Occupation is a searingly powerful drama starring James Nesbitt, Stephen Graham and Warren Brown and written by Peter Bowker that spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
It follows the lives of three soldiers and friends, first during the battle for Basra, then as they struggle to adapt to life back home, then, finally, as very different forces draw them back to Iraq.
James Nesbitt has admitted that he is considering looking for work in American due to the terrible state of British TV.
The Occupation actor told the Radio Times that he has been offered gigs in Hollywood before but passed up the opportunity.
Nesbitt said: “I could have gone there years ago, but the notion of waiting six months to play a baddie in a bad film just wasn’t my idea of career utopia. I was challenged here, I enjoyed doing what I was doing.
James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson star in award-winning director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Five Minutes Of Heaven, a unique one-off drama for BBC Two that explores aspects of Northern Ireland’s troubled past and the challenges the future holds in coming to terms with it.
The story begins in 1975 when 17-year-old Alistair Little, a member of the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) murdered a 19-year-old Catholic, Jim Griffin, in Lurgan. He was arrested two weeks later, along with three others involved in the shooting, and convicted. Jim’s murder was witnessed by his 11-year-old brother, Joe Griffin.
James Nesbitt is to return to Belfast to begin filming a new drama commissioned by BBC Drama Northern Ireland.
It is being made by Big Fish Films, in association with Ruby Films, for BBC Two with co-financing from Northern Ireland Screen. Pathe will act as the international distributor for the film outside the UK and Ireland.
Nesbitt will begin filming Five Minutes Of Heaven, a one-off drama that explores aspects of Northern Ireland’s troubled past and the challenges the future holds in coming to terms with it. Read more & comment »
Actor James Nesbitt has criticised TV Channels who chase viewer ratings rather than make quality TV shows.
He told the Radio Times: “There’s a damaging relationship between the channels where they’re just throwing things at each other in the ratings war.
“Murphy’s Law, which I love, has not been recommissioned yet, because it was up against Doc Martin.
“It’s cheating the audience. They’ll move away – there are plenty other distractions out there for audiences these days – and then where will we be?” Read more & comment »
James Nesbitt is to star in a compelling conspiracacy thriller for ITV1, Midnight Man.
The three part drama, produced by Carnival Films, tells the timely story of a terrifying conspiracy, reaching the highest echelons of power.
Nesbitt (Murphy’s Law, Jekyll, Bloody Sunday) plays Max Raban, a former journalist reduced to raking through bins for tacky celebrity stories to sell to the tabloids. But everything changes when his nocturnal rummaging uncovers a frightening world of deceit and distrust with fatal consequences.
Raban’s life begins to fall apart when his estranged wife is murdered and he’s framed for the crime, forcing him to become a fugitive. But Raban discovers a death squad is at work and he’s determined to expose the truth about the brutal killers. Read more & comment »
Maxine Peake, James Nesbitt, Harriet Walter, Lucy Punch, Lucinda Raikes and Mona Hammond star in Cinderella, the second episode in BBC One’s anthology of contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales.
Cindy Mellor is a cleaner at a university but desperately wants to study anthropology. When Professor HM Prince comes to lecture, he announces that he’s preparing for an expedition to Borneo and is in search of a female assistant. He is intent on proving his acclaimed theory on the primary role of the male in human evolution. No one is more passionate about anthropology than Cindy, but is there any chance that the assistant’s job could be given to the cleaner? Professor Brooks, an ambitious lecturer who heads up the department, is determined that one of her students gets the job, either the gorgeous Fenola or the brainy Phoebe. Read more & comment »
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