Jasmine Jobson, who plays tough street soldier Jaq in Netflix’s Top Boy, has been cast as the lead of Itvx psychological drama series Platform 7.
The series has been shooting in the north of England for several months. It follows Jobson as Lisa, who after a witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the traumatic event.
Jobson’s star has been rising through her Top Boy role, which landed her a BAFTA nomination. She has also appeared in BBC One’s Noughts and Crosses. Toby Regbo, Yaamin Chowdhury and Phil Davis also star.
Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions is making Platform 7 for streamer Itvx, which gets the series premiere several months ahead of UK network ITV.
The series has been shooting in the north of England for several months. It follows Jobson as Lisa, who after a witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the traumatic event.
Jobson’s star has been rising through her Top Boy role, which landed her a BAFTA nomination. She has also appeared in BBC One’s Noughts and Crosses. Toby Regbo, Yaamin Chowdhury and Phil Davis also star.
Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions is making Platform 7 for streamer Itvx, which gets the series premiere several months ahead of UK network ITV.
- 1/25/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Commission
U.K. broadcaster ITV has commissioned 4×60′ psychological thriller drama series “Platform 7” from Dancing Ledge Productions. It is adapted by BAFTA and International Emmy winning screenwriter Paula Milne (“The Politician’s Wife”) from the bestselling novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. If follows central character Lisa who, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed.
The drama was commissioned by Utv head of drama Polly Hill. “Platform 7” will be an Itvx premiere, exclusive to ITV’s new free streaming service, several months ahead of linear transmission on ITV’s main TV channel. Dancing Ledge Productions MD Chris Carey will executive produce alongside company CEO Laurence Bowen and BAFTA winning executive producer Kate Triggs (“A Very British Scandal”). It is produced by Rosalie Carew...
U.K. broadcaster ITV has commissioned 4×60′ psychological thriller drama series “Platform 7” from Dancing Ledge Productions. It is adapted by BAFTA and International Emmy winning screenwriter Paula Milne (“The Politician’s Wife”) from the bestselling novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. If follows central character Lisa who, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed.
The drama was commissioned by Utv head of drama Polly Hill. “Platform 7” will be an Itvx premiere, exclusive to ITV’s new free streaming service, several months ahead of linear transmission on ITV’s main TV channel. Dancing Ledge Productions MD Chris Carey will executive produce alongside company CEO Laurence Bowen and BAFTA winning executive producer Kate Triggs (“A Very British Scandal”). It is produced by Rosalie Carew...
- 7/12/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Bettany and Claire Foy are sparring as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the first trailer for Prime Video’s “A Very British Scandal.”
The drama series, which hails from the creators of “A Very English Scandal,” follows the couple’s divorce in the 1960s, which proved to be one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
Foy plays Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll, who was famed for her beauty and charisma before the Duke (Bettany) exposed her to the press with accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture.
The trailer begins with a rather tense interaction between the two in which Bettany’s Duke greets his Duchess with “Hello, Satan.”
“You bastard,” she replies, before the video cuts to their first meeting, where they quickly become enamored of each other. It isn’t long...
The drama series, which hails from the creators of “A Very English Scandal,” follows the couple’s divorce in the 1960s, which proved to be one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
Foy plays Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll, who was famed for her beauty and charisma before the Duke (Bettany) exposed her to the press with accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture.
The trailer begins with a rather tense interaction between the two in which Bettany’s Duke greets his Duchess with “Hello, Satan.”
“You bastard,” she replies, before the video cuts to their first meeting, where they quickly become enamored of each other. It isn’t long...
- 3/22/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
BBC One and Amazon Studios have revealed the first trailer for upcoming series “A Very British Scandal,” featuring Claire Foy, two-time Emmy winner for Netflix’s “The Crown.”
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
- 12/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The first-look images have been released for BBC One and Amazon Studios’ A Very British Scandal, from the makers of the award-winning A Very English Scandal, Blueprint Pictures.
The new photos feature Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Both companies also jointly released new casting details. The new faces joining the project are:
- Amanda Drew
- Richard McCabe
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Camilla Rutherford
- Timothy Renouf
- Sophia Myles
- Sophie Ward
- Tim Steed
- Katherine Manners.
A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery,...
The new photos feature Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Both companies also jointly released new casting details. The new faces joining the project are:
- Amanda Drew
- Richard McCabe
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Camilla Rutherford
- Timothy Renouf
- Sophia Myles
- Sophie Ward
- Tim Steed
- Katherine Manners.
A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
BBC One and Amazon Studios have revealed several first look images from upcoming series “A Very British Scandal,” featuring Claire Foy, two-time Emmy winner for Netflix’s “The Crown.”
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
- 10/25/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A Very English Scandal is returning for a second season at the BBC and Amazon with two of the biggest stars around.
Written by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse; Dublin Murders), A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Paul Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Claire Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
"Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorce featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture - all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media.," reads the character descirption.
A Very British Scandal turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes towards women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time.
As her contemporaries,...
Written by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse; Dublin Murders), A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Paul Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Claire Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
"Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorce featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture - all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media.," reads the character descirption.
A Very British Scandal turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes towards women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time.
As her contemporaries,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Claire Foy and Paul Bettany are set as the stars of Amazon and BBC One’s “A Very British Scandal,” a followup to the Hugh Grant-led “A Very English Scandal.”
Written by Sarah Phelps, the three, 60-minute episodes focus “on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century.”
Per Amazon, “Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorcee featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit polaroid picture all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media. ‘A Very British Scandal’ turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes toward women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time. As her contemporaries,...
Written by Sarah Phelps, the three, 60-minute episodes focus “on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century.”
Per Amazon, “Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorcee featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit polaroid picture all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media. ‘A Very British Scandal’ turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes toward women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time. As her contemporaries,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Claire Foy and Paul Bettany have been cast in the lead roles of “A Very British Scandal,” a followup to “A Very English Scandal,” Variety has learned.
The hour-long, three-episode series focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century. It was infamous for featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture. The series will examine how the Duchess refused to go quietly as she was betrayed by her friends and publicly shamed by a society that reveled in her fall from grace.
The hour-long, three-episode series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and on Amazon in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Filming will take place across the U.K. later this year.
Sarah Phelps will write and executive produce,...
The hour-long, three-episode series focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century. It was infamous for featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture. The series will examine how the Duchess refused to go quietly as she was betrayed by her friends and publicly shamed by a society that reveled in her fall from grace.
The hour-long, three-episode series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and on Amazon in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Filming will take place across the U.K. later this year.
Sarah Phelps will write and executive produce,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC and Amazon have signed up The Crown’s Claire Foy and WandaVision star Paul Bettany to headline the long-awaited second season of A Very English Scandal.
Deadline revealed last March that Sarah Phelps, the British scribe behind Agatha Christie adaptations including The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, had signed up to write Season 2. The three-part second will be titled A Very British Scandal given its Scottish subject, and production is set to commence later this year.
A Very British Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment. The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she became known as “The Dirty Duchess.
Deadline revealed last March that Sarah Phelps, the British scribe behind Agatha Christie adaptations including The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, had signed up to write Season 2. The three-part second will be titled A Very British Scandal given its Scottish subject, and production is set to commence later this year.
A Very British Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment. The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she became known as “The Dirty Duchess.
- 3/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has picked up streaming rights in the U.S. to BBC One drama “The Trial of Christine Keeler.”
The deal marks the latest sale of the six-part drama for Keshet International, which helped to finance the series with its Ki Content Fund and distributed globally. Endeavor Content handled the show in the U.S.
Produced by Ecosse Films and Great Meadow Productions, the drama brings to life one of the most controversial political sex scandals in the U.K. Known as the “Profumo Affair” of the 1960s, it saw the attempted cover-up of an affair between a British minister (Ben Miles) and model Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) that threatened to destroy the government.
The show — which premieres on HBO Max on Dec. 9 — recreates London during this period, though the story is told from Keeler’s perspective. BAFTA winner Amanda Coe (“Black Narcissus”) wrote the series, while Andrea Harkin served as director.
The deal marks the latest sale of the six-part drama for Keshet International, which helped to finance the series with its Ki Content Fund and distributed globally. Endeavor Content handled the show in the U.S.
Produced by Ecosse Films and Great Meadow Productions, the drama brings to life one of the most controversial political sex scandals in the U.K. Known as the “Profumo Affair” of the 1960s, it saw the attempted cover-up of an affair between a British minister (Ben Miles) and model Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) that threatened to destroy the government.
The show — which premieres on HBO Max on Dec. 9 — recreates London during this period, though the story is told from Keeler’s perspective. BAFTA winner Amanda Coe (“Black Narcissus”) wrote the series, while Andrea Harkin served as director.
- 11/26/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Keshet International (Ki) has secured a slew of sales deals for BBC One period drama “The Trial of Christine Keeler,” which recently completed its run last month in the U.K.
An account of the notorious 1960s ‘Profumo Affair,’ the six-part series chronicles the cover-up of an affair between a British Minister (Ben Miles) and model Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) which threatened to destroy the government.
Ki sold first broadcast window rights to the drama into Australian premium drama channel BBC First, with Australia’s national broadcaster ABC taking the second window.
BBC First has also nabbed first window rights in Benelux and Africa, with Ki selling second window rights in the Netherlands to Dutch public service broadcaster Npo.
Ki sold first window in Spain to the female-skewing Cosmo TV, and in the U.K., Acorn Media International has snapped up home video rights. Both home video and digital rights...
An account of the notorious 1960s ‘Profumo Affair,’ the six-part series chronicles the cover-up of an affair between a British Minister (Ben Miles) and model Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) which threatened to destroy the government.
Ki sold first broadcast window rights to the drama into Australian premium drama channel BBC First, with Australia’s national broadcaster ABC taking the second window.
BBC First has also nabbed first window rights in Benelux and Africa, with Ki selling second window rights in the Netherlands to Dutch public service broadcaster Npo.
Ki sold first window in Spain to the female-skewing Cosmo TV, and in the U.K., Acorn Media International has snapped up home video rights. Both home video and digital rights...
- 2/14/2020
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
James Norton and Sophie Cookson have lifted the lid on their roles in BBC drama The Trial of Christine Keeler – saying that it turns up the volume on Keeler’s role in the Profumo scandal in light off the #metoo movement.
The stars were joined on a Deadline-moderated panel at Mipcom by writer Amanda Coe and The Crown’s Ben Miles to discuss the six-part series, which is being sold by Keshet International.
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old woman who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Norton told Deadline, “It’s imperative that we go bac and look at these moments in history in light of the recalibration with the Times Up and Me Too movements. It’s also far more interesting – what a better way to...
The stars were joined on a Deadline-moderated panel at Mipcom by writer Amanda Coe and The Crown’s Ben Miles to discuss the six-part series, which is being sold by Keshet International.
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old woman who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Norton told Deadline, “It’s imperative that we go bac and look at these moments in history in light of the recalibration with the Times Up and Me Too movements. It’s also far more interesting – what a better way to...
- 10/14/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
McMafia’s James Norton and The Crown’s Ben Miles are set to star in BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler.
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
McMafia’s James Norton and The Crown’s Ben Miles are set to star in BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler.
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) plays Keeler, the 19-year old woman who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) plays Keeler, the 19-year old woman who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
McMafia’s James Norton and The Crown’s Ben Miles are set to star in BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler.
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-nominated actress Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) is set to headline “Josephine and Napoleon,” an English-language period drama series created by British showrunner Tony Saint (“Das Boot”).
Now in development, the eight-part series is being produced by the well-established British company Ecosse Films and Pascal Breton’s Paris-based Federation Entertainment for the network France Televisions, which is also co-producing.
The show is based Andrew Roberts’ “Napoleon: A Life” and Kate Williams’ “The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte.” It will be directed by a French and English filmmaker duo who will be announced at a later stage, along with a French writer who will be working with Saint.
Bejo, who earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” and won best actress at Cannes for Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past,” will play Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife, lover, and muse.
Josephine de Beauharnais, a mischievous aristocrat born in the French West Indies,...
Now in development, the eight-part series is being produced by the well-established British company Ecosse Films and Pascal Breton’s Paris-based Federation Entertainment for the network France Televisions, which is also co-producing.
The show is based Andrew Roberts’ “Napoleon: A Life” and Kate Williams’ “The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte.” It will be directed by a French and English filmmaker duo who will be announced at a later stage, along with a French writer who will be working with Saint.
Bejo, who earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” and won best actress at Cannes for Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past,” will play Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife, lover, and muse.
Josephine de Beauharnais, a mischievous aristocrat born in the French West Indies,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson is set to star as controversial party girl Christine Keeler in a BBC drama about the Profumo Affair.
Cookson, who also starred in the Kingsman follow-up The Golden Circle and Netflix drama Gypsy, leads the line-up of The Trial of Christine Keeler, produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films for BBC One.
Production on the six-part drama, which is expected to air in 2019, starts in October.
The show takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair, which involved 19-year old Christine Keeler, who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government. He initially lied to the House of Commons about the affair and the incident became a global scandal after it emerged that Keeler may have simultaneously been involved with a Soviet naval attaché.
The drama is written by Apple Tree Yard...
Cookson, who also starred in the Kingsman follow-up The Golden Circle and Netflix drama Gypsy, leads the line-up of The Trial of Christine Keeler, produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films for BBC One.
Production on the six-part drama, which is expected to air in 2019, starts in October.
The show takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair, which involved 19-year old Christine Keeler, who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government. He initially lied to the House of Commons about the affair and the incident became a global scandal after it emerged that Keeler may have simultaneously been involved with a Soviet naval attaché.
The drama is written by Apple Tree Yard...
- 8/31/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Keshet International, the global sales arm of the Israeli producer and broadcaster, is to shop BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler around the world after striking a deal with Fleming producer Ecosse Films.
The deal is the largest third party pick-up for the firm that originated Homeland and comes as it steps up its focus on external productions. It marks the first investment since the launch of its Keshet International Fund, which it announced in March during the In-tv conference in Jerusalem.
The six-part drama, which is expected to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair, which involved 19-year old Christine Keeler, who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government. He initially lied to the House of Commons about the affair and the incident became a global scandal after it emerged that...
The deal is the largest third party pick-up for the firm that originated Homeland and comes as it steps up its focus on external productions. It marks the first investment since the launch of its Keshet International Fund, which it announced in March during the In-tv conference in Jerusalem.
The six-part drama, which is expected to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair, which involved 19-year old Christine Keeler, who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government. He initially lied to the House of Commons about the affair and the incident became a global scandal after it emerged that...
- 5/3/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Domhnall Gleeson is currently filming a feature length movie called “When Harvey Met Bob”. The movie being co-produced by Rte and the BBC chronicles the lead-up to “Live Aid” as the massive charity concert celebrated its 25th anniversary. Gleeson, who plays Bill Weasley in “Harry Potter”, is taking on the role of Bob Geldof. He will star alongside Ian Hart, as Harvey Goldsmith and Antonia Cambell Hughes who will play Marsha Hunt. The film begins with Bob Geldof arriving home to his wife Paula Yates and watching the legendary BBC broadcast from the feeding camps in Eritrea province. The famous report by BBC journalist, Michael Buerk, is what prompted Geldof to take action. The rest of the film explains how exactly Geldof and music promoter Harvey Goldsmith launched “Band Aid” and went on to host a series of record breaking global live concerts called “Live Aid”. It was commissioned by...
- 8/10/2010
- IrishCentral
HollywoodNews.com: Sir Bob Geldof is to have a film made about his journey to put Live Aid together.
Geldof, 58, will be portrayed by Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, 27, in the new TV film called When Harvey Met Bob.
It will feature Geldof’s work with promoter Harvey Goldsmith ahead of the gig, which took place 25 years ago. Ian Hart, 45, will play the part of Goldsmith.
Producer Kate Triggs said: “It’s a moving film about two men prepared to think the unthinkable and achieve the seemingly impossible.” The film is currently being shot in Ireland and will be shown on BBC2 later this year.
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Geldof, 58, will be portrayed by Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, 27, in the new TV film called When Harvey Met Bob.
It will feature Geldof’s work with promoter Harvey Goldsmith ahead of the gig, which took place 25 years ago. Ian Hart, 45, will play the part of Goldsmith.
Producer Kate Triggs said: “It’s a moving film about two men prepared to think the unthinkable and achieve the seemingly impossible.” The film is currently being shot in Ireland and will be shown on BBC2 later this year.
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- 7/15/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
London -- The story behind Irish rock star Bob Geldof's global Live Aid concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia is being made into a TV film, the BBC said on Wednesday.
The 1985 concert, organized by Geldof and music promoter Harvey Goldsmith, reached an estimated 1.5 billion people and did much to raise the public and political profile of those suffering from poverty, starvation and disease in Africa.
Filming has already begun in Dublin for the 90-minute drama "When Harvey met Bob," which follows the story from the moment Geldof arrived home to find his then girlfriend Paula Yates holding their baby and weeping as she watched television footage from feeding camps in Eritrea.
Played by Domhnall Gleeson, who stars in the upcoming seventh Harry Potter film, Geldof persuaded a host of rock stars to give their name and talents for free to the Band Aid charity Christmas...
The 1985 concert, organized by Geldof and music promoter Harvey Goldsmith, reached an estimated 1.5 billion people and did much to raise the public and political profile of those suffering from poverty, starvation and disease in Africa.
Filming has already begun in Dublin for the 90-minute drama "When Harvey met Bob," which follows the story from the moment Geldof arrived home to find his then girlfriend Paula Yates holding their baby and weeping as she watched television footage from feeding camps in Eritrea.
Played by Domhnall Gleeson, who stars in the upcoming seventh Harry Potter film, Geldof persuaded a host of rock stars to give their name and talents for free to the Band Aid charity Christmas...
- 7/14/2010
- by By Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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