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As viewers around the world search for the most gorgeous Regency-inspired outfits and listen to the instrumental covers of Pitbull and Ariana Grande, Bridgerton continues to top all Netflix charts as the most-watched series.
It's easy to see the appeal of a show like this during tough times, but Bridgerton definitely wasn't the first period drama to offer viewers a sweet escape. Here are 8 shows that came before Bridgerton, but got viewers just as excited about traveling a few centuries back in time.
Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
There is no other period drama more popular than Downton Abbey, and for good reason. With seemingly little at stake, the show has managed to keep viewers captivated and intrigued by the affairs of the Crawley family.
Thanks to a brilliant cast and clever writing that balanced the actions of the aristocrats with those of their working-class servants, the show did not become repetitive...
It's easy to see the appeal of a show like this during tough times, but Bridgerton definitely wasn't the first period drama to offer viewers a sweet escape. Here are 8 shows that came before Bridgerton, but got viewers just as excited about traveling a few centuries back in time.
Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
There is no other period drama more popular than Downton Abbey, and for good reason. With seemingly little at stake, the show has managed to keep viewers captivated and intrigued by the affairs of the Crawley family.
Thanks to a brilliant cast and clever writing that balanced the actions of the aristocrats with those of their working-class servants, the show did not become repetitive...
- 6/29/2024
- by [email protected] (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
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Even though many great period TV shows have come out lately, half of them dip into romance in far too much detail for anyone to want to watch. If you're still traumatized by the infamous Bridgerton ladder scene, or just want to spend family night watching a period piece, check out the list below.
These 10 TV series prove that there is a way to present romance, intrigue, humor, and drama in a way that everyone can enjoy.
North and South (2004)
Although this story is romantic, there is a great emphasis on the historical background. The main character, Margaret Hale, is a southerner who is forced to move with her family to a northern city that has already been taken over by the new wave of industrialism. She must adapt to new customs and watch the world change before her eyes.
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
There are no shows quite like Peaky Blinders,...
These 10 TV series prove that there is a way to present romance, intrigue, humor, and drama in a way that everyone can enjoy.
North and South (2004)
Although this story is romantic, there is a great emphasis on the historical background. The main character, Margaret Hale, is a southerner who is forced to move with her family to a northern city that has already been taken over by the new wave of industrialism. She must adapt to new customs and watch the world change before her eyes.
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
There are no shows quite like Peaky Blinders,...
- 5/8/2024
- by [email protected] (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
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Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #357: Masterclass in directing TV with Daredevil, The Witcher...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #357: Masterclass in directing TV with Daredevil, The Witcher...
- 9/18/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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Carl Davis, the composer known for his BAFTA-winning score for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), died of a brain hemorrhage on Thursday. He was 86.
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
- 8/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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On 27th February 2023, Nucleus Films will release the shocking 1970s horror film Dark Places on Blu-ray.
There’S More Than Death Waiting For You In Dark Places
Legendary British stars Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Herbert Lom get together in a grisly tale of hidden loot in a haunted house.
Dr Ian Mandeville and his sister Sarah mean to get their hands on the £200,000 stashed in the derelict Marr’s Grove – only to find that Edward Foster, a stranger to the district, has recently inherited the place. As Edward rapidly succumbs to the influence of the mansion’s long-dead owners, madness and bloody murder ensue…
Directed by Don Sharp, this long-awaited UK Blu-ray premiere has been remastered from original vault elements and is packed with bonus features.
Also starring Jane Birkin, Robert Hardy and Jean Marsh…
Dare you enter Marr’s Grove and encounter the evil lurking within?
Special Features:...
There’S More Than Death Waiting For You In Dark Places
Legendary British stars Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Herbert Lom get together in a grisly tale of hidden loot in a haunted house.
Dr Ian Mandeville and his sister Sarah mean to get their hands on the £200,000 stashed in the derelict Marr’s Grove – only to find that Edward Foster, a stranger to the district, has recently inherited the place. As Edward rapidly succumbs to the influence of the mansion’s long-dead owners, madness and bloody murder ensue…
Directed by Don Sharp, this long-awaited UK Blu-ray premiere has been remastered from original vault elements and is packed with bonus features.
Also starring Jane Birkin, Robert Hardy and Jean Marsh…
Dare you enter Marr’s Grove and encounter the evil lurking within?
Special Features:...
- 2/18/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
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History was made when the 2022 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced, as Chadwick Boseman (“What If…?”) and Jessica Walter (“Archer”) became the first pair of direct competitors to be recognized posthumously. They are both up for the Best Character Voice-Over Performance prize after having passed away in August 2020 and March 2021, respectively.
Walter is now the only performer to ever receive two post-death Emmy bids, having just contended in the same category last summer. Now including Boseman, the list of departed acting Emmy nominees consists of 26 entrants, four of whom were honored with wins.
The first actor to be nominated for and win an Emmy posthumously was Alice Pearce, who was awarded the Best Comedy Supporting Actress trophy for “Bewitched” two months after her death in 1966. The other three champs, all of whom triumphed for TV movie performances, are supporting players David Burns and Diana Hyland and lead Raul Julia.
Two more...
Walter is now the only performer to ever receive two post-death Emmy bids, having just contended in the same category last summer. Now including Boseman, the list of departed acting Emmy nominees consists of 26 entrants, four of whom were honored with wins.
The first actor to be nominated for and win an Emmy posthumously was Alice Pearce, who was awarded the Best Comedy Supporting Actress trophy for “Bewitched” two months after her death in 1966. The other three champs, all of whom triumphed for TV movie performances, are supporting players David Burns and Diana Hyland and lead Raul Julia.
Two more...
- 7/14/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
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“Succession” led all programs when the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, July 12. It received 25 nominations including Best Drama Series. That’s more nominations than the show received for its first and second seasons combined. But that’s not the only noteworthy program achievement from the list of nominations.
SEE30 biggest Emmy nomination surprises: ‘Pam and Tommy,’ Sarah Paulson, ‘White Lotus’ windfall … “Succession” sets record for the most acting nominations in a single year
The HBO corporate drama isn’t just the most nominated show. A remarkable 14 of the nominations it got are for acting — that’s well over half the show’s total haul. It’s also a record for the most acting nominations any show has received in a single year.
“Squid Game” makes history for international TV
This isn’t the first time a show has crossed over to the Emmys from overseas.
SEE30 biggest Emmy nomination surprises: ‘Pam and Tommy,’ Sarah Paulson, ‘White Lotus’ windfall … “Succession” sets record for the most acting nominations in a single year
The HBO corporate drama isn’t just the most nominated show. A remarkable 14 of the nominations it got are for acting — that’s well over half the show’s total haul. It’s also a record for the most acting nominations any show has received in a single year.
“Squid Game” makes history for international TV
This isn’t the first time a show has crossed over to the Emmys from overseas.
- 7/12/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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Tuppence Middleton, star of Fisherman’s Friends, Downton Abbey and Sense8, discusses some of her most memorable scenes.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Current War (2017)
Cinema Paradiso (1991)
Downton Abbey (2019)
Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
My Life as a Courgette a.k.a. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
13 Tzameti (2005)
13 (2010)
In Absentia (2000)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Skeletons (2010)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Alien (1979)
Festen a.k.a. The Celebration (1998)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Der Samurai (2014)
Under The Skin (2013)
Strasbourg 1518 (2020)
The Fall (2019)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Throne of Blood (1957)
High and Low (1963)
Godzilla (1954)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Possession (1981)
G.I. Blues (1960)
King Creole (1958)
Léolo (1992)
Other Notable Items
War and Peace miniseries (2016)
Giuseppe Tornatore
The Crown TV series (2016- )
Masterpiece Theatre TV series (1971- )
Upstairs Downstairs TV series (1971-1975)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Current War (2017)
Cinema Paradiso (1991)
Downton Abbey (2019)
Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
My Life as a Courgette a.k.a. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
13 Tzameti (2005)
13 (2010)
In Absentia (2000)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Skeletons (2010)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Alien (1979)
Festen a.k.a. The Celebration (1998)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Der Samurai (2014)
Under The Skin (2013)
Strasbourg 1518 (2020)
The Fall (2019)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Throne of Blood (1957)
High and Low (1963)
Godzilla (1954)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Possession (1981)
G.I. Blues (1960)
King Creole (1958)
Léolo (1992)
Other Notable Items
War and Peace miniseries (2016)
Giuseppe Tornatore
The Crown TV series (2016- )
Masterpiece Theatre TV series (1971- )
Upstairs Downstairs TV series (1971-1975)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus...
- 7/28/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Ah yes, we have a winner for the best ‘Comfort Food Movie’ of them all. When a trailer for this show popped up at a screening of The Farewell back in August, I heard gasps of excitement from the (slightly older-skewing) audience, as if everyone’s favorite relatives were coming back to town. Loyal fans of the massively popular TV series will be delighted: if you enjoyed it week by week or streaming, you’re going to love this ‘one more time’ get-together with the elegant Crawleys and their engaging domestic staff.
Downton Abbey
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2019 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date December 17, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Imelda Staunton, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Alice McCarthy, Geraldine James, Mark Addy, Raquel Cassidy, Robert James-Collier, Phyllis Logan,...
Downton Abbey
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2019 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date December 17, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Imelda Staunton, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Alice McCarthy, Geraldine James, Mark Addy, Raquel Cassidy, Robert James-Collier, Phyllis Logan,...
- 12/14/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
1984: Guiding Light's Nola gave birth.
1986: Dynasty's Alexis took over Blake's possessions and he was not happy.
1999: Another World's Alli faced a ticking time bomb.
1999: Susan Lucci finally won her for Daytime Emmy Award."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1964: On Another World, Jim (Leon Janney) convinced Russ (Joey Trent) to attend summer school.
1971: The first episode of Upstairs Downstairs was re-recorded in color after the original recording, which was in black and white, was lost.
1981: On Texas, Joe Foster...
1986: Dynasty's Alexis took over Blake's possessions and he was not happy.
1999: Another World's Alli faced a ticking time bomb.
1999: Susan Lucci finally won her for Daytime Emmy Award."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1964: On Another World, Jim (Leon Janney) convinced Russ (Joey Trent) to attend summer school.
1971: The first episode of Upstairs Downstairs was re-recorded in color after the original recording, which was in black and white, was lost.
1981: On Texas, Joe Foster...
- 5/23/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
PBS’s Masterpiece has launched a campaign to raise $20M for a Masterpiece 50th Anniversary Fund in 2020. The fund has landed a lead gift of $5M from Darlene Marcos Shiley, chair of the Shiley Foundation, longtime public media supporter and the first face an average of 13 million Americans saw when they tuned in to Downton Abbey and caught that 10-second introductory spot.
The $5M gift is the largest to date to the Masterpiece Trust, an initiative that launched in 2011 to reach out to individual donors and families after the iconic franchise lost its main sponsor Exxon Mobil in 2004.
Producing station Wgbh said the Masterpiece Trust 50th Anniversary Challenge Fund is established in honor of “five decades of beloved programming,” including the Upstairs Downstairs, The Forsyte Saga and Prime Suspect and recent hits Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and Victoria, and to further the legacy of the series that also is by far...
The $5M gift is the largest to date to the Masterpiece Trust, an initiative that launched in 2011 to reach out to individual donors and families after the iconic franchise lost its main sponsor Exxon Mobil in 2004.
Producing station Wgbh said the Masterpiece Trust 50th Anniversary Challenge Fund is established in honor of “five decades of beloved programming,” including the Upstairs Downstairs, The Forsyte Saga and Prime Suspect and recent hits Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and Victoria, and to further the legacy of the series that also is by far...
- 1/31/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Claire Foy won the lead drama actress Emmy for “The Crown” at the 70th annual awards and paid homage to the next season of the series.
“The show goes on, which makes me so, so proud. I dedicate this to the next cast, the next generation, and I also dedicate it to Matt Smith,” Foy said, referencing the actor who played Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Phillip.
Foy was nominated last year for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix’s royal family drama as well, but then she lost to “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss. This year was Foy’s last time eligible in the category for the role, as the show’s third season is jumping forward in time and will see a new actress (Olivia Colman) embody the character.
Foy not only beat Moss this time, but also Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”), Sandra Oh...
“The show goes on, which makes me so, so proud. I dedicate this to the next cast, the next generation, and I also dedicate it to Matt Smith,” Foy said, referencing the actor who played Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Phillip.
Foy was nominated last year for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix’s royal family drama as well, but then she lost to “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss. This year was Foy’s last time eligible in the category for the role, as the show’s third season is jumping forward in time and will see a new actress (Olivia Colman) embody the character.
Foy not only beat Moss this time, but also Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”), Sandra Oh...
- 9/18/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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In the last shot of Alfred Hitchcock’s final (and underrated) “Family Plot,” impostor-psychic-turned-kidnapper Barbara Harris looks straight at the camera and winks. It was only time in Hitchcock’s career that he broke down the fourth wall, and the gesture felt like his goodbye to his fans.
Harris died August 21 at 83 of lung cancer. Her notable roles included “A Thousand Clowns,” “Nashville,” “The Seduction of Joe Tynan,” and a supporting actor Oscar nomination for “Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?” But for Hitchcock fans, her death reminds us that 42 years have passed since the master’s last film, and fewer of his actors are still alive.
It’s nearly impossible to track every actor who appeared in his work. (Anyone from Hitchcock’s early British films would have had to be a very small child.) However, there are still a number...
Harris died August 21 at 83 of lung cancer. Her notable roles included “A Thousand Clowns,” “Nashville,” “The Seduction of Joe Tynan,” and a supporting actor Oscar nomination for “Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?” But for Hitchcock fans, her death reminds us that 42 years have passed since the master’s last film, and fewer of his actors are still alive.
It’s nearly impossible to track every actor who appeared in his work. (Anyone from Hitchcock’s early British films would have had to be a very small child.) However, there are still a number...
- 8/22/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
1984: Guiding Light's Nola gave birth. 1986: Dynasty's Alexis
took over Blake's possessions and he was not happy.
1999: Another World's Alli faced a ticking time bomb.
1999: Susan Lucci finally won her for Daytime Emmy Award."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1964: On Another World, Jim (Leon Janney) convinced Russ (Joey Trent) to attend summer school.
1971: The first episode of Upstairs Downstairs was re-recorded in color after the original recording,...
took over Blake's possessions and he was not happy.
1999: Another World's Alli faced a ticking time bomb.
1999: Susan Lucci finally won her for Daytime Emmy Award."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1964: On Another World, Jim (Leon Janney) convinced Russ (Joey Trent) to attend summer school.
1971: The first episode of Upstairs Downstairs was re-recorded in color after the original recording,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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Natalie Dormer took an onscreen hiatus following her Summer 2016 “Game of Thrones” exit. Next month, however, she stars in both Amazon’s limited series “Picnic at Hanging Rock” and a film that marks her first foray into screenwriting.
“In Darkness” will introduce audiences to Dormer’s Sofia, a blind London pianist and the accidental eavesdropper on her upstairs neighbor’s (Emily Ratajkowski of “Gone Girl”) murder. Law enforcement first deems Veronique’s death a suicide, but at least one investigator has his doubts. The trailer opens with Sofia answering his questions, and a flashback confirms that Veronique — the daughter of an alleged war criminal — knew she was in trouble: She slipped Sofia what appears to be a key during an elevator ride.
Soon the criminals realize they must stop Sofia from revealing what she knows. During their hunt, Sofia’s anxiety of being unable to identify her foes increases from...
“In Darkness” will introduce audiences to Dormer’s Sofia, a blind London pianist and the accidental eavesdropper on her upstairs neighbor’s (Emily Ratajkowski of “Gone Girl”) murder. Law enforcement first deems Veronique’s death a suicide, but at least one investigator has his doubts. The trailer opens with Sofia answering his questions, and a flashback confirms that Veronique — the daughter of an alleged war criminal — knew she was in trouble: She slipped Sofia what appears to be a key during an elevator ride.
Soon the criminals realize they must stop Sofia from revealing what she knows. During their hunt, Sofia’s anxiety of being unable to identify her foes increases from...
- 4/13/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Composer Stephen Endelman has acquired the rights to the iconic 1970s ITV drama Upstairs Downstairs. The show, the precursor to Downton Abbey that aired for more than ten years, is being revived as a stage musical.
- 9/13/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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Do not buy into the idea that Netflix’s “The Crown” is just another dowdy “Upstairs Downstairs” period fantasy for tea-drinking “Downton Abbey”-loving Anglophiles. The most expensive series ever made brings the English royal family to vivid life, from building a life-size replica of Buckingham Palace, to designing a $35,000 wedding dres, to finding a series of vintage coupes.
Emmy voters showered the show with 13 nominations, including Oscar-nominated showrunner Peter Morgan, director Stephen Daldry, and star Claire Foy, supporting actress Vanessa Kirby, and supporting actor John Lithgow. Last week, BAFTA laid five television award nominations on the series as well.
Season 2, which takes place 1956-1964 and has an even bigger budget, will air later this year. In the meantime, here’s why “The Crown” could win the competitive Emmy race for drama series against “Stranger Things,” “This is Us,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” among other fierce competitors.
1. It starts...
Emmy voters showered the show with 13 nominations, including Oscar-nominated showrunner Peter Morgan, director Stephen Daldry, and star Claire Foy, supporting actress Vanessa Kirby, and supporting actor John Lithgow. Last week, BAFTA laid five television award nominations on the series as well.
Season 2, which takes place 1956-1964 and has an even bigger budget, will air later this year. In the meantime, here’s why “The Crown” could win the competitive Emmy race for drama series against “Stranger Things,” “This is Us,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” among other fierce competitors.
1. It starts...
- 7/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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Do not buy into the idea that Netflix’s “The Crown” is just another dowdy “Upstairs Downstairs” period fantasy for tea-drinking “Downton Abbey”-loving Anglophiles. The most expensive series ever made brings the English royal family to vivid life, from building a life-size replica of Buckingham Palace, to designing a $35,000 wedding dres, to finding a series of vintage coupes.
Emmy voters showered the show with 13 nominations, including Oscar-nominated showrunner Peter Morgan, director Stephen Daldry, and star Claire Foy, supporting actress Vanessa Kirby, and supporting actor John Lithgow. Last week, BAFTA laid five television award nominations on the series as well.
Season 2, which takes place 1956-1964 and has an even bigger budget, will air later this year. In the meantime, here’s why “The Crown” could win the competitive Emmy race for drama series against “Stranger Things,” “This is Us,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” among other fierce competitors.
1. It starts...
Emmy voters showered the show with 13 nominations, including Oscar-nominated showrunner Peter Morgan, director Stephen Daldry, and star Claire Foy, supporting actress Vanessa Kirby, and supporting actor John Lithgow. Last week, BAFTA laid five television award nominations on the series as well.
Season 2, which takes place 1956-1964 and has an even bigger budget, will air later this year. In the meantime, here’s why “The Crown” could win the competitive Emmy race for drama series against “Stranger Things,” “This is Us,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” among other fierce competitors.
1. It starts...
- 7/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
ITV is closing The London Studios at South Bank as part of a redevelopment of the site as its headquarters. The studio has been home to such programs as Upstairs Downstairs and, more recently, Ant & Dec’s Satruday Night Takeaway and The Graham Norton Show. In an email to staff that was seen by The Guardian, ITV boss Adam Crozier wrote, "We've given very careful consideration to what our plans mean for the London Studios, which would require significant investment to…...
- 2/22/2017
- Deadline TV
ITV is closing The London Studios at South Bank as part of a redevelopment of the site as its headquarters. The studio has been home to such programs as Upstairs Downstairs and, more recently, Ant & Dec’s Satruday Night Takeaway and The Graham Norton Show. In an email to staff that was seen by The Guardian, ITV boss Adam Crozier wrote, "We've given very careful consideration to what our plans mean for the London Studios, which would require significant investment to…...
- 2/22/2017
- Deadline
If you were to ask me if I had a favorite character among all the heroic fantasy teevee shows and movies over the past five years, and damnit I wish you would, I would immediately respond “River Song.”
For those who came in late, here’s the mandatory Journalism 101 background:
River Song is an ongoing but breathtakingly occasional character in Doctor Who. A remarkably capable, strong and intelligent archaeologist/con artist/warrior-protector with a great sense of humor and about 92% of all the sexuality ever expressed in the 54-year history of the program, she has been, is, and/or will be married to the Doctor – it’s time travel, Mr. Gittes – and that poses all sorts of thrilling opportunities. It also begs the issue of “until regeneration do us part.” She’s kind of a partial Time Lord, having absorbed some of the Doctor’s DNA while being conceived in the Tardis.
For those who came in late, here’s the mandatory Journalism 101 background:
River Song is an ongoing but breathtakingly occasional character in Doctor Who. A remarkably capable, strong and intelligent archaeologist/con artist/warrior-protector with a great sense of humor and about 92% of all the sexuality ever expressed in the 54-year history of the program, she has been, is, and/or will be married to the Doctor – it’s time travel, Mr. Gittes – and that poses all sorts of thrilling opportunities. It also begs the issue of “until regeneration do us part.” She’s kind of a partial Time Lord, having absorbed some of the Doctor’s DNA while being conceived in the Tardis.
- 1/11/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Author: Jon Lyus
“I feel least qualified to go and do a period drama for the BBC,” says Tom Hardy during our interview sessions early last December for his new eight part drama Taboo.
The show airs its first episode tomorrow night on BBC One and charts the return of James Delaney, described by the actor as a “perverse renaissance man”, to London from his adventures in Africa upon the death of his Father.
He is a man with guilty secrets, and one who gives no quarter to the hostility he encounters from his family and the institutions which seek to hold him to order. As viewers will see tonight the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has been recreated in all its gory, dirty glory. This is a bleak beginning to a story that has an even darker path to tread in future weeks.
We sat down with Hardy and...
“I feel least qualified to go and do a period drama for the BBC,” says Tom Hardy during our interview sessions early last December for his new eight part drama Taboo.
The show airs its first episode tomorrow night on BBC One and charts the return of James Delaney, described by the actor as a “perverse renaissance man”, to London from his adventures in Africa upon the death of his Father.
He is a man with guilty secrets, and one who gives no quarter to the hostility he encounters from his family and the institutions which seek to hold him to order. As viewers will see tonight the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has been recreated in all its gory, dirty glory. This is a bleak beginning to a story that has an even darker path to tread in future weeks.
We sat down with Hardy and...
- 1/6/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lucas Hazlett, a participant in CBS’ 2016 Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase, is set to write and topline Outnumbered, a semi-autobiographical hybrid comedy for CBS. It is one of three projects sold to the network by Oscar-winning American Beauty producer Dan Jinks, along with cop drama Crusader, written by NCIS: New Orleans executive producer Chris Silber, and the Upstairs Downstairs-themed single-camera comedy Rich Folks penned by The Simpsons supervising producer Ryan…...
- 10/28/2016
- Deadline TV
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Buffy, Doctor Who, Star Trek and more have all devoted episodes to members of their supporting cast...
Over an extended run, some television shows give off the impression that all life in their universe revolves around a small number of characters, but if they run long enough, writers and producers will invariably have to look elsewhere every once in a whle. Maybe on another day to every other episode, when the forces of evil rally and all seems lost, the good guys are... otherwise occupied, leaving someone else to pick up the slack.
As a dramatic convention in pop culture, foregrounding minor characters dates at least as far back as Tom Stoppard's 1966 play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, which takes place “in the wings” of Shakespeare's Hamlet as the two minor characters have little comprehension of the tragic events going on concurrently. But over the years, geek...
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Buffy, Doctor Who, Star Trek and more have all devoted episodes to members of their supporting cast...
Over an extended run, some television shows give off the impression that all life in their universe revolves around a small number of characters, but if they run long enough, writers and producers will invariably have to look elsewhere every once in a whle. Maybe on another day to every other episode, when the forces of evil rally and all seems lost, the good guys are... otherwise occupied, leaving someone else to pick up the slack.
As a dramatic convention in pop culture, foregrounding minor characters dates at least as far back as Tom Stoppard's 1966 play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, which takes place “in the wings” of Shakespeare's Hamlet as the two minor characters have little comprehension of the tragic events going on concurrently. But over the years, geek...
- 4/27/2016
- Den of Geek
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After six seasons, PBS Masterpiece's beloved British series about aristocrats and servants has rolled to a gentle, satisfying close. In the final episode, Robert, Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), finally gave up complaining that this or that setback at Downton represented the twilight of the gentry. Everyone, upstairs and down, seemed to agree instead to pretend they were basking in an eternal, sentimental gloaming. Even long-suffering Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) walked down the aisle, although her escort into the future will be a twit.
Life wound up "happy enough," said Lady Violet (Dame Maggie Smith), "which is the English version of a happy ending.
Life wound up "happy enough," said Lady Violet (Dame Maggie Smith), "which is the English version of a happy ending.
- 3/7/2016
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- People.com - TV Watch
Sarah O’Brien, Lady’s Maid to the Countess of Grantham, talking about Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (Siobhan Finneran): I’d like to giver her the old heave-ho – in a dark alley somewhere.”
Lady Sybil Crawley (Jessica Brown Findlay): No one ever learned anything from a governess except for French, and how to curtsy.
Charles Carlson, Butler (Jim Carter): We may have to have a maid in the dining room.
Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville): Cheer up, Carson. There are worse things happening in the world.
Carson: Not worse than a maid serving a duke.
Mary Crawley, eldest daughter (Michelle Dockery): Our dentist is horrid
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith): What’s a weekend?
I’ve been binging on Downtown Abbey the past couple of weeks in preparation for the show’s sixth and final season, which...
Lady Sybil Crawley (Jessica Brown Findlay): No one ever learned anything from a governess except for French, and how to curtsy.
Charles Carlson, Butler (Jim Carter): We may have to have a maid in the dining room.
Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville): Cheer up, Carson. There are worse things happening in the world.
Carson: Not worse than a maid serving a duke.
Mary Crawley, eldest daughter (Michelle Dockery): Our dentist is horrid
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith): What’s a weekend?
I’ve been binging on Downtown Abbey the past couple of weeks in preparation for the show’s sixth and final season, which...
- 1/4/2016
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
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Exclusive: to celebrate the release of the ITV60 DVD box set, here's a previously unreleased clip from classic children's show Rainbow...
Forget Marco Polo and The Power Of The Daleks, the true geek treasure at the end of the search for missing classic TV episodes is here. And it features Bungle.
Specifically, the main Bungle, Stanley Bates, joined by Roy Skelton voicing Geoffrey's fellow wards, Zippy and George.
The clip below originated in a Boxing Day Rainbow special, and using our Bungle-senses, we've provisionally placed as coming from 1975 episode, Christmas Party.
The episode has since lain unreleased until Network dusted it off and included it among 59 episodes from other of ITV's classic fare on a DVD box set celebrating the broadcaster's 60th birthday.
You'll notice that Rod, Jane and Freddy are in fact, Rod, Jane and Matt in this one - 'Matt' being Matthew Corbett, who left...
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Exclusive: to celebrate the release of the ITV60 DVD box set, here's a previously unreleased clip from classic children's show Rainbow...
Forget Marco Polo and The Power Of The Daleks, the true geek treasure at the end of the search for missing classic TV episodes is here. And it features Bungle.
Specifically, the main Bungle, Stanley Bates, joined by Roy Skelton voicing Geoffrey's fellow wards, Zippy and George.
The clip below originated in a Boxing Day Rainbow special, and using our Bungle-senses, we've provisionally placed as coming from 1975 episode, Christmas Party.
The episode has since lain unreleased until Network dusted it off and included it among 59 episodes from other of ITV's classic fare on a DVD box set celebrating the broadcaster's 60th birthday.
You'll notice that Rod, Jane and Freddy are in fact, Rod, Jane and Matt in this one - 'Matt' being Matthew Corbett, who left...
- 10/15/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Downton Abbey may be coming to an end at Christmas, but that doesn't mean it won't ever come back.
Executive producer Gareth Neame has spoken of the chances of future generations being able to make a new version in some form in several decades time, in a similar fashion to Poldark or Poirot.
6 spoiler-free teasers for Downton Abbey's series 6 premiere
"It definitely is the end of the television show... It suddenly occurred to me that in 30 years' time somebody could [bring it back]," he said at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
"There's nothing to stop a whole other generation of people when we've all retired. It'll be whoever owns NBC Universal at that point could say: 'Well, we own this property. We made it 40 years ago and let's set it on another planet or something'."
He added: "It's over, the television show will finish at the end of next season. I know...
Executive producer Gareth Neame has spoken of the chances of future generations being able to make a new version in some form in several decades time, in a similar fashion to Poldark or Poirot.
6 spoiler-free teasers for Downton Abbey's series 6 premiere
"It definitely is the end of the television show... It suddenly occurred to me that in 30 years' time somebody could [bring it back]," he said at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
"There's nothing to stop a whole other generation of people when we've all retired. It'll be whoever owns NBC Universal at that point could say: 'Well, we own this property. We made it 40 years ago and let's set it on another planet or something'."
He added: "It's over, the television show will finish at the end of next season. I know...
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
Keeley Hawes will lead the cast of ITV's latest period drama, and as a bonus she'll get to travel to Corfu.
The Durrells will be a six-part series set in 1935, and is based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of memoirs, including My Family and Other Animals.
Legendary actress and dancer Leslie Caron will also star in the series, along with popular Greek actor Alexis Georgoulis.
The series focuses on Louisa Durrell (Hawes), whose husband died years before and his money has almost run out. Her four children Larry (Josh O'Connor), Leslie (Callum Woodhouse), Margo (Daisy Waterstone) and Gerry (Milo Parker) are running riot and making life very difficult.
Louisa decides to escape from Britain for a new adventure in Corfu, taking her family with her. Georgoulis will play the dependable Spiro Halkiopoulos, while Caron will appear as Countess Mavrodaki, who hires Margo as her companion.
Yorgos Karamihos will play local...
The Durrells will be a six-part series set in 1935, and is based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of memoirs, including My Family and Other Animals.
Legendary actress and dancer Leslie Caron will also star in the series, along with popular Greek actor Alexis Georgoulis.
The series focuses on Louisa Durrell (Hawes), whose husband died years before and his money has almost run out. Her four children Larry (Josh O'Connor), Leslie (Callum Woodhouse), Margo (Daisy Waterstone) and Gerry (Milo Parker) are running riot and making life very difficult.
Louisa decides to escape from Britain for a new adventure in Corfu, taking her family with her. Georgoulis will play the dependable Spiro Halkiopoulos, while Caron will appear as Countess Mavrodaki, who hires Margo as her companion.
Yorgos Karamihos will play local...
- 8/18/2015
- Digital Spy
All good TV shows eventually end. Sometimes too soon (HBO’s Rome, FX’s Legit) and sometimes they stick around longer than they should.PBS’s “Downton Abbey” was one of those boomerang series that caught up multi-generations, cultures and ethnicities with its central themes of class, gender, and familial politics. The acting elevated this “Upstairs Downstairs” like drama into one where each character had a faceted and complex back-story, as we rooted for our favorites. Now the Downton phenomenon is ending. Few shows have achieved their status of quality and addictiveness for such a large audience. Yesterday showrunner Gareth Neame spoke to reporters […]...
- 3/27/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The world of Doctor Who has changed greatly in the space of just 10 years. The cast and crew have almost completely been replaced since 2005, including a number of new actors to play the errant Time Lord and his companions.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
- 3/24/2015
- Digital Spy
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Where’s Charlton Heston when we need him? In this week’s Grey’s Anatomy, an earthquake turned Grey Sloan into a Yahtzee shaker, and wouldn’t ya know it? What it rolled was trauma, drama, a possible new couple and an aftershock that came all the way from D.C.
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Phoning It In | Shortly after the quake hit in “I Feel the Earth Move,” Owen answered what he expected to be a routine phone call but turned out to be Ruby, an 11-year-old...
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Phoning It In | Shortly after the quake hit in “I Feel the Earth Move,” Owen answered what he expected to be a routine phone call but turned out to be Ruby, an 11-year-old...
- 3/13/2015
- TVLine.com
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J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy could not be further away in theme from Harry Potter, but diehard fans of the famed book series will appreciate the upcoming television adaption's main star – the actor who plays Dumbledore, Michael Gambon.
The first trailer for J.K. Rowling's inaugural foray into TV has arrived, and it offers a glimpse into the small English town of Pagford, where the series is set.
Seemingly idyllic on the surface, "Everyone's got skeletons rattling in their cupboards," a voiceover intones.
"Behind the pretty facade," reads the show's official description, "is a town at war: rich at war with poor,...
The first trailer for J.K. Rowling's inaugural foray into TV has arrived, and it offers a glimpse into the small English town of Pagford, where the series is set.
Seemingly idyllic on the surface, "Everyone's got skeletons rattling in their cupboards," a voiceover intones.
"Behind the pretty facade," reads the show's official description, "is a town at war: rich at war with poor,...
- 2/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
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J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy could not be further away in theme from Harry Potter, but diehard fans of the famed book series will appreciate the upcoming television adaption's main star - the actor who plays Dumbledore, Michael Gambon. The first trailer for J.K. Rowling's inaugural foray into TV has arrived, and it offers a glimpse into the small English town of Pagford, where the series is set. Seemingly idyllic on the surface, "Everyone's got skeletons rattling in their cupboards," a voiceover intones."Behind the pretty facade," reads the show's official description, "is a town at war: rich at war with poor,...
- 2/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Fury"
David Ayer's WWII action/drama boasts an all-star cast that includes Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, and Logan Lerman as members of a tank crew headed right into Nazi territory. Definitely for fans of gruesome war movies, so if that doesn't whet your whistle, keep on rolling.
"The Book of Life"
Guillermo del Toro produced this animated family film inspired by Mexican folkore. Although it got mixed reviews from critics, the animation alone makes it worth a look. And, hey, don't you need a break from "Frozen"?
"Downton Abbey: Season 5"
If you haven't caught up to all the "Upstairs Downstairs"-style drama in this PBS series, well, now's your chance. If you're just a diehard collector, the three-disc Blu-ray comes with 40 minutes of supplemental material.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Fury"
David Ayer's WWII action/drama boasts an all-star cast that includes Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, and Logan Lerman as members of a tank crew headed right into Nazi territory. Definitely for fans of gruesome war movies, so if that doesn't whet your whistle, keep on rolling.
"The Book of Life"
Guillermo del Toro produced this animated family film inspired by Mexican folkore. Although it got mixed reviews from critics, the animation alone makes it worth a look. And, hey, don't you need a break from "Frozen"?
"Downton Abbey: Season 5"
If you haven't caught up to all the "Upstairs Downstairs"-style drama in this PBS series, well, now's your chance. If you're just a diehard collector, the three-disc Blu-ray comes with 40 minutes of supplemental material.
- 1/26/2015
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
The lovable East Anglian rogue returns for another go-around in Acorn Media’s latest DVD release: Lovejoy series 4. Starring Deadwood’s Ian McShane, the series is centered around a slippery antiques dealer who occupies a moral grey zone and struggles to stay on the right side of the law.
As ever, Lovejoy is closely followed by his loyal sidekicks: the dim-witted Eric, and the “barker” Tinker Dill. Also returning this series is Lovejoy’s nemesis, Charlie Gimbert (Malcolm Tierney). Gimbert is to Lovejoy as that French chap was to Indiana Jones. Let’s just say that when grown men are fighting over antiques, there’s no such such thing as foul play!
The artefacts in this show are rather more exciting than the knick-knacks people wheel out at the Antiques Roadshow. In season 4, Lovejoy gets his hands on a commode that reportedly once belonged to Napoleon. He discovers a Billiards...
As ever, Lovejoy is closely followed by his loyal sidekicks: the dim-witted Eric, and the “barker” Tinker Dill. Also returning this series is Lovejoy’s nemesis, Charlie Gimbert (Malcolm Tierney). Gimbert is to Lovejoy as that French chap was to Indiana Jones. Let’s just say that when grown men are fighting over antiques, there’s no such such thing as foul play!
The artefacts in this show are rather more exciting than the knick-knacks people wheel out at the Antiques Roadshow. In season 4, Lovejoy gets his hands on a commode that reportedly once belonged to Napoleon. He discovers a Billiards...
- 1/16/2015
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Ian Ogilvy in his latest film, "We Still Kill the Old Way", now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Ian Ogilvy: Saints, Sorcerers and Secret Agents
Cinema Retro's Mark Mawston recently caught up with the legendary Ian Ogilvy to discuss projects past and present.
Mark Mawston: Ian, your film career began in the mid 60’s with The She Beast, directed by Michael Reeves. You had a great relationship with him. How did that come about?
Ian Ogilvy: Well, when we were 15 years old we made a couple of amateur movies together after we were introduced by a mutual friend and we became great friends. I used to stay at his mother’s house with him in Norfolk and over two years we made these two little amateur movies. I then lost contact with him as I went off and did different things like attending drama school and he went...
Ian Ogilvy: Saints, Sorcerers and Secret Agents
Cinema Retro's Mark Mawston recently caught up with the legendary Ian Ogilvy to discuss projects past and present.
Mark Mawston: Ian, your film career began in the mid 60’s with The She Beast, directed by Michael Reeves. You had a great relationship with him. How did that come about?
Ian Ogilvy: Well, when we were 15 years old we made a couple of amateur movies together after we were introduced by a mutual friend and we became great friends. I used to stay at his mother’s house with him in Norfolk and over two years we made these two little amateur movies. I then lost contact with him as I went off and did different things like attending drama school and he went...
- 1/15/2015
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
We pay tribute to Brian Clemens, a screenwriter and producer whose work lit up 1970s cult TV and beyond...
Brian Clemens, who died earlier this week aged 83, was a highly respected screenwriter and producer both for TV and Film. He will chiefly be remembered for his work on The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals but his credits were numerous and encapsulated a real golden age of cult, escapist television from the 1950s onwards.
Clemens was born in Croydon in July 1931. He spent his National Service as a Weapons Training Instructor. After spending time as a copywriter, he established himself as a scriptwriter - sometimes using the pseudonym "Tony O'Grady" - O'Grady being his mother's maiden name. He received his first commission from the BBC at the age of 24 - a thriller called Valid For Single Journey Only. He went on to write for many of the big TV...
Brian Clemens, who died earlier this week aged 83, was a highly respected screenwriter and producer both for TV and Film. He will chiefly be remembered for his work on The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals but his credits were numerous and encapsulated a real golden age of cult, escapist television from the 1950s onwards.
Clemens was born in Croydon in July 1931. He spent his National Service as a Weapons Training Instructor. After spending time as a copywriter, he established himself as a scriptwriter - sometimes using the pseudonym "Tony O'Grady" - O'Grady being his mother's maiden name. He received his first commission from the BBC at the age of 24 - a thriller called Valid For Single Journey Only. He went on to write for many of the big TV...
- 1/14/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Hilary Mantel’s Booker-Prize winning noels Wolf Hall, and Bring up the Bodies are coming to the small screen in a new adaptation produced by BBC2 and PBS Masterpiece. The novels and the screenplays are set in the court of King Henry VIII and focused on the machiavellian Thomas Cromwell. Mark Rylance portrays Cromwell while Homeland’s Damian Lewis plays the oft-married monarch. Clare Foy (Upstairs Downstairs) appears as the scheming but ill-fated Anne Boleyn.
Author Mantel was suitably impressed with the TV version of her stories as she explained in a recent press briefing.
“The spirit of the books has been extraordinarily well preserved. The storytelling is fast and fluid, the characters compelling, the tone fits that of the novels. Mark Rylance gives a mesmeric performance as Cromwell, its effect building through the series.”
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Author Mantel was suitably impressed with the TV version of her stories as she explained in a recent press briefing.
“The spirit of the books has been extraordinarily well preserved. The storytelling is fast and fluid, the characters compelling, the tone fits that of the novels. Mark Rylance gives a mesmeric performance as Cromwell, its effect building through the series.”
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- 1/3/2015
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Claire Foy is the frontrunner to play a young Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's ambitious $100 million series The Crown.
Following the story of the British monarch and her various relationships with prime ministers in the post-war era, the show will be released on the streaming site in 2016.
According to Deadline, Foy is being lined up to play a young version of the Queen.
The actress's most famous projects include White Heat, Little Dorrit and Upstairs Downstairs. She has also recently filmed the role of Anne Boleyn in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.
The Crown is inspired by the award-winning West End play The Audience and follows "the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world - Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street".
It will also explore "the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th...
Following the story of the British monarch and her various relationships with prime ministers in the post-war era, the show will be released on the streaming site in 2016.
According to Deadline, Foy is being lined up to play a young version of the Queen.
The actress's most famous projects include White Heat, Little Dorrit and Upstairs Downstairs. She has also recently filmed the role of Anne Boleyn in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.
The Crown is inspired by the award-winning West End play The Audience and follows "the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world - Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street".
It will also explore "the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th...
- 11/13/2014
- Digital Spy
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As we toast to the end of the 30 Days of Binge calendar, we also reach the end of Lost. While the finale was divisive among Lost fans when it aired almost four years ago, it’s also the last time anyone will ever see all these island-dwelling fools in one pew/place. (This reference will make much more sense after viewing the finale.)
We also start the first season of Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starring Andy Samberg as Detective Jake Peralta, whose stellar arrest record makes up for his nonchalant attitude. There’s a Jim-Pam dynamic going on between Peralta...
We also start the first season of Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starring Andy Samberg as Detective Jake Peralta, whose stellar arrest record makes up for his nonchalant attitude. There’s a Jim-Pam dynamic going on between Peralta...
- 9/26/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW - Inside TV
“Are you in or out?”
The Doctor and Clara wake in the company of two strangers and are quickly told they are to rob a bank. Everything is planned so well, almost as if the planner knows what’s going to happen, that The Doctor quickly realizes that this isn’t a mere bank heist, but a…
Time Heist
By Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat
Directed by Douglas MacKinnon
The Bank of Karabraxos is the single most secure bank in human history. A loyal staff, redundant security systems, and a guard dog that literally smells guilt in the customers. When The Doctor picks up the phone of the Tardis and suddenly recovers from a blackout in a strange room with two criminals, it’s too tantalizing not to move ahead with. Being chased by the bank’s security at all times, the quartet must breach unbreachable security, all the while...
The Doctor and Clara wake in the company of two strangers and are quickly told they are to rob a bank. Everything is planned so well, almost as if the planner knows what’s going to happen, that The Doctor quickly realizes that this isn’t a mere bank heist, but a…
Time Heist
By Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat
Directed by Douglas MacKinnon
The Bank of Karabraxos is the single most secure bank in human history. A loyal staff, redundant security systems, and a guard dog that literally smells guilt in the customers. When The Doctor picks up the phone of the Tardis and suddenly recovers from a blackout in a strange room with two criminals, it’s too tantalizing not to move ahead with. Being chased by the bank’s security at all times, the quartet must breach unbreachable security, all the while...
- 9/21/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
A League of Their Own is back tonight (August 29) and we're looking forward to seeing our favourite sports stars doing ridiculous things again - hooray! To celebrate the return of the show, we headed out to Elstree to hang out backstage with the boys - James Corden, Jack Whitehall, Jamie Redknapp and Freddie Flintoff - while they prepared for another show.
As well as making the frankly ridiculous decision to take on one of the endgames - we're not going to go into it, we're still cringing (and a little bit in pain) - we got the guys together for a bit of a chat, and found out what they had to say about some burning questions we have...
What's it like filming the show?
Like being back at school, apparently. But only the bit when school was fun. "I always think it's the one week of the year where...
As well as making the frankly ridiculous decision to take on one of the endgames - we're not going to go into it, we're still cringing (and a little bit in pain) - we got the guys together for a bit of a chat, and found out what they had to say about some burning questions we have...
What's it like filming the show?
Like being back at school, apparently. But only the bit when school was fun. "I always think it's the one week of the year where...
- 8/29/2014
- Digital Spy
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The highly controversial Joint Enterprise Law caused a stir when it was revived in the UK because it enables the police to implicate sometimes unwitting individuals in criminal investigations. It was only a matter of time before Jimmy McGovern — champion of justice and the working class — got to work on a gritty drama based around the unpopular law.
Common began with naive teenager Jonjo driving his older cousin and some mates to get a pizza. Unbeknownst to him they actually planned to rough someone up. Worse still, things didn’t quite go to plan and an innocent bystander ended up being stabbed. Despite threats of recrimination from the killer, Jonjo opted to take the higher moral ground and promptly told the police precisely what had transpired. Sadly for him, the lead detective had an emotional attachment to the victim’s mother and he was determined...
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The highly controversial Joint Enterprise Law caused a stir when it was revived in the UK because it enables the police to implicate sometimes unwitting individuals in criminal investigations. It was only a matter of time before Jimmy McGovern — champion of justice and the working class — got to work on a gritty drama based around the unpopular law.
Common began with naive teenager Jonjo driving his older cousin and some mates to get a pizza. Unbeknownst to him they actually planned to rough someone up. Worse still, things didn’t quite go to plan and an innocent bystander ended up being stabbed. Despite threats of recrimination from the killer, Jonjo opted to take the higher moral ground and promptly told the police precisely what had transpired. Sadly for him, the lead detective had an emotional attachment to the victim’s mother and he was determined...
- 7/6/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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"Da Vinci’s Demons" will haunt the small screen for another year. The historical fantasy from "Man of Steel" executive producer David S. Goyer has been greenlit for a third season. The Adjacent Productions series centers on the young genius Leonardo da Vinci, who deals with political intrigue and supernatural phenomena in Renaissance Florence. It stars Tom Riley ("Doctor Who") as Da Vinci, Laura Haddock ("Guardians of the Galaxy"), Elliot Cowan ("Luther"), Lara Pulver ("Sherlock") and Blake Ritson ("Upstairs Downstairs"). John Shiban (“The X-Files," "Breaking Bad") is joining "Demons'" season three as executive producer and showrunner. Goyer, who created the series, will continue to serve as executive producer. "We’re excited to continue Leonardo da Vinci’s adventures with a third season of ’Da Vinci’s Demons’ with John Shiban joining the ranks as executive producer and showrunner," said Starz exec Carmi Zlotnik in a press release. “David S. Goyer...
- 5/6/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
News
Debate! The Good Wife and Scandal both abruptly killed off a major character. Which recent shocking TV death was better? The Daily Beast says Good Wife provided a lesson in what a perfect Omg moment looks like , but Vulture took a different view and called it a betrayal to the characters. Vulture’s pro-Scandal argument: The political drama’s big surprise was a moment built on weeks of character choices and one that went on to further define the characters.
“…and they made it look like a carjacking?”
The people behind the Creation Museum think Cosmos is being unfair by not giving time to discuss creationism. I believe that will come after the segment about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
EW has more details on the next season of American Horror Story. Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Frances Conroy and Angela Bassett are all set to return, while Denis...
Debate! The Good Wife and Scandal both abruptly killed off a major character. Which recent shocking TV death was better? The Daily Beast says Good Wife provided a lesson in what a perfect Omg moment looks like , but Vulture took a different view and called it a betrayal to the characters. Vulture’s pro-Scandal argument: The political drama’s big surprise was a moment built on weeks of character choices and one that went on to further define the characters.
“…and they made it look like a carjacking?”
The people behind the Creation Museum think Cosmos is being unfair by not giving time to discuss creationism. I believe that will come after the segment about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
EW has more details on the next season of American Horror Story. Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Frances Conroy and Angela Bassett are all set to return, while Denis...
- 3/25/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Keeley Hawes is to play a major role in the next series of Doctor Who.
Hawes - currently starring in BBC Two's hit drama Line of Duty - will play Ms Delphox on the BBC sci-fi drama.
10 Things About... Keeley Hawes
Described as a "powerful out of this world character with a dark secret", Delphox will encounter the new Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet.
"I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team," said Hawes, who will appear in the fifth episode of the new series, written by Steve Thompson.
"Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing."
Reece Shearsmith on Doctor Who: "I'd love to be a baddie"
Doctor Who's lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: "Anyone watching Jed Mercurio...
Hawes - currently starring in BBC Two's hit drama Line of Duty - will play Ms Delphox on the BBC sci-fi drama.
10 Things About... Keeley Hawes
Described as a "powerful out of this world character with a dark secret", Delphox will encounter the new Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet.
"I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team," said Hawes, who will appear in the fifth episode of the new series, written by Steve Thompson.
"Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing."
Reece Shearsmith on Doctor Who: "I'd love to be a baddie"
Doctor Who's lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: "Anyone watching Jed Mercurio...
- 3/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Keeley Hawes ("Line of Duty," "Upstairs Downstairs," the voice of Lara Croft in the "Tomb Raider" games) has been announced as a new member of the cast of "Doctor Who," which is set to return this year. Hawes will play Ms. Delphox, described as being "a powerful out of this world character with a dark secret." You can check out an official still of Hawes as Ms. Delphox below. Traveling across space and time, the twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion, Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), will come face to face with the mysterious Ms. Delphox when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet. Written by Steve Thompson ("Sherlock") the episode will be directed by Douglas Mackinnon ("Line of Duty,"...
- 3/13/2014
- Comingsoon.net
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History could be made twice at the Emmy Awards this August. If "Modern Family" wins Best Comedy Series for the fifth year in a row, it ties the record set by "Frasier" from 1994 to 1998; "Ally McBeal" ended its winning streak in 1999. And if "Breaking Bad" wins, it will the fourth Drama Series champ to prevail for its final season, following "The Defenders" (1965), "Upstairs Downstairs" (1977) and "The Sopranos" (2007). Four laffers have pulled off this feat: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1966), "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1977), "Barney Miller" (1982) and "Everybody Loves Raymond" (2003). Will either, neither or both of these records be set? You can now predict the winners of these races, as well as the four series regular acting awards in both genres. More categories will be added to the prediction center in the weeks to come and ...
- 2/17/2014
- Gold Derby
The 79-year-old actor on surviving cancer, why she chose not to have children and how she plans to bow out
Some people have it, some don't. Benedict Cumberbatch has it in spades. He's very attractive to watch, and that's because he can act – if you saw him standing still you might think him plain.
People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now. The thing we dames really have in common is that we're all rather bossy, because you had to speak up for yourself in our day. If only I had the wonderful way of covering up my bossiness that Judi Dench has – it only seems to come out when she's making us all play games together.
My parents thought I was going to be a dancer, but at 12 I began to find...
Some people have it, some don't. Benedict Cumberbatch has it in spades. He's very attractive to watch, and that's because he can act – if you saw him standing still you might think him plain.
People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now. The thing we dames really have in common is that we're all rather bossy, because you had to speak up for yourself in our day. If only I had the wonderful way of covering up my bossiness that Judi Dench has – it only seems to come out when she's making us all play games together.
My parents thought I was going to be a dancer, but at 12 I began to find...
- 1/19/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
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