In Capturing Mary, acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff enters new territory by creating a terrifying and compulsive story of lost youth. This new film for BBC Two stars some of Britain’s most talented actors, led by Dame Maggie Smith and including David Walliams, Ruth Wilson and newcomer Danny Lee Wynter, who was the eponymous caretaker in last week’s BBC One film, Joe’s Palace. Read More »
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Joe’s Palace - BBC One
November 4, 2007 – 10:23 pm
A stellar cast led by Sir Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly, Rebecca Hall and newcomer Danny Lee Wynter, who takes the title role in his first professional engagement, star in the latest BBC One film from acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff.
Poliakoff’s characteristically engrossing work explores the relationship between the two central characters: Elliot Graham, a reclusive billionaire, and Joe, the teenage son of a cleaner who takes care of Elliot’s grand, empty mansion.
Elliot lives close by but is unable to stay in the palatial house he has inherited; it has too many echoes of the past. Once a venue for sumptuous parties and soirées, the house has become a stultifying legacy that haunts Elliot, riddled with mysteries and unanswered questions.
Spice Girls Headlines Video To Premiere On BBC One
November 2, 2007 – 6:57 pm
The video for the Spice Girls comeback single, Headlines will premiere on BBC One later this evening.
The video will air at 19.55 and will include an introduction by the newly reformed girl group.
The premiere will launch the run-up to Children in Need Night on 16 November, when the group will perform the song live.
Blood Rush Coming To BBC One
October 26, 2007 – 12:17 pm
BBC Drama announced today that Louise Lombard (CSI, House Of Eliott), Lyndsey Marshal (Rome) and Danny Dyer (Straightheads, The Football Factory, Human Traffic) are to star in Blood Rush (working title) a gritty new two-part crime drama for BBC One, produced in-house by BBC Drama Studios.
Written by Barbara Machin (who also created Waking The Dead), the format represents a bold step forward for the crime genre: as events flip both backwards and forwards in time, this compelling story is told at various times from the point of view of every character involved – those investigating the crime, as well as the killer and his victims. Read More »
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything, BBC One
October 22, 2007 – 6:01 pm
BBC Entertainment and Simon Fuller’s 19 today confirmed plans for a brand new Spice Girls documentary.
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything, to be screened in the UK on BBC One, tells the story of the band from the very beginning to the present day.
Despite the huge amount that has been spoken and written about them over the years, this will be the very first time the Spice Girls themselves have told the story of what it has been like inside the eye of the Girl Power storm.
Simon Fuller said: “This is the story of the greatest pop phenomenon since The Beatles, told in their own words. It will cover the highs and the lows, the laughter and the tears, from their pre-Spice Girls days and the forming of the group to the first taste of success, world domination and ultimately the break-up and the aftermath.” Read More »
John Barrowman To Host The Kids Are All Right
October 22, 2007 – 6:00 pm
John Barrowman, star of Torchwood and Any Dream Will Do, is to host a new prime-time entertainment show on BBC One.
Elaine Bedell, Controller of BBC Entertainment Commissioning, has commissioned the new entertainment format The Kids Are All Right from Initial, an Endemol company.
It’s a show that pits adults against children in a thrilling battle of wits. Four adults compete to win cash prizes but there is one obstacle standing between them and the cash: seven super kids. Aged between nine and 15, these smart and sassy children are determined to see the adults go home with nothing. Read More »
Eastenders: Steven Shoots Jane Beale!
October 8, 2007 – 9:25 pm
In one of the most shocking storylines to hit Albert Square this year, new square psycho, Steven Beale is set to shoot his kinda stepmum, Jane. Confused? Us too!
Over the last two weeks we have seen long lost Steven hold Ian Beale hostage in a dirty flat, and in scenes to air soon, we see Lucy Beale ask Steven to help her get rid of her ex boyfriends gun….well done Lucy! Read More »
Eastenders: Minty Takes A Heart Attack
October 7, 2007 – 9:43 pm
Poor Minty never gets it right.
In a bid to shift weight before his wedding, Minty decides to start jogging round Albert Square. But the sudden excercise is more than his shocked heart can take, and Minty ends up collapsing and being rushed to hospital.
A source on the soap told The Daily Star: “Poor Minty never has much luck and his attempts to exercise are no different. After going for a short run he helps Denise Wicks move some boxes in the post office.
“Suddenly he collapses with a suspected heart attack and an ambulance is called.
“But viewers will be pleased to know it turns out to be a false alarm and a relieved Minty is soon back to his old lazy self.” Read More »
Alan Titchmarsh Interview On The Nature Of Britian
September 30, 2007 – 11:35 pm
Alan Titchmarsh makes an epic journey across the length and breadth of the country to explore the huge diversity of British wildlife
in The Nature Of Britain. The series will come to our screens on BBC One next week.
Tell us about your new series
It’s all about the nature of Britain. It’s the natural follow-on from British Isles – A Natural History, in which we looked at the history of our landscape and how we came to be in the state that we are now. It struck me then that it would be good to take a closer look at animal and plant relationships and their different habitats, and it divided up very naturally into eight. [The Nature Of Britain] looks at how animals and plants are reliant on each other in each of these eight, disparate environments.
Were there any particular highlights for you?
There were so many! Sitting on a riverbank for three-and-a-half hours in the pouring rain, waiting for a kingfisher to perch on a post – which he did, eventually! Also watching otters in broad daylight up in the Shetlands, and in the Sound of Sleet – which is that lovely stretch of water off the coast of Scotland – watching minke whales. There have been so many. Read More »
Murphy’s Law Returns To BBC One!
September 30, 2007 – 11:20 pm
James Nesbitt (Jekyll, Bloody Sunday, Cold Feet) reprises his role as renegade undercover cop Tommy Murphy as Murphy’s Law returns for a fifth series.
In a gripping, three-part special, Murphy finds himself caught up in the dark, criminal world of people-trafficking and is forced back into the field to solve the disappearance of two undercover officers at a caravan site in Norfolk. As he searches for the truth, he has to immerse himself in the world of sex traders and prostitution.
When it transpires one of the undercover cops is dead, it’s a race against time to find the other missing police officer, Kim Goodall. But, as the investigation takes several turns for the worse, Murphy soon finds himself battling both sides of the law as police HQ tries to hide mistakes. Can Murphy hold his cover, keeping the investigation alive long enough to find Kim and bring down the criminal organisation behind it all? Read More »
