BAFTA’s exclusive official podcast returns for a second series, delving into the world of television
Ahead of next month’s BAFTA Television Awards with P&o Cruises, BAFTA’s exclusive official podcast returns for a second series, delving into this year’s nominated TV shows and performances with industry insiders and expert voices. Fronted by TV presenter and journalist Alex Zane, listeners will enjoy informed and entertaining behind-the-scenes chat about the making of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows from the past 12 months and how these shows are impacting today’s TV.
All 26 competitive categories in the BAFTA Television Awards with P&o Cruises, spanning documentaries to drama to comedy and current affairs, will be unpacked over the course of eight 45-minute episodes. The new series will also travel to the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet the talented crew, writers and directors that make the public’s favourite shows.
The first episode will publish today at 13:00 BST, and is available to listen under embargo upon request.
All 26 competitive categories in the BAFTA Television Awards with P&o Cruises, spanning documentaries to drama to comedy and current affairs, will be unpacked over the course of eight 45-minute episodes. The new series will also travel to the BAFTA Television Craft Awards to meet the talented crew, writers and directors that make the public’s favourite shows.
The first episode will publish today at 13:00 BST, and is available to listen under embargo upon request.
- 4/18/2024
- Podnews.net
Simon Amstell's iPlayer exclusive, Carnage, is worth seeking out. Here's our review...
TV
Carnage is a 70-minute sci-fi vegan comedy, a description which its creator Simon Amstell admits “makes it sound awful”.
It is certainly an experimental commission for the BBC. Amstell - known for sad-com Grandma’s House and causing more than one celebrity walkout on Popworld and Never Mind The Buzzcocks – was asked if he had any ideas weird enough to be an iPlayer exclusive. This mockumentary is what he came up with.
In the year 2067, a group of young people picnic on vegan foods in an idyllic landscape. The idea that anyone ever ate meat is as horrifying as genocide to them, so the film sets out to help the youth of the late 21st century forgive the older generations.
It is important to say at this point, before you tut and go back to eating your sausage and eggs,...
TV
Carnage is a 70-minute sci-fi vegan comedy, a description which its creator Simon Amstell admits “makes it sound awful”.
It is certainly an experimental commission for the BBC. Amstell - known for sad-com Grandma’s House and causing more than one celebrity walkout on Popworld and Never Mind The Buzzcocks – was asked if he had any ideas weird enough to be an iPlayer exclusive. This mockumentary is what he came up with.
In the year 2067, a group of young people picnic on vegan foods in an idyllic landscape. The idea that anyone ever ate meat is as horrifying as genocide to them, so the film sets out to help the youth of the late 21st century forgive the older generations.
It is important to say at this point, before you tut and go back to eating your sausage and eggs,...
- 3/19/2017
- Den of Geek
"Occasionally, when I've had too much wine and I'm with Simon, I'll say, 'Let's look at Popworld'."
There are two types of pop music show. Ones that came before Popworld, and ones that came after Popworld.
Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver's early '00s pop chat and magazine show made it worth getting up in the morning for millions of teenagers and university students between 2001 and 2006 (let's ignore the Alex Zane years).
Previously, popstars had been used to inane phone-ins and cheery hysteria on Saturday morning kids TV. Simon and Miquita went for a different tact - taking the piss.
We caught up with Miquita to look back at the show's glory years.
How many times a week do you get people asking about Popworld?
Weekly? I'd probably say 60 times a day. But I love it, I'm fine with it. It's one of the best things I've ever done.
There are two types of pop music show. Ones that came before Popworld, and ones that came after Popworld.
Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver's early '00s pop chat and magazine show made it worth getting up in the morning for millions of teenagers and university students between 2001 and 2006 (let's ignore the Alex Zane years).
Previously, popstars had been used to inane phone-ins and cheery hysteria on Saturday morning kids TV. Simon and Miquita went for a different tact - taking the piss.
We caught up with Miquita to look back at the show's glory years.
How many times a week do you get people asking about Popworld?
Weekly? I'd probably say 60 times a day. But I love it, I'm fine with it. It's one of the best things I've ever done.
- 11/17/2014
- Digital Spy
As much as I find his whiny, macho-aggressive public persona unappealing – and while he certainly isn't your standard-issue Hollywood hunk – I just can't help but have a thing for Shia LeBeouf. It's hard to describe what it is, exactly – the mischievous glint in his eyes, perhaps? The smart-ass grin? The way his nostrils flare when he's angry? The come-hither bedroom stare he's prone to adopting in photo spreads?
There's just something about him that I can't quite put my finger on – something that makes me swoon, even as I feel guilty doing it.
In any case, given that my shame-based Young Hollywood crush is coming out in a new film this week – you might have heard of it, a little under-the-radar independent effort called Transformers: Dark of the Moon? – I thought it might be fun to look at a few other unconventional Hollywood sex symbols – those unlikely heartthrobs who manage...
There's just something about him that I can't quite put my finger on – something that makes me swoon, even as I feel guilty doing it.
In any case, given that my shame-based Young Hollywood crush is coming out in a new film this week – you might have heard of it, a little under-the-radar independent effort called Transformers: Dark of the Moon? – I thought it might be fun to look at a few other unconventional Hollywood sex symbols – those unlikely heartthrobs who manage...
- 6/30/2011
- by Chris Eggertsen
- The Backlot
BBC Two has commissioned a Simon Amstell-penned sitcom called Grandma's House. The project, which marks Amstell's writing and acting debut, has been greenlit by the broadcaster for six 30-minute episodes. The series - co-written by Dan Swimer, who Amstell previously worked with on PopWorld and Never Mind The Buzzcocks - is apparently inspired by the comic's own life, with each episode focusing on his family at his grandmother's home in Essex. (more)...
- 10/12/2009
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Kaiser Chiefs rocker Nick 'Peanut' Baines has said his band's feud with Oasis started over a biscuit. Baines claimed that Liam Gallagher confronted him backstage on Top Of The Pops after he performed a sketch about the Oasis singer on Channel 4's Popworld. The keyboardist said Gallagher became so animated during their discussion that he dropped his biscuit in a cup of tea. The frontman apparently blamed Baines for the mishap. Baines told Radio 1: "Liam and me are backstage and he says, 'Right, so the (more)...
- 8/29/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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