‘Is it autobiographical?’ is usually a question that female novelists can’t escape, but when David Nicholls published One Day in 2009, it also plagued him. Perhaps writing in the romantic genre encouraged interviewers to grant Nicholls honorary-woman status? Lucky him.
One Day is the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, whose lives we dip into on the same date each year for a couple of decades. They first meet as students at their Edinburgh University graduation ball in 1988, after which their lives weave in and out of each other’s all the way into their mid-30s. The book was a word-of-mouth hit that was made into a very middling film in 2011, and has since been adapted into a terrific 14-part Netflix series starring This is Going to Hurt’s Ambika Mod and The White Lotus’ Leo Woodall.
Because Emma and Dexter become mildly public figures in the story...
One Day is the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, whose lives we dip into on the same date each year for a couple of decades. They first meet as students at their Edinburgh University graduation ball in 1988, after which their lives weave in and out of each other’s all the way into their mid-30s. The book was a word-of-mouth hit that was made into a very middling film in 2011, and has since been adapted into a terrific 14-part Netflix series starring This is Going to Hurt’s Ambika Mod and The White Lotus’ Leo Woodall.
Because Emma and Dexter become mildly public figures in the story...
- 2/9/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Whether you want to ask about directing films including Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, being the Press Gang bad boy or effing and jeffing for Guy Ritchie, now is your chance
If you hear the name Dexter Fletcher, I bet three things will come to mind. 1) Press Gang, where Fletcher appeared as rebellious teenager Spike Thomson in late 80s/early 90s children’s TV drama, 2) Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, in which Fletcher starred in Guy Ritchie’s directing debut in 1998, and 3) GamesMaster, where Fletcher temporarily took over the role of host in the third series of iconic 90s Channel 4 videogame show, before handing the reigns back to Dominik Diamond.
But he’s gone on to do so much more as one of Britain’s foremost current film directors: you’ve probably heard of many of his films, even if you didn’t realise Fletcher was in charge. There’s Eddie the Eagle,...
If you hear the name Dexter Fletcher, I bet three things will come to mind. 1) Press Gang, where Fletcher appeared as rebellious teenager Spike Thomson in late 80s/early 90s children’s TV drama, 2) Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, in which Fletcher starred in Guy Ritchie’s directing debut in 1998, and 3) GamesMaster, where Fletcher temporarily took over the role of host in the third series of iconic 90s Channel 4 videogame show, before handing the reigns back to Dominik Diamond.
But he’s gone on to do so much more as one of Britain’s foremost current film directors: you’ve probably heard of many of his films, even if you didn’t realise Fletcher was in charge. There’s Eddie the Eagle,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
Damian Lewis: Spy Wars and GamesMaster exec producer Ian Lamarra has left Alaska TV, the company he co-founded in 2011, to launch talent-led TV, podcast and live events producer Soho Studios Entertainment.
The company, which has already built up a slate and is being repped by WME, will be based in Lamarra’s Glasgow hometown and have a Soho office.
Soho’s initial focus will be on premium factual, factual entertainment and true crime, with Soho seeking investment from backers and launching with Money Group Entertainment CEO Francis Ridley and former Objective Productions MD Paul Sandler as Co-Directors.
Lamarra oversaw the likes of Damian Lewis: Spy Wars, In The Footsteps of Killers with Emilia Fox and E4’s Trevor McDonald-led GamesMaster reboot during his Alaska tenure, along with a Channel 5 documentary about Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle. He was previously a Creative Director at Avalon and Head of Development at Tiger Aspect.
The company, which has already built up a slate and is being repped by WME, will be based in Lamarra’s Glasgow hometown and have a Soho office.
Soho’s initial focus will be on premium factual, factual entertainment and true crime, with Soho seeking investment from backers and launching with Money Group Entertainment CEO Francis Ridley and former Objective Productions MD Paul Sandler as Co-Directors.
Lamarra oversaw the likes of Damian Lewis: Spy Wars, In The Footsteps of Killers with Emilia Fox and E4’s Trevor McDonald-led GamesMaster reboot during his Alaska tenure, along with a Channel 5 documentary about Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle. He was previously a Creative Director at Avalon and Head of Development at Tiger Aspect.
- 8/15/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Legendary UK broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald is to be the face of E4’s Gamesmaster reboot as the iconic format returns to screens after almost 25 years off air.
McDonald takes on the role originally filled by Sir Patrick Moore in the video games competition, setting up the challenges and watching over competitors as they compete in virtual battles to claim a Golden Joystick Trophy.
He will co-host alongside Scottish comedian Robert Florence, esports expert Frankie Ward and newcomer Ty Logan, one of E4’s recently-announced faces of the future.
McDonald, a hugely popular British newsreader who has been reporting news for five decades on ITV, said he is “delighted to be taking on this iconic role for a new generation of viewers.”
Gamesmaster ran on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998 and gained a cult following, with news emerging earlier this year of its return on youth-skewing C4 network E4. The three-part...
McDonald takes on the role originally filled by Sir Patrick Moore in the video games competition, setting up the challenges and watching over competitors as they compete in virtual battles to claim a Golden Joystick Trophy.
He will co-host alongside Scottish comedian Robert Florence, esports expert Frankie Ward and newcomer Ty Logan, one of E4’s recently-announced faces of the future.
McDonald, a hugely popular British newsreader who has been reporting news for five decades on ITV, said he is “delighted to be taking on this iconic role for a new generation of viewers.”
Gamesmaster ran on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998 and gained a cult following, with news emerging earlier this year of its return on youth-skewing C4 network E4. The three-part...
- 10/25/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Investment
Media group Vivendi has acquired a stake in France and U.K. headquartered Pernel Media, the independent production company behind “Legends of the Pharaohs,” “The Real War of Thrones,” “Wheeler Dealers France,” “Attila’s Forbidden Tomb” and “Ancient Superstructures.
Pernel will remain an autonomous entity led by Samuel Kissous and will keep expanding the range of broadcast partners and platforms it is working with in France and internationally. The company goal aims to accelerate its international business, consolidate factual output with premium global series, and firm up its scripted projects.
As part of the financing restructure, previous shareholders Alliance Entreprendre and Odyssee Venture are exiting the company.
In July, Pernel hired former head of Arte Distribution Celine Payot Lehmann as international executive producer.
Streaming
HBO Max will stream original drama series “Kamikaze” on Nov. 14 in 46 countries and territories where the streamer is available across Europe, the U.S. and Latin America.
Media group Vivendi has acquired a stake in France and U.K. headquartered Pernel Media, the independent production company behind “Legends of the Pharaohs,” “The Real War of Thrones,” “Wheeler Dealers France,” “Attila’s Forbidden Tomb” and “Ancient Superstructures.
Pernel will remain an autonomous entity led by Samuel Kissous and will keep expanding the range of broadcast partners and platforms it is working with in France and internationally. The company goal aims to accelerate its international business, consolidate factual output with premium global series, and firm up its scripted projects.
As part of the financing restructure, previous shareholders Alliance Entreprendre and Odyssee Venture are exiting the company.
In July, Pernel hired former head of Arte Distribution Celine Payot Lehmann as international executive producer.
Streaming
HBO Max will stream original drama series “Kamikaze” on Nov. 14 in 46 countries and territories where the streamer is available across Europe, the U.S. and Latin America.
- 10/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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After a shaky start, Challenge TV's now-cancelled Videogame Nation grew into a pretty perfect gaming magazine TV show...
At 10.27 a.m. on the morning of Saturday 4th June 2016 gaming enthusiasts across the land screamed in a collective wail of distress as it was announced that the following week’s episode of Videogame Nation was to be its last ever.
For fans of the
UK
’s only weekly show devoted to games it was a hefty blow. Yet another television programme centred on the world of videogames was meeting its demise after 4 series and an impressive 106 episodes. The outpouring of disbelief across social media was immediate. Fans who felt that the show had finally landed on a fun, winning formula for gaming TV were doubly dismayed.
As emerged in the days following the announcement, Videogame Nation was a victim of circumstance. Challenge TV chose not to renew the...
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After a shaky start, Challenge TV's now-cancelled Videogame Nation grew into a pretty perfect gaming magazine TV show...
At 10.27 a.m. on the morning of Saturday 4th June 2016 gaming enthusiasts across the land screamed in a collective wail of distress as it was announced that the following week’s episode of Videogame Nation was to be its last ever.
For fans of the
UK
’s only weekly show devoted to games it was a hefty blow. Yet another television programme centred on the world of videogames was meeting its demise after 4 series and an impressive 106 episodes. The outpouring of disbelief across social media was immediate. Fans who felt that the show had finally landed on a fun, winning formula for gaming TV were doubly dismayed.
As emerged in the days following the announcement, Videogame Nation was a victim of circumstance. Challenge TV chose not to renew the...
- 6/21/2016
- Den of Geek
American Idol was announced to be coming to an end after 15 seasons yesterday (May 12), but did you know that Ryan Seacrest used to have a co-host?
Brian Dunkleman hosted the Fox competition's first season alongside Ryan Seacrest, before the latter took sole control. History has not been kind to poor old Brian since, with Fox TV CEO Dana Walden joking about a possible reunion for the pair.
"Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him," she joked, though Dunkleman gave as good as he got last night:
I knew American Idol would never last without me #Cancelled
— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015
To honour Dunkleman, we have collected a few hosts of massive shows that you may have cruelly forgotten, starting with the man himself.
1. Brian Dunkleman (American Idol)
The comedian co-hosted the Fox series with Ryan Seacrest for its first season, which...
Brian Dunkleman hosted the Fox competition's first season alongside Ryan Seacrest, before the latter took sole control. History has not been kind to poor old Brian since, with Fox TV CEO Dana Walden joking about a possible reunion for the pair.
"Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him," she joked, though Dunkleman gave as good as he got last night:
I knew American Idol would never last without me #Cancelled
— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015
To honour Dunkleman, we have collected a few hosts of massive shows that you may have cruelly forgotten, starting with the man himself.
1. Brian Dunkleman (American Idol)
The comedian co-hosted the Fox series with Ryan Seacrest for its first season, which...
- 5/12/2015
- Digital Spy
Live TV
In the continuing series of low-budget TV shows and channels that I’ve worked on I present to you, my good readers, six reasons why making L!ve TV wasn’t quite the fun ride you might imagine it would be. (If you missed the first, check it out here – 6 Sucky Truths About Working On Gamesmaster And Games World)
L!ve TV was a TV channel spewed forth from David Montgomery and Sun newspaper mogul Kelvin MacKenzie who, in a fit of madness, decided an entire channel made by the people who make the Daily Mirror would be a big hit. Janet Street Porter was plonked at the helm and it was supposed to offer a mix of lifestyle, news and celebrity info all broadcast live. Funnily enough Janet Street Porter and Jane Hewland (of Gamesmaster) were once colleagues – I guess I was destined to be connected to both.
In the continuing series of low-budget TV shows and channels that I’ve worked on I present to you, my good readers, six reasons why making L!ve TV wasn’t quite the fun ride you might imagine it would be. (If you missed the first, check it out here – 6 Sucky Truths About Working On Gamesmaster And Games World)
L!ve TV was a TV channel spewed forth from David Montgomery and Sun newspaper mogul Kelvin MacKenzie who, in a fit of madness, decided an entire channel made by the people who make the Daily Mirror would be a big hit. Janet Street Porter was plonked at the helm and it was supposed to offer a mix of lifestyle, news and celebrity info all broadcast live. Funnily enough Janet Street Porter and Jane Hewland (of Gamesmaster) were once colleagues – I guess I was destined to be connected to both.
- 7/10/2014
- by Vynny Ward
- Obsessed with Film
It's game show heaven on television right now. Not only do we have all sorts of new formats making their way to screen, but some old favourites are getting a second lease of life, too - from Fifteen to One (airing daily on Channel 4) to the second series of the revived Catchphrase (Sundays on ITV.) But it got us thinking - what other game shows would we like to see return to our living rooms?
Well, we asked that very question to Fifteen to One's Sandi Toksvig and Catchphrase's Stephen Mulhern - and then had a bit of office debate about our own favourites...
You Bet! - Stephen Mulhern (Host, Catchphrase)
"This is an easy question: You Bet! It was one of my favourite TV shows and Matthew Kelly was one of my favourite presenters. I love it.
"I can give you some great examples that still amaze me to this day.
Well, we asked that very question to Fifteen to One's Sandi Toksvig and Catchphrase's Stephen Mulhern - and then had a bit of office debate about our own favourites...
You Bet! - Stephen Mulhern (Host, Catchphrase)
"This is an easy question: You Bet! It was one of my favourite TV shows and Matthew Kelly was one of my favourite presenters. I love it.
"I can give you some great examples that still amaze me to this day.
- 4/8/2014
- Digital Spy
British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died at the age of 89. A statement released this afternoon says that he “passed away peacefully at 12:25 this afternoon” at his home in Selsey, West Sussex.
Best known by some for his record breaking 50 plus years hosting of The Sky At Night for over 50 years, Sir Patrick held a dear position in the hearts of some gamers and gaming journalists thanks to his time as the GamesMaster on the Channel 4 TV show during the 90s.
He also wrote dozens of books on astronomy and his research was used by both the Us and the Russians in their space programmes.
A statement was released by his friends and staff announcing his passing:
“After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home,...
Best known by some for his record breaking 50 plus years hosting of The Sky At Night for over 50 years, Sir Patrick held a dear position in the hearts of some gamers and gaming journalists thanks to his time as the GamesMaster on the Channel 4 TV show during the 90s.
He also wrote dozens of books on astronomy and his research was used by both the Us and the Russians in their space programmes.
A statement was released by his friends and staff announcing his passing:
“After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home,...
- 12/9/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore died today at the age of 89. Moore, who has hosted the BBC's The Sky At Night since it began in 1957, "passed away peacefully at 12.25pm this afternoon", his family and friends said in a statement.
[Moore in April 2012] The broadcaster died at his home in Selsey, West Sussex. The statement added: "After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home, Farthings, where he today passed on, in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy." Moore presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, becoming the longest-running host of the same television show ever. He also hosted Channel 4 show GamesMaster, the first ever UK TV programme dedicated (more)...
[Moore in April 2012] The broadcaster died at his home in Selsey, West Sussex. The statement added: "After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home, Farthings, where he today passed on, in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy." Moore presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, becoming the longest-running host of the same television show ever. He also hosted Channel 4 show GamesMaster, the first ever UK TV programme dedicated (more)...
- 12/9/2012
- by By Beth Hilton
- Digital Spy
Anyone who grew up playing video games in the 1990s will no doubt remember the phenomenon that was GamesMaster. As the first UK television show dedicated to competitive gaming, the series had a profound impact on the industry from the moment it hit the airwaves. Featuring regular review segments from a panel of Emap print journalists, exclusive previews, and contests between players claiming to be the finest in the world, the programme was everything fans could have hoped for from a primetime show dedicated to their number one passion. Although it enjoyed considerable success throughout its seven-season run, the show's creator Jane Hewland recalls facing an uphill struggle when pitching the idea to potential networks. "It took me nearly two years to sell it, during which time the [gaming] craze actually peaked," she told Digital Spy. "The show was turned down (more)...
- 9/6/2009
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
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