle, Australia after her husband has a fatal attack during an encounter with a sex worker.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Kendall will vie against Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford, both nominated for Fleabag, and Bemisola Ikumelo for Famalam.
Originally scheduled for earlier this year, The BAFTA Television Awards were delayed due to coronavirus pandemic,...
Frayed‘s Sarah Kendall has been nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.
Kendall is the star, creator and writer of the six-part comedy drama, commissioned by the ABC/Sky UK and produced by Merman Television and Guesswork Television.
It follows the UK-based Australian comedian as Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her hometown of Newcastle, Australia after her husband has a fatal attack during an encounter with a sex worker.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Kendall will vie against Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford, both nominated for Fleabag, and Bemisola Ikumelo for Famalam.
Originally scheduled for earlier this year, The BAFTA Television Awards were delayed due to coronavirus pandemic,...
- 6/4/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Richard Ayoade will host the Bafta TV Awards for the first time on July 31.
Chernobyl leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards, which were postponed from May to July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Sky/HBO mini-series is up for 14 awards (11 craft and three television), including Jarred Harris for leading actor, Stellan Skarsgard for supporting actor and best mini-series.
The Crown has the next highest number of nominations with seven, including drama series, Josh O’Connor for supporting actor and Helena Bonham Carter for supporting actress.
Fleabag and Giri/Haji both have six nominations.
Chernobyl leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards, which were postponed from May to July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Sky/HBO mini-series is up for 14 awards (11 craft and three television), including Jarred Harris for leading actor, Stellan Skarsgard for supporting actor and best mini-series.
The Crown has the next highest number of nominations with seven, including drama series, Josh O’Connor for supporting actor and Helena Bonham Carter for supporting actress.
Fleabag and Giri/Haji both have six nominations.
- 6/4/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Nominations for the awards will be announced on June 4.
Richard Ayoade will host the 2020 Bafta TV Awards, which will now take place online on July 31 following postponement earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards will be broadcast as-live on BBC One on the evening of July 31, with Ayoade hosting for the first time.
Stephen Mangan will return to host the Bafta TV Craft Awards for the ninth time, on July 17. Those awards will be broadcast through Bafta’s social channels, including YouTube.
Nominations for both sets of awards will be announced on Thursday, June 4 at 07.30 BST, with...
Richard Ayoade will host the 2020 Bafta TV Awards, which will now take place online on July 31 following postponement earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards will be broadcast as-live on BBC One on the evening of July 31, with Ayoade hosting for the first time.
Stephen Mangan will return to host the Bafta TV Craft Awards for the ninth time, on July 17. Those awards will be broadcast through Bafta’s social channels, including YouTube.
Nominations for both sets of awards will be announced on Thursday, June 4 at 07.30 BST, with...
- 5/29/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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