BritBox is bringing more of Britain’s best across the pond and around the world! This month, the best-of-British TV and film streamer will be adding several titles, from critically acclaimed debuts to historical miniseries. Binge BAFTA-winning projects, including Michaela Coel’s “Chewing Gum,” the series finale of “There She Goes,” and get ready for this year’s Ee BAFTA Film Awards, which will once again be simulcast on the streamer on Sunday, Feb. 18 for BritBox subscribers in the United States, Canada, and five other countries.
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The two-season comedy series won just as many BAFTAs for creator and star Michaela Coel, her...
Ready to watch? Continue below to see The Streamable’s top picks for BritBox’s February additions, and find out everything joining the platform this month!
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The two-season comedy series won just as many BAFTAs for creator and star Michaela Coel, her...
- 1/31/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Exclusive: Here’s the first look at Prisoners Of Paradise, a period romance starring Ellie Bamber (The Trial Of Christine Keeler) and Mehdi Dehbi (Messiah) that is now shooting in Mauritius.
Set on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1925, the pic is a coming-of-age love story following a 17-year-old orphan, Lucy, who is sent from England to live under the guardianship of her uncle. Once there, she finds herself as odds with the ways of his world and his plans of an arranged marriage for her. When Lucy meets Krishna, a passionate young man working as a labourer on a nearby plantation with dreams of one day owning his own land, they both fall deeply and dangerously in love. The cast also includes JJ Feild, Amy Beth Hayes, Rupert Penry-Jones, Rhona Mitra and Edward Akrout.
Mitch Jenkins is directing from a screenplay by Alan Govinden and Jason Wingard. Govinden...
Set on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1925, the pic is a coming-of-age love story following a 17-year-old orphan, Lucy, who is sent from England to live under the guardianship of her uncle. Once there, she finds herself as odds with the ways of his world and his plans of an arranged marriage for her. When Lucy meets Krishna, a passionate young man working as a labourer on a nearby plantation with dreams of one day owning his own land, they both fall deeply and dangerously in love. The cast also includes JJ Feild, Amy Beth Hayes, Rupert Penry-Jones, Rhona Mitra and Edward Akrout.
Mitch Jenkins is directing from a screenplay by Alan Govinden and Jason Wingard. Govinden...
- 10/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Mr Selfridge has added cast for the fourth season, which is expected to return next year. The ITV period drama stars Jeremy Piven as the titular department store impresario with Katherine Kelly, Tom Goodman-Hill, Ron Cook, Amanda Abbington, Amy Beth Hayes, Trystan Gravelle, Sacha Parkinson and Samuel West all coming back. New cast members include Sacha Dhawan (Line Of Duty), Lottie Tolhurst and Mimi Ndiweni (Cinderella). Joining them are Emma Hamilton (The Tudors) and Zoe…...
- 7/17/2015
- Deadline TV
Jeremy Piven is currently all over the big screen, from starring as the infamous Ari Gold in the “Entourage” movie to currently filming the highly-critiqued Spike Lee movie, “Chiraq.” However, Piven has also been busy filming the PBS drama, “Mr. Selfridge,” for three seasons. The show follows the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder (played by Piven) of London’s famous department store, Selfridge’s. “Mr. Selfridge” also stars Ron Cook, Amy Beth Hayes, Tom Goodman-Hill, Amanda Abbington, and Samuel West. In March, U.K. network ITV announced that the show was renewed for a fourth season,...
- 6/20/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
ITV confirmed today that Mister Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven (Entourage), will return for a fourth series with Piven reprising his role as troubled department store founder Harry Selfridge. Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street) is also set to return as the alluring socialite, Lady Mae Loxley. Series regulars Tom Goodman-Hill, Ron Cook, Amanda Abbington, Amy Beth Hayes and Trystan Gravelle, Sacha Parkinson & Samuel West remain, while the latest series will also feature a…...
- 3/13/2015
- Deadline TV
Mr Selfridge has been recommissioned for a fourth series by ITV.
The period drama - which stars Jeremy Piven as the eponymous Harry Selfridge - will air ten new episodes in 2016.
The broadcaster has confirmed that Piven and Katherine Kelly will return to the show, alongside series regulars Tom Goodman-Hill, Ron Cook, Amanda Abbington, Amy Beth Hayes, Trystan Gravelle, Sacha Parkinson and Samuel West.
Line of Duty actor Sacha Dhawan will join the cast for the new series playing a major new character, while newcomers Lottie Tolhurst and Mimi Ndiweni have been cast in guest roles.
ITV's Director of Drama, Steve November, said: "We're delighted to commission a fourth series of Mr Selfridge.
"It's so pleasing to see the audience take the characters and storylines into their hearts. We're looking forward to seeing Jeremy reprise his role as the visionary yet deeply troubled Harry alongside simply stunning production values."
Meanwhile,...
The period drama - which stars Jeremy Piven as the eponymous Harry Selfridge - will air ten new episodes in 2016.
The broadcaster has confirmed that Piven and Katherine Kelly will return to the show, alongside series regulars Tom Goodman-Hill, Ron Cook, Amanda Abbington, Amy Beth Hayes, Trystan Gravelle, Sacha Parkinson and Samuel West.
Line of Duty actor Sacha Dhawan will join the cast for the new series playing a major new character, while newcomers Lottie Tolhurst and Mimi Ndiweni have been cast in guest roles.
ITV's Director of Drama, Steve November, said: "We're delighted to commission a fourth series of Mr Selfridge.
"It's so pleasing to see the audience take the characters and storylines into their hearts. We're looking forward to seeing Jeremy reprise his role as the visionary yet deeply troubled Harry alongside simply stunning production values."
Meanwhile,...
- 3/13/2015
- Digital Spy
ITV has released a new preview of Mr Selfridge's next episode.
The period drama continues this weekend as Harry and Nancy take Kitty to the hospital following her attack outside the store.
However, Kitty is horrified to discover that her husband Frank was accidentally complicit in her attack, as he served her attackers at the pub out of hours.
Jeremy Piven leads the cast of the drama as Harry Selfridge, with Amy Beth Hayes, Aisling Loftus and Trystan Gravelle also starring.
The most recent episode of Mr Selfridge's third series added around 700,000 viewers to hit 3.88 million over the weekend.
Mr Selfridge continues on Sunday (February 15) at 9pm on ITV.
The period drama continues this weekend as Harry and Nancy take Kitty to the hospital following her attack outside the store.
However, Kitty is horrified to discover that her husband Frank was accidentally complicit in her attack, as he served her attackers at the pub out of hours.
Jeremy Piven leads the cast of the drama as Harry Selfridge, with Amy Beth Hayes, Aisling Loftus and Trystan Gravelle also starring.
The most recent episode of Mr Selfridge's third series added around 700,000 viewers to hit 3.88 million over the weekend.
Mr Selfridge continues on Sunday (February 15) at 9pm on ITV.
- 2/10/2015
- Digital Spy
The National Theatre's acclaimed production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time reopened earlier this month, at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. VIP guests included Alice Levine, Amy Beth Hayes, Amy Molyneaux, Andrew Scott, Billy Bailey, Charlotte Riley, Dave Berry, David Gyasi, El James, Emma Freud, Frances O'Connor, Greg McHugh,Honor Blackman, Ian Glem, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ivan Massow, Jane Asher amp Gerald Scarfe, Jeremy Vine, Joanne Froggatt, Jonathan Bailey, June Whitfield, Kelly Adams, Laura Whitmore, Louise Brealey, Lydia Rose Bewley, Masie Williams, Michel Roux Jr, Natascha McElhone, Reece Shearsmith, Sam Bailey, Samantha Barks, Sarah Solemani, Stephen Wight and Warwick Davis.Go inside the special reopening night event below...
- 7/23/2014
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Selfridge children are all grown up in the third series of Mr Selfridge, which picks up in 1919 just after the end of World War I.
In the new series which is about to start filming in London, the role of Harry’s eldest daughter, Rosalie, (played by Poppy Lee Friar in Series 1 and 2) is taken over by Kara Tointon. Kara (represented by Curtis Brown) played Dawn Swann in Eastenders for four years and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.
Kara’s real-life sister, Hannah Tointon, plays her rebellious sister, Violette in a move that sees the sisters acting together for the first time. 26 year old Hannah (represented by Independent Talent) played Katy Fox in Hollyoaks and more recently starred in Switch on ITV2 and BBC's The Hour.
In the new ten-episode series Rosalie is set to marry the handsome son of trouble-making Russian princess Marie, played by Zoe Wanamaker. Serge...
In the new series which is about to start filming in London, the role of Harry’s eldest daughter, Rosalie, (played by Poppy Lee Friar in Series 1 and 2) is taken over by Kara Tointon. Kara (represented by Curtis Brown) played Dawn Swann in Eastenders for four years and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.
Kara’s real-life sister, Hannah Tointon, plays her rebellious sister, Violette in a move that sees the sisters acting together for the first time. 26 year old Hannah (represented by Independent Talent) played Katy Fox in Hollyoaks and more recently starred in Switch on ITV2 and BBC's The Hour.
In the new ten-episode series Rosalie is set to marry the handsome son of trouble-making Russian princess Marie, played by Zoe Wanamaker. Serge...
- 4/21/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Lilyhammer‘s second season is currently filming in Oslo and Lillehammer, with star and exec producer Steven van Zandt on hand after taking a break from his touring schedule with Bruce Springsteen. For its second outing, the fish-out-of-water dramedy has added Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones), Erik Madsen (Da Vinci’s Demons), Amy Beth Hayes (Mr Selfridge) and Jakob Oftebro (from foreign-language film Oscar nominee Kon-Tiki). Lilyhammer was a hit when it premiered in Norway in January 2012, drawing record numbers for NRK1, and it was the first original series to launch on Netflix when it bowed via the streaming service in the U.S., Canada and Latin America in February. Season 2 sees van Zandt’s mob fixer Frank Tagliano still in witness protection and juggling fatherhood with running his criminal operation. Added to the mix this season are a group of English soccer hooligans, a bank robbery that threatens to reveal Frank’s identity,...
- 1/21/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
The complete first season of hit comedy Sirens is coming to DVD on March 12th – and to celebrate we’ve got three copies to give away!
Sirens stars British Comedy Award winner Kayvan Novak (Facejacker, Four Lions), Richard Madden (Birdsong, Game of Thrones), Rhys Thomas (Shooting Stars, Bellamy’s People), and Amy Beth Hayes (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) in the six-part comedy drama set in Leeds from Brian Fillis, (The Curse of Steptoe, An Englishman in New York) inspired by real life ambulance technician Tom Reynolds’ novel - Blood, Sweat and Tea’.
Swept along by an endless tide of bodily fluids (rarely their own), the trio of world-weary paramedics bicker, fight and shag their way through the darkly funny maelstrom of their lives. Behind the uniforms, the sirens and the fast driving, they are three ordinary blokes trying to make it through yet another shift. But once they...
Sirens stars British Comedy Award winner Kayvan Novak (Facejacker, Four Lions), Richard Madden (Birdsong, Game of Thrones), Rhys Thomas (Shooting Stars, Bellamy’s People), and Amy Beth Hayes (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) in the six-part comedy drama set in Leeds from Brian Fillis, (The Curse of Steptoe, An Englishman in New York) inspired by real life ambulance technician Tom Reynolds’ novel - Blood, Sweat and Tea’.
Swept along by an endless tide of bodily fluids (rarely their own), the trio of world-weary paramedics bicker, fight and shag their way through the darkly funny maelstrom of their lives. Behind the uniforms, the sirens and the fast driving, they are three ordinary blokes trying to make it through yet another shift. But once they...
- 3/6/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The complete first season of hit comedy Sirens is coming to DVD on March 12th – and to celebrate we’ve got three copies to give away!
Sirens stars British Comedy Award winner Kayvan Novak (Facejacker, Four Lions), Richard Madden (Birdsong, Game of Thrones), Rhys Thomas (Shooting Stars, Bellamy’s People), and Amy Beth Hayes (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) in the six-part comedy drama set in Leeds from Brian Fillis, (The Curse of Steptoe, An Englishman in New York) inspired by real life ambulance technician Tom Reynolds’ novel – Blood, Sweat and Tea’.
Swept along by an endless tide of bodily fluids (rarely their own), the trio of world-weary paramedics bicker, fight and shag their way through the darkly funny maelstrom of their lives. Behind the uniforms, the sirens and the fast driving, they are three ordinary blokes trying to make it through yet another shift. But once they’ve...
Sirens stars British Comedy Award winner Kayvan Novak (Facejacker, Four Lions), Richard Madden (Birdsong, Game of Thrones), Rhys Thomas (Shooting Stars, Bellamy’s People), and Amy Beth Hayes (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) in the six-part comedy drama set in Leeds from Brian Fillis, (The Curse of Steptoe, An Englishman in New York) inspired by real life ambulance technician Tom Reynolds’ novel – Blood, Sweat and Tea’.
Swept along by an endless tide of bodily fluids (rarely their own), the trio of world-weary paramedics bicker, fight and shag their way through the darkly funny maelstrom of their lives. Behind the uniforms, the sirens and the fast driving, they are three ordinary blokes trying to make it through yet another shift. But once they’ve...
- 3/6/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Channel 4 Sirens
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If you are sad to see so many good dramas coming to an end, do not fear for Channel 4 is here with a new comedy show to brighten up your days. Sirens follows the lives of a group of paramedics who are confronted with all manner of horrors on a daily basis. Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas, Amy Beth Hayes and Richard Madden are all part of the “world weary” team in the show that was created by Brian Fillis.
During the first episode which is called Up, Horny, Down, Stuart (Rhys Thomas) decides to try his hand at open heart surgery. The team get so worked up about his life saving act that they are all sent to see the hospital counselor played by Morven Christie. She warns them that their sense of euphoria will soon come...
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If you are sad to see so many good dramas coming to an end, do not fear for Channel 4 is here with a new comedy show to brighten up your days. Sirens follows the lives of a group of paramedics who are confronted with all manner of horrors on a daily basis. Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas, Amy Beth Hayes and Richard Madden are all part of the “world weary” team in the show that was created by Brian Fillis.
During the first episode which is called Up, Horny, Down, Stuart (Rhys Thomas) decides to try his hand at open heart surgery. The team get so worked up about his life saving act that they are all sent to see the hospital counselor played by Morven Christie. She warns them that their sense of euphoria will soon come...
- 6/22/2011
- by admin
Filming has begun on new Channel 4 comedy-drama Naked Apes. The six-part series, created by The Curse of Steptoe scribe Brian Fillis, is inspired by the Tom Reynolds book Blood, Sweat and Tea and will focus on the lives of three world-weary paramedics. Four Lions star Kayvan Novak will star as the womanising Rachid, while Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden will play handsome paramedic Ashley. Star Stories comic Rhys Thomas and Misfits actress Amy Beth Hayes will also appear as the misanthropic Stuart and his best friend Maxine (more)...
- 2/11/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Adrian Popovici is currently in the post-production phase on his latest project. Pegged with an October 2011 release, Looking for a Mother (original title: Se cauta o mama) was shot in August of this year in Moldova and now it’s in the beginning stages of post-prod. Written by Valeriu Ţurcanu and Pascal Ilie Virgil, this is produced by ArtisFilm, from Romania, Moldova Film and Diametral-Film, from Moldova. The cast features B-actor cast of Michael Ironside (Top Gun), Paolo Seganti (L.A. Confidential, C.S.I.: Miami), Vas Blackwood (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and a few actors from Moldova: Energian Cazac, Ina Surdu, Alina Lungu Ţurcanu. Popovici’s film tells the story of Păvălaş (Energian Cazac), a 9-year-old boy whose mother, Irina, wants to sell him so she can escape from a mafia group led by Bruno (Paolo Seganti), which forces her to prostitutes. Irina wants to start...
- 12/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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