Exclusive: Northern Irish actor and author Ciaran McMenamin’s 2018 novel Skintown has been set for a big screen adaptation from Keeper Pictures and recent IFTA award winners Cyprus Avenue Films with Anthony Boyle (Masters of The Air) and Josh Finan (Say Nothing) signed on to star.
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
- 5/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
‘If you didn’t laugh, you’d cry’ isn’t just the correct British response to any exasperating situation, it must also be Tony Schumacher’s screenwriting mantra. His crime drama The Responder would be unwatchably bleak if it wasn’t also so bloody funny.
Series one put response officer Chris Carson (Martin Freeman) through the wringer so thoroughly that it was a wonder he survived. His childhood pal Carl, a small-time drug dealer who’d been paying him for police intel, didn’t, and in a characteristically heroic/risky attempt to help Carl’s widow, Chris gave her the rucksack of stolen cocaine that had kicked off all this mess. Now it’s six months later and guess what? Chris’ problems are far from over.
Series two of The Responder is just as buzzing with life and wry observation as the first. Chris’ night-time police patrols offer up a...
Series one put response officer Chris Carson (Martin Freeman) through the wringer so thoroughly that it was a wonder he survived. His childhood pal Carl, a small-time drug dealer who’d been paying him for police intel, didn’t, and in a characteristically heroic/risky attempt to help Carl’s widow, Chris gave her the rucksack of stolen cocaine that had kicked off all this mess. Now it’s six months later and guess what? Chris’ problems are far from over.
Series two of The Responder is just as buzzing with life and wry observation as the first. Chris’ night-time police patrols offer up a...
- 5/5/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
At the start of The Responder’s first series, written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, the cracks were already showing in Martin Freeman’s police officer Chris Carson. He was depressed, angry, and having panic attacks.
A former inspector who’d been demoted to response policing when his squad came under suspicion of corruption, Chris had spent the last three years working night patrols in Liverpool city centre. He was unpopular at work and considered a loose cannon best left alone. His shift pattern meant that he barely saw his wife Kate (MyAnna Buring) and their young daughter Tilly. His wages couldn’t cover the fees at the care home for his dementia-suffering mother (Rita Tushingham). He wanted to be a good bobby, but under-funded public services made him at best, a sticking plaster on the desperate needs of his drug-flooded and impoverished community.
For help, Chris had turned to...
A former inspector who’d been demoted to response policing when his squad came under suspicion of corruption, Chris had spent the last three years working night patrols in Liverpool city centre. He was unpopular at work and considered a loose cannon best left alone. His shift pattern meant that he barely saw his wife Kate (MyAnna Buring) and their young daughter Tilly. His wages couldn’t cover the fees at the care home for his dementia-suffering mother (Rita Tushingham). He wanted to be a good bobby, but under-funded public services made him at best, a sticking plaster on the desperate needs of his drug-flooded and impoverished community.
For help, Chris had turned to...
- 5/5/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Martin Freeman returns for The Responder series 2, which is heading to the BBC in early May: here’s the trailer for the show.
The first series of psychological drama The Responder held a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing. Written by former Merseyside police officer Tony Schumacher, the show was equal parts a thrilling police procedural and intense character study, with a tour de force performance by Martin Freeman at the centre. It was one of the biggest dramas of 2022, winning Freeman an International Emmy for Best Actor and several BAFTA nominations. Half of the first series was directed by Philip Barantini, who went on to direct the brilliant Boiling Point.
Set and filmed in Liverpool, it followed Chris Carter, an inspector, as he gets demoted and begins working the night shift. The drama interspersed scenes of Chris tackling various crimes...
The first series of psychological drama The Responder held a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing. Written by former Merseyside police officer Tony Schumacher, the show was equal parts a thrilling police procedural and intense character study, with a tour de force performance by Martin Freeman at the centre. It was one of the biggest dramas of 2022, winning Freeman an International Emmy for Best Actor and several BAFTA nominations. Half of the first series was directed by Philip Barantini, who went on to direct the brilliant Boiling Point.
Set and filmed in Liverpool, it followed Chris Carter, an inspector, as he gets demoted and begins working the night shift. The drama interspersed scenes of Chris tackling various crimes...
- 4/22/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
A new FX series is headed to Hulu. FX has ordered a drama series, Say Nothing, based on the book by Patrick Radden Keef. Josh Zetume will serve as the showrunner for the new nine-episode series.
Starring Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake, the Say Nothing series will revolve around the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The story begins in 1972 with the disappearance of a mother of ten.
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Starring Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake, the Say Nothing series will revolve around the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The story begins in 1972 with the disappearance of a mother of ten.
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- 2/3/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘Say Nothing’ by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Photo Credit: Penguin Random House)
FX has given Say Nothing a limited series order and announced Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake in starring roles. The nine-episode drama is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, with the author involved as an executive producer.
Josh Zetumer (RoboCop) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force. Additional executive producers include Edward McDonnell (Shōgun), Monica Levinson (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), and Northern Ireland native director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls).
Produced by FX Productions, Say Nothing will air on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
FX offered this description of the series:
“Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville,...
FX has given Say Nothing a limited series order and announced Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake in starring roles. The nine-episode drama is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, with the author involved as an executive producer.
Josh Zetumer (RoboCop) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force. Additional executive producers include Edward McDonnell (Shōgun), Monica Levinson (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), and Northern Ireland native director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls).
Produced by FX Productions, Say Nothing will air on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
FX offered this description of the series:
“Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
FX has ordered a limited series adaptation of the Patrick Radden Keefe book “Say Nothing,” Variety has learned.
The nine-episode series explores The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake will star.
It will be available exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
The official description states:
“Spanning four decades, ‘Say Nothing’ explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten who was abducted from her home in 1972 and never seen alive again. But McConville was only one of many others who became known collectively as The Disappeared. Through the eyes of various Ira members, including sisters Dolours and Marian Price—young women who transformed into magnetic symbols of radical politics, Brendan Hughes—a tight-lipped but conflicted military strategist,...
The nine-episode series explores The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake will star.
It will be available exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
The official description states:
“Spanning four decades, ‘Say Nothing’ explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten who was abducted from her home in 1972 and never seen alive again. But McConville was only one of many others who became known collectively as The Disappeared. Through the eyes of various Ira members, including sisters Dolours and Marian Price—young women who transformed into magnetic symbols of radical politics, Brendan Hughes—a tight-lipped but conflicted military strategist,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
FX has ordered the limited series Say Nothing and tapped Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan and Maxine Peake to star with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson’s Color Force producing. The nine-episode series is based on the book by Patrick Radden Keefe (who will serve as an exec producer) and tells an account of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Josh Zetumer and Michael Lennox will join as exec producers with Zetumer also serving as showrunner and Lennox directing.
The series will be available exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten who was abducted from her home in 1972 and never seen alive again. But McConville was only...
The series will be available exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten who was abducted from her home in 1972 and never seen alive again. But McConville was only...
- 2/1/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The BAFTA TV Awards concluded on Sunday, May 14 at the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank, London, with “Bad Sisters,” “This is Going to Hurt,” and “Derry Girls” the big winners with two awards each. You can take a look at the full list of winners here but read down further below for a number of interviews that happened backstage at the BAFTAs in the winners’ press conference room.
Ben Whishaw — Best Actor for “This is Going to Hurt” and BAFTA Must See Moment award for Paddington Bear meeting The Queen in “Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace”
Whishaw won his third BAFTA award for “This is Going to Hurt” by beating fellow nominees Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Martin Freeman (“The Responder”), Cillian Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), and Chaske Spencer (“The English”). He previously won two other TV awards — Best Actor in 2013 for “The Hollow Crown” and Best...
Ben Whishaw — Best Actor for “This is Going to Hurt” and BAFTA Must See Moment award for Paddington Bear meeting The Queen in “Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace”
Whishaw won his third BAFTA award for “This is Going to Hurt” by beating fellow nominees Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Martin Freeman (“The Responder”), Cillian Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), and Chaske Spencer (“The English”). He previously won two other TV awards — Best Actor in 2013 for “The Hollow Crown” and Best...
- 5/16/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
One of British TV's biggest nights happened on Sunday, with the BAFTA TV Awards. And it was a good time to be anyone associated with Derry Girls, Bad Sisters or a particular reality TV show that revolves around betrayal.
Among the winners, Bad Sisters' Anne-Marie Duff scored the first performance trophy for someone from an Apple TV+ series, while the show itself took home drama series. Ben Whishaw won Leading Actor, Drama for This Is Going To Hurt., while The Traitors nabbed two awards, both in its category and for host Claudia Winkleman in Entertainment Performance.
The public, meanwhile, voted Paddington's meeting with the Queen as part of last year's Jubilee celebrations as Memorable Moment.
See the full list of winners below.
Drama Series
Bad Sisters (Winner)
The Responder
Sherwood
Somewhere Boy
Scripted Comedy
Derry Girls (Winner)
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Big Boys
Ghosts
Leading Actor
Ben Whishaw – This Is Going To Hurt...
Among the winners, Bad Sisters' Anne-Marie Duff scored the first performance trophy for someone from an Apple TV+ series, while the show itself took home drama series. Ben Whishaw won Leading Actor, Drama for This Is Going To Hurt., while The Traitors nabbed two awards, both in its category and for host Claudia Winkleman in Entertainment Performance.
The public, meanwhile, voted Paddington's meeting with the Queen as part of last year's Jubilee celebrations as Memorable Moment.
See the full list of winners below.
Drama Series
Bad Sisters (Winner)
The Responder
Sherwood
Somewhere Boy
Scripted Comedy
Derry Girls (Winner)
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Big Boys
Ghosts
Leading Actor
Ben Whishaw – This Is Going To Hurt...
- 5/14/2023
- by James White
- Empire - TV
It was a big night for Irish talent at this year’s British version of the Emmys, the BAFTA TV Awards, which were doled out at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, two Irish series — – “Bad Sisters” and “Derry Girls” — won a pair of prizes as did the telefilm “I Am Ruth.”
“Derry Girls” won Best Scripted Comedy for its fourth and final season, which was a lovely parting gift for writer and creator Lisa McGee. The show beat out “Ghosts,” “Big Boys,” and “Am I Being Unreasonable?” although the latter did pick up the prize for Best Comedy Actor for 14-year-old Lenny Rush. He edged out Matt Berry (“What We Do In The Shadows”), Joseph Gilgun (“Brassic”), Stephen Merchant (“The Outlaws”), Jon Pointing (“Big Boys”), and Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”).
“Derry Girls” also won Best Comedy Actress for Siobhán McSweeney,...
“Derry Girls” won Best Scripted Comedy for its fourth and final season, which was a lovely parting gift for writer and creator Lisa McGee. The show beat out “Ghosts,” “Big Boys,” and “Am I Being Unreasonable?” although the latter did pick up the prize for Best Comedy Actor for 14-year-old Lenny Rush. He edged out Matt Berry (“What We Do In The Shadows”), Joseph Gilgun (“Brassic”), Stephen Merchant (“The Outlaws”), Jon Pointing (“Big Boys”), and Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”).
“Derry Girls” also won Best Comedy Actress for Siobhán McSweeney,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Many of the nominees are also strong contenders at the Emmys. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony on Sunday, May 14 hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 23. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)
Best Drama Series
X – “Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+
“The Responder” – BBC One
“Sherwood” – BBC One
“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4
Best Mini Series
“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx
X – “Mood” – BBC Three
“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1
“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One
Best Single Drama
X – “I Am Ruth” – Channel 4
“The House” – Netflix
“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three
Best Actor
Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+
Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One
Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One
Gary Oldman,...
Best Drama Series
X – “Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+
“The Responder” – BBC One
“Sherwood” – BBC One
“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4
Best Mini Series
“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx
X – “Mood” – BBC Three
“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1
“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One
Best Single Drama
X – “I Am Ruth” – Channel 4
“The House” – Netflix
“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three
Best Actor
Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+
Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One
Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One
Gary Oldman,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
I Am Ruth, Bad Sisters, Derry Girls and The Traitors were the top winners at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday.
Kate Winslet won the BAFTA for leading actress for her role in I Am Ruth, which also won for best single drama. Bad Sisters took home the award for best drama series, as well as Anne-Marie Duff received the award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Grace Williams in the series.
Siobhán McSweeney won the honor for best female performance in a comedy programme for Derry Girls. The show also received the award for best scripted comedy.
In addition, Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for leading actor for his portrayal of Adam Kay in the autobiographical drama This is Going to Hurt, and Adeel Akhtar won the supporting actor award for his role in the crime drama Sherwood.
The entertainment performance award went to Claudia Winkleman for The Traitors,...
Kate Winslet won the BAFTA for leading actress for her role in I Am Ruth, which also won for best single drama. Bad Sisters took home the award for best drama series, as well as Anne-Marie Duff received the award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Grace Williams in the series.
Siobhán McSweeney won the honor for best female performance in a comedy programme for Derry Girls. The show also received the award for best scripted comedy.
In addition, Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for leading actor for his portrayal of Adam Kay in the autobiographical drama This is Going to Hurt, and Adeel Akhtar won the supporting actor award for his role in the crime drama Sherwood.
The entertainment performance award went to Claudia Winkleman for The Traitors,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated: Kate Winslet and Ben Whishaw scooped the top acting prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards in London this afternoon.
The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning for Single Drama.
Adam Kay’s Whishaw-starring BBC/AMC drama This is Going to Hurt was defeated in the Best Mini-Series category to BBC Three breakout Mood, in one of the night’s biggest surprises.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Bad Sisters won the streamer’s first BAFTA TV performance awards ever for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress Anne-Marie Duff. Creator Sharon Horgan used her acceptance speech to express “solidarity with [her] WGA brothers and sisters” and a colleague of Horgan’s told Deadline that she had recently joined the picket line in Los Angeles.
The International BAFTA went to Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,...
The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning for Single Drama.
Adam Kay’s Whishaw-starring BBC/AMC drama This is Going to Hurt was defeated in the Best Mini-Series category to BBC Three breakout Mood, in one of the night’s biggest surprises.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Bad Sisters won the streamer’s first BAFTA TV performance awards ever for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress Anne-Marie Duff. Creator Sharon Horgan used her acceptance speech to express “solidarity with [her] WGA brothers and sisters” and a colleague of Horgan’s told Deadline that she had recently joined the picket line in Los Angeles.
The International BAFTA went to Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sherwood star Adeel Akhtar has won Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTA TV Awards.
Akhtar beat Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden and White Lotus star Will Sharpe, along with The Crown’s Salim Daw and newcomers Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy) and Josh Finan (The Responder).
The award was presented by Apple TV+’s Silo stars Harriet Walter and Rebecca Ferguson to Akhtar, who was also BAFTA nominated for indie romance Ali & Ava.
Last year’s winner was Matthew Macfadyen for Succession, who beat the likes of Stephen Graham and It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells.
The BAFTA TV Awards are taking place through the late afternoon of Sunday 14 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, they are featuring the great and the good of the UK TV industry.
Akhtar beat Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden and White Lotus star Will Sharpe, along with The Crown’s Salim Daw and newcomers Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy) and Josh Finan (The Responder).
The award was presented by Apple TV+’s Silo stars Harriet Walter and Rebecca Ferguson to Akhtar, who was also BAFTA nominated for indie romance Ali & Ava.
Last year’s winner was Matthew Macfadyen for Succession, who beat the likes of Stephen Graham and It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells.
The BAFTA TV Awards are taking place through the late afternoon of Sunday 14 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, they are featuring the great and the good of the UK TV industry.
- 5/14/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The nominations for the 2023 Bafta Television Awards have been announced.
Ahead of the ceremony, the most nominated programmes are This is Going to Hurt and The Responder, which have six nominations each including leading actor for Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman, respectively.
Next, with five nods each are Bad Sisters, The Crown, The English and Slow Horses.
The ceremony will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and will air on Sunday 14 May at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
You can find the full list of nominations below.
Drama series
Bad Sisters
The Responder
Sherwood
Somewhere Boy
Mini-series
A Spy Among Friends
Mood
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
This is Going to Hurt
International
The Bear (Disney Plus)
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Wednesday (Netflix)
Oussekine (Itineraire)
Pachinko (Apple TV Plus)
The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
Leading actress
Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie...
Ahead of the ceremony, the most nominated programmes are This is Going to Hurt and The Responder, which have six nominations each including leading actor for Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman, respectively.
Next, with five nods each are Bad Sisters, The Crown, The English and Slow Horses.
The ceremony will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and will air on Sunday 14 May at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
You can find the full list of nominations below.
Drama series
Bad Sisters
The Responder
Sherwood
Somewhere Boy
Mini-series
A Spy Among Friends
Mood
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
This is Going to Hurt
International
The Bear (Disney Plus)
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Wednesday (Netflix)
Oussekine (Itineraire)
Pachinko (Apple TV Plus)
The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic)
Leading actress
Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie...
- 3/22/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
The BBC/AMC co-production “This is Going to Hurt” and the BBC One crime drama “The Responder” lead the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards nominations with six bids apiece. They contend for Best Mini-Series and Best Drama Series respectively while their leading men — Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman — compete against each other in the catch-all category of Best Drama Actor.
Likewise in Best Drama Writing where Adam Kay, who adapted his bestselling memoir about life as a doctor in the NHS, and “The Responder” creator Tony Schumacher face off. “The Responder” featured players Adelayo Adedayo and Josh Finan were also cited.
The other Best Drama nominees are Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters,” BBC One’s “Sherwood” and Channel 4’s “Somewhere Boy.” “Bad Sisters,” which is a strong Emmy contender, earned five nominations in total including a bid for supporting actress Anne-Marie Duff.
Netflix’s “The Crown,” BBC/Amazon’s “The English,...
Likewise in Best Drama Writing where Adam Kay, who adapted his bestselling memoir about life as a doctor in the NHS, and “The Responder” creator Tony Schumacher face off. “The Responder” featured players Adelayo Adedayo and Josh Finan were also cited.
The other Best Drama nominees are Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters,” BBC One’s “Sherwood” and Channel 4’s “Somewhere Boy.” “Bad Sisters,” which is a strong Emmy contender, earned five nominations in total including a bid for supporting actress Anne-Marie Duff.
Netflix’s “The Crown,” BBC/Amazon’s “The English,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Many of the nominees are also strong contenders at the Emmys. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony on Sunday, May 14 hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 23. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)
Best Drama Series
“Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+
“The Responder” – BBC One
“Sherwood” – BBC One
“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4
Best Mini Series
“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx
“Mood” – BBC Three
“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1
“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One
Best Single Drama
“I Am Ruth” – Channel 4
“The House” – Netflix
“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three
Best Drama Actor
Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+
Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One
Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” – Apple TV+
Chaske Spencer,...
Best Drama Series
“Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+
“The Responder” – BBC One
“Sherwood” – BBC One
“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4
Best Mini Series
“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx
“Mood” – BBC Three
“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1
“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One
Best Single Drama
“I Am Ruth” – Channel 4
“The House” – Netflix
“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three
Best Drama Actor
Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+
Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One
Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” – Apple TV+
Chaske Spencer,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
It’s already proving to be a good year at the TV Baftas for the BBC, with its shows This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder leading the nominations.
The broadcaster is the clear leader ahead of the ceremony in April, with a total of 81 nominations across both TV and craft categories, while Channel 4 is second with 33, Netflix has 24 and ITV 19.
This year’s TV categories also included first-time nominations for acting heavyweights Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe and Taron Egerton.
Dark medical comedy This Is Going To Hurt, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Adam Kay, has among its nominations Ben Whishaw for Leading Actor and a nod for Best Mini-Series.
Whishaw, who stars as the former junior doctor turned author, will go up against Murphy for Peaky Blinders, Oldman for Slow Horses, Egerton for Black Bird, Chaske Spencer for The English...
The broadcaster is the clear leader ahead of the ceremony in April, with a total of 81 nominations across both TV and craft categories, while Channel 4 is second with 33, Netflix has 24 and ITV 19.
This year’s TV categories also included first-time nominations for acting heavyweights Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe and Taron Egerton.
Dark medical comedy This Is Going To Hurt, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Adam Kay, has among its nominations Ben Whishaw for Leading Actor and a nod for Best Mini-Series.
Whishaw, who stars as the former junior doctor turned author, will go up against Murphy for Peaky Blinders, Oldman for Slow Horses, Egerton for Black Bird, Chaske Spencer for The English...
- 3/22/2023
- by Alex Green
- The Independent - TV
British Academy voters have spread the small-screen love across the 2023 BAFTA TV awards, with a broad selection of shows landing nominations.
Announced March 22, BBC/AMC comedy-drama This is Going to Hurt and BBC police drama The Responder lead the pack of nominees with six nods each, closely followed by Apple TV+ shows Bad Sisters and Slow Horses, Netflix’s The Crown and BBC/Amazon Western The English with five. Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Somewhere Boy and Top Boy landed four nominations each. 128 programs in total were nominated.
While it’s a close race among the shows, among the networks, the BBC has a commanding lead with 81 nominations, followed by Channel 4 with 33, Netflix with 24, ITV with 19, Apple TV+ with 15, Sky with 14 and Disney+ with 8 nominations.
Among the names getting their first BAFTA TV nomination are several recognizable stars, including Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders...
Announced March 22, BBC/AMC comedy-drama This is Going to Hurt and BBC police drama The Responder lead the pack of nominees with six nods each, closely followed by Apple TV+ shows Bad Sisters and Slow Horses, Netflix’s The Crown and BBC/Amazon Western The English with five. Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Somewhere Boy and Top Boy landed four nominations each. 128 programs in total were nominated.
While it’s a close race among the shows, among the networks, the BBC has a commanding lead with 81 nominations, followed by Channel 4 with 33, Netflix with 24, ITV with 19, Apple TV+ with 15, Sky with 14 and Disney+ with 8 nominations.
Among the names getting their first BAFTA TV nomination are several recognizable stars, including Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders...
- 3/22/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s doubtful the Police Operational Handbook has a chapter on calling clients nonces and threatening to chuck Yorkshire terriers off a balcony, but that’s how PC Chris Carson gets the job done. He’s been around long enough to know that the protocol is unworkable. A city like Liverpool on a night shift is a Wild West – try to police it to the letter of the law and he’d go mad.
Chris, played by Martin Freeman, is going mad. He knows that’s not the right language to use, not on a shift, or in one of the scant counselling sessions he’s been given to fix what his wife calls the “lifetime of shit in his head”, but mad is what he means. Chris is losing it – his temper, his grip, his dying mother, his marriage – and, depending on how a plot involving a homeless heroin...
Chris, played by Martin Freeman, is going mad. He knows that’s not the right language to use, not on a shift, or in one of the scant counselling sessions he’s been given to fix what his wife calls the “lifetime of shit in his head”, but mad is what he means. Chris is losing it – his temper, his grip, his dying mother, his marriage – and, depending on how a plot involving a homeless heroin...
- 1/26/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
BBC has unveiled the first image from new police drama “The Responder,” starring Martin Freeman.
Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher and made by Dancing Ledge Productions (“The Salisbury Poisonings”), Freeman stars as Chris, a crisis-stricken, morally compromised urgent response officer who is forced to take on a new rookie partner (Adelayo Adedayo).
Together, they realize that survival in a high-pressure, relentless night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.
The BBC drama, which was unveiled last year as part of a slate from first-time TV writers working with the public broadcaster, is billed as “holding a mirror up” to the extremes of life on the front line of British policing. The gritty police genre is a big hit with local audiences, who lapped up the latest season of BBC’s “Line of Duty,” which pulled in a record-breaking 12.8 million overnight viewers.
“Tony Schumacher’s scripts...
Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher and made by Dancing Ledge Productions (“The Salisbury Poisonings”), Freeman stars as Chris, a crisis-stricken, morally compromised urgent response officer who is forced to take on a new rookie partner (Adelayo Adedayo).
Together, they realize that survival in a high-pressure, relentless night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.
The BBC drama, which was unveiled last year as part of a slate from first-time TV writers working with the public broadcaster, is billed as “holding a mirror up” to the extremes of life on the front line of British policing. The gritty police genre is a big hit with local audiences, who lapped up the latest season of BBC’s “Line of Duty,” which pulled in a record-breaking 12.8 million overnight viewers.
“Tony Schumacher’s scripts...
- 5/20/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, Women In Motion launches a special International Women’s Day podcast featuring Jane Fonda and Jameela Jamil, Amazon Prime Video announces a new women-fronting original series in India, BritBox heads to Amazon Prime Channels in the U.K., Keshet International acquires three new titles ahead of the London TV Screenings, BBC One unveils new casting for “The Responder,” Young Films Foundation beefs up its writing talent scheme and Paramount Plus goes all in on promoting its service in Latin America.
Podcast
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Kering and Pomellato have released a new special edition of the “Women In Motion” podcast featuring a conversation with Jane Fonda and “The Good Place” star Jameela Jamil.
The new podcast is part of Pomellato for Women, an initiative focusing on female leadership which Jane Fonda has contributed to for the past four years. Fonda was also...
Podcast
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Kering and Pomellato have released a new special edition of the “Women In Motion” podcast featuring a conversation with Jane Fonda and “The Good Place” star Jameela Jamil.
The new podcast is part of Pomellato for Women, an initiative focusing on female leadership which Jane Fonda has contributed to for the past four years. Fonda was also...
- 3/8/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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