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Maryland – Review

22nd May 20232nd June 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Eve Best, Suranne Jones, Andrew Knott, Ben Addis, Dean Lennox Kelly, George Costigan, Hugh Quarshie, Judy Clifton, Rhiannon Clements, Stockard Channing, Yasmin Davies – CHANNEL: ITV1, ITVX – FIRST SHOWN: 22nd May 2023 [click for more...]

Traitors, Derry Girls and Paddington Bear among BAFTA TV winners

15th May 202315th May 2023Jason Korsner

BAFTA has spread its TV awards evenly across a range of broadcasters and streamers, bestowing them on everything from brand new shows to [click for more...]

Black Ops – Review

5th May 202328th May 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Gbemisola Ikumelo, Hammed Animashaun, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Alex MacQueen, Ariyon Bakare, Felicity Montagu, Jaz Hutchins, Joanna Scanlan, Marek Larwood, Rufus Jones, Samuel O’Loughlin, Tom Bennett, Zoë Wanamaker – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 5th May 2023 [click for more...]

Book to Screen: Elle McNicoll on A Kind of Spark

22nd April 202322nd April 2023Jason Korsner

They say “write what you know,” and this maxim gave the autistic children’s author Elle McNicoll the inspiration and motivation for her debut [click for more...]

Colin From Accounts – Review

11th April 202323rd April 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Harriet Dyer, Patrick Brammall, Annie Maynard, Darren Gilshenan, David Roberts, Emma Harvie, Genevieve Hegney, Geneviève Lemon, Glenn Hazeldine, Helen Thomson, Michael Logo, Tai Hara, Tony Llewellyn-Jones – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC2 – FIRST SHOWN: 11th April 2023 in the UK, 1st December 2022 in Australia [click for more...]

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? – Review-

9th April 202323rd May 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Lucy Boynton, Will Poulter, Alistair Petrie, Amy Nuttall, Benedict Wolf, Carlie Enoch, Conleth Hill, Daniel Ings, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Jules, Joshua James, Leon Ockenden, Maeve Dermody, Miles Jupp, Morwenna Banks, Nia Trussler Jones, Nicholas Asbury, Paul Whitehouse, Richard Dixon – CHANNEL: Britbox, ITVX (from 9th April 2023) [click for more...]

Blue Lights – Review

27th March 20232nd June 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Hannah McClean, Joanne Crawford, John Lynch, Katherine Devlin, Martin McCann, Nathan Braniff, Richard Dormer, Sian Brooke, Abigail McGibbon, Andi Osho, Art Campion, Dane Whyte O’Hara, Gerard Jordan, Jonathan Harden, Matt Carver, Matthew Forsythe, Michael Shea, Nabil Elouahabi, Packy Lee, Valene Kane – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 27th March 2023 [click for more...]

Police and hospital dramas lead BAFTA TV nominations

22nd March 2023Jason Korsner

Police and hospital dramas from the BBC are leading the field in the nominations for the BAFTA TV awards. Martin Freeman and Ben [click for more...]

UK production facilities to be boosted by new eight-stage film studio in Buckinghamshire

16th March 202317th March 2023Jason Korsner

Councillors have given the backing for an eight-stage film studio to be built near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, further boosting the UK’s offer [click for more...]

Everything Everywhere All At Once dominates Independent Spirit Awards

5th March 20235th March 2023Jason Korsner

There’s been more awards success for the multi-verse fantasy Everything Everywhere All At Once, which has scooped many of the major prizes at [click for more...]

Daisy Jones & the Six – Review

3rd March 202324th April 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Sebastian Chacon, Suki Waterhouse, Will Harrison, Ayesha Harris, Camila Morrone, Gavin Drea, Jack Romano, Josh Whitehouse, Nabiyah Be, Seychelle Gabriel, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Wright – CHANNEL: Amazon Prime – AVAILABLE SINCE: 3rd – 24th March 2023 [click for more...]

Actors give Everything Everywhere All At Once a big Oscar boost

27th February 202327th February 2023Jason Korsner

The Screen Actors Guild have thrown a spanner in the works of the Oscar race, with previous favourites, including the stars of the [click for more...]

Better – Review

13th February 202312th March 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Andrew Buchan, Leila Farzad, Anton Lesser, Carolin Stoltz, Ceallach Spellman, Garry Cooper, Gavin Spokes, Kaya Moore, Mark Monero, Olivia Nakintu, Samuel Edward-Cook, Zak Ford-Williams – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 13th February 2023 [click for more...]

The Gold – Review

12th February 202313th April 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Amanda Drew, Charlotte Spencer, Daniel Ings, Danny Webb, Dominic Cooper, Dorothy Atkinson, Ellora Torchia, Emun Elliott, Hadley Fraser, James Nelson-Joyce, Justin Edwards, Nichola Burley, Peter Davison, Robin Laing, Ruth Bradley, Sean Gilder, Sean Harris, Sophia La Porta, Stefanie Martini, Tom Cullen – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 12th February 2023 [click for more...]

Happy Valley – Review

5th February 202328th March 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: James Norton, Sarah Lancashire, Alec Secareanu, Amelia Bullmore, Charlie Murphy, Con O’Neill, Derek Riddell, George Costigan, Ishia Bennison, Karl Davies, Rhys Connah, Rick Warden, Shane Zaza, Siobhan Finneran, Sophie Rundle – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: April 2014 to February 2023 [click for more...]

Another record year for investment in UK film and High-End TV, as people return to cinemas

2nd February 20237th February 2023Jason Korsner

The latest figures from the BFI suggest that the UK’s film and high-end TV sector has risen from the ashes of the pandemic, [click for more...]

Everyone Else Burns – Review

23rd January 202328th March 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Simon Bird, Ali Khan, Amy James-Kelly, Arsher Ali, Harry Connor, Kadiff Kirwan, Kate OFlynn, Liam Williams, Lolly Adefope, Morgana Robinson – CHANNEL: All 4, Channel 4 – FIRST SHOWN: 23rd January 2023 [click for more...]

Everything Everywhere All At Once tops Critics Choice Awards

16th January 202317th January 2023Jason Korsner

The multiverse adventure, Everything Everywhere All At Once, has dominated the film categories at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles – the [click for more...]

Banshees and Fabelmans among big Golden Globe winners as HFPA shrugs off sexual harassment and racial discrimination claims.

11th January 202324th January 2023Jason Korsner

Hollywood has shrugged off allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination and corruption still hanging over the newly reformed Hollywood Foreign Press Association to [click for more...]

The Light in the Hall – Review

4th January 202328th March 2023Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Alexandra Roach, Iwan Rheon, Joanna Scanlan, Aled Bidder, Aled Pugh, Aneirin Hughes, Annes Elwy, Catherine Ayers, Dylan Jones, Ella Peel, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Ioan Hefin, Lisa Palfrey, Mari Ann Bull, Morgan Hopkins, Rhian Blythe, Sian Reese-Williams – CHANNEL: All 4, Channel 4 – FIRST SHOWN: 4th January 2023 [click for more...]