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Safe House: Interviews
“I had to wild swim in Coniston Water once or twice. “And I was in Derwent Water three times…and it was very cold.” Christopher Eccleston talking to me about his role as former police detective Robert...
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Home Fires: Interviews
“I hope viewers will see Home Fires as a really gripping drama telling various personal stories. “It shows what goes on behind closed doors with elements of discovery and intrigue.” Samantha Bond...
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Coronation Street: Explosive Drama
“AT the moment Corrie’s literally, and metaphorically, on fire.” Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn talking today (Friday) about five nights of explosive drama next week. We saw that unfold...
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Coronation Street: Sally Ann Matthews
“I have to protect him…I’m not a bad person.” Jenny Bradley at the centre of the drama in this week’s five special Coronation Street episodes. As she plans to kidnap Kevin’s (Michael Le Vell) son Jack...
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Coronation Street: Jimi Mistry
SPOILER alert: Do not read any further if you have yet to watch tonight’s (Thursday) episode of Coronation Street. It was no secret that Jimi Mistry was leaving the cobbles. But the death of his...
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Black Work: Sheridan Smith
“IT must be a horrible feeling to trust someone and then find out they weren’t who they said they were.” Sheridan Smith talking to me about her role as Jo Gillespie in new three-part drama Black Work....
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Downton Abbey: Final Press Launch
“IF I could stop history in its tracks maybe I would. “But I can’t, Carson. “Nor you nor I can hold back time.” Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) in the opening episode of the sixth and final series of...
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The Trials of Jimmy Rose: Interviews
“FOR every action there’s a reaction…” Ray Winstone stars at the title character in new three-part ITV drama The Trials of Jimmy Rose. With Amanda Redman as his wife Jackie. Two class acts in a strong...
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Midwinter of the Spirit: Interviews
“IT is a serious drama where we ask serious questions. “There is a very sensitive subject matter – it explores the nature of good and bad and evil.” Anna Maxwell Martin talking to me about her role as...
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Unforgotten: Interviews
“HOW do you live when you have done something in your past that you have to completely bury? “How do you present this alternative face and personality that you then believe is real? You re-write your...
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Jekyll and Hyde: Interviews
“NOT one. But truly two.” Jekyll and Hyde arrives on ITV at 6:30pm this Sunday (October 25) bringing a whole new world to British television. A clever re-invention and development of the original...
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Prey 2: Interviews
“HE’S working his way through Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes casts. “He’ll be casting Keeley Hawes in Prey 3, probably. I would’t be surprised.” Philip Glenister talking to me about his role as...
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Peter & Wendy: Interviews
“PETER Pan’s for little kids. I saw it years ago.” If that’s what you’re thinking about Peter & Wendy (ITV, 8pm Boxing Day), then think again. The feature length family film is rooted in the...
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Beowulf: Return To The Shieldlands…Interviews
“SOME say heroes are born. Others…they’re made.” Beowulf: Return To The Shieldlands begins on ITV at 7pm next Sunday (Jan 3). Kieran Bew leading a huge cast as the title character in this epic 12-part...
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Jericho: Interviews
“I’M really glad we are shining a light on it. “It’s such a rich and different life we’ve not seen in costume drama before.” Jessica Raine talking about Jericho, a new eight-part series which begins...
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Churchill’s Secret: Interviews
“EVERYONE has their time.” Churchill’s Secret (ITV, 8pm this Sunday) is a classic. One of those films you will remember for a very long time to come. With some of the finest performances you could...
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Doctor Thorne: Interviews
“I knew at once I wanted to do it.” Doctor Thorne is Julian Fellowes’ first screen project since Downton Abbey said its UK farewell last Christmas Day. A deliciously comedic world adapted from the...
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Houdini & Doyle: Interviews
“IT was one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever done in my life.” House star Michael Weston talking about filming Harry Houdini’s Chinese Water Torture stage routine for a new TV drama. Houdini...
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Maigret: Interviews
“I hope people find the stories engaging. I think they will. “I’m quite good at not doing very much on screen.” Rowan Atkinson talking to me in Budapest last November while working on two major new TV...
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The Durrells: Interviews
“THIS is really up there with the best of what I’ve done.” Keeley Hawes talking to me on location in Corfu during filming for new six-part drama series The Durrells (ITV, 8pm Sunday April 3). One of...
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