BBC America has acquired A Poet in New York, a film about Dylan Thomas’ final days. The drama is written by Andrew Davies, BBC’s venerable screenwriter most acclaimed for the 1995 Pride and Prejudice as well as more recent well-received series like House of Cards and Little Dorrit. It features several beloved BBC actors, with Tom Hollander (Rev., Pride and Prejudice) as Dylan Thomas and Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) as his wife. Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting, Page Eight), and Phoebe Fox (Switch, New Tricks) co-star.
The film will premiere this fall on BBC America and is directed by Aisling Walsh (Room at the Top, Loving Miss Hatto).
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“One of the most renowned poets in the world, Dylan Thomas is the creator of some of the most memorable lines in the English language. Known for his wild, hard-drinking lifestyle as well as his brilliance, his...
The film will premiere this fall on BBC America and is directed by Aisling Walsh (Room at the Top, Loving Miss Hatto).
From BBC America -
“One of the most renowned poets in the world, Dylan Thomas is the creator of some of the most memorable lines in the English language. Known for his wild, hard-drinking lifestyle as well as his brilliance, his...
- 6/27/2014
- by Claire Hellar
- SoundOnSight
Lord Lucan's mysterious life will receive a fresh appraisal, with the announcement of a two-part drama based on the life of the flamboyant aristocrat.
Rory Kinnear, one of the country's busiest actors at the moment with roles in the upcoming 'Southcliffe', 'Loving Miss Hatto' and 'Skyfall', will take the role of Lord Lucan, whose fate has been shrouded in mystery following his disappearance in 1974.
Lord Lucan and his wife Veronica, whom he always said would blame him for the murder
Christopher Eccleston will take the role of Lucan's great friend, nightclub owner John Aspinall, whom many believe helped Lucan escape abroad, following the murder of his nanny Sandra Rivett at his Belgravia home, and an attack on his wife, Veronica, from whom Lucan was estranged.
Michael Gambon is also set to appear in the drama.
Sandra Rivett was the Lucans' nanny, who was bludgeoned...
Rory Kinnear, one of the country's busiest actors at the moment with roles in the upcoming 'Southcliffe', 'Loving Miss Hatto' and 'Skyfall', will take the role of Lord Lucan, whose fate has been shrouded in mystery following his disappearance in 1974.
Lord Lucan and his wife Veronica, whom he always said would blame him for the murder
Christopher Eccleston will take the role of Lucan's great friend, nightclub owner John Aspinall, whom many believe helped Lucan escape abroad, following the murder of his nanny Sandra Rivett at his Belgravia home, and an attack on his wife, Veronica, from whom Lucan was estranged.
Michael Gambon is also set to appear in the drama.
Sandra Rivett was the Lucans' nanny, who was bludgeoned...
- 7/31/2013
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
The Granthams lost the plot in a glutinous Downton Christmas special and a disappointing William Boyd thriller somehow transformed Rufus Sewell into Michael Gambon
Downton Abbey (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Restless (BBC1) | iPlayer
Loving Miss Hatto (BBC1) | iPlayer
The Girl (BBC2) | iPlayer
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul (BBC1) | iPlayer
By tradition the Christmas special is special only in the sense that it's broadcast at Christmas. For with a vast captive audience gastronomically paralysed in front of the box, Christmas Day is a time devoted not to quality but gluttony.
As the ITV1 continuity announcer said: "Your ITV Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to Downton Abbey." Leaving aside the queasy thought of an "ITV Christmas", it's the idea of completion that's key here. The Christmas special is the pudding that must be eaten, regardless of appetite or appeal, because it will make us full. The gluttonous paradox,...
Downton Abbey (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Restless (BBC1) | iPlayer
Loving Miss Hatto (BBC1) | iPlayer
The Girl (BBC2) | iPlayer
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul (BBC1) | iPlayer
By tradition the Christmas special is special only in the sense that it's broadcast at Christmas. For with a vast captive audience gastronomically paralysed in front of the box, Christmas Day is a time devoted not to quality but gluttony.
As the ITV1 continuity announcer said: "Your ITV Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to Downton Abbey." Leaving aside the queasy thought of an "ITV Christmas", it's the idea of completion that's key here. The Christmas special is the pudding that must be eaten, regardless of appetite or appeal, because it will make us full. The gluttonous paradox,...
- 12/30/2012
- by Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
David Walliams's comedy drama Mr Stink was the standout show of yesterday's primetime schedule (December 23), early overnight ratings data indicates. The adaptation of the 2009 book, which was originally illustrated by Quentin Blake, scored 6.34m (27.3%) from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Also on BBC One, 4.18m (17.2%) watched Victoria Wood's Joyce Hatto biopic Loving Miss Hatto from 8.30pm-10.30pm. Around the same number 4.18m (20.6%) had watched the Antiques Roadshow for the hour before. 3.61m (20.8%) watched highlights of the last pre-Christmas Premier League games on Match of the Day 2 from 10.30pm to 11.30pm. Victoria Wood also did well for BBC Two last night, as All The Trimmings entertained 2.16m (9.15%) from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Her lead-in was The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show, which had 2.5 million (more)...
- 12/24/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
From the pen of Victoria Wood came this moving and memorable drama about the life of Joyce Hatto, a piano-playing virtuoso who never quite fulfilled her dreams, and the devotion of her husband Barrington 'Barry' Coupe, tireless and mischievous in his efforts to bring his wife's music to her fans in the swansong of their lives, by fair means or foul.
Alfred Molina and Francesca Annis as a pair of mischievous music-makers
The real-life story was obviously a goodie - a pair of pensioners winging their way around the interweb, borrowing a crotchet here, a quaver there, and pulling off one of classical music's great frauds from behind the box hedges of Hertfordshire. But there were four other reasons this one-off drama worked so well.
The first, the script. Wood surpassed herself with a sure narrative touch, capturing a pair of very human lives, from the fumblings of a 1950s wedding night,...
Alfred Molina and Francesca Annis as a pair of mischievous music-makers
The real-life story was obviously a goodie - a pair of pensioners winging their way around the interweb, borrowing a crotchet here, a quaver there, and pulling off one of classical music's great frauds from behind the box hedges of Hertfordshire. But there were four other reasons this one-off drama worked so well.
The first, the script. Wood surpassed herself with a sure narrative touch, capturing a pair of very human lives, from the fumblings of a 1950s wedding night,...
- 12/23/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Aol TV.
Back in January, Screenterrier posted a casting call on behalf of casting director Kerrie Mailey for a new Cbbc comedy series The Revolting World of Stanley Brown.
Now, the revolting new comedy is ready to hit our screens, as it comes to Cbbc this autumn.
The series revolves around 13-year-old Stanley Brown, who shares his insatiable curiosity about the revolting world around him with a chaotic time-traveller, Archie (played by stand-up comedian and presenter Sy Thomas) and his best friends Mike and Jess. Stanley is always in trouble but each week he finds a new and exciting way to come out on top, delighting in the mess and mayhem the world throws at him.
14 year old Dean-Charles Chapman (represented by Troika) leads the cast as Stanley Brown. After a few roles in television, Dean was cast as Small Boy in Billy Elliot in the West End when he was eight,...
Now, the revolting new comedy is ready to hit our screens, as it comes to Cbbc this autumn.
The series revolves around 13-year-old Stanley Brown, who shares his insatiable curiosity about the revolting world around him with a chaotic time-traveller, Archie (played by stand-up comedian and presenter Sy Thomas) and his best friends Mike and Jess. Stanley is always in trouble but each week he finds a new and exciting way to come out on top, delighting in the mess and mayhem the world throws at him.
14 year old Dean-Charles Chapman (represented by Troika) leads the cast as Stanley Brown. After a few roles in television, Dean was cast as Small Boy in Billy Elliot in the West End when he was eight,...
- 9/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Post-production on BBC drama 'Loving Miss Hatto' has been completed at Dublin's Screen Scene and Wicklow's Ardmore Sound after a successful four-week shoot in the capital. Screen Scene VFX and Ardmore Sound carried out full picture and sound post production on the project. Alex Mackie edited, with Dermot Grace assisting. Gary Curran supplied the grade with Warren Dowling finishing. John Stevenson was sound designer with Michelle Cunniffe editing the dialogue. Garret Farrell completed the final sound mix at Screen Scene's centre stage. Dee Collier supervised the overall post production.
- 7/23/2012
- IFTN
Irish comedian and TV presenter Jason Byrne has been announced as host of the 11th annual Channel of the Year Awards at next month's Edinburgh TV Festival. The awards ceremony will take place in the Scottish capital on August 24 and will see British broadcasters and producers vie for the prize of best programme and best channel of the year, among a number of other awards.Victoria Wood, the writer of upcoming Irish-shot BBC One film 'Loving Miss Hatto', will present the prestigious Terrestrial Channel of the Year award.
- 7/20/2012
- IFTN
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