Cast has been set on The Gallows Pole, Shane Meadows’ first period TV drama.
Starring are: Michael Socha (This is England), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), George MacKay (1917), Tom Burke (Mank), Sophie McShera (Cinderella), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The A Word), Adam Fogerty (Legend), and Fine Time Fontayne (How We Used to Live).
A24 has boarded the project to handle international sales. Element Pictures is producing for the BBC.
Based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, the show fictionalizes the story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the drama follows Hartley (Socha) as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark...
Starring are: Michael Socha (This is England), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), George MacKay (1917), Tom Burke (Mank), Sophie McShera (Cinderella), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The A Word), Adam Fogerty (Legend), and Fine Time Fontayne (How We Used to Live).
A24 has boarded the project to handle international sales. Element Pictures is producing for the BBC.
Based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, the show fictionalizes the story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the drama follows Hartley (Socha) as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark...
- 9/8/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“This is England’s” Michael Socha, Disney “Cinderella” star Sophie McShera and “Master of None’s” Anthony Welsh (pictured) are all set to appear in Shane Meadows’ BBC period drama “The Gallows Pole.”
Based on Benjamin Myers’ novel of the same name, the series tells the true story of David Hartley (played by Socha) and the Cragg Vale Coiners who, against a backdrop of eighteenth century Yorkshire, embark on the biggest fraud in British history.
Also appearing in the series are Thomas Turgoose (“This is England”), George MacKay (“1917”), Tom Burke (“Mank”), Cara Theobold (“Downton Abbey”), Yusra Warsama (“Castle Rock”), Eve Burley (“Secret State”), Nicole Barber Lane (“Hollyoaks”), Samuel Edward-Cook (“Peaky Blinders”), Joe Sproulle (“The A Word”), Adam Fogerty (“Legend”) and Fine Time Fontayne (“How We Used to Live”).
Following an open casting call involving 6,500 self-tapes, the show will also feature an ensemble of first-time actors. Casting director Shaheen Baig (“The Virtues...
Based on Benjamin Myers’ novel of the same name, the series tells the true story of David Hartley (played by Socha) and the Cragg Vale Coiners who, against a backdrop of eighteenth century Yorkshire, embark on the biggest fraud in British history.
Also appearing in the series are Thomas Turgoose (“This is England”), George MacKay (“1917”), Tom Burke (“Mank”), Cara Theobold (“Downton Abbey”), Yusra Warsama (“Castle Rock”), Eve Burley (“Secret State”), Nicole Barber Lane (“Hollyoaks”), Samuel Edward-Cook (“Peaky Blinders”), Joe Sproulle (“The A Word”), Adam Fogerty (“Legend”) and Fine Time Fontayne (“How We Used to Live”).
Following an open casting call involving 6,500 self-tapes, the show will also feature an ensemble of first-time actors. Casting director Shaheen Baig (“The Virtues...
- 9/8/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
A24 has expanded its TV reach across the Atlantic, boarding The Gallows Pole from renowned British writer-director Shane Meadows (This is England, The Virtues).
The six-part period drama — being produced by Element Pictures (The Favourite, Normal People) for the BBC, and now in production in the U.K. — has also unveiled its cast.
Michael Socha (This is England, Papillon) stars alongside Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Looted), George MacKay (1917, Captain Fantastic), Tom Burke (Mank, The Souvenir), Sophie McShera (Cinderella, Downton Abbey), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey, Crazyhead), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The ...
The six-part period drama — being produced by Element Pictures (The Favourite, Normal People) for the BBC, and now in production in the U.K. — has also unveiled its cast.
Michael Socha (This is England, Papillon) stars alongside Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Looted), George MacKay (1917, Captain Fantastic), Tom Burke (Mank, The Souvenir), Sophie McShera (Cinderella, Downton Abbey), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey, Crazyhead), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The ...
A24 has expanded its TV reach across the Atlantic, boarding The Gallows Pole from renowned British writer-director Shane Meadows (This is England, The Virtues).
The six-part period drama — being produced by Element Pictures (The Favourite, Normal People) for the BBC, and now in production in the U.K. — has also unveiled its cast.
Michael Socha (This is England, Papillon) stars alongside Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Looted), George MacKay (1917, Captain Fantastic), Tom Burke (Mank, The Souvenir), Sophie McShera (Cinderella, Downton Abbey), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey, Crazyhead), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The ...
The six-part period drama — being produced by Element Pictures (The Favourite, Normal People) for the BBC, and now in production in the U.K. — has also unveiled its cast.
Michael Socha (This is England, Papillon) stars alongside Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Looted), George MacKay (1917, Captain Fantastic), Tom Burke (Mank, The Souvenir), Sophie McShera (Cinderella, Downton Abbey), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey, Crazyhead), Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Eve Burley (Secret State), Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks), Samuel Edward-Cook (Peaky Blinders), Anthony Welsh (Master of None), Joe Sproulle (The ...
The fantastic Ruth Negga from "Loving" is being honored (deservingly I might add), at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival! I sat down with the actress for "Loving," take a look at my interview:
And here's why you have to see "Loving":
Here's the full press release from the Palm Springs International Film Festival:
Palm Springs, CA (November 16, 2016) . The 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Ruth Negga with the Rising Star Award at its annualRuth NeggaFilm Awards Gala for her performance in Loving. The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mary Hart, will be held Monday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2-16.
.Ruth Negga.s performance as Mildred Loving is one of the year.s most luminous and striking portrayals,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .This timeless love story about an interracial couple reminds us of the unstoppable power...
And here's why you have to see "Loving":
Here's the full press release from the Palm Springs International Film Festival:
Palm Springs, CA (November 16, 2016) . The 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Ruth Negga with the Rising Star Award at its annualRuth NeggaFilm Awards Gala for her performance in Loving. The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mary Hart, will be held Monday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2-16.
.Ruth Negga.s performance as Mildred Loving is one of the year.s most luminous and striking portrayals,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .This timeless love story about an interracial couple reminds us of the unstoppable power...
- 11/21/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The-Sicilian-Defence.-Midsomer-Murders. Rlj Entertainment/Acorn Media
Midsomer Murders is back on Acorn DVD with three all-new mysteries that debuted in the UK last year. If you haven’t been keeping up to speed with the long-running drama then you should know that these three stories feature Neil Dudgeon as John Barnaby rather than John Nettles as his cousin Tom. While the identity of the principal investigator has changed fairly recently, it seems like a long, long time since anyone other than Jason Hughes served as the top man’s sidekick. The good news is that Hughes does feature in the these three stories. The bad news is that this is the last you’ll see of him as he left the show in 2013.
Written in the Stars is the first mystery in Midsomer Murders Set 24. As the story begins, the whole community are giddy with excitement about an upcoming solar eclipse.
Midsomer Murders is back on Acorn DVD with three all-new mysteries that debuted in the UK last year. If you haven’t been keeping up to speed with the long-running drama then you should know that these three stories feature Neil Dudgeon as John Barnaby rather than John Nettles as his cousin Tom. While the identity of the principal investigator has changed fairly recently, it seems like a long, long time since anyone other than Jason Hughes served as the top man’s sidekick. The good news is that Hughes does feature in the these three stories. The bad news is that this is the last you’ll see of him as he left the show in 2013.
Written in the Stars is the first mystery in Midsomer Murders Set 24. As the story begins, the whole community are giddy with excitement about an upcoming solar eclipse.
- 7/28/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Digital Spy presents a list of the winners at this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards, beginning tonight (Sunday, May 18) at 7pm.
Updated Live:
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris- Southcliffe - Winner!
Luke Newberry - In The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch - Winner!
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch - Winner!
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax - Winner!
Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary
Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - Winner!
Charlie Brooker - 10 O'Clock Live
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme
Graham Norton...
Updated Live:
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris- Southcliffe - Winner!
Luke Newberry - In The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch - Winner!
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch - Winner!
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax - Winner!
Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary
Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - Winner!
Charlie Brooker - 10 O'Clock Live
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme
Graham Norton...
- 5/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Across the pond, they’re gearing up to honor the best and brightest stars and shows on television at the 2014 BAFTA TV Award.
And it looks like “Southfliffe” and “The It Crowd” both snagged four nods to lead the pack of just-announced nominees.
Meanwhile, Leading Actor hopefuls include Jamie Dornan, Sean Harris, Luke Newberry and Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Kerrie Hayes and Maxine Peake will all compete for Leading Actress.
The 2014 BAFTA TV Awards Nominees are:
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris - Southcliffe
Luke Newberry - In The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson...
And it looks like “Southfliffe” and “The It Crowd” both snagged four nods to lead the pack of just-announced nominees.
Meanwhile, Leading Actor hopefuls include Jamie Dornan, Sean Harris, Luke Newberry and Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Kerrie Hayes and Maxine Peake will all compete for Leading Actress.
The 2014 BAFTA TV Awards Nominees are:
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris - Southcliffe
Luke Newberry - In The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson...
- 4/7/2014
- GossipCenter
Digital Spy presents a list of the nominees at this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards, which will take place on Sunday, May 18:
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris- Southcliffe
Luke Newberryin - The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax
Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary
Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Charlie Brooker - 10 O'clock Live
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show
Female Performance In A Comedy...
Leading Actor
Jamie Dornan - The Fall
Sean Harris- Southcliffe
Luke Newberryin - The Flesh
Dominic West - Burton And Taylor
Leading Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
Kerrie Hayes - The Mill
Maxine Peake - The Village
Supporting Actor
David Bradley - Broadchurch
Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street
Nico Mirallegro - The Village
Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe
Supporting Actress
Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe
Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax
Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary
Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax
Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Charlie Brooker - 10 O'clock Live
Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show
Female Performance In A Comedy...
- 4/7/2014
- Digital Spy
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Boardwalk Empire," "Eastbound and Down," "Homeland," "Masters of Sex," "The Walking Dead" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Black Mirror": Series Premiere Tuesday, November 12th at 9pm on the Audience Network Charlie Brooker's acclaimed British anthology series about the dark side of technology and the future (a self-described "twisted parable for the Twitter age") finally makes it to U.S. television via DirecTV's exclusive network. The six-part series begins with "The National Anthem," in which a member of the royal family is kidnapped and the Prime Minister asked to perform a shocking public act in order to secure her freedom. "Black Mirror" is being paired with the American premiere of another U.K. series -- "Secret State,...
- 11/11/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
"Black Mirror" is an acclaimed British anthology series about our fears about technology and the future, one that earned comparisons to "The Twilight Zone." Created by Charlie Brooker ("Brass Eye," "Dead Set"), the series aired in the U.K. in two three-episode seasons, the first in December 2011 and the second in February 2013, and was for a long time a contender for series most talked about on the internet and yet not available on U.S. television. But "Black Mirror" is finally coming (legally) to U.S. screens courtesy of DirecTV's Audience Network. The channel, which is exclusive to DirecTV subscribers, will be airing all six episodes of "Black Mirror," premiering on Tuesday, November 12 at 9pm. The series will air alongside another Brit series, "Secret State" at 10pm. "'Black Mirror' is truly unlike any other show that is currently on television, which makes it a perfect fit for Audience,...
- 10/29/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The nominations for the 41st International Emmy Awards have been announced.
19 countries are represented this year, with the ceremony taking place on November 25 in New York City. Mrs. Biggs actress Sheridan Smith is nominated, while famed director Jj Abrams will receive the 'Founders Award'.
Sky sitcom Moone Boy is up for 'Best Comedy' and Sean Bean could win the acting award for Accused.
"Every year, the global television community competes for an Emmy, the most prestigious of all media awards, and we congratulate the 2013 Nominees for their outstanding programmes and performances." said Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The full list of 36 nominees in 9 categories are below:
Arts Programming
Hello?! Orchestra
Mbc / San Media
South Korea
Soundtrack
Geronimo Bvba
Belgium
Multiple Views — La Maquina Loca (The Crazy Machine)
TV Unam/El Caiman Films/Alebrije
Mexico
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Emp...
19 countries are represented this year, with the ceremony taking place on November 25 in New York City. Mrs. Biggs actress Sheridan Smith is nominated, while famed director Jj Abrams will receive the 'Founders Award'.
Sky sitcom Moone Boy is up for 'Best Comedy' and Sean Bean could win the acting award for Accused.
"Every year, the global television community competes for an Emmy, the most prestigious of all media awards, and we congratulate the 2013 Nominees for their outstanding programmes and performances." said Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The full list of 36 nominees in 9 categories are below:
Arts Programming
Hello?! Orchestra
Mbc / San Media
South Korea
Soundtrack
Geronimo Bvba
Belgium
Multiple Views — La Maquina Loca (The Crazy Machine)
TV Unam/El Caiman Films/Alebrije
Mexico
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Emp...
- 10/7/2013
- Digital Spy
More TV casting news this Friday afternoon... I'm cleaning out my inbox to close out the week, and came across these two that we missed. First, Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga has landed a recurring role on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, although the character she'll be playing hasn't been revealed yet. This will mark her USA TV debut. Most recently, Negga appeared on Channel 4's (UK) political thriller series, Secret State, playing a meddlesome MI6 agent, and Channel 5's (also in the UK) acclaimed dramatic gangland series Love/Hate. Up next, catch her in All Is by My Side, John Ridley's Jimi Hendrix biopic, starring Andre...
- 9/20/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Jere Burns has been upped to regular after four seasons as a recurring on FX’s Justified. Burns plays menacing heroin dope dealer Winn Duffy, who offered a partnership to Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) in the Season 4 finale. His recent roles include the cable dramas Breaking Bad, Bates Motel and Burn Notice. Burns is repped by Innovative Artists and Trademark Talent. Ruth Negga has booked a recurring arc on ABC’s new superhero series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. No intel on her role, which is the Irish actress’ first U.S. TV role. Her credits include the features All Is By My Side, Una Vida and Noble and the UK series Love/Hate, Secret State and Misfits. Negga is with ICM Partners, Principal La and Jonty Brook in the UK. Michael Rispoli has signed for a recurring arc on the new A&E series Those Who Kill. The drama...
- 9/18/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: All3Media America, the recently launched U.S. branch of the UK’s All3Media, is formally starting a scripted division. It will be run by former Bad Robot executive Eric Lehrman, named VP Scripted Television. The move reflects the company’s desire to enter the U.S. scripted business and build on All3Media’s slate of international scripted formats, including shows from Company Pictures (Shameless, Skins, The Village, Secret State), Lime Pictures (Hollyoaks), Objective Productions (Peep Show, Fresh Meat), South Pacific (Outrageous Fortune, The Almighty Johnsons), and Bentley (Midsomer Murders). All3Media America principals Eli Holzman and Stephen Lambert said that getting into scripted is something they had been looking to do since the two launched Studio Lambert USA in 2008. All3Media was an investor in StudioLambert USA and late last year triggered an option to buy the company, which became the core of All3Media USA.
- 5/15/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Charles Dance has said that reality TV is "mind-numbing" and "s***e". The Game of Thrones actor told Metro that aside from reality shows, British TV is improving. "It seems to be getting better. Every now and then we'll come up with something really good - the tried-and-tested format of Downton Abbey goes on and The Hour is very well made," Dance said. "Secret State was pretty bloody good but we also turn out a load of s**t - I'm thinking principally (more)...
- 1/7/2013
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
“You get to the top and you realise it’s really only the middle…”
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins is called to be the public face of the government elect on a PR trip to Teesside after an explosion at a petrochemical plant devastates a community. PetroFex have friends in high places: a truth demonstrated by the speed at which the Prime Minister flies to stand by their side as they reassure the world (and a fragile commodities market) that it has nothing to fear.
Prime Minister Tom Dawkins is the man tasked with holding his country together after the plane carrying his predecessor crashes, taking the truth about PetroFex down in its wake. Tom (Gabriel Byrne) determines to lay bare the facts behind the Teesside disaster and to break the choke hold big business has on the land he now leads. The conspiracy he discovers has roots that spider...
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins is called to be the public face of the government elect on a PR trip to Teesside after an explosion at a petrochemical plant devastates a community. PetroFex have friends in high places: a truth demonstrated by the speed at which the Prime Minister flies to stand by their side as they reassure the world (and a fragile commodities market) that it has nothing to fear.
Prime Minister Tom Dawkins is the man tasked with holding his country together after the plane carrying his predecessor crashes, taking the truth about PetroFex down in its wake. Tom (Gabriel Byrne) determines to lay bare the facts behind the Teesside disaster and to break the choke hold big business has on the land he now leads. The conspiracy he discovers has roots that spider...
- 12/5/2012
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Channel 4's mini-series Secret State lost a sizeable chunk of its audience last night (Wednesday, November 14), early overnight data indicates. The Gabriel Byrne political thriller's second episode drew 865,000 (5.4%) at 10pm, down from the 1.05 million (6.6%) for its premiere last week. BBC Two's second series of The Hour began with 1.34m (6.1%), not only a far cry from the premiere rating of its first run last July, but its lowest ever audience. MasterChef: The Professionals (2.55m/11.2%) continued its rich vein of form in the 8pm hour, while Diy Sos returned with 3.89m (17.1%) on BBC One. With I'm a Celebrity making way for international football, ITV's coverage of England v Sweden between 6.45pm and 9.45pm scored 5.01m (23.1%). However, I'm a Celebrity...Get (more)...
- 11/15/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Yotam Ottolenghi savours the flavours of Marrakech, 1950s TV newsroom drama The Hour returns and Michael Winterbottom explores the effects of a long stretch in prison
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
MondayCrime Stories
2pm, ITV1
Co-created by the people who brought us The Bill, here's a peculiar and rather worthy hybrid of fact and fiction – a fake fly-on-the-wall police procedural, starring a former real-life detective chief superintendent (Jane Antrobus). It's certainly plodding and humdrum enough to be authentic – though does chuck in the odd Columbo-style red herring to keep us interested. In this series opener, Di Jane and DS Ben Shaw (Hollyoaks' Ben Hull) investigate the case of an care home resident who's had his money stolen. Ali Catterall
The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler
9pm, BBC2
Debut of a three-part series seeking to explain one of history's great inexplicables: how and why did the civilised people of a great European nation,...
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
MondayCrime Stories
2pm, ITV1
Co-created by the people who brought us The Bill, here's a peculiar and rather worthy hybrid of fact and fiction – a fake fly-on-the-wall police procedural, starring a former real-life detective chief superintendent (Jane Antrobus). It's certainly plodding and humdrum enough to be authentic – though does chuck in the odd Columbo-style red herring to keep us interested. In this series opener, Di Jane and DS Ben Shaw (Hollyoaks' Ben Hull) investigate the case of an care home resident who's had his money stolen. Ali Catterall
The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler
9pm, BBC2
Debut of a three-part series seeking to explain one of history's great inexplicables: how and why did the civilised people of a great European nation,...
- 11/13/2012
- by Ali Catterall, Andrew Mueller, Hannah Verdier, David Stubbs, Ben Arnold, Phelim O'Neill, John Robinson, Jonathan Wright, Julia Raeside, Mark Jones, Martin Skegg
- The Guardian - Film News
Political thriller Secret State was stripped of ideology and a plot, while Dara O Briain had a decent stab at making science sexy
Secret State C4|4oD
Dara O Briain's Science Club BBC2 | iPlayer
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature BBC1 | iPlayer
Imagine BBC1 | iPlayer
In an age when politics lacks any great thrills, it appears harder to make a great political thriller. The last one that comes readily to mind was Paul Abbott's State of Play, which was way back in 2003, during Tony Blair's eventful second term as prime minister. But since then the air has seeped out of the Westminster bubble and not even the prospect of global economic collapse has succeeded in reflating public interest or screenwriters' conspiratorial imagination. The Killing and Borgen suggest the Danes know how to breathe life into coalition politics but so far it's an art for which British TV...
Secret State C4|4oD
Dara O Briain's Science Club BBC2 | iPlayer
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature BBC1 | iPlayer
Imagine BBC1 | iPlayer
In an age when politics lacks any great thrills, it appears harder to make a great political thriller. The last one that comes readily to mind was Paul Abbott's State of Play, which was way back in 2003, during Tony Blair's eventful second term as prime minister. But since then the air has seeped out of the Westminster bubble and not even the prospect of global economic collapse has succeeded in reflating public interest or screenwriters' conspiratorial imagination. The Killing and Borgen suggest the Danes know how to breathe life into coalition politics but so far it's an art for which British TV...
- 11/11/2012
- by Dara O Briain, Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
Right from the apocalyptic opening sequence, we knew what waters this boat 'Secret State' was heading, straight into the seas of all those other elliptical political thrillers - 'State Of Play', 'House of Cards', 'Heart of Darkness', something of something else.
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) is a man with a lot on his mind
As the Deputy Prime Minister, Gabriel Byrne was a man with a lot on his mind - capably portraying existential guilt ("you're thinking about Bosnia, you did the right thing"), the ambition ("what if I stand?") and fear of a deputy prime minister who can see that the disappearance of his boss carries with it opportunity, but also the burden of too many secrets. Hopes for a residence at Number 10 loom, but in the meantime, he had to clean up the mess of a...
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) is a man with a lot on his mind
As the Deputy Prime Minister, Gabriel Byrne was a man with a lot on his mind - capably portraying existential guilt ("you're thinking about Bosnia, you did the right thing"), the ambition ("what if I stand?") and fear of a deputy prime minister who can see that the disappearance of his boss carries with it opportunity, but also the burden of too many secrets. Hopes for a residence at Number 10 loom, but in the meantime, he had to clean up the mess of a...
- 11/8/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Aol TV.
When Secret State hits our screens, watch out for the vicar: he's played by novelist and former MP Chris Mullin, who wrote the book it's based on, A Very British Coup. Here is his diary from his time in front of the camera
Thursday, 16 February, 2012
To Manchester where I am to have a walk-on part in a new TV version of my first novel, A Very British Coup, about the overthrow of a radical, very left-wing prime minister. Not that this new series bears much resemblance to my book. Even the title has been changed – to Secret State – and the credits say "inspired by" rather than "based on".
Director Ed Fraiman has kindly agreed that I might have a walk-on part, a la Alfred Hitchcock. I thought he might reincarnate me as a backbench MP or even a minister; instead I am to be the vicar conducting a memorial service...
Thursday, 16 February, 2012
To Manchester where I am to have a walk-on part in a new TV version of my first novel, A Very British Coup, about the overthrow of a radical, very left-wing prime minister. Not that this new series bears much resemblance to my book. Even the title has been changed – to Secret State – and the credits say "inspired by" rather than "based on".
Director Ed Fraiman has kindly agreed that I might have a walk-on part, a la Alfred Hitchcock. I thought he might reincarnate me as a backbench MP or even a minister; instead I am to be the vicar conducting a memorial service...
- 11/6/2012
- by Chris Mullin
- The Guardian - Film News
Ruth Negga won a host of admirers with her portrayal of Shirley Bassey on BBC TV last year. Now she's set to break through with a major Channel 4 spy drama and a role in Steve McQueen's next movie
Ruth Negga looks over her shoulder. "Hold on a minute," she says, leaning back to peer beneath our cafeteria table on an upper floor of the Riba building in central London. She bends to look under her chair. "Where is my movie career?"
The 30-year-old actor is clowning, and this is her way of telling me I've touched on a subject that has come up before. A best newcomer nominee at the Olivier Awards back in 2003, Negga has had memorable success in the theatre across the intervening decade, particularly at the National: Aricia next to Helen Mirren's Phèdre, Ophelia opposite Rory Kinnear's Hamlet. And she's done plenty of...
Ruth Negga looks over her shoulder. "Hold on a minute," she says, leaning back to peer beneath our cafeteria table on an upper floor of the Riba building in central London. She bends to look under her chair. "Where is my movie career?"
The 30-year-old actor is clowning, and this is her way of telling me I've touched on a subject that has come up before. A best newcomer nominee at the Olivier Awards back in 2003, Negga has had memorable success in the theatre across the intervening decade, particularly at the National: Aricia next to Helen Mirren's Phèdre, Ophelia opposite Rory Kinnear's Hamlet. And she's done plenty of...
- 11/5/2012
- by Tom Lamont
- The Guardian - Film News
One of several new dramas we'll be paying attention to that are debuting this season on the UK's Channel 4 include a new political thriller series that was previously titled Coup, but is now called Secret State, and co-stars award-winning Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga. A roster of Britain's best-known acting talent (including Douglas Hodge, Gina McKee, Charles Dance, Rupert Graves, and Sylvestra Le Touzel) joins Gabriel Byrne in Channel 4's new series. Gabriel Byrne plays the pivotal role of politician Tom Dawkins, the reluctant hero at the heart of this contemporary conspiracy thriller, who finds himself thrust into the spotlight of...
- 11/5/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
'You could reverse an oil tanker into the gulf between what Secret State thinks it is (important, good) and what it actually is (cobblers with exploding CGI bells on)'
"The country needs you, Tom," hisses reptilian chief whip John Hodder (Charles Dance), cufflinks oscillating with indignation. Doughty Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) is unconvinced. "I'm not a leader," he mumbles, peering gloomily out of his Downing Street window. "You give off stability," persists Hodder. "People are craving that. We need someone (voice rises, eyebrows scrunch)… With Balls."
It's a rum old business, this modern politics lark, so thank Christ Secret State (Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4) is here to sort everything out. A four-part conspiracy thriller ("inspired", the credits thunder, "by the novel A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin"), it arrives amid considerable hoopla. Its lavish trailer depicts a downtrodden Byrne gliding glumly through a deserted SW...
"The country needs you, Tom," hisses reptilian chief whip John Hodder (Charles Dance), cufflinks oscillating with indignation. Doughty Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) is unconvinced. "I'm not a leader," he mumbles, peering gloomily out of his Downing Street window. "You give off stability," persists Hodder. "People are craving that. We need someone (voice rises, eyebrows scrunch)… With Balls."
It's a rum old business, this modern politics lark, so thank Christ Secret State (Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4) is here to sort everything out. A four-part conspiracy thriller ("inspired", the credits thunder, "by the novel A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin"), it arrives amid considerable hoopla. Its lavish trailer depicts a downtrodden Byrne gliding glumly through a deserted SW...
- 11/3/2012
- by Sarah Dempster
- The Guardian - Film News
Channel 4′s much anticipated adaptation of the novel A Very British Coup will air as part of the network’s summer line up. The drama is based around a horrific accident at an American owned petrochemical plant on Teesside. The Usual Suspects star Gabriel Byrne plays Tom Dawkins – a man who is reluctantly thrust into an Erin Bronkovitch style battle against corporate interests and political insiders. (Continued below)
Charles Dance
Channel 4 have assembled an unbelievable cast for the drama that includes Charles Dance (White Mischief) and Gina McKee (Our Friends in the North). USA based fans of British TV will also recognize Rupert Graves (Sherlock), Nicholas Farrell (Torchwood) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones). The four-part drama is written by Robert Jones and directed by Ed Fraiman. Precise air dates have yet to be revealed. There are currently no plans to air Coup in the U.S.
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Charles Dance
Channel 4 have assembled an unbelievable cast for the drama that includes Charles Dance (White Mischief) and Gina McKee (Our Friends in the North). USA based fans of British TV will also recognize Rupert Graves (Sherlock), Nicholas Farrell (Torchwood) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones). The four-part drama is written by Robert Jones and directed by Ed Fraiman. Precise air dates have yet to be revealed. There are currently no plans to air Coup in the U.S.
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- 5/31/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
After three seasons on HBO’s In Treatment, Gabriel Byrne is returning to UK TV to star in a four-part drama series for Channel 4. With the working title Coup, the Company Pictures/Newscope Films conspiracy thriller starts production in February and will air later this year. Byrne will play politician Tom Dawkins, a reluctant hero thrust into the spotlight following an industrial disaster that raises questions about the safety procedures of the U.S. petrochemical company involved. Dawkins risks everything by taking on the establishment in his pursuit of the truth, uncovering a web of secrets along the way. The series is based on the novel A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin and was adapted for the screen by Robert Jones. Ed Fraiman is directing with Johann Knobel (Shameless) producing. Executive producers are Jason Newmark, Fraiman, George Faber and Charles Pattinson.
- 1/24/2012
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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