How celebrities made guest appearance at this Banbridge couple's wedding
The man behind a wedding video featuring star-studded messages of good luck for the bride and groom has said he was "absolutely gobsmacked" by the generosity of the celebrities who took part. Golfer...
View ArticleRecording reveals Rupert Murdoch's fury at police over phone hacking probe
A secret recording has revealed Rupert Murdoch venting his anger at the continuing police investigation into the phone hacking and illegal payments scandals engulfing his media empire. The News Corp...
View ArticleSpy role for Sherlock star Scott
Andrew Scott will play a Russian diplomat in Legacy Sherlock star Andrew Scott will play a Soviet spy in a new one-off Cold War drama with...
View ArticleClooney's Gravity opens Venice
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock's new film Gravity is set to open the 2013 Venice Film Festival. Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi thriller, starring the Hollywood A-listers as scientists lost in space, will...
View ArticleCage in talks for Lost Melody film
Nicolas Cage looks set to play a man who falls for a prostitute in a new indie film. The Kick-Ass star is currently in talks about the role in Lost Melody, reported The Wrap. The movie, which is being...
View ArticleBBC Unveils Cast of Cold War Drama 'Legacy'
0 0 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Getty Images Charlie Cox "Boardwalk Empire's" Charlie Cox, "The Hour's" Romola Garai and "Sherlock's" Andrew Scott will star in the TV movie to be directed by Pete...
View ArticlePaula Milne’s new Cold War thriller, Legacy, recruits stellar cast for BBC...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Legacy is a single film from a screenplay by award-winning writer Paula Milne (The Politician's Husband, Endgame), based on the novel by Alan Judd and...
View ArticleNeil Marshall Crowned For 'Game Of Thrones,' Phil Lord & Chris Miller Book A...
| After becoming the toast of the genre world with his sophomore feature “The Descent,” Neil Marshall has had trouble connecting with the mainstream. Though both the “Mad Max”-channeling “Doomsday”...
View ArticleFred West drama heads TV Bafta nods
A TV drama about serial killer Fred West has headed the shortlist for the TV Baftas with nominations for four awards. ITV1's Appropriate Adult's haul of nods includes best actor for Dominic West, who...
View ArticleJohn le Carré: a Tinker, Tailor A-Z
With its complex plotting, acute understanding of human nature and timeless moral dilemmas, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is Le Carré's masterwork Le Carré with Alec Guinness during the making of the...
View ArticleSteven Moffat lauds Sherlock star Andrew Scott's first Moriarty scene
Steven Moffat has congratulated Sherlock star Andrew Scott on his BAFTA win. The 50-year-old writer, who won a 'Special Award' at last night's ceremony, suggested that the...
View ArticleGetting Sherlock Holmes Right Onscreen
If you click on the special features of the just-released DVD of "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," you'll find a short tribute to something called "Holmesavision." It turns out to be the name given...
View ArticleBafta TV awards: Appropriate Adult leads nominations
ITV drama about Fred West nominated for four Bafta TV awards, ahead of BBC's Sherlock and Channel 4's This Is England '88 ITV's Appropriate Adult, which is nominated for four Bafta TV awards, stars...
View ArticleForget the Film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: See the BBC Original
Writing about films is not something I often do, but as an old Cold Warrior who has covered intelligence matters for decades and been involved in a few, the thrilling book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...
View Article'Recall Assembly over BBC claims'
There were demands for the Northern Ireland Assembly to be recalled over allegations surrounding the Housing Executive made in a BBC investigation. The Spotlight programme involved payments it claimed...
View ArticleControversial Fred West drama Appropriate Adult and Sherlock leads the TV...
Controversial TV drama Appropriate Adult and BBC hit Sherlock leads the nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards. In the shortlist unveiled today, Dominic West received a Best Actor nod for his...
View ArticleRomola Garai Talks THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE, THE HOUR, and LAST DAYS...
Set in Victorian London, the four-part drama The Crimson Petal and The White, adapted from the book by Michel Faber, is a tale of seduction, power and class conflict centered around a vibrant,...
View Article'Sherlock' BAFTA winner Andrew Scott heads to ITV for 'The Town'
Sherlock star Andrew Scott will head up an all-star cast in new ITV1 drama miniseries The Town. Scott, who won a BAFTA for his role as the villainous Moriarty in the BBC's Conan Doyle reboot, will star...
View Article'Sherlock' Moriarty actor Andrew Scott rules out return
Andrew Scott has ruled out a return to Sherlock. Scott's villain Jim Moriarty shot himself in the head during a confrontation with Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes, in the show's...
View ArticleFred West drama heads TV Bafta nominations
ITV1's Appropriate Adult's haul of nods includes best actor for Dominic West, who played the murderer, and best actress for Emily Watson, as well as best supporting actress and best mini series. BBC1...
View Article'Sherlock's Andrew Scott wins BBC 'Audio Drama Award'
Andrew Scott was among the winners at this year's BBC Audio Drama Awards. The Sherlock actor won the 'Best Actor' prize for his role in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. David...
View Article'Sherlock' Steven Moffat interview: 'Holmes might not survive'
It's time for the great detective to bid adieu once more - the second series of Sherlock comes to an end this Sunday night. The genius crime-solver (Benedict Cumberbatch) is forced into a deadly...
View ArticleSteven Moffat: 'Sherlock may not survive'
Sherlock creator Steven Moffat has hinted that the detective could die in this weekend’s series finale. BBC One's hit update of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories concludes on Sunday (January 15)...
View Article'Sherlock', 'Appropriate Adult' lead BAFTA TV Awards nominations
Sherlock and Appropriate Adult lead the nominations in this year's Arquiva BAFTA Television Awards. The BBC's modern-day retelling of Conan Doyle’s detective stories scores three nods in the acting...
View ArticleSherlock star Andrew Scott wins BBC Audio Drama Award
Andrew Scott, best known for playing Moriarty in TV's Sherlock, has been named best actor at a ceremony honouring the best of BBC radio drama. Scott picked up the best actor prize at the BBC Audio...
View ArticleHolmes' return in BBC's 'Sherlock' series anything but elementary
By Tirdad Derakhshani INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Benedict Cumberbatch, left, and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. BBC for Masterpiece 1 of 7 View images Post a comment ENTERTAINMENT...
View ArticleU.K’s Slim Film + Television Gets First Commission
0 0 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Launched in November 2011, Slim Film + Television produces high-end drama, scripted comedy and international co-productions. our editor recommends Helena Bonham Carter,...
View ArticleBBC Two announces new season of drama and documentaries to explore the Cold...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Leading the season will be Legacy, a single film from a screenplay by Paula Milne (The Politician's Husband, Endgame), based on the novel by Alan Judd...
View ArticleCharlie Cox, Andrew Scott for new BBC Two drama 'Legacy'
Boardwalk Empire's Charlie Cox, The Hour's Romola Garai and Sherlock's Andrew Scott are to star in new BBC Two drama Legacy. BAFTA-winner Simon Russell Beale (The Hollow Crown) joins the trio in the...
View ArticleSpy role for Sherlock star Andrew Scott
Sherlock star Andrew Scott will play a Soviet spy in a new one-off Cold War drama with Romola Garai and Simon Russell Beale. Legacy...
View Article'Sherlock' Andrew Scott: 'Being gay isn't a character flaw'
Sherlock star Andrew Scott has opened up about his sexuality, saying he is relieved that people "don't see being gay as a character flaw". The Moriarty actor accepted that there is "a difference...
View Article'Legacy' star Romola Garai: 'Maybe I could have been a spy'
Romola Garai has joked that maybe she could be a spy after meeting a former agent who was similar to an actor. Garai stars as a spy in the Cold War in BBC Two's new one-off drama Legacy, which airs...
View ArticleRomola Garai on Legacy and lads' mags
Romola Garai talks about her Cold War spy drama Legacy, how she felt when The Hour was axed, and why she is taking on so-called "lads' mags" and taboos surrounding pregnancy. Last on our screens as...
View ArticleTV highlights 28/11/2013
Legacy | Getting Rich in the Recession: Scrappers | Surviving the Arctic with Chris Terrill | 4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog | Drifters | What Happens...
View ArticleLegacy; What Happens in Kavos – TV review
The BBC's new spy drama takes us back to the dark days of the cold war, but it's no Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Legacy: Viktor Koslov (Andrew Scott) and Charles Thoroughgood (Charlie Cox) in BBC2's new...
View ArticleAutumn's television gold: 30 of the best
SCI-FI Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special BBC1, 23 November Not only do we get three doctors, all at once – the outgoing Matt Smith, the past David Tennant, and John Hurt as some kind of mystery,...
View ArticleCatch-up TV...
Of those shows, only one is still running, albeit with a lacuna in its onscreen history totalling about 17 years, and tomorrow the BBC celebrates half a century of time-travelling adventures with...
View ArticleTV Pick: Legacy
In much the same way that mentioning the "B Word" during your interview with British intelligence automatically costs you...
View ArticleRewind TV: Strange Days: Cold War Britain; Legacy; Nigel and Adam's Farm...
The BBC had a good cold war and the Tudor monasteries showed what cold comfort farming really meant Dominic Sandbrook in Moscow, where in 1987 the crowds greeted Margaret Thatcher like showbiz...
View ArticleCatch up TV...
There were other signs that we were in the decade that taste forgot, 1974 to be exact. Everything was grey, there was at least one shot of an Austin Maxi (I think — don’t write in, okay, because I...
View Article'Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview
At the start of our interview, Andrew Scott and I are squeezing into a booth in the restaurant at the British Film Institute. It is very similar to the one occupied by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan's...
View ArticleTop picks from our arts editor
In the first in a series of blogs, Guardian arts editor Liese Spencer talks us through some of her favourites on the culture calendar this week Photo by Ray Tang/REX. Artwork by Jake and Dinos Chapman...
View ArticleA golden age of TV thrillers: David Tennant's Escape Artist leads essential...
Defence barrister Will Burton is the golden boy of his criminal chambers. Beadily aware of every legal loophole, Burton specialises in outwardly guilty-as-sin clients – on top of which, he has yet to...
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