Apple TV+ European creative director Jay Hunt is the first streamer executive to take up the mantle.
There has been a mixed reaction to the appointment of Jay Hunt, Apple TV+ European creative director, as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI), at a time when the independent UK film community is grappling with acute challenges, from a dampening of production funding options to soaring costs impacting both filmmaking and exhibition.
Calls for the introduction of a levy of some kind on the US streamers to invest in the homegrown independent sector have been growing louder due to...
There has been a mixed reaction to the appointment of Jay Hunt, Apple TV+ European creative director, as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI), at a time when the independent UK film community is grappling with acute challenges, from a dampening of production funding options to soaring costs impacting both filmmaking and exhibition.
Calls for the introduction of a levy of some kind on the US streamers to invest in the homegrown independent sector have been growing louder due to...
- 1/12/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Apple TV+ exec will take over from Vue CEO Tim Richards.
Jay Hunt, AppleTV+ European creative director, has been confirmed as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).
She will take over from Vue CEO Tim Richards for a four year-term on February 16.
The BFI chair is appointed by the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and ratified by culture secretary Lucy Frazer.
Australia-born Hunt will be the first female chair since Joan Bakewell, who was in post from 1999-2002, and the first chair to come from a streaming platform.
“The BFI plays...
Jay Hunt, AppleTV+ European creative director, has been confirmed as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).
She will take over from Vue CEO Tim Richards for a four year-term on February 16.
The BFI chair is appointed by the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and ratified by culture secretary Lucy Frazer.
Australia-born Hunt will be the first female chair since Joan Bakewell, who was in post from 1999-2002, and the first chair to come from a streaming platform.
“The BFI plays...
- 1/10/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The AppleTV+ exec is emerging as the frontrunner to take over from Tim Richards.
Jay Hunt is the name doing the industry rounds as the frontrunner to succeed Tim Richards as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).
Screen understands that Hunt, Apple TV+’s creative director for Europe, is in pole position to replace Vue CEO Richards when he steps down next year.
The BFI chair is appointed by the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and ratified by culture secretary Lucy Frazer. Interviews are understood to have taken place in November, with...
Jay Hunt is the name doing the industry rounds as the frontrunner to succeed Tim Richards as the next chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).
Screen understands that Hunt, Apple TV+’s creative director for Europe, is in pole position to replace Vue CEO Richards when he steps down next year.
The BFI chair is appointed by the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and ratified by culture secretary Lucy Frazer. Interviews are understood to have taken place in November, with...
- 12/15/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Comedian, actor, artist, writer, musician and presenter, Billy Connolly (“Mrs. Brown”), will be honored with the BAFTA Fellowship at this year’s Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards.
The fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s contribution to film, television or games across their career. Previous TV honorees include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Palin, Trevor MacDonald, David Attenborough, Julie Walters, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Katie Adie and Joan Bakewell.
In 1995, Connolly won the BAFTA Scotland entertainment category for “Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.” He has since received five BAFTA nominations, and has been presented with a BAFTA special award in 2002 and the BAFTA Scotland outstanding contribution to television and film in 2012.
Connolly left school at 15 and began a career as a musician and also started a folk duo with Gerry Rafferty called The Humblebums.
The fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s contribution to film, television or games across their career. Previous TV honorees include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Palin, Trevor MacDonald, David Attenborough, Julie Walters, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Katie Adie and Joan Bakewell.
In 1995, Connolly won the BAFTA Scotland entertainment category for “Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.” He has since received five BAFTA nominations, and has been presented with a BAFTA special award in 2002 and the BAFTA Scotland outstanding contribution to television and film in 2012.
Connolly left school at 15 and began a career as a musician and also started a folk duo with Gerry Rafferty called The Humblebums.
- 5/3/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Powerhouse Films' Indicator label in the UK have just released a special edition Region B Blu-ray of Universal's 1976 WWII movie Midway on their Indicator label, and when they say special they really mean it!
Limited to just 3000 copies, and with a booklet that includes the text from the Cinema Retro 'Film in Focus' in issue #49 (2021) written by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, this amazing disc includes the following:
High Definition remaster; original mono and 2.1 Sensurround audio tracks Alternative two-part television version (101 mins and 92 mins) the rarely seen extended television cut containing unique scenes, reframed to 4:3 and presented in standard definition, as originally broadcast Audio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2021) The Guardian interview with Robert Wagner: archival audio recording of the film and TV star in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre,...
Powerhouse Films' Indicator label in the UK have just released a special edition Region B Blu-ray of Universal's 1976 WWII movie Midway on their Indicator label, and when they say special they really mean it!
Limited to just 3000 copies, and with a booklet that includes the text from the Cinema Retro 'Film in Focus' in issue #49 (2021) written by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, this amazing disc includes the following:
High Definition remaster; original mono and 2.1 Sensurround audio tracks Alternative two-part television version (101 mins and 92 mins) the rarely seen extended television cut containing unique scenes, reframed to 4:3 and presented in standard definition, as originally broadcast Audio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2021) The Guardian interview with Robert Wagner: archival audio recording of the film and TV star in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre,...
- 11/24/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Phoebe Waller Bridge’s slinky thriller “Killing Eve” made its mark at the BAFTA TV Awards on May 12, taking home three prizes, including drama series, lead actress for Jodie Comer and supporting actress for Fiona Shaw.
Now airing its second season on BBC America, the series centers around a bored spy played by Sandra Oh who gets drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse with Comer’s obsessive contract killer.
The win is a significant boost for Comer, whose performance in Season 1 was often overshadowed by Oh’s, resulting in both a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter.
HBO’s “Succession” also got a boost in its Emmy campaign, taking home the BAFTA for international series, edging out last year’s winner, Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
There were several other familiar faces for American audiences amongst the winners at the BAFTAs, including love for the...
Now airing its second season on BBC America, the series centers around a bored spy played by Sandra Oh who gets drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse with Comer’s obsessive contract killer.
The win is a significant boost for Comer, whose performance in Season 1 was often overshadowed by Oh’s, resulting in both a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter.
HBO’s “Succession” also got a boost in its Emmy campaign, taking home the BAFTA for international series, edging out last year’s winner, Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
There were several other familiar faces for American audiences amongst the winners at the BAFTAs, including love for the...
- 5/13/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
BBC America drama “Killing Eve” was the biggest winner Sunday at BAFTA’s British Academy Television Awards, which were handed out at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The hit show took home three trophies, for best drama series, best actress for Jodie Comer and best supporting actress for Fiona Shaw.
The first award of the night saw Sky Atlantic and Showtime’s “Patrick Melrose” beat out strong competition from “A Very English Scandal” to take home the prize for best miniseries. Benedict Cumberbatch claimed the best leading actor prize for his performance in the show, beating competition including Hugh Grant in “A Very English Scandal.” “I’m very used to being the bridesmaid,” said Cumberbatch, who won the award from his seventh BAFTA TV Award nomination. The actor thanked author Edward St. Aubyn for his “wit and courage.”
Grant’s co-star, Ben Whishaw, repeated his Golden Globe success by winning...
The first award of the night saw Sky Atlantic and Showtime’s “Patrick Melrose” beat out strong competition from “A Very English Scandal” to take home the prize for best miniseries. Benedict Cumberbatch claimed the best leading actor prize for his performance in the show, beating competition including Hugh Grant in “A Very English Scandal.” “I’m very used to being the bridesmaid,” said Cumberbatch, who won the award from his seventh BAFTA TV Award nomination. The actor thanked author Edward St. Aubyn for his “wit and courage.”
Grant’s co-star, Ben Whishaw, repeated his Golden Globe success by winning...
- 5/12/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Late Night Line-Up host Joan Bakewell, Happy Valley producer Nicola Shindler and Luther script supervisor Emma Thomas are to be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Bakewell and Shindler are to be recognised at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, while Thomas will be recognised at the British Academy Television Craft Awards.
Broadcaster and journalist Bakewell is to be honored with the BAFTA Television Fellowship, while Shindler will be presented with a Special Award on Sunday 12th May. Bakewell is currently presenting Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year, while Shindler is producing a new series of BBC drama Trust Me with Alfred Enoch and Russell T Davies’ Emma Thompson-fronted Years and Years.
Meanwhile, Thomas will be recognised with a special award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday 28th April for her services in script supervision. Emma has acted as script supervisor on Goodnight Sweetheart,...
Bakewell and Shindler are to be recognised at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, while Thomas will be recognised at the British Academy Television Craft Awards.
Broadcaster and journalist Bakewell is to be honored with the BAFTA Television Fellowship, while Shindler will be presented with a Special Award on Sunday 12th May. Bakewell is currently presenting Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year, while Shindler is producing a new series of BBC drama Trust Me with Alfred Enoch and Russell T Davies’ Emma Thompson-fronted Years and Years.
Meanwhile, Thomas will be recognised with a special award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday 28th April for her services in script supervision. Emma has acted as script supervisor on Goodnight Sweetheart,...
- 4/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Film 2016 returns tonight with a new guest presenter approach. Full details lie within...
Tonight marks the return to our screens of the BBC’s one-time flagship film programme, Film 2016. And following the announcement at the end of the summer that Claudia Winkleman was standing down as co-host of the show, the BBC has finally announced her replacement.
Or replacements.
For the BBC has opted to go with a rotation of guest presenters for the new series, who in turn will accompany the returning resident critic Danny Leigh. There’s precedence for this in film programmes, I should note. Following the death of Gene Siskel, the late Roger Ebert continued to present a television film review programme with guest presenters for a while after. And that was deemed quite successful, if not quite - inevitably - up to majesty of seeing the original duo together.
The...
Film 2016 returns tonight with a new guest presenter approach. Full details lie within...
Tonight marks the return to our screens of the BBC’s one-time flagship film programme, Film 2016. And following the announcement at the end of the summer that Claudia Winkleman was standing down as co-host of the show, the BBC has finally announced her replacement.
Or replacements.
For the BBC has opted to go with a rotation of guest presenters for the new series, who in turn will accompany the returning resident critic Danny Leigh. There’s precedence for this in film programmes, I should note. Following the death of Gene Siskel, the late Roger Ebert continued to present a television film review programme with guest presenters for a while after. And that was deemed quite successful, if not quite - inevitably - up to majesty of seeing the original duo together.
The...
- 11/2/2016
- Den of Geek
Us executive to take over as chair of the BFI when Greg Dyke steps down early next year.
The BFI (British Film Institute) has named its new chair as Josh Berger, the president and managing director of Warner Bros Entertainment UK, Ireland and Spain.
It marks the first time an American has taken the unpaid chairman role of the BFI, the state-backed organisation that champions independent British filmmakers and filmmaking in the UK.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale MP confirmed that Berger - who will retain his position at Warner Bros. - will take over from current chair Greg Dyke in February 2016.
Berger was selected as chair designate following a recruitment process, which for the first time was overseen by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. He will serve a term of up to four years.
The Us exec, who has lived in the UK since 1996 and is also president of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development...
The BFI (British Film Institute) has named its new chair as Josh Berger, the president and managing director of Warner Bros Entertainment UK, Ireland and Spain.
It marks the first time an American has taken the unpaid chairman role of the BFI, the state-backed organisation that champions independent British filmmakers and filmmaking in the UK.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale MP confirmed that Berger - who will retain his position at Warner Bros. - will take over from current chair Greg Dyke in February 2016.
Berger was selected as chair designate following a recruitment process, which for the first time was overseen by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. He will serve a term of up to four years.
The Us exec, who has lived in the UK since 1996 and is also president of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development...
- 12/22/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are among the stars who will feature in new programmes to mark BBC Two's 50th anniversary in April. The comedians, who starred in 'Harry Enfield's Television Programme' and 'Harry Enfield and Chums', will reunite for an hour-long tribute to the channel's most iconic shows and TV personalities. 'Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos' will feature spoof characters including Joan Bakewell Tart, Gerald Manley Paxman, John Cleese-Shop-Sketch, Mark Egghead, Germaine Dreary and Russell Somebody. Harry said: ''BBC Two gave me my big solo break with 'Harry Enfield's Television Programme' almost 25 years ago. They have been loyal to...
- 3/19/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
Silent Witness once again topped Friday night's primetime ratings, as the crime drama put BBC One ahead of its rivals.
With 5.2m (22.1%) tuning in at 9pm, the crime drama was the most popular show outside of the soaps, despite shedding 500k viewers from last week's figures.
BBC One remained on top throughout the evening, starting with The One Show drawing 4.27m (20.5%) at 7pm.
Room 101, featuring Labour peer Joan Bakewell, Pointless co-presenter Richard Osman and comedian Roisin Conaty, saw 3.41m (14.7%) tune in at 8.30pm, while The Graham Norton Show attracted 3.73m viewers at 10.45pm.
ITV held a steady audience share of around 12.6% for its primetime offerings. The Martin Lewis Money Show dropped more than 300k from last week, with 2.81m watching at 8pm (+1: 105k).
Piers Morgan's Life Stories featuring Beverley Callard attracted 2.97m an hour later (+1: 231k).
BBC Two's Mastermind boosted its audience to 2.21m (9.9%) at 8pm. An Island Parish,...
With 5.2m (22.1%) tuning in at 9pm, the crime drama was the most popular show outside of the soaps, despite shedding 500k viewers from last week's figures.
BBC One remained on top throughout the evening, starting with The One Show drawing 4.27m (20.5%) at 7pm.
Room 101, featuring Labour peer Joan Bakewell, Pointless co-presenter Richard Osman and comedian Roisin Conaty, saw 3.41m (14.7%) tune in at 8.30pm, while The Graham Norton Show attracted 3.73m viewers at 10.45pm.
ITV held a steady audience share of around 12.6% for its primetime offerings. The Martin Lewis Money Show dropped more than 300k from last week, with 2.81m watching at 8pm (+1: 105k).
Piers Morgan's Life Stories featuring Beverley Callard attracted 2.97m an hour later (+1: 231k).
BBC Two's Mastermind boosted its audience to 2.21m (9.9%) at 8pm. An Island Parish,...
- 1/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Room 101: BBC One, 8.30pm
The third series of the BBC One chat show-with-a-twist begins with Pointless co-host Richard Osman, broadcaster Joan Bakewell and comedian Roisin Conaty all sharing their pet peeves with host Frank Skinner, in the hope of having them banished to 'a fate worse than death' in Room 101.
Stella: Sky1, 9pm
Ruth Jones returns for a third series as working mum Stella, now training towards a nursing degree - but will she be distracted by the arrival of the argumentative (and very handsome) Michael?
Steve McQueen: Are You Sitting Uncomfortably?: BBC Two, 11.05pm
Nominated for 10 BAFTAs and 9 Oscars, 12 Years a Slave has been hailed as a "stunning" portrayal of slavery in 19th century America. In this Culture Show special, the film's director Steve McQueen chats with Mark Kermode about making the film and the life of Solomon Northup - on which the film is based.
The third series of the BBC One chat show-with-a-twist begins with Pointless co-host Richard Osman, broadcaster Joan Bakewell and comedian Roisin Conaty all sharing their pet peeves with host Frank Skinner, in the hope of having them banished to 'a fate worse than death' in Room 101.
Stella: Sky1, 9pm
Ruth Jones returns for a third series as working mum Stella, now training towards a nursing degree - but will she be distracted by the arrival of the argumentative (and very handsome) Michael?
Steve McQueen: Are You Sitting Uncomfortably?: BBC Two, 11.05pm
Nominated for 10 BAFTAs and 9 Oscars, 12 Years a Slave has been hailed as a "stunning" portrayal of slavery in 19th century America. In this Culture Show special, the film's director Steve McQueen chats with Mark Kermode about making the film and the life of Solomon Northup - on which the film is based.
- 1/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Question Time was forced to reduce the number of studio panellists last night (November 21) as two guests were held up by a train incident.
Journalists Timothy Stanley and Joan Bakewell were both due to appear on the topical debate programme in Salford, until their train was delayed by a fire on the side of the track near Tamworth.
Remaining panellists Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Hunt and Baroness Grender went ahead without the pair, while host David Dimbleby was quick to mention the situation.
"You may have noticed, three panellists we are and three we will remain tonight, because sad to say our two other panellists who we asked to come - the Daily Telegraph blogger Timothy Stanley and the broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell - were held on the train because of a huge fire by the side of the track," Dimbleby announced.
Stanley and Bakewell decided to do a 'stuck...
Journalists Timothy Stanley and Joan Bakewell were both due to appear on the topical debate programme in Salford, until their train was delayed by a fire on the side of the track near Tamworth.
Remaining panellists Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Hunt and Baroness Grender went ahead without the pair, while host David Dimbleby was quick to mention the situation.
"You may have noticed, three panellists we are and three we will remain tonight, because sad to say our two other panellists who we asked to come - the Daily Telegraph blogger Timothy Stanley and the broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell - were held on the train because of a huge fire by the side of the track," Dimbleby announced.
Stanley and Bakewell decided to do a 'stuck...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Question Time was forced to reduce the number of studio panelists last night (November 22) as two guests were held up by a train incident.
Journalists Timothy Stanley and Joan Bakewell were both due to appear on the topical debate programme in Salford, until their train was delayed by a fire on the side of the track in Rochdale.
Remaining panelists Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Hunt and Baroness Grender went ahead without the pair, while host David Dimbleby was quick to mention the situation.
"You may have noticed, three panelists we are and three we will remain tonight, because sad to say our two other panelists who we asked to come - the Daily Telegraph blogger Timothy Stanley and the broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell - were held on the train because of a huge fire by the side of the track," Dimbleby announced.
Stanley and Bakewell decided to do a 'stuck...
Journalists Timothy Stanley and Joan Bakewell were both due to appear on the topical debate programme in Salford, until their train was delayed by a fire on the side of the track in Rochdale.
Remaining panelists Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Hunt and Baroness Grender went ahead without the pair, while host David Dimbleby was quick to mention the situation.
"You may have noticed, three panelists we are and three we will remain tonight, because sad to say our two other panelists who we asked to come - the Daily Telegraph blogger Timothy Stanley and the broadcaster and writer Joan Bakewell - were held on the train because of a huge fire by the side of the track," Dimbleby announced.
Stanley and Bakewell decided to do a 'stuck...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Ethel Barrymore theatre, New York City
Daniel Craig and a starry cast get the tone completely wrong in this rendition of Pinter's great play about a seven-year affair
Mike Nichols and his cast get so much wrong in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal (1978), let's start with what goes right. It's a handsome physical production, with large, well-appointed interiors by Ian MacNeil wafting in and out to composer James Murphy's moody noodling and glowing with Brian MacDevitt's evocative lighting. Daniel Craig shucks off his 007 persona to become Robert, a successful book publisher whose wife, Emma (Rachel Weisz) conducts a seven-year affair with Robert's friend Jerry (Rafe Spall), a literary agent. The compact, rugged Craig hasn't shrunken from years behind the camera: he projects himself fully and muscularly to the back stalls. Craig even enlivened vastly inferior material when last he was on the Great White Way,...
Daniel Craig and a starry cast get the tone completely wrong in this rendition of Pinter's great play about a seven-year affair
Mike Nichols and his cast get so much wrong in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal (1978), let's start with what goes right. It's a handsome physical production, with large, well-appointed interiors by Ian MacNeil wafting in and out to composer James Murphy's moody noodling and glowing with Brian MacDevitt's evocative lighting. Daniel Craig shucks off his 007 persona to become Robert, a successful book publisher whose wife, Emma (Rachel Weisz) conducts a seven-year affair with Robert's friend Jerry (Rafe Spall), a literary agent. The compact, rugged Craig hasn't shrunken from years behind the camera: he projects himself fully and muscularly to the back stalls. Craig even enlivened vastly inferior material when last he was on the Great White Way,...
- 10/28/2013
- by David Cote
- The Guardian - Film News
Sir David Frost's final BBC project is to be made, it has been announced.
The broadcaster - who died aged 74 earlier this month - was said to be "extremely excited" to be working on a new programme entitled That Was the Year That Was before he passed away.
Lord Michael Grade will step in to present the show in his memory, the BBC has confirmed.
Guests including Ronnie Corbett, Barry Norman and Dame Joan Bakewell will join Grade for the three-part project.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 2, the programme will focus on 1963, the year Frost presented That Was the Week That Was.
It will look back at news stories that took place during his early career, including the Profumo affair, the Great Train Robbery, James Bond's launch and the assassination of JFK.
The programme will begin recording this week, and will be broadcast later in 2013.
BBC Radio 2's Bob Shennan...
The broadcaster - who died aged 74 earlier this month - was said to be "extremely excited" to be working on a new programme entitled That Was the Year That Was before he passed away.
Lord Michael Grade will step in to present the show in his memory, the BBC has confirmed.
Guests including Ronnie Corbett, Barry Norman and Dame Joan Bakewell will join Grade for the three-part project.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 2, the programme will focus on 1963, the year Frost presented That Was the Week That Was.
It will look back at news stories that took place during his early career, including the Profumo affair, the Great Train Robbery, James Bond's launch and the assassination of JFK.
The programme will begin recording this week, and will be broadcast later in 2013.
BBC Radio 2's Bob Shennan...
- 9/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Brian Blessed is to guest host an upcoming episode of Have I Got News for You, it has been announced.
The 76-year-old actor first fronted the topical news quiz in 2008, when he brought an inimitable and chaotic presenting style to the programme.
Blessed will appear on the panel show on Friday, April 12 alongside regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. The remaining two guests have yet to be confirmed.
On returning to the hot seat for the episode, Blessed said: "My favourite TV programme with my two favourite presenters. What an honour to be hosting the show again, it will be a joyful reunion."
The new series of Have I Got News for You begins on April 5 on BBC One at 9pm. Stephen Mangan, Pointless co-host Richard Osman and Baroness Joan Bakewell have been announced as the special guests.
Watch a clip from Brian Blessed's first time hosting...
The 76-year-old actor first fronted the topical news quiz in 2008, when he brought an inimitable and chaotic presenting style to the programme.
Blessed will appear on the panel show on Friday, April 12 alongside regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. The remaining two guests have yet to be confirmed.
On returning to the hot seat for the episode, Blessed said: "My favourite TV programme with my two favourite presenters. What an honour to be hosting the show again, it will be a joyful reunion."
The new series of Have I Got News for You begins on April 5 on BBC One at 9pm. Stephen Mangan, Pointless co-host Richard Osman and Baroness Joan Bakewell have been announced as the special guests.
Watch a clip from Brian Blessed's first time hosting...
- 3/28/2013
- Digital Spy
Stephen Mangan, Pointless co-host Richard Osman and Baroness Joan Bakewell have been announced as the special guests for the series opener of Have I Got News for You.
Episodes star Mangan, who presented an edition of the BBC programme in 2011, will be the guest host of the first episode in the 45th series of the show.
Regulars Ian Hislop and Paul Merton return as Have I Got News for You panellists.
Baroness Bakewell will be making her second appearance on the programme after first starring in the third series in 1992.
On her return to the show, the Labour Party peer said: "Exposing myself to the ridicule and mockery of Hislop and co... Can't wait!"
Have I Got News for You returns on April 5 on BBC One at 9pm.
Episodes star Mangan, who presented an edition of the BBC programme in 2011, will be the guest host of the first episode in the 45th series of the show.
Regulars Ian Hislop and Paul Merton return as Have I Got News for You panellists.
Baroness Bakewell will be making her second appearance on the programme after first starring in the third series in 1992.
On her return to the show, the Labour Party peer said: "Exposing myself to the ridicule and mockery of Hislop and co... Can't wait!"
Have I Got News for You returns on April 5 on BBC One at 9pm.
- 3/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Flagship BBC2 arts and culture show loses its weekly status but retains presenters Martha Kearney and Kirsty Wark
For nearly 20 years it has brought BBC2 viewers the latest developments in the world of arts and culture, in various incarnations and featuring bickering panellists including Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
But now The Review Show, one of the BBC's flagship arts programmes, is to be moved from BBC2 to BBC4 and cut from a weekly to monthly slot – as new director general Lord Hall prepares to join the BBC on 2 April from one of the UK's leading arts institutions, the Royal Opera House.
Arts coverage on BBC1 and BBC2 is being cut as a result of the BBC's £700m cost-cutting measures, Delivering Quality First.
The BBC's arts commissioning editor, Mark Bell, said the reduction in arts coverage was minimal across BBC1 and BBC2, amounting to a "couple of hours" a year.
For nearly 20 years it has brought BBC2 viewers the latest developments in the world of arts and culture, in various incarnations and featuring bickering panellists including Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
But now The Review Show, one of the BBC's flagship arts programmes, is to be moved from BBC2 to BBC4 and cut from a weekly to monthly slot – as new director general Lord Hall prepares to join the BBC on 2 April from one of the UK's leading arts institutions, the Royal Opera House.
Arts coverage on BBC1 and BBC2 is being cut as a result of the BBC's £700m cost-cutting measures, Delivering Quality First.
The BBC's arts commissioning editor, Mark Bell, said the reduction in arts coverage was minimal across BBC1 and BBC2, amounting to a "couple of hours" a year.
- 2/27/2013
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
Cast your mind back to the pre-internet age (admittedly, a tough task) where film-related content was sparse, and finding out about the latest releases and industry news was an altogether frugal and challenging task. Luckily, there was one perennial TV figure who provided a regular means of getting your cinematic fix (providing your parents remembered to hit record on the video, or you caught the repeats on a Saturday morning).
For the better part of three decades, cinema lovers tuned in to watch Barry Norman report on forthcoming features, chat with the Hollywood elite and cast his critical eye over the weekly big-screen releases via the BBC’s revered Film programme. Norman was popular enough to spawn a famous, oft-quoted catchphrase (“and why not?”) and his reviews informed a whole generation of film fans.
We had the enviable opportunity to chat to the legendary figure recently over the phone and...
For the better part of three decades, cinema lovers tuned in to watch Barry Norman report on forthcoming features, chat with the Hollywood elite and cast his critical eye over the weekly big-screen releases via the BBC’s revered Film programme. Norman was popular enough to spawn a famous, oft-quoted catchphrase (“and why not?”) and his reviews informed a whole generation of film fans.
We had the enviable opportunity to chat to the legendary figure recently over the phone and...
- 11/14/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
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Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
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Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
- 2/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
An official review says that the quality of UK movies should be promoted to compete with Hollywood
A major review of movie-making policy is set to call for an annual film week and a series of celebratory national film days, in an effort to promote a British brand to compete with the cachet of French cinema and Hollywood. According to a draft of the review, seen by the Observer, "British Film" is a desirable label that should be deliberately marketed.
Last week David Cameron caused controversy ahead of a visit to Pinewood studios by stating that the UK film industry should financially support "more commercially successful pictures". Directors such as Ken Loach and the former chair of the British Film Institute, Joan Bakewell, expressed fears that future subsidy for film-makers might be based on predicted box-office success. Instead, former culture secretary Lord Smith, head of a panel examining the film industry,...
A major review of movie-making policy is set to call for an annual film week and a series of celebratory national film days, in an effort to promote a British brand to compete with the cachet of French cinema and Hollywood. According to a draft of the review, seen by the Observer, "British Film" is a desirable label that should be deliberately marketed.
Last week David Cameron caused controversy ahead of a visit to Pinewood studios by stating that the UK film industry should financially support "more commercially successful pictures". Directors such as Ken Loach and the former chair of the British Film Institute, Joan Bakewell, expressed fears that future subsidy for film-makers might be based on predicted box-office success. Instead, former culture secretary Lord Smith, head of a panel examining the film industry,...
- 1/15/2012
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The BBC has reportedly pulled an episode of Qi starring Jeremy Clarkson following his recent comments about public sector strikers. Clarkson caused controversy during an appearance on The One Show last month when he said that people on strike should be shot in front of their families. The Top Gear host, who has apologised and said he was joking, was also slammed for suggesting that trains should not stop for people who have committed suicide by jumping onto the tracks. David Cameron and Dame Joan Bakewell were among the personalities who later criticised Clarkson for his remarks. BBC executives have now decided not to air an episode of Qi featuring Clarkson this evening, The Guardian reports. Insiders allegedly claimed that the decision was taken because it is believed that it is too soon for Clarkson to appear (more)...
- 12/9/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Joan Bakewell has condemned Jeremy Clarkson's controversial comments about public sector strikers. Appearing on Wednesday's One Show, the Top Gear host suggested that any worker on the strike should be shot "in front of their families". Speaking today at the Women in Film and Television Awards, the 78-year-old TV presenter described his remarks as "outrageous" and "unforgivable". She elaborated: "If I go round saying, 'I want Jeremy Clarkson's testicles cut off and fried in public', it's an insult. "He's (more)...
- 12/2/2011
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Our children don't need to be told that success depends on the warmth of their hearts. Tech-savvy Steve is the one to laud here
Yuletide family films are prone to preaching, but they tend to opt for an uncontroversial text. Not Arthur Christmas: intergenerational conflict is one of the hotter issues of our day. Aardman's engrossing take on this theme will surely mark impressionable young minds. Will they be the better for it? Spoilers ahead.
For our increasingly beleaguered old folk, there are crumbs of comfort. In the face of crisis here, Grandsanta is readier than the rest of his family to take risks, because he no longer has much to lose. He's better equipped to think outside the box, since he's able to draw on a deeper bank of experience. Familiarity with low-tech machinery enables him to improvise when hi-tech systems fail. The physical constraints imposed by ageing prove surmountable when needs must.
Yuletide family films are prone to preaching, but they tend to opt for an uncontroversial text. Not Arthur Christmas: intergenerational conflict is one of the hotter issues of our day. Aardman's engrossing take on this theme will surely mark impressionable young minds. Will they be the better for it? Spoilers ahead.
For our increasingly beleaguered old folk, there are crumbs of comfort. In the face of crisis here, Grandsanta is readier than the rest of his family to take risks, because he no longer has much to lose. He's better equipped to think outside the box, since he's able to draw on a deeper bank of experience. Familiarity with low-tech machinery enables him to improvise when hi-tech systems fail. The physical constraints imposed by ageing prove surmountable when needs must.
- 11/14/2011
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
It's got Kristin Scott Thomas, a hotshot director and flawless writing – so why are some critics pausing over this revival of Harold Pinter's classic?
Super groups and dream teams do not always work, of course. Ian Rickson is a superb director, Kristin Scott Thomas is a brilliant actor, Harold Pinter is now just about an official genius. Yet this offers no guarantee that the first directing the second in the third will be any more successful than the Traveling Wilburys, say, or the Real Madrid "galacticos" team of 2004. The play in question is Betrayal, first performed in 1978, which charts the progress of an extramarital affair by travelling backwards through its most important scenes. Opinions on this production vary, but what drift there is puts one in mind of Real's last galactico, David Beckham: good, yes, but short of pace.
Strangely, though, no one can quite work out why.
Super groups and dream teams do not always work, of course. Ian Rickson is a superb director, Kristin Scott Thomas is a brilliant actor, Harold Pinter is now just about an official genius. Yet this offers no guarantee that the first directing the second in the third will be any more successful than the Traveling Wilburys, say, or the Real Madrid "galacticos" team of 2004. The play in question is Betrayal, first performed in 1978, which charts the progress of an extramarital affair by travelling backwards through its most important scenes. Opinions on this production vary, but what drift there is puts one in mind of Real's last galactico, David Beckham: good, yes, but short of pace.
Strangely, though, no one can quite work out why.
- 6/20/2011
- by Leo Benedictus
- The Guardian - Film News
His Jerusalem is a Broadway hit – now director Ian Rickson is back with a star-studded Betrayal. He talks to Andrew Dickson about his debt to Pinter, coaching Pj Harvey – and why he's finally ready for Shakespeare
Never let it be said that Ian Rickson lacks range. This week, the director opens a new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, starring Kristin Scott Thomas; it turns out that he has also found time to direct Pj Harvey's current tour. "We talked about staging and lighting, should she talk between songs, things like that," he explains, before adding, not wanting to take too much credit: "Director in inverted commas."
I'm not sure he needs the rider. In the four years since Rickson stepped down as artistic director of the Royal Court, there seems to be little he hasn't turned his hand to. His farewell production there, The Seagull, was the first...
Never let it be said that Ian Rickson lacks range. This week, the director opens a new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, starring Kristin Scott Thomas; it turns out that he has also found time to direct Pj Harvey's current tour. "We talked about staging and lighting, should she talk between songs, things like that," he explains, before adding, not wanting to take too much credit: "Director in inverted commas."
I'm not sure he needs the rider. In the four years since Rickson stepped down as artistic director of the Royal Court, there seems to be little he hasn't turned his hand to. His farewell production there, The Seagull, was the first...
- 6/15/2011
- by Andrew Dickson
- The Guardian - Film News
Kristin Scott Thomas is back on the London stage in Harold Pinter's Betrayal. Here she talks about the appeal of theatre and this remarkable new flowering of her acting career
Harold Pinter's play Betrayal, in which Kristin Scott Thomas is about to star at the Comedy theatre in London, explores a love affair lived backwards. The play begins with the characters locked in open recrimination and bitterness, and ends, seven years earlier, with them in thrall to furtive passion. When I meet Scott Thomas for lunch in a break from rehearsals she is full of the complications that this back-to-front narrative presents, and also characteristically anxious to work her way toward a resolution. "Normally you go in to a scene charged with the emotion of the scene before," she says, "but here you have to sort of uncharge things all the time. You lose that progression with which we make sense of things,...
Harold Pinter's play Betrayal, in which Kristin Scott Thomas is about to star at the Comedy theatre in London, explores a love affair lived backwards. The play begins with the characters locked in open recrimination and bitterness, and ends, seven years earlier, with them in thrall to furtive passion. When I meet Scott Thomas for lunch in a break from rehearsals she is full of the complications that this back-to-front narrative presents, and also characteristically anxious to work her way toward a resolution. "Normally you go in to a scene charged with the emotion of the scene before," she says, "but here you have to sort of uncharge things all the time. You lose that progression with which we make sense of things,...
- 5/28/2011
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
Claudia Winkleman looks forward to co-presenting with 'a fantastic companion' in revamped version of BBC1 show
Guardian film blogger Danny Leigh was yesterday named as a presenter on the revamped Film 2010 programme, which returns to BBC1 this autumn. Leigh, who has written a weekly series entitled The View since 2007, will co-host alongside Claudia Winkleman following the March departure of Jonathan Ross.
The new, extended show will be broadcast live for 40 minutes, rather than 30, and is aiming for a chattier format, with viewers contributing to the debate in real-time via social networking sites. Other regulars will include Empire magazine's Chris Hewitt and novelist and journalist Antonia Quirke. The first show in the new series will screen in October, to coincide with the start of the London film festival.
The BBC1 controller, Jay Hunt, said: "We are moving away from the idea that the film programme is a monologue and one person's take on film,...
Guardian film blogger Danny Leigh was yesterday named as a presenter on the revamped Film 2010 programme, which returns to BBC1 this autumn. Leigh, who has written a weekly series entitled The View since 2007, will co-host alongside Claudia Winkleman following the March departure of Jonathan Ross.
The new, extended show will be broadcast live for 40 minutes, rather than 30, and is aiming for a chattier format, with viewers contributing to the debate in real-time via social networking sites. Other regulars will include Empire magazine's Chris Hewitt and novelist and journalist Antonia Quirke. The first show in the new series will screen in October, to coincide with the start of the London film festival.
The BBC1 controller, Jay Hunt, said: "We are moving away from the idea that the film programme is a monologue and one person's take on film,...
- 8/11/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The BBC presenter Claudia Winkleman is to take over from Jonathan Ross as host of the flagship cinema show formerly fronted by Barry Norman
Claudia Winkleman has been named the new presenter of the BBC's Film 2010 programme. She will replace Jonathan Ross, who presented his final show on 17 March after annoucing his departure from the corporation.
Winkleman will not be the first female presenter of the long-running show: Joan Bakewell was among a roster of hosts, including Frederic Raphael, Iain Johnstone and Barry Norman, who alternated when the programme began in November 1971. The following year, Norman took sole charge, and remained on board until 1998, when he was replaced by Ross.
According to the BBC, Winkleman's appointment will not be the only change, with Film 2010 now set to incorporate more studio guests including experts and insiders from the world of cinema. The programme's format - one man talking to...
Claudia Winkleman has been named the new presenter of the BBC's Film 2010 programme. She will replace Jonathan Ross, who presented his final show on 17 March after annoucing his departure from the corporation.
Winkleman will not be the first female presenter of the long-running show: Joan Bakewell was among a roster of hosts, including Frederic Raphael, Iain Johnstone and Barry Norman, who alternated when the programme began in November 1971. The following year, Norman took sole charge, and remained on board until 1998, when he was replaced by Ross.
According to the BBC, Winkleman's appointment will not be the only change, with Film 2010 now set to incorporate more studio guests including experts and insiders from the world of cinema. The programme's format - one man talking to...
- 3/29/2010
- by Paul MacInnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The British Film Institute, the government-backed educational and archival film and television body, on Wednesday appointed four new members to its board of governors, including director Stephen Frears. In addition to Frears (Dirty Pretty Things), the appointees are Tim Angel, chairman of Angels Theatrical Costumiers; Lizzie Francke, independent producer and former director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival; and Roger Laughton, former broadcaster and Bournemouth University media school chief. The body's 15-member board is chaired by writer-broadcaster Joan Bakewell. The new governors replace director Terry Gilliam, Southern England Arts board director Jean Young, Cobalt Pictures co-founder Rodney Payne and film critic/broadcaster Alan Frank, who step down immediately.
- 10/31/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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