The speakers are Adrian Wootton, Gareth Ellis-Unwin, Sara Putt and Kate Norrish.
The latest in our Screen Talks webinar series is taking place on Tuesday June 16 at 15.30 BST and will look at how the UK’s new Covid-19 guidelines can help independent film producers and their creative departments to safely get back up and running on set and on location.
This episode of Screen Talks is sponsored by the British Film Institute and the British Film Commission.
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The ‘Working Safely During Covid-19 in Film and High-End TV Drama Production’ guidance published last week signalled the road...
The latest in our Screen Talks webinar series is taking place on Tuesday June 16 at 15.30 BST and will look at how the UK’s new Covid-19 guidelines can help independent film producers and their creative departments to safely get back up and running on set and on location.
This episode of Screen Talks is sponsored by the British Film Institute and the British Film Commission.
Click here to register
The ‘Working Safely During Covid-19 in Film and High-End TV Drama Production’ guidance published last week signalled the road...
- 6/10/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Rufus Jones is an English actor and writer who is best known for his role as Doctor Foggerty in the dark comedy production of “Hunderby.” He is also known for his role as Terry Jones in “Holy Flying Circus.” Rufus is also a talented writer and those who are familiar with his work can appreciate his style both in writing and his comedic acting style. We were interested in learning more about him so we did a little research into his career and personal history and we discovered these 10 things that you probably didn’t know about Rufus Jones. 1.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rufus Jones...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rufus Jones...
- 6/7/2020
- by Dana Hanson-Firestone
- TVovermind.com
Confidence was a preference for the habitual participants of what was known in the '90s as Britpop. And for Nicholas Hoult's character in Kill Your Friends, that confidence is stoked by large quantities of white powder and not a little violence. How far will his A&R man Steven Stelfox go to find the next Oasis? Have a look at the latest trailer to get an idea.Adapted by John Niven from his own 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends finds 27-year-old Stelfox carving out a career for himself in the London music industry; zigzagging around the world in search of the next massive hit (powered by greed and huge snorts of Colombian marching powder); and doing almost anything for that elusive new sensation, even if it means cutting a few throats in the non-figurative sense.Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus, Black Mirror) is here directing his first feature film.
- 10/16/2015
- EmpireOnline
Confidence was a preference for the habitual participants of what was known in the '90s as Britpop. And for Nicholas Hoult's character in Kill Your Friends, that confidence is stoked by large quantities of white powder and not a little violence. How far will his A&R man Steven Stelfox go to find the next Oasis? Have a look at the first - quite sweary - teaser trailer to get an idea.Adapted by John Niven from his own 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends finds 27-year-old Stelfox carving out a career for himself in the London music industry; zigzagging around the world in search of the next massive hit (powered by greed and huge snorts of Colombian marching powder); and doing almost anything for that elusive new sensation, even if it means cutting a few throats in the non-figurative sense.Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus, Black Mirror) is here directing his first feature film.
- 8/24/2015
- EmpireOnline
Vertigo
Thanks to Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, the status of “definitive farce detailing William Shakespeare’s origin” seemed forever locked. That might change though, with the release of a more intentionally amusing biopic, entitled Bill, this September.
Check out the trailer below.
Bill follows a young William Shakespeare adrift in the world. Trying and failing at a number of professions, Bill arbitrarily takes a stab at writing, but not everybody buys into his new literary vocation, as it leads him down a road peppered with spies, romance and high-ranking assassination plots.
Bill stars Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans) as The Bard, with support coming courtesy of comedy stalwarts Simon Farnaby (Your Highness), Rufus Jones (Holy Flying Circus) and Jim Howick (Peep Show). If you’re halfway familiar with the last decade of British comedy, you’ll definitely spot a face or two you know.
Vertigo Releasing
The trailer has a quintessentially British feel,...
Thanks to Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, the status of “definitive farce detailing William Shakespeare’s origin” seemed forever locked. That might change though, with the release of a more intentionally amusing biopic, entitled Bill, this September.
Check out the trailer below.
Bill follows a young William Shakespeare adrift in the world. Trying and failing at a number of professions, Bill arbitrarily takes a stab at writing, but not everybody buys into his new literary vocation, as it leads him down a road peppered with spies, romance and high-ranking assassination plots.
Bill stars Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans) as The Bard, with support coming courtesy of comedy stalwarts Simon Farnaby (Your Highness), Rufus Jones (Holy Flying Circus) and Jim Howick (Peep Show). If you’re halfway familiar with the last decade of British comedy, you’ll definitely spot a face or two you know.
Vertigo Releasing
The trailer has a quintessentially British feel,...
- 8/19/2015
- by Daniel Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
UK cinema in 2015 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 36 UK films of all genres to look forward to this year…
Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.
We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).
In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...
Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.
We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).
In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...
- 1/5/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
ITV has ordered a full series of sitcom The Delivery Man after a successful pilot.
Darren Boyd and Aisling Bea will star in the comedy about a policeman who decides to become a midwife.
The new six-episode series follows a pilot episode filmed earlier this year, which also starred Fay Ripley, Alex Macqueen and Dominic Coleman.
Written by Green Wing's Robert Harley and James Henry, the series is expected to air on ITV in mid-2015.
It will be produced and directed by Green Wing creator Victoria Pile.
Further casting details are expected to be announced in the coming months, ahead of its recording in October.
Boyd is best known for his roles in Sky1's Spy and for playing John Cleese in the drama Holy Flying Circus. He appeared in an episode of HBO's Veep earlier this year.
Darren Boyd and Aisling Bea will star in the comedy about a policeman who decides to become a midwife.
The new six-episode series follows a pilot episode filmed earlier this year, which also starred Fay Ripley, Alex Macqueen and Dominic Coleman.
Written by Green Wing's Robert Harley and James Henry, the series is expected to air on ITV in mid-2015.
It will be produced and directed by Green Wing creator Victoria Pile.
Further casting details are expected to be announced in the coming months, ahead of its recording in October.
Boyd is best known for his roles in Sky1's Spy and for playing John Cleese in the drama Holy Flying Circus. He appeared in an episode of HBO's Veep earlier this year.
- 8/6/2014
- Digital Spy
• Leonardo DiCaprio is no longer attached to star as the scrappy Florida beach bum Travis McGee in the big-screen adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s The Deep Blue Good-by (the first in a 21-book series). Though it was being developed for DiCaprio, who earned an Academy nod for his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street, the actor decided to exit due to scheduling conflicts. Still, the project does seem to be moving forward for 20th Century Fox: It was just announced that Wolverine’s James Mangold is in negotiations to direct, and Mystic River’s Dennis Lehane penned the...
- 3/5/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Nicholas Hoult to lead UK dark-comedy, distributed in UK by StudioCanal.
UK Britpop dark-comedy Kill Your Friends, starring Nicholas Hoult, is due to get underway in the UK next week.
Hoult will star as an A&R man called Stelfox working at the height of the Britpop music craze who goes to extreme lengths in order to find his next hit.
Actor-writer Jim Piddock (Family Tree), the regular collaborator of Christopher Guest, has been cast as the managing director of the record label Stelfox works for.
Deadline Hollywood first broke the news of Piddock’s attachment, which has subsequently been confirmed by the production.
Additional cast is due to be announced next week.
Holy Flying Circus and Black Mirror director Owen Harris makes his feature debut on John Niven’s adaptation of his own cult novel.
Producers are Gregor Cameron of World’s End Productions, Will Clarke of Altitude Film Entertainment and Len Blavatnik of AI Film...
UK Britpop dark-comedy Kill Your Friends, starring Nicholas Hoult, is due to get underway in the UK next week.
Hoult will star as an A&R man called Stelfox working at the height of the Britpop music craze who goes to extreme lengths in order to find his next hit.
Actor-writer Jim Piddock (Family Tree), the regular collaborator of Christopher Guest, has been cast as the managing director of the record label Stelfox works for.
Deadline Hollywood first broke the news of Piddock’s attachment, which has subsequently been confirmed by the production.
Additional cast is due to be announced next week.
Holy Flying Circus and Black Mirror director Owen Harris makes his feature debut on John Niven’s adaptation of his own cult novel.
Producers are Gregor Cameron of World’s End Productions, Will Clarke of Altitude Film Entertainment and Len Blavatnik of AI Film...
- 3/4/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
We’ve clearly reached the point where the 1990s’ Britpop scene can be properly treated as a period piece, with many cinemagoers too young to remember its heyday, what with their Bieber fever and their 1Direction cults. Still, Nicholas Hoult and Jim Piddock will be looking to stir up some nostalgia with Kill Your Friends.Adapted by John Niven from his own 2008 book, Kill Your Friends finds 27-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Hoult) carving out quite the career for himself in the London music industry. Zigzagging around the world in search of the next massive hit (powered by greed and huge snorts of Colombian marching powder), Stelfox will do anything for that elusive new sensation. Even if it means getting a little more cut-throat than the competition… Literally.With Holy Flying Circus and Black Mirror director Owen Harris stepping up to direct his first film, he also has regular...
- 3/4/2014
- EmpireOnline
Foyle’s War Set 7 is a treat for fans of the long-running series, but a possible sour note as well, as our titular investigator actually moves outside the titular conflict. We not only move outside the setting of the show, but into a new world of Foyle’s efforts, and apparently a new theory of the character as well. Call it progress, I suppose, but some fans may find themselves in for a surprise when taking on this new Foyle.
What started out as a very interesting look at an investigator of unusual calm working in a backdrop of World War II outside the normal focus of the war, has now gone post-War, and sees our hero pressed into service with MI5. From not exactly police to not exactly spy, Foyle finds himself involved in ever more curious exploits which leaves us with little remaining familiar except the star and the title.
What started out as a very interesting look at an investigator of unusual calm working in a backdrop of World War II outside the normal focus of the war, has now gone post-War, and sees our hero pressed into service with MI5. From not exactly police to not exactly spy, Foyle finds himself involved in ever more curious exploits which leaves us with little remaining familiar except the star and the title.
- 10/10/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Foyle’s War was considered one of the best British mysteries on television, but was cancelled in 2007. Three years passed and three more episodes, known as Foyle’s War Set 7 were filmed and broadcast on PBS’s “Masterpiece Mystery!” The show’s creator Anthony Horowitz has set the show in the town of Hastings, on the south coast of England. World War II may be over but the Cold War simmers. Dcs Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen, Out of Africa) has retired from police work when Britain’s secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright (Honeysuckle Weeks – My Brother Tom), Foyle faces new—but no less deadly—threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence The Foyle’s War series is terrific entertainment that incorporates real historical events into the episodes. Foyle always gets his man (or woman as the case...
- 9/11/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Altitude Film Entertainment is a U.K.-based vertically integrated film company launched last year by Will Clarke, founder of leading U.K. independent producer and distributor Optimum Releasing (now Studio Canal), with Andy Mayson as joint CEO and former Pathe sales chief Mike Runagall as Managing Director of the international sales company.
Now Managing Director of Altitude Film Sales he says, “We are thrilled to be adding five distinctive, commercial projects to our debut Cannes slate that show a breadth of genre and filmmaking and with the right elements and quality to achieve international reach, and working to build further on the strong buyer response we received at Afm and Berlin for projects we have already brought to market.”
His partner, industry vet Will Clarke, Chairman and CEO of Altitude Film Entertainment says, “Altitude’s first year has phenomenally exciting as we are working with filmmakers who have highly original and ambitious projects. Our second film, Jabbar Raisani’s Outpost 37, is about to start filming and we are looking forward to showing distributors first-ever footage on five of our projects.”
Altitude has been focusing on production, financing and international sales with a strong commercial outlook.
The company’s first creative partnerships are with filmmakers James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake) and Simon Duric for The Loch; producer/actor Jason Maza (The Knot, Fish Tank, Welcome to the Punch) and director/actor Nick Nevern (Terry, The Sweeney) on The Hooligan Factory; director Jabbar Raisani for Outpost 37; producer Gregor Cameron (Goin’ Down to South Park, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show)and Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus) for Kill Your Friends; and Ben Craig (Modern Times) writer Matt Charman (A Night at the Dogs) to make Mythica.
Altitude is bringing five new films to Cannes:
Son Of A Gun – an epic crime thriller directed by Julius Avery, best known for the Cannes award-winning shortJerrycan, and starring Ewan McGregor (The Impossible, August: Osage County), Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair, The Fifth Estate, The Seventh Son) and Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent, Oculus,). The high-profile film is a visceral, tautly paced heist thriller, centred on a complex relationship between Australia’s public enemy number one and his young protégé. Started shooting on 25 February in Western Australia. Currently in post-production.
Catch Me Daddy - a taut and uncompromising thriller inspired by the classic character-driven thrillers of the 1970’s and early 80’s (Badlands, The Getaway, Deliverance, Blood Simple, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle). Award-winning commercials and music video director Daniel Wolfe makes his feature debut with a storyabout a couple on the run from the type of violence and crime that the law cannot reach, and overturns the conventions of the thriller genre, with a female lead stepping up as the heroine of the piece. Started shooting on 18 March in the UK. Currently in post-production.
Outpost 37 - a high concept, sci-fi, action film marking the directorial debut of La-based director and Visual FX maestro Jabbar Raisani (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Predators). Jason Newmark (Triangle, Severance) and Laurie Cook produce for Bigscope alongside Trevor Engelson for Underground Entertainment (Remember Me). Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall executive produce for Altitude. Filming starts on 14 May. Co-written by Raisani with Blake Clifton, the film centres on a documentary crew as they follow an elite unit of marines, tasked with protecting mankind in the aftermath of a devastating alien invasion. As they reach the world’s most dangerous outpost they make a terrifying discovery; the first invasion was just the beginning.
The Good People - the highly anticipated original dark and malevolent fairytale chiller to be directed by Corin Hardy, a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and director of brilliant short films and music videos (The Prodigy, Keane, Paolo Nutini). Scientist, Adam, moves with his family to an ancient Millhouse in the Irish countryside. But what seems a rural idyll soon becomes a terrifying fight for survival when the couple comes under attack from horrifying and demonic creatures that lurk in the woods, hell bent on destroying them all. Co-written by Hardy with Olga Barreneche, Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino of Occupant Entertainment (The Wackness and All The Boys Love Mandy Lane) produce. Altitude is handling international sales and financial packaging on this project.
Kill Your Friends - a satirical and hysterically funny evisceration of the music industry set against the iconic backdrop of Cool Britannia and the Britpop era of late 1990’s London, based on John Niven’s cult novel which he is adapting for the screenplay. BAFTA award-winner Owen Harris (Misfits, Holy Flying Circus) is to direct withRafe Spall (Prometheus,Life of Pi, I Give It A Year) cast in the lead role. Gregor Cameron is producing alongside Altitude. The film is set to start shooting this summer.
Now Managing Director of Altitude Film Sales he says, “We are thrilled to be adding five distinctive, commercial projects to our debut Cannes slate that show a breadth of genre and filmmaking and with the right elements and quality to achieve international reach, and working to build further on the strong buyer response we received at Afm and Berlin for projects we have already brought to market.”
His partner, industry vet Will Clarke, Chairman and CEO of Altitude Film Entertainment says, “Altitude’s first year has phenomenally exciting as we are working with filmmakers who have highly original and ambitious projects. Our second film, Jabbar Raisani’s Outpost 37, is about to start filming and we are looking forward to showing distributors first-ever footage on five of our projects.”
Altitude has been focusing on production, financing and international sales with a strong commercial outlook.
The company’s first creative partnerships are with filmmakers James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake) and Simon Duric for The Loch; producer/actor Jason Maza (The Knot, Fish Tank, Welcome to the Punch) and director/actor Nick Nevern (Terry, The Sweeney) on The Hooligan Factory; director Jabbar Raisani for Outpost 37; producer Gregor Cameron (Goin’ Down to South Park, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show)and Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus) for Kill Your Friends; and Ben Craig (Modern Times) writer Matt Charman (A Night at the Dogs) to make Mythica.
Altitude is bringing five new films to Cannes:
Son Of A Gun – an epic crime thriller directed by Julius Avery, best known for the Cannes award-winning shortJerrycan, and starring Ewan McGregor (The Impossible, August: Osage County), Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair, The Fifth Estate, The Seventh Son) and Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent, Oculus,). The high-profile film is a visceral, tautly paced heist thriller, centred on a complex relationship between Australia’s public enemy number one and his young protégé. Started shooting on 25 February in Western Australia. Currently in post-production.
Catch Me Daddy - a taut and uncompromising thriller inspired by the classic character-driven thrillers of the 1970’s and early 80’s (Badlands, The Getaway, Deliverance, Blood Simple, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle). Award-winning commercials and music video director Daniel Wolfe makes his feature debut with a storyabout a couple on the run from the type of violence and crime that the law cannot reach, and overturns the conventions of the thriller genre, with a female lead stepping up as the heroine of the piece. Started shooting on 18 March in the UK. Currently in post-production.
Outpost 37 - a high concept, sci-fi, action film marking the directorial debut of La-based director and Visual FX maestro Jabbar Raisani (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Predators). Jason Newmark (Triangle, Severance) and Laurie Cook produce for Bigscope alongside Trevor Engelson for Underground Entertainment (Remember Me). Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall executive produce for Altitude. Filming starts on 14 May. Co-written by Raisani with Blake Clifton, the film centres on a documentary crew as they follow an elite unit of marines, tasked with protecting mankind in the aftermath of a devastating alien invasion. As they reach the world’s most dangerous outpost they make a terrifying discovery; the first invasion was just the beginning.
The Good People - the highly anticipated original dark and malevolent fairytale chiller to be directed by Corin Hardy, a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and director of brilliant short films and music videos (The Prodigy, Keane, Paolo Nutini). Scientist, Adam, moves with his family to an ancient Millhouse in the Irish countryside. But what seems a rural idyll soon becomes a terrifying fight for survival when the couple comes under attack from horrifying and demonic creatures that lurk in the woods, hell bent on destroying them all. Co-written by Hardy with Olga Barreneche, Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino of Occupant Entertainment (The Wackness and All The Boys Love Mandy Lane) produce. Altitude is handling international sales and financial packaging on this project.
Kill Your Friends - a satirical and hysterically funny evisceration of the music industry set against the iconic backdrop of Cool Britannia and the Britpop era of late 1990’s London, based on John Niven’s cult novel which he is adapting for the screenplay. BAFTA award-winner Owen Harris (Misfits, Holy Flying Circus) is to direct withRafe Spall (Prometheus,Life of Pi, I Give It A Year) cast in the lead role. Gregor Cameron is producing alongside Altitude. The film is set to start shooting this summer.
- 5/10/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cardinal Burns, Dynamo and BBC Two were among the big winners at this year's Broadcast Awards.
The E4 sketch show starring Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns took home both 'Best Comedy Programme' and 'Best Multichannel Programme', while Dynamo: Magician Impossible beat the likes of Britain's Got Talent and Celebrity Juice to scoop 'Best Entertainment Programme'.
© Julian Nagel, Juliette Woodcock, Clare Winkworth
© David Venni
[Cardinal Burns, left, and Dynamo]
Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh quiz show The Chase won 'Best Daytime Programme', Channel 4's Educating Essex was named 'Best Documentary Series', and Monty Python dramatisation Holy Flying Circus was crowned 'Best Original Programme'.
BBC Two won the prestigious 'Channel of the Year' award, and the corporation was also recognised for its coverage of the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert.
Coronation Street picked up 'Best Soap/Continuing Drama' for the second year in a row, beating EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Casualty and Holby City.
> Read...
The E4 sketch show starring Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns took home both 'Best Comedy Programme' and 'Best Multichannel Programme', while Dynamo: Magician Impossible beat the likes of Britain's Got Talent and Celebrity Juice to scoop 'Best Entertainment Programme'.
© Julian Nagel, Juliette Woodcock, Clare Winkworth
© David Venni
[Cardinal Burns, left, and Dynamo]
Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh quiz show The Chase won 'Best Daytime Programme', Channel 4's Educating Essex was named 'Best Documentary Series', and Monty Python dramatisation Holy Flying Circus was crowned 'Best Original Programme'.
BBC Two won the prestigious 'Channel of the Year' award, and the corporation was also recognised for its coverage of the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert.
Coronation Street picked up 'Best Soap/Continuing Drama' for the second year in a row, beating EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Casualty and Holby City.
> Read...
- 1/31/2013
- Digital Spy
Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the Broadcast Awards 2013 below:
Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve
Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced
Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen Planet
Our War
The Secret History of Our Streets
The Tube
Best Drama Series or Serial
Call the Midwife
Line of Duty
Parade's End
Scott and Bailey
This Is England '88
Top Boy - Winner!
Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve
Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced
Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen Planet
Our War
The Secret History of Our Streets
The Tube
Best Drama Series or Serial
Call the Midwife
Line of Duty
Parade's End
Scott and Bailey
This Is England '88
Top Boy - Winner!
- 1/31/2013
- Digital Spy
Cardinal Burns, Dynamo and BBC Two were among the big winners at this year's Broadcast Awards. The E4 sketch show starring Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns took home both 'Best Comedy Programme' and 'Best Multichannel Programme', while Dynamo: Magician Impossible beat the likes of Britain's Got Talent and Celebrity Juice to scoop 'Best Entertainment Programme'.
[Cardinal Burns, left, and Dynamo] Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh quiz show The Chase won 'Best Daytime Programme', Channel 4's Educating Essex was named 'Best Documentary Series', and Monty Python dramatisation Holy Flying Circus was crowned 'Best Original Programme'. BBC Two won the prestigious 'Channel of the Year' award, and the corporation was also recognised (more)...
[Cardinal Burns, left, and Dynamo] Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh quiz show The Chase won 'Best Daytime Programme', Channel 4's Educating Essex was named 'Best Documentary Series', and Monty Python dramatisation Holy Flying Circus was crowned 'Best Original Programme'. BBC Two won the prestigious 'Channel of the Year' award, and the corporation was also recognised (more)...
- 1/31/2013
- by By Christian Tobin
- Digital Spy
Review Ryan Lambie Jan 24, 2013
Charlie Brooker's sci-fi suspense series returns in style with Be Right Back. Here's Ryan's review of the first in a new season...
2.1 Be Right Back
First broadcast in late 2011, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror trilogy of suspense dramas - loosely connected by their satirical humour and concerns about current and future technology - were refreshingly sharp, concise and well-made.
Just over a year later, Black Mirror's back, and once again provides a bleak reflection of modern life. What's surprising about the opening episode Be Right Back, though, is how subtle and low-key it is. Where the first series opened with a porcine relations bang - a button-pushing hour of drama designed to get audiences talking - Be Right Back brings with it a sombre tone more akin to the final episode of the last season, The Entire History Of You - the closing chapter written not by Brooker,...
Charlie Brooker's sci-fi suspense series returns in style with Be Right Back. Here's Ryan's review of the first in a new season...
2.1 Be Right Back
First broadcast in late 2011, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror trilogy of suspense dramas - loosely connected by their satirical humour and concerns about current and future technology - were refreshingly sharp, concise and well-made.
Just over a year later, Black Mirror's back, and once again provides a bleak reflection of modern life. What's surprising about the opening episode Be Right Back, though, is how subtle and low-key it is. Where the first series opened with a porcine relations bang - a button-pushing hour of drama designed to get audiences talking - Be Right Back brings with it a sombre tone more akin to the final episode of the last season, The Entire History Of You - the closing chapter written not by Brooker,...
- 1/23/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Prometheus Rafe Spall has signed to star in the Owen Harris adaptation of John Niven‘s hilariously satirical novel Kill Your Friends, a dark tale of the Britpop music industry’s excesses and idiosyncrasies.
The film follows ‘an A&R man who, desperately searching for the next big hit, takes the concept of killer tunes to a murderous new level.’ Compared to American Psycho, the satirical nature pointing out the money interests of the music industry has been the hysterically dark selling point of the novel.
Niven also wrote the script for the upcoming Kill Your Friends movie.
Robert Pattinson reportedly wanted to star in movie remake of the novel two years before, playing the same role of Artist and Repertoire man Steven Stelfox. However, it was nothing but a recycled rumor.
The project is aiming to shoot in early 2013.
Spall, also seen in Ang Lee’s Life of Pi,...
The film follows ‘an A&R man who, desperately searching for the next big hit, takes the concept of killer tunes to a murderous new level.’ Compared to American Psycho, the satirical nature pointing out the money interests of the music industry has been the hysterically dark selling point of the novel.
Niven also wrote the script for the upcoming Kill Your Friends movie.
Robert Pattinson reportedly wanted to star in movie remake of the novel two years before, playing the same role of Artist and Repertoire man Steven Stelfox. However, it was nothing but a recycled rumor.
The project is aiming to shoot in early 2013.
Spall, also seen in Ang Lee’s Life of Pi,...
- 10/23/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Altitude Films has announced three new film projects coming at us just in time for Afm 2012, and we have the skinny for you on each. Read on to find out what new terrors are lurking across the pond.
According to Variety the UK production, finance, and international sales company has set Rafe Spall for the lead in Britpop satire Kill Your Friends and added the sci-fi flick Outpost 37 to its growing slate.
Spall, seen this year in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Ang Lee's Life of Pi, takes the lead in Owen Harris' film about an A&R man who, desperately searching for the next big hit, takes the concept of killer tunes to a murderous new level. Gregor Cameron produces the film with Altitude, which is based on a novel by John Niven. Harris most recently helmed TV dramedy "Holy Flying Circus" about the reaction to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
According to Variety the UK production, finance, and international sales company has set Rafe Spall for the lead in Britpop satire Kill Your Friends and added the sci-fi flick Outpost 37 to its growing slate.
Spall, seen this year in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Ang Lee's Life of Pi, takes the lead in Owen Harris' film about an A&R man who, desperately searching for the next big hit, takes the concept of killer tunes to a murderous new level. Gregor Cameron produces the film with Altitude, which is based on a novel by John Niven. Harris most recently helmed TV dramedy "Holy Flying Circus" about the reaction to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
- 10/23/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
London – Rafe Spall (Prometheus, Life of Pi) has signed to star in the Owen Harris directed adaptation of John Niven's cult music industry darkly comic satirical novel Kill Your Friends, from the author's own script. Billed as ano holds barred satirical take on the music industry at the height of the Britpop glory days of Oasis and Blur, the movie details the story of an A&R man about town who ends up going to killer lengths to find the next killer hit. Photos: Afm's 20 Most Outrageous Movie Posters Harris, who directed TV comedy drama Holy Flying Circus about the outraged
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- 10/23/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Young James Herriot
Kieran Kinsella
The 1980s drama All Creatures Great and Small is widely regarded as one of the Best British TV shows of all time. The Young James Herriot is a three-part prequel to the popular series that aired as part of BBC One’s Christmas 2011 line up. It is always risky to make prequels years after you make a particular production – just look at Star Wars – but the BBC hit a home run with Herriot.
Iain De Caestecker (The Fades) isn’t much like Christopher Timothy (the star of Acgas) but he was a good choice for the title character. The drama begins with Herriot arriving at the Glasgow Veterinary College to begin his studies. Unlike the Herriot of later years, the young Herriot is an accident prone, naive sort of chap who doesn’t seem to have much of a bedside, or a stableside (?) manner. Competent or not,...
Kieran Kinsella
The 1980s drama All Creatures Great and Small is widely regarded as one of the Best British TV shows of all time. The Young James Herriot is a three-part prequel to the popular series that aired as part of BBC One’s Christmas 2011 line up. It is always risky to make prequels years after you make a particular production – just look at Star Wars – but the BBC hit a home run with Herriot.
Iain De Caestecker (The Fades) isn’t much like Christopher Timothy (the star of Acgas) but he was a good choice for the title character. The drama begins with Herriot arriving at the Glasgow Veterinary College to begin his studies. Unlike the Herriot of later years, the young Herriot is an accident prone, naive sort of chap who doesn’t seem to have much of a bedside, or a stableside (?) manner. Competent or not,...
- 9/3/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
The best in British television is coming to the smallscreen here in the USA courtesy of Acorn Media. Of note in September, DVD Debuts . Monty Python-esque Holy Flying Circus, period drama Cloudstreet and James Herriot will be available. From Acorn Media Three new, critically-acclaimed British dramas debuting on DVD Sept. 4th. Called a .sharply written, hilariously profane .docudrama. .. by Entertainment Weekly, Holy Flying Circus (DVD/Blu-ray combo) offers a Monty Python-esque peek behind the scenes of one of their most notorious films. Nominated for a BAFTA for Best Single Drama, this hilariously new docudrama reimagines the controversy behind Monty Python.s Life of Brian and the resulting debate pitting Michael Palin and John Cleese against a...
- 8/23/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
It's been quite a year for Darren Boyd - the 41-year-old actor has starred in the likes of Holy Flying Circus and Dirk Gently, won a BAFTA for his role in Sky comedy Spy and now he's back with a new two-part special of his ITV detective drama Case Sensitive. Based on Sophie Hannah's novel series and also starring Olivia Williams, series two of Case Sensitive is based on the 2009 book 'The Other Half Lives' and sees DS Charlie Zailer (Williams) and DC Simon Waterhouse (Boyd) back to solve another twisted crime. Digital Spy got Darren on the phone to chat about the new episodes, his recent success and whether he's planning to fit more Case Sensitive into his busy schedule... Were you happy with the reaction to Case Sensitive last year? It averaged 6m viewers on its debut...
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- 7/10/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
As the countdown to next week's British Academy Television Awards begins, Abi Morgan, screenwriter of The Hour, Shame and The Iron Lady, reveals why it's been a golden year for television
Mabel is unimpressed. "What are you doing?" "Writing a piece about television." "Hm." She considers me with the bored disdain that only an eight-year-old can deliver, when they're tired and hungry and just home from school. "Television. It rots the senses in the head. It kills imagination dead." I stare blankly, my fingers hovering over my laptop keys. "'Who told you that?" "Everyone knows that, Mum." She sighs, already halfway out of my office.
Roald Dahl's got a lot to answer for. It's not that I am advocating the ditching of the classics. I have oompa loompa-ed my kids with the best of them, sending my son Jesse off to school with his face orange and his hair green for National Book Day.
Mabel is unimpressed. "What are you doing?" "Writing a piece about television." "Hm." She considers me with the bored disdain that only an eight-year-old can deliver, when they're tired and hungry and just home from school. "Television. It rots the senses in the head. It kills imagination dead." I stare blankly, my fingers hovering over my laptop keys. "'Who told you that?" "Everyone knows that, Mum." She sighs, already halfway out of my office.
Roald Dahl's got a lot to answer for. It's not that I am advocating the ditching of the classics. I have oompa loompa-ed my kids with the best of them, sending my son Jesse off to school with his face orange and his hair green for National Book Day.
- 5/19/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
See-Saw Films has hired former senior BBC executive Jamie Laurenson as its head of television, to be based in the company.s London office from July.
See-Saw, owned by Sydney-based Emile Sherman and UK-based Iain Canning, is currently in production on its first television show, Top of the Lake, a six-part series being directed by Jane Campion for BBC2, UKTV Australia and the Sundance Channel . and for distributor BBC Worldwide.
Laurenson was executive producer for BBC Films & commissioning editor for drama for BBC 4 for four years. Films he was involved in included An Education, My Week With Marilyn, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and the documentary Project Nim, and his television credits include Toast and Holy Flying Circus.
.Jamie is the perfect fit for our company,. said See-Saw in a statement. .As an incredibly experienced film and television executive we are excited by his decision to focus solely on developing and growing our television business.
See-Saw, owned by Sydney-based Emile Sherman and UK-based Iain Canning, is currently in production on its first television show, Top of the Lake, a six-part series being directed by Jane Campion for BBC2, UKTV Australia and the Sundance Channel . and for distributor BBC Worldwide.
Laurenson was executive producer for BBC Films & commissioning editor for drama for BBC 4 for four years. Films he was involved in included An Education, My Week With Marilyn, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and the documentary Project Nim, and his television credits include Toast and Holy Flying Circus.
.Jamie is the perfect fit for our company,. said See-Saw in a statement. .As an incredibly experienced film and television executive we are excited by his decision to focus solely on developing and growing our television business.
- 5/4/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
See-Saw Films, the Academy Award-winning film production company, is moving more aggressively into the TV business with the hire of Jamie Laurenson as head of television.
Laurenson is to join from BBC Films where he is executive producer. At the BBC, he was also commissioning editor for drama at BBC 4, where he developed British films such as An Education, My Week With Marilyn and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, and TV projects such as Toast and Holy Flying Circus.
See-Saw’s Emile Sherman said in a press release: “Jamie is the perfect fit for our company. As an incredibly experienced film and television executive we are excited by his decision to focus solely on developing and growing our TV business. Increasingly there appears to be no distinction between film and TV talent and hiring Jamie puts us in the best position to take advantage of that.”
Laurenson will start at See-Saw in July.
Laurenson is to join from BBC Films where he is executive producer. At the BBC, he was also commissioning editor for drama at BBC 4, where he developed British films such as An Education, My Week With Marilyn and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, and TV projects such as Toast and Holy Flying Circus.
See-Saw’s Emile Sherman said in a press release: “Jamie is the perfect fit for our company. As an incredibly experienced film and television executive we are excited by his decision to focus solely on developing and growing our TV business. Increasingly there appears to be no distinction between film and TV talent and hiring Jamie puts us in the best position to take advantage of that.”
Laurenson will start at See-Saw in July.
- 5/3/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Tuesday (April 24) the nominations for its 2012 television awards. British miniseries "Appropriate Adult," which chronicles the real-life serial killer Fred West, leads the way with four nominations.
Other notable nominations include Dame Maggie Smith up for Supporting Actress for her work on "Downton Abbey" - it's the only nomination "Downton" received, after earning two nominations the previous year. "Modern Family" also earned a nomination in the International category.
The full list of nominations:
Leading Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock (BBC One)
Dominic West - Appropriate Adult (ITV)
John Simm - Exile (BBC One)
Joseph Gilgun - This is England '88 (Channel 4)
Leading Actress
Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult (ITV1)
Nadine Marshall - Random (Channel 4)
Romola Garai - The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC Two)
Vicky McClure - This is England '88 (Channel 4)
Supporting Actor
Andrew Scott - Sherlock...
Other notable nominations include Dame Maggie Smith up for Supporting Actress for her work on "Downton Abbey" - it's the only nomination "Downton" received, after earning two nominations the previous year. "Modern Family" also earned a nomination in the International category.
The full list of nominations:
Leading Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock (BBC One)
Dominic West - Appropriate Adult (ITV)
John Simm - Exile (BBC One)
Joseph Gilgun - This is England '88 (Channel 4)
Leading Actress
Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult (ITV1)
Nadine Marshall - Random (Channel 4)
Romola Garai - The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC Two)
Vicky McClure - This is England '88 (Channel 4)
Supporting Actor
Andrew Scott - Sherlock...
- 4/24/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Unlike the Emmys, performers in single drama, mini-series and series are pitted against each other at the BAFTAs. (See BAFTA program contenders report here and explanation of voting process here.) Nominees will be annouced April 30 and the awards are on May 27. Among those men contending for Best Actor bids who starred in one-off dramas are Bill Nighy ("Page Eight"), David Morrissey ("London's Burning"), Matt Smith ("Christopher and his Kind"), David Tennant ("United"), Darren Boyd ("Holy Flying Circus"), Aneurin Barnard ("We'll Take Manhattan"), Ed Stoppard and Ian Hart ("The Man Who Crossed Hitler"). Leading men from mini-series include Dominic West ("Appropriate Adult"), Eddie Redmayne ("Birdsong"), last year's nominee Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock"), Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christopher Eccleston ("The Shadow Line"), Chris O'...
- 4/6/2012
- Gold Derby
‘Holy Flying Circus,’ the upcoming comedy film that re-tells the controversy surrounding Monty Python’s 1979 movie ‘Life of Brian,’ has been selected to kick off cable network Ovation’s “The Best You’ve Never Seen” series. Written by Tony Roche, ‘Holy Flying Circus’ acts as a homage to one of the most original comedy teams in Britain’s television and film history. It adds to the debate about what’s acceptable subject matter for comedy. Director Owen Harris helmed ‘Holy Flying Circus,’ which stars Darren Boyd, Charles Edwards, Roy Marsden and Stephen Fry. Kris Slava, Svp, Programming, Ovation, said ‘Holy Flying Circus’ is a program that features “extraordinary artistic storytelling that will make people [ Read More ]...
- 3/31/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Tyrannosaur
Like Gary Oldman (Nil By Mouth) and Tim Roth (The War Zone) before him, actor Paddy Considine has picked a relentlessly grim and challenging story for his first outing as director. It's the story of a bond that forms between the drunken, volatile Joseph (Peter Mullan) and Hannah (Olivia Colman), a good-natured volunteer at a charity shop who is just as tortured and troubled. Their relationship doesn't provide redemption for either of them but it does give them the impetus they need to break whatever circle of misery they are locked into.
As a director Considine isn't too concerned with framing shots or pacing; his real skill lies in capturing moments of intensity and character. Mullan has played men like Joseph before, but that gives him the strength and lack of ego to tackle a character who is introduced killing his dog (offscreen), and later makes racist comments to shop workers.
Like Gary Oldman (Nil By Mouth) and Tim Roth (The War Zone) before him, actor Paddy Considine has picked a relentlessly grim and challenging story for his first outing as director. It's the story of a bond that forms between the drunken, volatile Joseph (Peter Mullan) and Hannah (Olivia Colman), a good-natured volunteer at a charity shop who is just as tortured and troubled. Their relationship doesn't provide redemption for either of them but it does give them the impetus they need to break whatever circle of misery they are locked into.
As a director Considine isn't too concerned with framing shots or pacing; his real skill lies in capturing moments of intensity and character. Mullan has played men like Joseph before, but that gives him the strength and lack of ego to tackle a character who is introduced killing his dog (offscreen), and later makes racist comments to shop workers.
- 2/4/2012
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
The story behind the making of the film and the religious storm it caused are the subject of Holy Flying Circus
As Brian Cohen, the hapless hero of Monty Python's Life of Brian, finds out, it can be tricky stepping into the shoes of someone worshipped by all. And the fear of not passing muster is on the minds of all six actors cast as Pythons for a BBC comedy drama about the release of the film in 1979.
Holy Flying Circus will tell the story of the making of Life of Brian and the righteous fury that surrounded the release of its satirical take on the gospels. It is the first attempt to dramatise the activities of the sextet who transformed the nature of comedy in this country and produced a British film now critically regarded as one of the very best.
Coming together this summer to play Michael Palin,...
As Brian Cohen, the hapless hero of Monty Python's Life of Brian, finds out, it can be tricky stepping into the shoes of someone worshipped by all. And the fear of not passing muster is on the minds of all six actors cast as Pythons for a BBC comedy drama about the release of the film in 1979.
Holy Flying Circus will tell the story of the making of Life of Brian and the righteous fury that surrounded the release of its satirical take on the gospels. It is the first attempt to dramatise the activities of the sextet who transformed the nature of comedy in this country and produced a British film now critically regarded as one of the very best.
Coming together this summer to play Michael Palin,...
- 8/15/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Jamie Thraves and Aidan Gillen return to the big screen, while the Life of Brian controversy is explored by BBC4 and Martin Scorsese shows his favourites movies at Port Eliot
Thraves thrives
After a decade out of British cinemas, director Jamie Thraves's Treacle Jr (see Philip French's review this week) sees the return of a film-maker much admired for his debut, The Low Down, in 2000. I'm pleased to see that the Irish actor Aidan Gillen has stuck by Thraves, even now that his star has risen after roles in The Wire and Game of Thrones. The pair are now working on another collaboration, a music film, which will combine Gillen's rock-star fantasies with Thraves's skills honed making videos for Radiohead, Coldplay and Dizzee Rascal. Thraves remortgaged his house to make Treacle Jr and shot it for £30,000, composing and playing much of the soundtrack himself. The film is part of...
Thraves thrives
After a decade out of British cinemas, director Jamie Thraves's Treacle Jr (see Philip French's review this week) sees the return of a film-maker much admired for his debut, The Low Down, in 2000. I'm pleased to see that the Irish actor Aidan Gillen has stuck by Thraves, even now that his star has risen after roles in The Wire and Game of Thrones. The pair are now working on another collaboration, a music film, which will combine Gillen's rock-star fantasies with Thraves's skills honed making videos for Radiohead, Coldplay and Dizzee Rascal. Thraves remortgaged his house to make Treacle Jr and shot it for £30,000, composing and playing much of the soundtrack himself. The film is part of...
- 7/18/2011
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
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