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 »
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 »
February 16, 2008 – 5:54 pm
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 »
January 15, 2008 – 2:20 pm
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 »
