Sharon Horgan & Michael Sheen To Lead Jack Thorne’s ‘Best Interests’
Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen are to lead the Jack Thorne-scripted BBC One drama Best Interests. The duo will play married couple Nicci and Andrew who have two daughters: Katie (Alison Oliver) and Marnie (Niamh Moriarty). Marnie has a life-threatening condition and doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. Thus begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Additional cast include Noma Dumezweni, Chizzy Akudolu, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Shane Zaza, Lucian Msamati and Lisa McGrillis. Thorne said: “Best Interests cases are both compelling and revealing. Our country has a very troubled relationship with disability and these cases put a spotlight on that. But our drama is first...
Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen are to lead the Jack Thorne-scripted BBC One drama Best Interests. The duo will play married couple Nicci and Andrew who have two daughters: Katie (Alison Oliver) and Marnie (Niamh Moriarty). Marnie has a life-threatening condition and doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. Thus begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Additional cast include Noma Dumezweni, Chizzy Akudolu, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Shane Zaza, Lucian Msamati and Lisa McGrillis. Thorne said: “Best Interests cases are both compelling and revealing. Our country has a very troubled relationship with disability and these cases put a spotlight on that. But our drama is first...
- 3/16/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Marquess and Susanne Farrell, who worked together on long-running British cop drama The Bill, have teamed up on a new British crime drama for the BBC and BritBox North America.
They have created Hope Street, set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Ireland coast.
It stars The Night Of’s Amara Khan as English Detective Constable Alimah Kahn, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
Combining a long-running serial narrative with self-contained crime stories in each episode, the cast also includes Brid Brennan (Brooklyn), Des McAleer (The Crown) and Ciaran McMenamin (Primeval).
It will air exclusively on BritBox North America in the UK and Canada and on BBC Daytime and BBC Northern Ireland.
Created by Farrell and Marquess, Farrell writes alongside Jess Lea, Christine Murphy, Stuart Drennan, and Shazia Rashid. It is exec produced by Donna Wiffen and Marquess for Long Story TV.
They have created Hope Street, set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Ireland coast.
It stars The Night Of’s Amara Khan as English Detective Constable Alimah Kahn, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
Combining a long-running serial narrative with self-contained crime stories in each episode, the cast also includes Brid Brennan (Brooklyn), Des McAleer (The Crown) and Ciaran McMenamin (Primeval).
It will air exclusively on BritBox North America in the UK and Canada and on BBC Daytime and BBC Northern Ireland.
Created by Farrell and Marquess, Farrell writes alongside Jess Lea, Christine Murphy, Stuart Drennan, and Shazia Rashid. It is exec produced by Donna Wiffen and Marquess for Long Story TV.
- 3/4/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
BritBox North America, the BBC Studios and ITV-backed SVOD service specializing in British content, and the BBC have commissioned crime drama “Hope Street.”
The ensemble serial is set in the fictional town of Port Devine in Northern Ireland, and will focus on its police department, and the mysterious arrival of English detective constable Alimah Khan, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
The cast includes Brid Brennan (“Brooklyn”), Des McAleer (“The Crown”), Ciaran McMenamin (“Primeval”) and Amara Karan (“The Night of”).
The show is created by Susanne Farrell (“Dirty God”) and Paul Marquess (“London Kills”), and written by Farrell, Jess Lea (“Eastenders”), Christine Murphy (“Emmerdale”), Stuart Drennan (“Hollyoaks”), and Shazia Rashid (“Eastenders”). It is executive produced by Donna Wiffen (“The Bill”) and Marquess for Long Story TV.
“Hope Street” will be made with the support of Northern Ireland Screen. It will premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.
The ensemble serial is set in the fictional town of Port Devine in Northern Ireland, and will focus on its police department, and the mysterious arrival of English detective constable Alimah Khan, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
The cast includes Brid Brennan (“Brooklyn”), Des McAleer (“The Crown”), Ciaran McMenamin (“Primeval”) and Amara Karan (“The Night of”).
The show is created by Susanne Farrell (“Dirty God”) and Paul Marquess (“London Kills”), and written by Farrell, Jess Lea (“Eastenders”), Christine Murphy (“Emmerdale”), Stuart Drennan (“Hollyoaks”), and Shazia Rashid (“Eastenders”). It is executive produced by Donna Wiffen (“The Bill”) and Marquess for Long Story TV.
“Hope Street” will be made with the support of Northern Ireland Screen. It will premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.
- 3/4/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Network: PBS. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates (Us): June 18, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Ciarán Hinds, Michael Nevin, Hattie Morahan, Owen McDonnell, Mia Carlin, Isaac Heslip, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Eileen O'Higgins, Des McAleer, Gavin Drea, Ryan McParland, Aaron Staton, Frankie McCafferty, and Kerr Logan. TV show description: A World War II period drama, My Mother and Other Strangers centers on the Coyne family and their neighbors. In 1943, the addition of a United States Army Air Force (Usaaf) airfield and its 4,000 personnel has a huge impact on Moybeg, a nearby rural Northern Ireland parish. The story unfolds from the point of view of ten year old Francis Coyne (Nevin; with adult...
- 6/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
I had to actually catch my breath after the final frames of Kevin MacDonald’s latest, a gut-punch of a film called How I Live Now (trust me, that vague and unmemorable title is the worst part). As someone who has seen and admired countless war dramas, from Black Hawk Down up through The Hurt Locker, I can honestly say that How I Live Now left me more disturbed, more rattled and certainly more saddened than any of those (excellent) films.
What makes How I Live Now so much harder to bear? Perhaps it’s because MacDonald’s film is really not about war at all, not in the traditional sense; it would be more accurately described as a painful meditation on the devastating psychological toll that war can take on those people whose lives it derails.
Following Daisy (Saoirse Ronan), an American teenager staying with her cousins in the...
What makes How I Live Now so much harder to bear? Perhaps it’s because MacDonald’s film is really not about war at all, not in the traditional sense; it would be more accurately described as a painful meditation on the devastating psychological toll that war can take on those people whose lives it derails.
Following Daisy (Saoirse Ronan), an American teenager staying with her cousins in the...
- 2/12/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy, Anna Chancellor, Corey Johnson, Jonathan Rugman, Darren Morfitt, Stella Gonet, Des McAleer | Written by Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni, Penelope Skinner | Directed by Kevin Macdonald
War is something that changes lives forever, whether you be fighting in it or just a citizen. It rips communities apart and on a more personal level can affect your whole life. How I Live Now is a film that takes the impact of war and puts it at a very personal level, showing that though you may not be on the frontline lives can be changed forever.
When Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) travels to the UK to visit her relatives it takes her time to open up and enjoy herself. Things soon take a turn for the worse though when war breaks out and as the family are split up through mandatory evacuation, Daisy finds...
War is something that changes lives forever, whether you be fighting in it or just a citizen. It rips communities apart and on a more personal level can affect your whole life. How I Live Now is a film that takes the impact of war and puts it at a very personal level, showing that though you may not be on the frontline lives can be changed forever.
When Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) travels to the UK to visit her relatives it takes her time to open up and enjoy herself. Things soon take a turn for the worse though when war breaks out and as the family are split up through mandatory evacuation, Daisy finds...
- 2/5/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
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