If you love the 1980s – specifically, the neon-lit, Talking Heads-blaring, Delboy swagger of the 1980s Cockney – then Sky’s new crime thriller A Town Called Malice is right up your street.
Meet the Lords
Created by The Sweeney’s Nick Love, this eight-part drama centres on the Lord family, a South London gang whose criminal heyday might be behind them, but who are still up for causing trouble. After a spot of bother with a rival gang (and leaving a policeman for dead), they flee to Spain’s Costa del Sol to lay low, and in amongst the pina coladas and palm trees realise they have a chance to recapture their former glory and become criminal top dogs once more.
The series premiered on Sky Max at 9pm on Thursday 16th March, and the full box-set is already available to watch on Now.
Who’s in the cast of A Town Called Malice?...
Meet the Lords
Created by The Sweeney’s Nick Love, this eight-part drama centres on the Lord family, a South London gang whose criminal heyday might be behind them, but who are still up for causing trouble. After a spot of bother with a rival gang (and leaving a policeman for dead), they flee to Spain’s Costa del Sol to lay low, and in amongst the pina coladas and palm trees realise they have a chance to recapture their former glory and become criminal top dogs once more.
The series premiered on Sky Max at 9pm on Thursday 16th March, and the full box-set is already available to watch on Now.
Who’s in the cast of A Town Called Malice?...
- 3/16/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Serving For The Match
Warner Bros. Discovery has extended its rights to show the U.S. Open in 45 markets across Europe, including exclusive access in 42 territories, after reaching a new five-year agreement with the United States Tennis Association (Usta). Territories excluded from the deal are Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and Ireland.
The deal includes live and highlights rights with every match on every court available to stream on discovery+ and the Eurosport app in addition to live television coverage during the tournament on Eurosport 1 and 2.
Markets including the Nordics will also have the option to showcase the best matches on Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air channels.
Warner Bros. Discovery reported record audience engagement in many major markets following the 2022 US Open. This includes the best ever streaming performance on its digital platforms, doubling its audience year-on-year on discovery+, and securing the highest ever viewership on Eurosport...
Warner Bros. Discovery has extended its rights to show the U.S. Open in 45 markets across Europe, including exclusive access in 42 territories, after reaching a new five-year agreement with the United States Tennis Association (Usta). Territories excluded from the deal are Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and Ireland.
The deal includes live and highlights rights with every match on every court available to stream on discovery+ and the Eurosport app in addition to live television coverage during the tournament on Eurosport 1 and 2.
Markets including the Nordics will also have the option to showcase the best matches on Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air channels.
Warner Bros. Discovery reported record audience engagement in many major markets following the 2022 US Open. This includes the best ever streaming performance on its digital platforms, doubling its audience year-on-year on discovery+, and securing the highest ever viewership on Eurosport...
- 2/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been accused of beating a father so badly he was left with a double skull fracture.
Dci Banks and Wild at Heart star Tompkinson, 56, is to stand trial in a crown court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Tompkinson has denied the charge. The Independent has contacted his representatives for further comment.
It has been alleged that the incident followed a late evening altercation in May 2021 outside the defendant’s home of the time in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The victim was allegedly so severely injured that he was unable to remember much of the incident and was left unable to work.
A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service told The Independent: “Stephen Tompkinson, aged 56, of Beech Grove, Whitley Bay, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 10 August to face a single charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty to the...
Dci Banks and Wild at Heart star Tompkinson, 56, is to stand trial in a crown court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Tompkinson has denied the charge. The Independent has contacted his representatives for further comment.
It has been alleged that the incident followed a late evening altercation in May 2021 outside the defendant’s home of the time in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The victim was allegedly so severely injured that he was unable to remember much of the incident and was left unable to work.
A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service told The Independent: “Stephen Tompkinson, aged 56, of Beech Grove, Whitley Bay, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 10 August to face a single charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty to the...
- 8/21/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
British actor Stephen Tompkinson, best known for his roles in Ballykissangel and Dci Banks, has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) and will appear to stand trial in an English crown court.
Tompkinson has been accused of inflicting harm on another man, beating him and leaving him with a double skull fracture during an altercation that took place in May 2021, The Times reports. The actor appeared in North Tyneside magistrates’ court earlier this month where he denied the charge against him, and the case has now been referred to the higher crown court, where he will be represented by a barrister next month.
Tompkinson has been one of the UK’s most successful TV actors for decades, after getting his big break in early 1990s comedy Drop the Dead Donkey, winning a British Comedy Award for best TV actor in 1994.
He went on to appear in the film Brassed Off,...
Tompkinson has been accused of inflicting harm on another man, beating him and leaving him with a double skull fracture during an altercation that took place in May 2021, The Times reports. The actor appeared in North Tyneside magistrates’ court earlier this month where he denied the charge against him, and the case has now been referred to the higher crown court, where he will be represented by a barrister next month.
Tompkinson has been one of the UK’s most successful TV actors for decades, after getting his big break in early 1990s comedy Drop the Dead Donkey, winning a British Comedy Award for best TV actor in 1994.
He went on to appear in the film Brassed Off,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast’s European pay-tv operator Sky, has taken a minority stake in The Lighthouse. The drama series production outfit was founded last fall by Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts – three of the U.K.’s most experienced television professionals.
Salmon, former head of drama for BBC Studios, has developed and produced many hit dramas, including “Luther,” “Three Girls,” “MotherFatherSon,” “Rillington Place” and “Silent Witness.” Prior to this she was executive producer on both the BAFTA award-winning series “Criminal Justice,” and the multi-Emmy winning U.S. reversion of the show for HBO – “The Night Of.” Salmon has also co-produced other shows with HBO, including “Five Days” and “House of Saddam,” which won a Grierson Award.
Neville was previously managing director of drama at BBC Studios, and prior to this worked as head of production in drama, overseeing international hit series including “Doctor Who...
Salmon, former head of drama for BBC Studios, has developed and produced many hit dramas, including “Luther,” “Three Girls,” “MotherFatherSon,” “Rillington Place” and “Silent Witness.” Prior to this she was executive producer on both the BAFTA award-winning series “Criminal Justice,” and the multi-Emmy winning U.S. reversion of the show for HBO – “The Night Of.” Salmon has also co-produced other shows with HBO, including “Five Days” and “House of Saddam,” which won a Grierson Award.
Neville was previously managing director of drama at BBC Studios, and prior to this worked as head of production in drama, overseeing international hit series including “Doctor Who...
- 4/23/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: ITV is hunting down a new detective franchise in Invisible starring The Crown’s Jason Watkins and Cold Feet’s Tala Gouveia.
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered two feature-length films from Victoria and Poldark producer Mammoth Screen. Invisible is written by Robert Murphy, the lead writer on Left Bank’s long-running detective series Dci Banks.
Set in Bath, Watkins, who is playing former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in season three of The Crown, plays the shy, modest DS Dodds, who is paired with the wildly ambitious Dci McDonald, played by Gouveia.
While McDonald has transferred from the mean streets of South London to leap up the career ladder, Dodds has happily languished on the shelf for most of his working life. McDonald is a tough, driven, battering ram of a cop who cracks cases through sheer force of will and Dodds is quiet, unassuming and enigmatic. But...
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered two feature-length films from Victoria and Poldark producer Mammoth Screen. Invisible is written by Robert Murphy, the lead writer on Left Bank’s long-running detective series Dci Banks.
Set in Bath, Watkins, who is playing former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in season three of The Crown, plays the shy, modest DS Dodds, who is paired with the wildly ambitious Dci McDonald, played by Gouveia.
While McDonald has transferred from the mean streets of South London to leap up the career ladder, Dodds has happily languished on the shelf for most of his working life. McDonald is a tough, driven, battering ram of a cop who cracks cases through sheer force of will and Dodds is quiet, unassuming and enigmatic. But...
- 7/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cable network Ovation has headed back to Europe for its latest drama – the Rowan Atkinson-fronted Maigret.
The broadcaster, which had success with French drama Versailles and British thriller Riviera, will launch the series, which stars the Mr Bean star as world-renowned fictional French detective Jules Maigret, on August 31 at 7 pm Et.
The series first aired in the U.S. via Svod service BritBox, which still has streaming rights.
Ovation will air both seasons of the series set in 1950s Paris over four weeks. It is produced by Ealing Studios and Maigret Productions and originally aired on ITV.
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane), Shaun Dingwall (Dci Banks) and Rufus Wright (EastEnders) also star in the series, which is written by Stewart Harcourt (Love & Marriage).
Exec producers are Barnaby Thompson (St. Trinians) and Ben Latham-Jones (Midsummer Nights Dream) for Ealing Studios, John Simenon for Maigret Productions, and Harcourt.
The broadcaster, which had success with French drama Versailles and British thriller Riviera, will launch the series, which stars the Mr Bean star as world-renowned fictional French detective Jules Maigret, on August 31 at 7 pm Et.
The series first aired in the U.S. via Svod service BritBox, which still has streaming rights.
Ovation will air both seasons of the series set in 1950s Paris over four weeks. It is produced by Ealing Studios and Maigret Productions and originally aired on ITV.
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane), Shaun Dingwall (Dci Banks) and Rufus Wright (EastEnders) also star in the series, which is written by Stewart Harcourt (Love & Marriage).
Exec producers are Barnaby Thompson (St. Trinians) and Ben Latham-Jones (Midsummer Nights Dream) for Ealing Studios, John Simenon for Maigret Productions, and Harcourt.
- 7/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ICM Partners has signed British actress Sophie Skelton. She plays the prolific role of Brianna Randall Fraser on Starz’s Outlander which is in its fourth season.
Skelton trained at the Royal Ballet, her first professional TV role being in the Series two of the British crime drama Dci Banks. Her debut feature film role was in Ian Vernon’s 2014 pic The War I Knew, about a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines. Skelton played the role of Margaret.
Skelton had the title role in the British fantasy adventure series Ren, about a girl who is marked by a powerful ancient spirit, of which she tries to discover the real meaning behind it.
On the film side, Skelton starred in the remake of the George Romero zombie pic Day of the Dead: Bloodline and the Nicolas Cage action crime drama 211.
Skelton continues to be represented by Industry Entertainment and Independent in the UK.
Skelton trained at the Royal Ballet, her first professional TV role being in the Series two of the British crime drama Dci Banks. Her debut feature film role was in Ian Vernon’s 2014 pic The War I Knew, about a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines. Skelton played the role of Margaret.
Skelton had the title role in the British fantasy adventure series Ren, about a girl who is marked by a powerful ancient spirit, of which she tries to discover the real meaning behind it.
On the film side, Skelton starred in the remake of the George Romero zombie pic Day of the Dead: Bloodline and the Nicolas Cage action crime drama 211.
Skelton continues to be represented by Industry Entertainment and Independent in the UK.
- 2/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Feel-good British comedy Walk Like A Panther is released nationwide in UK cinemas Now. To celebrate, we are offering 2 of you the chance to win a merchandise bundle,
including signed poster, a t-shirt, a cap and some limited edition Panther beer from Magic Rock Brewing!
Starring BAFTA Award nominee Stephen Graham (Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s
Revenge, “Boardwalk Empire”), British Independent Film Award winner Dave Johns (I,
Daniel Blake) and Jill Halfpenny (“Humans,” “EastEnders”), Walk Like A Panther is
directed and written by Dan Cadan.
Walk Like A Panther revolves around a group of ‘80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Led by father-son duo, Mark (Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Johns), this unlikely bunch of underdog heroes sets out to save their community, rekindling old friendships and family ties along the way.
The ensemble British...
including signed poster, a t-shirt, a cap and some limited edition Panther beer from Magic Rock Brewing!
Starring BAFTA Award nominee Stephen Graham (Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s
Revenge, “Boardwalk Empire”), British Independent Film Award winner Dave Johns (I,
Daniel Blake) and Jill Halfpenny (“Humans,” “EastEnders”), Walk Like A Panther is
directed and written by Dan Cadan.
Walk Like A Panther revolves around a group of ‘80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Led by father-son duo, Mark (Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Johns), this unlikely bunch of underdog heroes sets out to save their community, rekindling old friendships and family ties along the way.
The ensemble British...
- 3/9/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
BBC One, Sundance TV series heading into production.
Abi Morgan’s BBC One and Sundance TV drama The Split has cast up ahead of production, which kicks off in London next week.
Nicola Walker [pictured centre] (Four Weddings And A Funeral) will lead the six-part drama, alongside Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), Stephen Mangan [pictured right] (Episodes), Fiona Button (Lip Service), Deborah Findlay (Leaving), Annabel Scholey (Being Human), Barry Atsma (Hector And The Search For Happiness) and Stephen Tompkinson (Dci Banks).
Written by Morgan [pictured left], whose credits include Shame, The Iron Lady and The Hour, the series counts Jane Featherstone as an executive producer under her new banner Sister Pictures.
Broadchurch director Jessica Hobbs is directing, with Black Mirror’s Lucy Dyke producing.
The series is an exploration of modern marriage and the legacy of divorce told through the lens of the Defoes, a family of female lawyers working in London’s divorce circuit.
It was commissioned by Piers Wenger, controller of BBC...
Abi Morgan’s BBC One and Sundance TV drama The Split has cast up ahead of production, which kicks off in London next week.
Nicola Walker [pictured centre] (Four Weddings And A Funeral) will lead the six-part drama, alongside Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), Stephen Mangan [pictured right] (Episodes), Fiona Button (Lip Service), Deborah Findlay (Leaving), Annabel Scholey (Being Human), Barry Atsma (Hector And The Search For Happiness) and Stephen Tompkinson (Dci Banks).
Written by Morgan [pictured left], whose credits include Shame, The Iron Lady and The Hour, the series counts Jane Featherstone as an executive producer under her new banner Sister Pictures.
Broadchurch director Jessica Hobbs is directing, with Black Mirror’s Lucy Dyke producing.
The series is an exploration of modern marriage and the legacy of divorce told through the lens of the Defoes, a family of female lawyers working in London’s divorce circuit.
It was commissioned by Piers Wenger, controller of BBC...
- 6/28/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
ITV Studios, Sky execs join UK outfit.
Lookout Point has hired two drama heavyweights to aid its growth plan – ITV Studios drama exec Francis Hopkinson and Sky’s head of scripted production Louise Mutter.
Hopkinson, who has been with ITV Studios since 2011, has been named executive producer and will be tasked with developing and producing his own slate of original dramas.
He will also produce the company’s forthcoming Andrew Davies-penned adaptation of A Suitable Boy for BBC1.
He will also form part of the senior team at Benchmark Television, the high-end drama venture that Lookout Point established with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment.
Lookout Point has hired two drama heavyweights to aid its growth plan – ITV Studios drama exec Francis Hopkinson and Sky’s head of scripted production Louise Mutter.
Hopkinson, who has been with ITV Studios since 2011, has been named executive producer and will be tasked with developing and producing his own slate of original dramas.
He will also produce the company’s forthcoming Andrew Davies-penned adaptation of A Suitable Boy for BBC1.
He will also form part of the senior team at Benchmark Television, the high-end drama venture that Lookout Point established with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment.
- 6/22/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Scottish production company Synchronicity Films has secured the rights to Hanif Kureishi’s novella, The Body. The plan is to develop the tense thriller as a high-end international drama series. Synchronicity's Claire Mundell will executive produce, with Robert Murphy (Dci Banks, Vera) adapting. The acquisition was made in partnership with Green Ash Pictures backed by Great Point Media. The Body, originally published in 2002, centers on Adam, a middle-aged…...
- 3/15/2017
- Deadline TV
ITV has cancelled its Dci Banks TV show after five seasons (series). Radio Times reports the fifth series will be the final outing. The program ended with the two-part finale, "Undertow, which will serve as the Dci Banks TV series finale.Stephen Tompkins starred in the title role of ITV's adaption Peter Robinson's Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks book series. Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz, Jack Deam, and Samuel Anderson also starred.Read More…...
- 11/11/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
British actress Sophie Skelton ("Doctors," "Dci Banks") has scored the key fan-favorite role of Brianna in the second season of Starz' "Outlander" which returns in April.
The character is described as a striking, redheaded young lady and the daughter of lead characters Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan).
Strong-minded and intelligent beyond her years, she has a distinctly scholastic mindset and a healthy dose of Fraser stubbornness.
She joins previously announced Richard Rankin, who will play the adult version of Roger Wakefield whom viewers met as a child in the first season.
Source: Variety...
The character is described as a striking, redheaded young lady and the daughter of lead characters Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan).
Strong-minded and intelligent beyond her years, she has a distinctly scholastic mindset and a healthy dose of Fraser stubbornness.
She joins previously announced Richard Rankin, who will play the adult version of Roger Wakefield whom viewers met as a child in the first season.
Source: Variety...
- 1/28/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Moving to another Ya adaptation following the Hunger Games films, Donald Sutherland is already part of the cast of Measure Of A Man. And he's now joined by Luke Wilson and Judy Greer. Jim Loach (son of Ken) is directing the film, based on the 1991 novel One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte.The Maze Runner's Blake Cooper leads the film - a 1970s coming-of-age drama - as Bobby Marks, an overweight kid struggling with summer camp and an ongoing saga involving a lawnmowing job. Wilson and Greer will be playing Bobby's less than helpful parents, with Liana Liberato his sister Michelle, and Sutherland as Dr. Kahn, owner of that troublesome lawn.Loach's last film was Oranges And Sunshine in 2010 (although his drama Chasing Satellites seems to be complete and awaiting a release). But he's been more prolific on television, clocking up the mini-series Life Of Crime, plus episodes of Dci Banks,...
- 10/6/2015
- EmpireOnline
Striking while his career iron is still heating up, Brit newcomer James Bloor is following his unlikely role in Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface with some more American genre action. He's signed on for North, a post-apocalyptic yarn also starring Jacob Lofland (Mud), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse) and Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena).Documentarian Matthew Ogens is making the switch to fiction to direct the film. Its sketchy plot details so far reveal a group of teenagers striking out into the dangerous, blasted unknown in the wake of a cataclysm. Chris Walla of the band Death Cab For Cutie is providing the soundtrack.Bloor's only screen acting credits so far are a two-part Dci Banks story and a short based on Hansel And Gretel. In Leatherface he's reportedly playing one of three teenagers who might grow into the chainsaw-wielding maniac.North is currently shooting in Detroit.
- 8/21/2015
- EmpireOnline
Here's one of those 'This'll make you feel old' factoids - it's two years since the last ever episode of Skins aired.
E4's groundbreaking hormone-fest wrapped up on August 5, 2013 - with an older Cook (Jack O'Connell) heading off into an uncertain future at the close of 'Rise (Part Two)'.
Cook was but one of 27 major characters featured on Skins across three 'Generations' - in a total of 61 episodes, split into seven series. But where are the teen tearaways of Roundview College now?
Generation One
1. Nicholas Hoult
Hoult played Tony Stonem - the pre-eminent bad boy of Skins - across its first two series. Later badly hurt in a traffic accident and forced to rely on others, Tony had mellowed by his final episodes.
Now aged 25, Hoult has become a bona-fide Hollywood star with roles in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road and the much-anticipated book adaptations Dark Places and Kill Your Friends.
E4's groundbreaking hormone-fest wrapped up on August 5, 2013 - with an older Cook (Jack O'Connell) heading off into an uncertain future at the close of 'Rise (Part Two)'.
Cook was but one of 27 major characters featured on Skins across three 'Generations' - in a total of 61 episodes, split into seven series. But where are the teen tearaways of Roundview College now?
Generation One
1. Nicholas Hoult
Hoult played Tony Stonem - the pre-eminent bad boy of Skins - across its first two series. Later badly hurt in a traffic accident and forced to rely on others, Tony had mellowed by his final episodes.
Now aged 25, Hoult has become a bona-fide Hollywood star with roles in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road and the much-anticipated book adaptations Dark Places and Kill Your Friends.
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Once again, rather strangely, heading to British TV for its young cast, Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface has just gained Jessica Madsen. The Mr. Selfridge actress joins Sam Strike (Eastenders) and James Bloor (Dci Banks).The new Chainsaw film follows 2013's hapless Texas Chainsaw 3D as the eighth film in the scrappy franchise. It's the second to be called Leatherface, following Jeff Burr's third instalment in 1990 starring a young Viggo Mortensen. It's also the second attempt at a prequel, after Jonathan Liebesman's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning in 2006.Like Liebesman's film, the new Leatherface is following the hulking killer's early years in the 1970s, although in this case we'll find him in his teens before he dons the mask and picks up the saw. It seems to be a mystery revolving around three teenage psychopaths, one of whom will grow up brain William Vail with a hammer and endlessly chase Marilyn Burns.
- 4/28/2015
- EmpireOnline
The Island with Bear Grylls returned to strong ratings on Channel 4, according to overnight figures for Wednesday (April 8).
The survival skills series aired to 1.63m (7.8%) at 9pm, with a further 283,000 viewers (1.8%) tuning in on Channel 4+1. Later, First Dates averaged 1.15m (7.5%) at 10pm (189k/2.4% on +1).
However, it was BBC One's MasterChef that topped the ratings once again, bringing in 4.80m (24.0%) at 8pm, while Secret Britain interested 3.90m (18.6%) at 9pm. Match of the Day scored 1.82m (15.7%) at 10.45pm.
On BBC Two, Collectaholics continued with 1.07m (5.8%) at 7pm, while The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives gathered 1.20m (6.0%) at 8pm. This World appealed to 980k (4.7%) at 9pm, and Qi interested 780k (4.5%) at 10pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.16m (15.7%) at 8pm (180k/0.9% on +1), followed by the latest Dci Banks with 3.71m (17.7%) at 9pm (181k/1.2%).
Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door was seen by 1.07m (5.4%) at 8pm (145k/0.7%), followed by OAPs Behaving Badly...
The survival skills series aired to 1.63m (7.8%) at 9pm, with a further 283,000 viewers (1.8%) tuning in on Channel 4+1. Later, First Dates averaged 1.15m (7.5%) at 10pm (189k/2.4% on +1).
However, it was BBC One's MasterChef that topped the ratings once again, bringing in 4.80m (24.0%) at 8pm, while Secret Britain interested 3.90m (18.6%) at 9pm. Match of the Day scored 1.82m (15.7%) at 10.45pm.
On BBC Two, Collectaholics continued with 1.07m (5.8%) at 7pm, while The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives gathered 1.20m (6.0%) at 8pm. This World appealed to 980k (4.7%) at 9pm, and Qi interested 780k (4.5%) at 10pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.16m (15.7%) at 8pm (180k/0.9% on +1), followed by the latest Dci Banks with 3.71m (17.7%) at 9pm (181k/1.2%).
Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door was seen by 1.07m (5.4%) at 8pm (145k/0.7%), followed by OAPs Behaving Badly...
- 4/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Dci Banks: ITV, 9pm
Last in the series of the ITV detective drama starring Stephen Tompkinson.
The investigation ramps up when Morton discovers that Hexton is the biological father of murdered student Josh.
The Island with Bear Grylls: Channel 4, 9pm
First in the new series of the survival programme where two teams, one all-male and one all-female, are put to the test on tropical islands.
Tonight, the male participants struggle against harsh currents and tropical storms as they try to find shelter.
Chicago Pd: 5Usa, 9pm
Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) and his team return for a second season of the Chicago Fire spin-off.
The Intelligence Unit begins to investigate the murder of one of their own, while Internal Affairs are still after Voight's badge.
You, Me and Them: Gold, 10pm
First in the new series of the comedy starring Eve Myles and Anthony Head as a couple with a big age difference.
Last in the series of the ITV detective drama starring Stephen Tompkinson.
The investigation ramps up when Morton discovers that Hexton is the biological father of murdered student Josh.
The Island with Bear Grylls: Channel 4, 9pm
First in the new series of the survival programme where two teams, one all-male and one all-female, are put to the test on tropical islands.
Tonight, the male participants struggle against harsh currents and tropical storms as they try to find shelter.
Chicago Pd: 5Usa, 9pm
Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) and his team return for a second season of the Chicago Fire spin-off.
The Intelligence Unit begins to investigate the murder of one of their own, while Internal Affairs are still after Voight's badge.
You, Me and Them: Gold, 10pm
First in the new series of the comedy starring Eve Myles and Anthony Head as a couple with a big age difference.
- 4/8/2015
- Digital Spy
MasterChef was on top of the ratings on Wednesday evening, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One competition brought in an average 5.53 million (27.3%) at 8pm, followed by Billion Dollar Chicken Shop with 3.17m (15.5%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, The Fixer appealed to 883,000 (4.7%) at 7pm, while The Ladykillers was seen by 1.16m (5.7%) at 8pm and the Strangeways documentary by 1.41m (6.9%) at 9pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.47m (17.0%) at 8pm (178k/0.9% on +1), followed by the latest Dci Banks with 3.62m (17.8%) at 9pm (196k/1.2%).
On Channel 4, How Safe Are Our Planes? interested 987k (4.9%) at 8pm (109k/0.5%). 24 Hours in A&E gathered 1.73m (8.4%) at 9pm (263k/1.6%) and First Dates attracted 1.05m (6.4%) at 10pm (197k/2.3%).
Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door was seen by 1.41m (7.0%) at 8pm (101k/0.5%), followed by OAPs Behaving Badly with 967k (4.7%) at 9pm (123k/0.7%) and Grand Theft Auto: UK with 681k (4.0%) at 10pm.
On ITVBe, Towie's latest episode brought in 474k (2.8%) at 10pm.
The BBC One competition brought in an average 5.53 million (27.3%) at 8pm, followed by Billion Dollar Chicken Shop with 3.17m (15.5%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, The Fixer appealed to 883,000 (4.7%) at 7pm, while The Ladykillers was seen by 1.16m (5.7%) at 8pm and the Strangeways documentary by 1.41m (6.9%) at 9pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.47m (17.0%) at 8pm (178k/0.9% on +1), followed by the latest Dci Banks with 3.62m (17.8%) at 9pm (196k/1.2%).
On Channel 4, How Safe Are Our Planes? interested 987k (4.9%) at 8pm (109k/0.5%). 24 Hours in A&E gathered 1.73m (8.4%) at 9pm (263k/1.6%) and First Dates attracted 1.05m (6.4%) at 10pm (197k/2.3%).
Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door was seen by 1.41m (7.0%) at 8pm (101k/0.5%), followed by OAPs Behaving Badly with 967k (4.7%) at 9pm (123k/0.7%) and Grand Theft Auto: UK with 681k (4.0%) at 10pm.
On ITVBe, Towie's latest episode brought in 474k (2.8%) at 10pm.
- 4/2/2015
- Digital Spy
Masterchef topped the ratings outside soaps on Wednesday evening (March 25), according to overnight figures.
The BBC One cooking competition continued its ratings success with 5.23m (25.3%) at 8pm, while The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop followed with 3.05m (15.2%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's The Lady Killers: Pest Detectives interested 1.29m (6.3%) at 8pm, before Hillary Clinton: The Power of Women gathered 830k (4.1%) at 9pm, and Qi was seen by 840k (5.1%) at 10pm. The latest edition of Newsnight followed with 830k (7.0%) at 10.30pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.52m (16.9%) at 8pm (167k/0.8% on +1), while Dci Banks continued with 4.07m (20.3%) at 9pm (191k/1.4%).
On Channel 4, Three in a Bed continued with 760k (3.7%) at 8pm (117k/0.6%) and 24 Hours in A&E averaged 1.85m (9.2%) at 9pm (324k/2.2%). First Dates amused 1.15m (7.8%) at 10pm (142k/1.9%).
Channel 5's GPs: Behind Closed Doors interested 1.17m (5.7%) at 8pm, while OAPs Behaving Badly shocked 888k (4.4%) at 9pm. Slaughtered at...
The BBC One cooking competition continued its ratings success with 5.23m (25.3%) at 8pm, while The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop followed with 3.05m (15.2%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's The Lady Killers: Pest Detectives interested 1.29m (6.3%) at 8pm, before Hillary Clinton: The Power of Women gathered 830k (4.1%) at 9pm, and Qi was seen by 840k (5.1%) at 10pm. The latest edition of Newsnight followed with 830k (7.0%) at 10.30pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.52m (16.9%) at 8pm (167k/0.8% on +1), while Dci Banks continued with 4.07m (20.3%) at 9pm (191k/1.4%).
On Channel 4, Three in a Bed continued with 760k (3.7%) at 8pm (117k/0.6%) and 24 Hours in A&E averaged 1.85m (9.2%) at 9pm (324k/2.2%). First Dates amused 1.15m (7.8%) at 10pm (142k/1.9%).
Channel 5's GPs: Behind Closed Doors interested 1.17m (5.7%) at 8pm, while OAPs Behaving Badly shocked 888k (4.4%) at 9pm. Slaughtered at...
- 3/26/2015
- Digital Spy
The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop launched with over 3 million viewers on Wednesday evening, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One KFC-based series attracted an average 3.35m (15.9%) at 9pm. Earlier, MasterChef topped the ratings with 4.50m (21.5%) at 7.30pm.
On BBC Two, Stargazing Live appealed to 1.92m (9.0%) at 8pm, followed by Eat To Live Forever with 1.40m (7.4%) at 9.30pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.32m (15.5%) at 8pm (248,000/1.2% on +1), while Dci Banks continued with 3.95m (19.0%) at 9pm (205k/1.4%).
On Channel 4, Three in a Bed brought in 875k (4.1%) at 8pm (160k/0.8%), followed by 24 Hours in A&E with 1.56m (7.4%) at 9pm (273k/1.8%) and First Dates with 954k (6.2%) at 10pm (153k/2.0%).
Channel 5's GPs: Behind Closed Doors gathered 1.16m (5.4%) at 8pm, while My Violent Child fascinated 877k (4.2%) at 9pm. A Neighbours reunion special attracted 789k (5.7%) at 10pm.
On ITVBe, Towie continued with 417k (2.6%) at 10pm, while Terry Wogan's Ireland topped the multichannels with 548k (2.7%) at 8pm on BBC Four.
The BBC One KFC-based series attracted an average 3.35m (15.9%) at 9pm. Earlier, MasterChef topped the ratings with 4.50m (21.5%) at 7.30pm.
On BBC Two, Stargazing Live appealed to 1.92m (9.0%) at 8pm, followed by Eat To Live Forever with 1.40m (7.4%) at 9.30pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.32m (15.5%) at 8pm (248,000/1.2% on +1), while Dci Banks continued with 3.95m (19.0%) at 9pm (205k/1.4%).
On Channel 4, Three in a Bed brought in 875k (4.1%) at 8pm (160k/0.8%), followed by 24 Hours in A&E with 1.56m (7.4%) at 9pm (273k/1.8%) and First Dates with 954k (6.2%) at 10pm (153k/2.0%).
Channel 5's GPs: Behind Closed Doors gathered 1.16m (5.4%) at 8pm, while My Violent Child fascinated 877k (4.2%) at 9pm. A Neighbours reunion special attracted 789k (5.7%) at 10pm.
On ITVBe, Towie continued with 417k (2.6%) at 10pm, while Terry Wogan's Ireland topped the multichannels with 548k (2.7%) at 8pm on BBC Four.
- 3/19/2015
- Digital Spy
Directed by Julian Barratt, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Julien Maury, Vincenzo Natali, Bill Plympton, Jen & Sylvia Soska and many more…
It’s a second go around the alphabet of fear with The ABCs of Death 2. 2012′s first installment – an anthology of 26 stories, each representing a letter of the alphabet – was the very definition of a mixed bag, with (sadly) the bad often outweighing the good. However, given that the good was Very good I still held out hope that this sequel would live up to the expectations and potential that the format has.
Thankfully this time round the good outweighs the bad, although surprisingly there are some disappointing segments from directors whose work I’ve enjoyed; and whose feature work has been hailed as some of the best in the genre – not that there’s any evidence of that here – including...
It’s a second go around the alphabet of fear with The ABCs of Death 2. 2012′s first installment – an anthology of 26 stories, each representing a letter of the alphabet – was the very definition of a mixed bag, with (sadly) the bad often outweighing the good. However, given that the good was Very good I still held out hope that this sequel would live up to the expectations and potential that the format has.
Thankfully this time round the good outweighs the bad, although surprisingly there are some disappointing segments from directors whose work I’ve enjoyed; and whose feature work has been hailed as some of the best in the genre – not that there’s any evidence of that here – including...
- 3/18/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
MasterChef remained top of the ratings on Wednesday (March 11), according to overnight figures.
The BBC One cooking series added around 200,000 viewers to reach 4.87m (23.1%) for its second instalment at 7.30pm, while The People's Strictly entertained 3.35m (15.8%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, Nature's Weirdest Events continued with 1.09m (5.4%) at 7pm, before Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power aired to 1.01m (4.7%) at 8pm.
This World appealed to 880k (4.2%) at 9pm, while Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience gathered 810k (4.6%) at 10pm.
Over on ITV, Big Star's Little Star added 200,000 viewers for its second episode with 3.11m (14.4%) at 8pm (130k/0.6% on +1), before Dci Banks entertained 3.65m (17.4%) at 9pm (158k/1.0%).
Channel 4's Location, Location, Location averaged 1.61m (7.5%) at 8pm (187k/0.9%), while 24 Hours in A&E rose to 1.85m (8.7%) at 9pm (272k/1.7%). First Dates amused 950k (6.0%) at 10pm, and a further 138k (1.7%) on +1.
Channel 5's GPs Behind Closed Doors rose to 1.04m (4.8%) at 8pm...
The BBC One cooking series added around 200,000 viewers to reach 4.87m (23.1%) for its second instalment at 7.30pm, while The People's Strictly entertained 3.35m (15.8%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, Nature's Weirdest Events continued with 1.09m (5.4%) at 7pm, before Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power aired to 1.01m (4.7%) at 8pm.
This World appealed to 880k (4.2%) at 9pm, while Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience gathered 810k (4.6%) at 10pm.
Over on ITV, Big Star's Little Star added 200,000 viewers for its second episode with 3.11m (14.4%) at 8pm (130k/0.6% on +1), before Dci Banks entertained 3.65m (17.4%) at 9pm (158k/1.0%).
Channel 4's Location, Location, Location averaged 1.61m (7.5%) at 8pm (187k/0.9%), while 24 Hours in A&E rose to 1.85m (8.7%) at 9pm (272k/1.7%). First Dates amused 950k (6.0%) at 10pm, and a further 138k (1.7%) on +1.
Channel 5's GPs Behind Closed Doors rose to 1.04m (4.8%) at 8pm...
- 3/12/2015
- Digital Spy
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off bounced back in the ratings on Wednesday, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One show rose by around 600,000 viewers from last week - when it went up against the Brit Awards - attracting an average 6.56 million (30.6%) at 8pm. Later, Match of the Day scored 2.28m (26.1%) at 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, Suffragettes Forever brought in 800,000 (3.7%) at 8pm, followed by This World with 470k (2.2%) at 9pm and Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief with 1.20m (7.1%) at 10pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 2.93m (13.6%) at 8pm (167k/0.8% on +1), while Dci Banks returned with 4.01m (19.4%) at 9pm (162k/1.1%).
On Channel 4, Location, Location, Location appealed to 1.19m (5.6%) at 8pm (185k/0.9%), followed by 24 Hours in A&E with 1.65m (7.9%) at 9pm (345k/2.3%). Being Bipolar interested 893k (6.0%) at 10pm (143k/1.7%).
Channel 5's GPs Behind Closed Doors attracted 952k (4.5%) at 8pm, while My Violent Child was seen by 1.03m (4.9%) at 9pm (111k/0.7%).
On ITVBe,...
The BBC One show rose by around 600,000 viewers from last week - when it went up against the Brit Awards - attracting an average 6.56 million (30.6%) at 8pm. Later, Match of the Day scored 2.28m (26.1%) at 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, Suffragettes Forever brought in 800,000 (3.7%) at 8pm, followed by This World with 470k (2.2%) at 9pm and Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief with 1.20m (7.1%) at 10pm.
ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 2.93m (13.6%) at 8pm (167k/0.8% on +1), while Dci Banks returned with 4.01m (19.4%) at 9pm (162k/1.1%).
On Channel 4, Location, Location, Location appealed to 1.19m (5.6%) at 8pm (185k/0.9%), followed by 24 Hours in A&E with 1.65m (7.9%) at 9pm (345k/2.3%). Being Bipolar interested 893k (6.0%) at 10pm (143k/1.7%).
Channel 5's GPs Behind Closed Doors attracted 952k (4.5%) at 8pm, while My Violent Child was seen by 1.03m (4.9%) at 9pm (111k/0.7%).
On ITVBe,...
- 3/5/2015
- Digital Spy
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off: BBC One, 8pm
It's the final Bake Off for Comic Relief - at least until the champions (including Gok Wan and Michael Sheen) face off on the night itself.
Tonight, it's Chris Moyles, Alexa Chung, Kayvan Novak and Victoria Wood hoping to out-do each other in the kitchen and impress Paul and Mary.
The People's Strictly for Comic Relief: BBC One, 9pm
More fun for Comic Relief, as this non-celebrity variant on Strictly Come Dancing continues, with three more members of the public putting on their dancing shoes.
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman narrate the contestants' heart-warming stories, revealing just why they were picked for this special event.
Dci Banks: ITV, 9pm
Stephen Tompkinson returns for a fourth series as the sour-faced detective, who has even more cause to look miserable this time round.
After suffering a personal loss, Banks is forced to...
It's the final Bake Off for Comic Relief - at least until the champions (including Gok Wan and Michael Sheen) face off on the night itself.
Tonight, it's Chris Moyles, Alexa Chung, Kayvan Novak and Victoria Wood hoping to out-do each other in the kitchen and impress Paul and Mary.
The People's Strictly for Comic Relief: BBC One, 9pm
More fun for Comic Relief, as this non-celebrity variant on Strictly Come Dancing continues, with three more members of the public putting on their dancing shoes.
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman narrate the contestants' heart-warming stories, revealing just why they were picked for this special event.
Dci Banks: ITV, 9pm
Stephen Tompkinson returns for a fourth series as the sour-faced detective, who has even more cause to look miserable this time round.
After suffering a personal loss, Banks is forced to...
- 3/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Scott Free London, the Ridley Scott-backed indie, plans to expand its TV development team after it struck a first-look deal with Sonar Entertainment.
Sonar, formerly known as Rhi, will distribute all of Scott Free London’s projects following the deal which was agreed by its chief executive Gene Stein. The two companies signed a distribution deal for forthcoming BBC and FX drama Taboo [pictured] earlier this year and have now formalised a long-term arrangement.
The deal has enabled Scott Free to beef up its development team.
It has hired Strike Back exec producer Gabriel Silver as development producer. Silver has previously worked on Life on Mars, Spooks, Waking The Dead and Dci Banks.
Scott Free London is also recruiting for a junior development role.
Head of TV Kate Crowe said: “The deal with Sonar has meant that we can increase the team and ramp up development. It will give us the wherewithal to expand.”
Scott Free London...
Sonar, formerly known as Rhi, will distribute all of Scott Free London’s projects following the deal which was agreed by its chief executive Gene Stein. The two companies signed a distribution deal for forthcoming BBC and FX drama Taboo [pictured] earlier this year and have now formalised a long-term arrangement.
The deal has enabled Scott Free to beef up its development team.
It has hired Strike Back exec producer Gabriel Silver as development producer. Silver has previously worked on Life on Mars, Spooks, Waking The Dead and Dci Banks.
Scott Free London is also recruiting for a junior development role.
Head of TV Kate Crowe said: “The deal with Sonar has meant that we can increase the team and ramp up development. It will give us the wherewithal to expand.”
Scott Free London...
- 12/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
As Netflix continues to assert itself as a major television company with such acclaimed series as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Amazon Studios is racing to catch up by ordering series it hopes will be equally well-received. So far, Amazon has scored one big hit in the form of Jeffrey Tambor-led dramedy Transparent, and it hopes to find some more in the new lineup of pilots, which will be made available for viewing as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015.
Enclosed are descriptions of all seven pilots, courtesy of Deadline. The talented involved on all of them is impressive, to say the least. Mad Dogs comes from Cris Cole (The Bill) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), while The Man In The High Castle hails from Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files). Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) are behind Point Of Honor,...
Enclosed are descriptions of all seven pilots, courtesy of Deadline. The talented involved on all of them is impressive, to say the least. Mad Dogs comes from Cris Cole (The Bill) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), while The Man In The High Castle hails from Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files). Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) are behind Point Of Honor,...
- 11/12/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Directed by Julian Barratt, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Julien Maury, Vincenzo Natali, Bill Plympton, Jen & Sylvia Soska and many more…
It’s a second go around the alphabet of fear with the debut of The ABCs of Death 2 as part of this years Celluloid Screams film festival. 2012′s first installment – an anthology of 26 stories, each representing a letter of the alphabet – was the very definition of a mixed bag, with (sadly) the bad often outweighing the good. However, given that the good was Very good I still held out hope that this sequel would live up to the expectations and potential that the format has.
Thankfully this time round the good outweighs the bad, although surprisingly there are some disappointing segments from directors whose work I’ve enjoyed; and whose feature work has been hailed as some of the best in...
It’s a second go around the alphabet of fear with the debut of The ABCs of Death 2 as part of this years Celluloid Screams film festival. 2012′s first installment – an anthology of 26 stories, each representing a letter of the alphabet – was the very definition of a mixed bag, with (sadly) the bad often outweighing the good. However, given that the good was Very good I still held out hope that this sequel would live up to the expectations and potential that the format has.
Thankfully this time round the good outweighs the bad, although surprisingly there are some disappointing segments from directors whose work I’ve enjoyed; and whose feature work has been hailed as some of the best in...
- 10/24/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The National Television Awards 2015 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (October 14) open.
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2015 awards take place at London's O2 on January 21.
The Nta shortlist will be announced in January when the final round of voting begins. Viewers can vote for free online at nationaltvawards.com or by calling the Nta vote form request line 0844 646 2060.
Full list of 2015 nominations:
Chat Show Host
Adam Hills
Alan Carr
Graham Norton
Jonathan Ross
Michael McIntyre
Paul O'Grady
Piers Morgan
Sarah Millican
Comedy
Benidorm
Big School
Birds of a Feather
Blandings
Boomers
Citizen Khan
Derek
Mrs Brown's Boys
Not Going Out
Outnumbered
The Big Bang Theory
The Wrong Mans
W1A
Daytime
Animal Saints and Sinners
Antiques Road Trip
Bargain Hunt
BBC Breakfast
Coach Trip
Escape to the Country
Father Brown
Fifteen to One
Flog It!
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2015 awards take place at London's O2 on January 21.
The Nta shortlist will be announced in January when the final round of voting begins. Viewers can vote for free online at nationaltvawards.com or by calling the Nta vote form request line 0844 646 2060.
Full list of 2015 nominations:
Chat Show Host
Adam Hills
Alan Carr
Graham Norton
Jonathan Ross
Michael McIntyre
Paul O'Grady
Piers Morgan
Sarah Millican
Comedy
Benidorm
Big School
Birds of a Feather
Blandings
Boomers
Citizen Khan
Derek
Mrs Brown's Boys
Not Going Out
Outnumbered
The Big Bang Theory
The Wrong Mans
W1A
Daytime
Animal Saints and Sinners
Antiques Road Trip
Bargain Hunt
BBC Breakfast
Coach Trip
Escape to the Country
Father Brown
Fifteen to One
Flog It!
- 10/13/2014
- Digital Spy
Short-listed projects included On Screen Off Screen and How To Kill Uffie.
Interactive documentary The Flickering Flame, exploring Ken Loach’s 50-year career, has won the Arte International Prize at the Pixel Market.
The website, app and film is being overseen by Ken Loach’s long-time producer Rebecca O’Brien at Sixteen Films in collaboration with Paris-based digital production house Upian.
As previously reported by ScreenDaily, the production will explore Loach’s career through the battles he and his team faced to make his films.
The filmmaker’s son Jim Loach, whose own credits include Oranges and Sunshine and episodes of TV series such as Shameless and Dci Banks, is directing the central, interview-led documentary.
The Flickering Flame was among eight projects in the running for the Arte prize, all of which were pitched at the Pixel Market Finance Forum on Wednesday (Oct 8) and then discussed in one-to-one meetings in the Pixel Market the following day.[p...
Interactive documentary The Flickering Flame, exploring Ken Loach’s 50-year career, has won the Arte International Prize at the Pixel Market.
The website, app and film is being overseen by Ken Loach’s long-time producer Rebecca O’Brien at Sixteen Films in collaboration with Paris-based digital production house Upian.
As previously reported by ScreenDaily, the production will explore Loach’s career through the battles he and his team faced to make his films.
The filmmaker’s son Jim Loach, whose own credits include Oranges and Sunshine and episodes of TV series such as Shameless and Dci Banks, is directing the central, interview-led documentary.
The Flickering Flame was among eight projects in the running for the Arte prize, all of which were pitched at the Pixel Market Finance Forum on Wednesday (Oct 8) and then discussed in one-to-one meetings in the Pixel Market the following day.[p...
- 10/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
'Emmerdale' is set to be rocked by a new family. Emmerdale's Home Farm is to be bought by the White family, with John Bowe taking on the role of the wealthy Lawrence White while newcomer Louise Marwood will play his daughter Chrissie White and Thomas Atkinson her 14-year-old son Lachlan in the ITV soap. John Bowe - who has previously starred in 'Silent Witness', 'Dci Banks' and 'Coronation Street' - said of his new role: ''I am delighted to be joining the cast of Emmerdale ... It is now fantastic to have been given the keys to Home Farm. I can't wait...
- 10/1/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
New cast members for the upcoming ITV drama Arthur & George have been announced.
Arsher Ali, Art Malik and Emma Fielding will star alongside Martin Clunes on the show.
Clunes is to play Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Ali (Four Lions, Complicit) will play George Edalji, and Malik (The Jewel in the Crown, True Lies) will play Reverend Shapurji Edalji.
Fielding (Silk, Dci Banks) will play Charlotte Edalji while Charles Edwards, Hattie Morahan and Sandra Voe also star.
Julian Barnes's novel Arthur & George, on which the series in based, tells the true story of George Edalji, a wrongly convicted man whose quest for freedom was championed by Conan Doyle.
It also explores the fascinating personal life of the Sherlock Holmes writer.
The three-parter will be written by Silent Witness and Waking the Dead scribe Ed Whitmore.
Arsher Ali, Art Malik and Emma Fielding will star alongside Martin Clunes on the show.
Clunes is to play Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Ali (Four Lions, Complicit) will play George Edalji, and Malik (The Jewel in the Crown, True Lies) will play Reverend Shapurji Edalji.
Fielding (Silk, Dci Banks) will play Charlotte Edalji while Charles Edwards, Hattie Morahan and Sandra Voe also star.
Julian Barnes's novel Arthur & George, on which the series in based, tells the true story of George Edalji, a wrongly convicted man whose quest for freedom was championed by Conan Doyle.
It also explores the fascinating personal life of the Sherlock Holmes writer.
The three-parter will be written by Silent Witness and Waking the Dead scribe Ed Whitmore.
- 9/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Dci Banks has been recommissioned for a new six-part series by ITV.
The contemporary crime drama, which stars Stephen Tompkinson as Dci Alan Banks, Andrea Lowe as DS Annie Cabbot and Caroline Catz as Di Helen Morton, will begin filming for its fourth series in Yorkshire later this month.
The new series will feature a deeper exploration of Banks's relationship with his parents (Keith Barron and Polly Hemmingway), further complications in Annie and Banks's on/off romance and a career-threatening personal crisis for Helen.
Featured stories include 'Home', about the tragedy of a well-loved maths teacher run down by a car, with his girlfriend suspecting her own father and cousin, due to her having walked away from an arranged marriage.
Elsewhere, 'Ghost' will see Helen's past return to haunt her when an old flame from another police force implies he is being framed, before he is mysteriously killed.
The fourth series,...
The contemporary crime drama, which stars Stephen Tompkinson as Dci Alan Banks, Andrea Lowe as DS Annie Cabbot and Caroline Catz as Di Helen Morton, will begin filming for its fourth series in Yorkshire later this month.
The new series will feature a deeper exploration of Banks's relationship with his parents (Keith Barron and Polly Hemmingway), further complications in Annie and Banks's on/off romance and a career-threatening personal crisis for Helen.
Featured stories include 'Home', about the tragedy of a well-loved maths teacher run down by a car, with his girlfriend suspecting her own father and cousin, due to her having walked away from an arranged marriage.
Elsewhere, 'Ghost' will see Helen's past return to haunt her when an old flame from another police force implies he is being framed, before he is mysteriously killed.
The fourth series,...
- 9/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Britain's Got Talent star Jack Carroll will appear in the next series of Sky1's Trollied.
Carroll joins Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Tompkinson as new cast additions for the supermarket sitcom's fourth series.
Harry Potter star Margolyes is cast as Colin's nan Rose, who has decided to get a job on the tills at Valco.
Dci Banks lead Tompkinson will play Valco's jumped-up new pharmacist, while Carroll joins the show as cheeky know-it-all Harry.
Award-winning stand-up Aisling Bea will also appear in the new series as Charlotte, the hopeless heiress of the man who owns Valco.
Series four of Trollied is coming soon to Sky1.
Britain's Got Talent's Jack Carroll to star in David Walliams's Big School
Watch a clip from the last series of Trollied below:...
Carroll joins Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Tompkinson as new cast additions for the supermarket sitcom's fourth series.
Harry Potter star Margolyes is cast as Colin's nan Rose, who has decided to get a job on the tills at Valco.
Dci Banks lead Tompkinson will play Valco's jumped-up new pharmacist, while Carroll joins the show as cheeky know-it-all Harry.
Award-winning stand-up Aisling Bea will also appear in the new series as Charlotte, the hopeless heiress of the man who owns Valco.
Series four of Trollied is coming soon to Sky1.
Britain's Got Talent's Jack Carroll to star in David Walliams's Big School
Watch a clip from the last series of Trollied below:...
- 6/6/2014
- Digital Spy
ITV Encore has announced details of its upcoming launch week highlights.
Broadchurch will air for the first time since its original transmission last year, airing all eight parts across Monday to Thursday from June 9.
The episodes will air in double bill slots on the new subscription channel, which will be available on Sky Channel 123.
The new channel will focus on the best of ITV's drama series of recent years.
Meanwhile, Sheridan Smith and Danny Mays's Mrs Biggs will air during the first few weeks, along with The Ice Cream Girls and Rory Kinnear's Lucan.
David Suchet's final four instalments of Poirot will also air on the channel, as well as Whitechapel and Dci Banks from the beginning of their runs.
ITV's Director of Television Peter Fincham said: "Drama is a genre that we know audiences love, and we have worked with some fantastic talent, both on and off screen,...
Broadchurch will air for the first time since its original transmission last year, airing all eight parts across Monday to Thursday from June 9.
The episodes will air in double bill slots on the new subscription channel, which will be available on Sky Channel 123.
The new channel will focus on the best of ITV's drama series of recent years.
Meanwhile, Sheridan Smith and Danny Mays's Mrs Biggs will air during the first few weeks, along with The Ice Cream Girls and Rory Kinnear's Lucan.
David Suchet's final four instalments of Poirot will also air on the channel, as well as Whitechapel and Dci Banks from the beginning of their runs.
ITV's Director of Television Peter Fincham said: "Drama is a genre that we know audiences love, and we have worked with some fantastic talent, both on and off screen,...
- 5/12/2014
- Digital Spy
ITV Encore has been detailed in a new advert.
Launching on June 9 on Sky channel 123, the brand new pay channel will be dedicated to playing ITV's best dramas.
The output has been described as "another chance to see, or a fresh opportunity to discover, some of the best ITV drama of recent times".
It will show programmes such as Broadchurch, Downton Abbey, The Widower, The Ice Cream Girls, Mrs Biggs, Lucan, Vera, Whitechapel and Dci Banks.
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier recently said that the channel was part of its strategy to become the most-watched channel in the UK.
"A key part of our strategy is to become the most-watched, most-loved and most-talked-about family of free and pay channels for every household and every advertiser in the UK," Crozier explained.
Encore will be ITV's first new channel in eight years. It launches as part of a four-year partnership with Sky.
Launching on June 9 on Sky channel 123, the brand new pay channel will be dedicated to playing ITV's best dramas.
The output has been described as "another chance to see, or a fresh opportunity to discover, some of the best ITV drama of recent times".
It will show programmes such as Broadchurch, Downton Abbey, The Widower, The Ice Cream Girls, Mrs Biggs, Lucan, Vera, Whitechapel and Dci Banks.
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier recently said that the channel was part of its strategy to become the most-watched channel in the UK.
"A key part of our strategy is to become the most-watched, most-loved and most-talked-about family of free and pay channels for every household and every advertiser in the UK," Crozier explained.
Encore will be ITV's first new channel in eight years. It launches as part of a four-year partnership with Sky.
- 5/10/2014
- Digital Spy
After commenting - and some might say quite extensively! - on a few recent Digital Spy articles about the future of the BBC and the TV licence, I was asked if I would like to write a guest piece on "the pros and cons of keeping a licence fee".
Well, I was flattered as I've never been asked to do anything like that before, but it is something I feel rather strongly about and so I thought it might be a good idea - if only to try to counter some of the misinformed and not-very-well-thought-out "opinions" that seem to keep cropping up in the comments section of said articles.
In the modern era, when we have so many alternative sources of "television", the licence fee is thought to be archaic, outdated and anachronistic. But is it really?
We do have another public service that was brought in some 20 years...
Well, I was flattered as I've never been asked to do anything like that before, but it is something I feel rather strongly about and so I thought it might be a good idea - if only to try to counter some of the misinformed and not-very-well-thought-out "opinions" that seem to keep cropping up in the comments section of said articles.
In the modern era, when we have so many alternative sources of "television", the licence fee is thought to be archaic, outdated and anachronistic. But is it really?
We do have another public service that was brought in some 20 years...
- 3/29/2014
- Digital Spy
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show launched with over 2 million viewers on Monday night, according to overnight data.
The comic's new series entertained 2.41m (21.9%) at 10.35pm on BBC One, with special guests Sir Terry Wogan, Lord Alan Sugar and Lily Allen.
Earlier, Bang Goes the Theory returned with 3.81m (17.5%) at 7.30pm, while Silk continued with 3.94m (17.1%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 3.00m (13.2%) at 8pm, followed by Mary Berry Cooks with 2.75m (11.9%) at 8.30pm. Mind the Gap: London vs the Rest intrigued 1.31m (5.7%) at 9pm.
On ITV, Dci Banks dropped over 100,000 but was still on top overall outside of soaps with 4.41m (19.2%) at 9pm (411k/2.7% on +1). I Never Knew That About Britain appealed to 3.32m (14.6%) at 8pm (107k/0.5%).
Channel 4's Food Unwrapped gathered 1.08m (4.7%) at 8pm (130k/0.6%), followed by One Born Every Minute with 2.14m (9.3%) at 9pm (272k/1.8%) and 8 Out of 10 Cats with 1.10m (7.0%) at 10pm (140k...
The comic's new series entertained 2.41m (21.9%) at 10.35pm on BBC One, with special guests Sir Terry Wogan, Lord Alan Sugar and Lily Allen.
Earlier, Bang Goes the Theory returned with 3.81m (17.5%) at 7.30pm, while Silk continued with 3.94m (17.1%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 3.00m (13.2%) at 8pm, followed by Mary Berry Cooks with 2.75m (11.9%) at 8.30pm. Mind the Gap: London vs the Rest intrigued 1.31m (5.7%) at 9pm.
On ITV, Dci Banks dropped over 100,000 but was still on top overall outside of soaps with 4.41m (19.2%) at 9pm (411k/2.7% on +1). I Never Knew That About Britain appealed to 3.32m (14.6%) at 8pm (107k/0.5%).
Channel 4's Food Unwrapped gathered 1.08m (4.7%) at 8pm (130k/0.6%), followed by One Born Every Minute with 2.14m (9.3%) at 9pm (272k/1.8%) and 8 Out of 10 Cats with 1.10m (7.0%) at 10pm (140k...
- 3/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Mary Berry Cooks began with impressive ratings for BBC Two on Monday night (March 3).
The Great British Bake Off star's new series launched with 3.20 million (13.2%) at 8.30pm. Earlier, University Challenge quizzed 3.06m (13.0%) at 8pm, while Evan Davis's Mind the Gap: London vs The Rest gathered 1.63m (7.0%) at 9pm.
ITV's Dci Banks topped the ratings overall outside of soaps with 4.58m (18.6%) at 9pm (335,000/2.1% on +1). New series I Never Knew That About Britain opened with 3.54m (15.1%) at 8pm (179k/0.7%).
On BBC One, Silk dropped over 500k from last week's opener to 4.13m (17.6%) at 9pm. Earlier, Panorama interested 2.96m (12.3%) at 8.30pm.
Channel 4's One Born Every Minute returned with 2.08m (8.9%) at 9pm (294k/1.9%). 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.02m (6.3%) at 10pm (193k/2.3%). Earlier, Food Unwrapped appealed to 824k (3.4%) at 8.30pm.
On Channel 5, Police Interceptors attracted 1.09m (4.6%) at 8pm. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! brought in 1.92m (8.2%) at 9pm (139k/0.9%), followed...
The Great British Bake Off star's new series launched with 3.20 million (13.2%) at 8.30pm. Earlier, University Challenge quizzed 3.06m (13.0%) at 8pm, while Evan Davis's Mind the Gap: London vs The Rest gathered 1.63m (7.0%) at 9pm.
ITV's Dci Banks topped the ratings overall outside of soaps with 4.58m (18.6%) at 9pm (335,000/2.1% on +1). New series I Never Knew That About Britain opened with 3.54m (15.1%) at 8pm (179k/0.7%).
On BBC One, Silk dropped over 500k from last week's opener to 4.13m (17.6%) at 9pm. Earlier, Panorama interested 2.96m (12.3%) at 8.30pm.
Channel 4's One Born Every Minute returned with 2.08m (8.9%) at 9pm (294k/1.9%). 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.02m (6.3%) at 10pm (193k/2.3%). Earlier, Food Unwrapped appealed to 824k (3.4%) at 8.30pm.
On Channel 5, Police Interceptors attracted 1.09m (4.6%) at 8pm. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! brought in 1.92m (8.2%) at 9pm (139k/0.9%), followed...
- 3/5/2014
- Digital Spy
Letitia Wright (represented by Identity Agency Group) joins the cast of new ITV four-part drama Chasing Shadows which focuses on the work of a missing persons field unit charged with tracking down serial killers who prey on impressionable and vulnerable people.
Letitia, one of Screenterrier's Top British Teenage Actresses from last year, starred in Channel 4's Top Boy and award-winning feature My Brother The Devil. She was also named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2012.
She will star alongside Noel Clarke, Reece Sheersmith and Alex Kingston.
Chasing Shadows is created and written by Rob Williams (Dci Banks, Holby City)and is currently filming in the South East for eight weeks.
Letitia, one of Screenterrier's Top British Teenage Actresses from last year, starred in Channel 4's Top Boy and award-winning feature My Brother The Devil. She was also named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2012.
She will star alongside Noel Clarke, Reece Sheersmith and Alex Kingston.
Chasing Shadows is created and written by Rob Williams (Dci Banks, Holby City)and is currently filming in the South East for eight weeks.
- 2/26/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Silk returned for its latest series to top the Monday ratings, overnight data reveals.
The legal drama attracted 4.66 million viewers (19.4%) at 9pm on BBC One. Earlier, Panorama interested 2.24m (9.5%) at 8.30pm.
On ITV, Dci Banks dropped over a million viewers from last week, falling to 4.50m (18.7%) at 9pm (409,000/2.5% on +1). A Great Welsh Adventure gathered 3.55m (18.1%) at 8pm (122k/0.5%).
BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 2.94m (12.6%) at 8pm, followed by Food and Drink with 2.30m (9.8%) at 8.30pm and Horizon with 1.50m (6.2%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, One Born Every Minute returned for a new series with 2.32m (9.7%) at 9pm (374k/2.3%). 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.14m (6.9%) at 10pm (99k/1.2%).
Channel 5's Police Interceptors gathered 1.23m (5.3%) at 8pm, followed by Can't Pay, We'll Take It Away! with 1.79m (7.4%) at 9pm (209k/1.3%) and Caught on Camera with 1.07m (6.6%) at 10pm.
On E4, My Mad Fat Diary attracted 410k (2.5%) at 10pm (107k/1.3%).
The legal drama attracted 4.66 million viewers (19.4%) at 9pm on BBC One. Earlier, Panorama interested 2.24m (9.5%) at 8.30pm.
On ITV, Dci Banks dropped over a million viewers from last week, falling to 4.50m (18.7%) at 9pm (409,000/2.5% on +1). A Great Welsh Adventure gathered 3.55m (18.1%) at 8pm (122k/0.5%).
BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 2.94m (12.6%) at 8pm, followed by Food and Drink with 2.30m (9.8%) at 8.30pm and Horizon with 1.50m (6.2%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, One Born Every Minute returned for a new series with 2.32m (9.7%) at 9pm (374k/2.3%). 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.14m (6.9%) at 10pm (99k/1.2%).
Channel 5's Police Interceptors gathered 1.23m (5.3%) at 8pm, followed by Can't Pay, We'll Take It Away! with 1.79m (7.4%) at 9pm (209k/1.3%) and Caught on Camera with 1.07m (6.6%) at 10pm.
On E4, My Mad Fat Diary attracted 410k (2.5%) at 10pm (107k/1.3%).
- 2/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Channel 4's Benefits Britain live debate attracted 2.78 million (11.8%) on Monday, according to overnight data.
Richard Bacon's live show at 9pm brought in a further 468,000 (2.8%) viewers on +1, while the Benefits Street follow-up programme Last Word was seen by 2.52m (10.4%) at 8.30pm (374k/1.6% on +1).
The return of Jimmy Carr's 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.26m (7.2%) at 10pm (213k/2.3%).
ITV's Dci Banks remained on top overall, dipping by around 80k to 5.61m (23.9%) at 9pm (233k/1.4%). A Great Welsh Adventure interested 3.35m (13.9%) at 8pm (110k/0.5%).
On BBC One, a Panorama flood special appealed to 2.82m (11.7%) at 8.30pm, followed by the final Britain's Great War with 3.02m (12.9%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's Winter Olympics coverage continued with 2.54m (11.3%) at 7pm. University Challenge quizzed 3.46m (14.3%) at 8pm, followed by Food and Drink with 1.92m (8.0%) at 8.30pm and Horizon with 1.13m (4.8%) at 9pm.
Channel 5's Big British Immigration Row intrigued 850k (3.6%) at 8pm, while Can't Stop,...
Richard Bacon's live show at 9pm brought in a further 468,000 (2.8%) viewers on +1, while the Benefits Street follow-up programme Last Word was seen by 2.52m (10.4%) at 8.30pm (374k/1.6% on +1).
The return of Jimmy Carr's 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.26m (7.2%) at 10pm (213k/2.3%).
ITV's Dci Banks remained on top overall, dipping by around 80k to 5.61m (23.9%) at 9pm (233k/1.4%). A Great Welsh Adventure interested 3.35m (13.9%) at 8pm (110k/0.5%).
On BBC One, a Panorama flood special appealed to 2.82m (11.7%) at 8.30pm, followed by the final Britain's Great War with 3.02m (12.9%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's Winter Olympics coverage continued with 2.54m (11.3%) at 7pm. University Challenge quizzed 3.46m (14.3%) at 8pm, followed by Food and Drink with 1.92m (8.0%) at 8.30pm and Horizon with 1.13m (4.8%) at 9pm.
Channel 5's Big British Immigration Row intrigued 850k (3.6%) at 8pm, while Can't Stop,...
- 2/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Benefits Street continued its high ratings for its final episode on Monday night, overnight data reveals.
The Channel 4 series concluded with 4.02 million (16.5%) at 9pm, with an added 573,000 (3.6%) on +1. Later, Chris Stark's Celeb Hunter intrigued 662k (4.2%) at 10pm.
ITV's Dci Banks remained on top, dipping slightly from last week to 5.69m (23.4%) at 9pm (283k/1.7% on +1). A Great Welsh Adventure appealed to 3.49m (14.4%) at 8pm (123k/0.5%).
On BBC One, Panorama interested 2.99m (12.4%) at 8.30pm, followed by Jeremy Paxman's Britain's Great War with 3.22m (13.2%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's Winter Olympics highlights scored 2.60m (11.6%) at 7pm. University Challenge quizzed 3.26m (13.5%) at 8pm.
On Channel 5, Jim Davidson's special At Least I'm Not Boring amused 1.14m (4.7%) at 9pm (154k/0.9%). Police Interceptors gathered 1.01m (4.2%) at 8pm.
The Channel 4 series concluded with 4.02 million (16.5%) at 9pm, with an added 573,000 (3.6%) on +1. Later, Chris Stark's Celeb Hunter intrigued 662k (4.2%) at 10pm.
ITV's Dci Banks remained on top, dipping slightly from last week to 5.69m (23.4%) at 9pm (283k/1.7% on +1). A Great Welsh Adventure appealed to 3.49m (14.4%) at 8pm (123k/0.5%).
On BBC One, Panorama interested 2.99m (12.4%) at 8.30pm, followed by Jeremy Paxman's Britain's Great War with 3.22m (13.2%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's Winter Olympics highlights scored 2.60m (11.6%) at 7pm. University Challenge quizzed 3.26m (13.5%) at 8pm.
On Channel 5, Jim Davidson's special At Least I'm Not Boring amused 1.14m (4.7%) at 9pm (154k/0.9%). Police Interceptors gathered 1.01m (4.2%) at 8pm.
- 2/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Reece Shearsmith, Alex Kingston and Noel Clarke are to star in new ITV drama Chasing Shadows.
Shearsmith will play DS Sean Stone in the four-part series, which follows a special unit hunting down serial killers.
Socially awkward but brilliant, Stone is a misfit with self-destructive tendencies and an eccentric manner.
Doctor Who star Kingston will play his partner Ruth Hattersley. An analyst from the Missing Persons Bureau, Hattersley is tasked to work alongside Stone and her empathic nature helps to balance out his awkward temperament.
Fellow Who veteran Clarke has been cast in the role of Di Prior in the drama from Dci Banks writer Rob Williams.
Christopher Menaul (The Suspicions of Mr Whicher) will direct the first self-contained story 'Only Connect' across two episodes. The director of the second two-part story 'Off Radar' will be Jim O'Hanlon (In The Flesh).
Lewis to return for 8th series on ITV...
Shearsmith will play DS Sean Stone in the four-part series, which follows a special unit hunting down serial killers.
Socially awkward but brilliant, Stone is a misfit with self-destructive tendencies and an eccentric manner.
Doctor Who star Kingston will play his partner Ruth Hattersley. An analyst from the Missing Persons Bureau, Hattersley is tasked to work alongside Stone and her empathic nature helps to balance out his awkward temperament.
Fellow Who veteran Clarke has been cast in the role of Di Prior in the drama from Dci Banks writer Rob Williams.
Christopher Menaul (The Suspicions of Mr Whicher) will direct the first self-contained story 'Only Connect' across two episodes. The director of the second two-part story 'Off Radar' will be Jim O'Hanlon (In The Flesh).
Lewis to return for 8th series on ITV...
- 2/11/2014
- Digital Spy
The Jump concluded with a series low score on Monday night, according to overnight ratings.
The Channel 4 winter sport competition dipped to 1.56 million (6.4%) at 9pm, with an added 194,000 (1.2%) tuning in on +1. Earlier, Food Unwrapped was seen by 1.22m (5.0%) at 8.30pm (122k/0.5% on +1).
On ITV, new drama Dci Banks appealed to 5.73m (23.2%) at 9pm (321k/1.9%). This is over 2 million higher than The Bletchley Circle in the same slot last week. A Great Welsh Adventure gathered 3.14m (13.9%) at 8pm (119k/0.5%).
BBC One's Panorama interested 2.29m (9.4%) at 8.30pm, followed by Britain's Great War with 3.13m (12.7%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, University Challenge quizzed 2.79m (11.6%) at 8pm, while Food and Drink entertained 2.30m (9.4%) at 8.30pm. A Horizon special on sinkholes fascinated 1.95m (7.9%) at 9pm.
Channel 5's Big Benefits Row live debate brought in 1.85m (7.5%) at 8pm (278k/1.6%), followed by the latest Helix with 587k (3.4%) at 9pm.
On BBC Three, documentary Growing Up Down's was seen by 224k (0.9%) at 9pm.
The Channel 4 winter sport competition dipped to 1.56 million (6.4%) at 9pm, with an added 194,000 (1.2%) tuning in on +1. Earlier, Food Unwrapped was seen by 1.22m (5.0%) at 8.30pm (122k/0.5% on +1).
On ITV, new drama Dci Banks appealed to 5.73m (23.2%) at 9pm (321k/1.9%). This is over 2 million higher than The Bletchley Circle in the same slot last week. A Great Welsh Adventure gathered 3.14m (13.9%) at 8pm (119k/0.5%).
BBC One's Panorama interested 2.29m (9.4%) at 8.30pm, followed by Britain's Great War with 3.13m (12.7%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, University Challenge quizzed 2.79m (11.6%) at 8pm, while Food and Drink entertained 2.30m (9.4%) at 8.30pm. A Horizon special on sinkholes fascinated 1.95m (7.9%) at 9pm.
Channel 5's Big Benefits Row live debate brought in 1.85m (7.5%) at 8pm (278k/1.6%), followed by the latest Helix with 587k (3.4%) at 9pm.
On BBC Three, documentary Growing Up Down's was seen by 224k (0.9%) at 9pm.
- 2/4/2014
- Digital Spy
ITV has ordered a new four part drama series focusing on the work of a missing persons field unit dealing with serial killers.
Penned by Dci Banks and Holby City writer Rob Williams, Chasing Shadows follows the team in their pursuit of serial killers who prey on the vulnerable.
The series follows DS Sean Alexander, described as intense, socially awkward and a misfit, alongside his partner and stabilising influence Ruth Hattersley. Both parts are yet to be cast.
ITV's Director of Drama Steve November said: "It's a crime drama, but not a typical one as it is based around a missing persons unit. And it introduces two very individual and exciting new characters who we're very much looking forward to seeing."
Filming is due to commence in February and will be set in an urban area shot in the south east.
Chasing Shadows will feature five returning characters including Sean...
Penned by Dci Banks and Holby City writer Rob Williams, Chasing Shadows follows the team in their pursuit of serial killers who prey on the vulnerable.
The series follows DS Sean Alexander, described as intense, socially awkward and a misfit, alongside his partner and stabilising influence Ruth Hattersley. Both parts are yet to be cast.
ITV's Director of Drama Steve November said: "It's a crime drama, but not a typical one as it is based around a missing persons unit. And it introduces two very individual and exciting new characters who we're very much looking forward to seeing."
Filming is due to commence in February and will be set in an urban area shot in the south east.
Chasing Shadows will feature five returning characters including Sean...
- 12/13/2013
- Digital Spy
Claire Goose and Peter Firth will lead the cast of the exciting new ITV thriller Undeniable.
The two-parter is written by Chris Lang (A Mother's Son, The Reckoning) and will also star Felix Scott (Doc Martin), Christina Bottomley (Dci Banks) and Pippa Haywood (Scott & Bailey).
The story revolves around Jane Fielding (Goose), who recognises the man who killed her mother 23 years after the murder took place.
Andrew Bolton (Firth) becomes the focus of the reopened murder inquiry and the centre of attention for Fielding.
The press release reveals: "Jane remains defiant. In her heart she believes she's found the man who killed her mother decades earlier. Can she finally learn the truth about who killed her mother, and why?"
ITV's Victoria Fea said: "Undeniable is an original and powerful drama about a women's battle to see the man responsible for her mother's murder brought to justice.
"Chris Lang's scripts are vivid and compelling,...
The two-parter is written by Chris Lang (A Mother's Son, The Reckoning) and will also star Felix Scott (Doc Martin), Christina Bottomley (Dci Banks) and Pippa Haywood (Scott & Bailey).
The story revolves around Jane Fielding (Goose), who recognises the man who killed her mother 23 years after the murder took place.
Andrew Bolton (Firth) becomes the focus of the reopened murder inquiry and the centre of attention for Fielding.
The press release reveals: "Jane remains defiant. In her heart she believes she's found the man who killed her mother decades earlier. Can she finally learn the truth about who killed her mother, and why?"
ITV's Victoria Fea said: "Undeniable is an original and powerful drama about a women's battle to see the man responsible for her mother's murder brought to justice.
"Chris Lang's scripts are vivid and compelling,...
- 11/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Animation studio behind Toy Story and Monsters University answers appeal from veteran director for editing supplies.
Pixar, the Disney-owned animation studio best known for its cutting edge digital filmmaking, has answered an appeal from British director Ken Loach for “old school” editing supplies.
Loach put a call out through ScreenDaily last week to find a batch of film numbering tape, essential to help finish editing his next and possibly last narrative feature, Jimmy’s Hall.
The tape is needed to identify the sound and picture when cutting physical film stock and since Loach is likely the last feature director to have resisted the move to digital, supplies were due to run out at the end of this week.
After the story was published, Steve Bloom, an editor at Pixar in California jumped at the chance to help. Apparently, each editor at the animation studio, famous for films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and [link...
Pixar, the Disney-owned animation studio best known for its cutting edge digital filmmaking, has answered an appeal from British director Ken Loach for “old school” editing supplies.
Loach put a call out through ScreenDaily last week to find a batch of film numbering tape, essential to help finish editing his next and possibly last narrative feature, Jimmy’s Hall.
The tape is needed to identify the sound and picture when cutting physical film stock and since Loach is likely the last feature director to have resisted the move to digital, supplies were due to run out at the end of this week.
After the story was published, Steve Bloom, an editor at Pixar in California jumped at the chance to help. Apparently, each editor at the animation studio, famous for films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and [link...
- 10/29/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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