Samuel West - UK TV schedule 14-17 March 2014

Friday 14 March, 9pm (BBC2). I Was There: The Great War Interviews.

Sunday 16 March, 9pm (ITV1). Mr Selfridge series 2 episode 9.

Monday 17 March, 9pm (More 4). Great Canal Journeys episode 2.

Samuel West - documentary voiceovers, Creditors, Great Canal Journeys, WWI poetry

Sam narrates the BBC2 documentary I Was There: The Great War Interviews (via @UnitedVoices_). It will be broadcast this Friday at 9pm.
He reads writings by Charles Darwin for the HBO documentary Questioning Darwin. Click here for broadcast times on 15 and 19 March.

He has been cast in the film Creditors, which is based on the play by Strindberg. It will be filmed in Spain this (northern hemisphere) Spring. The production's Kickstarter campaign for post-production and publicity ends 16 March.


(Screencap from the title sequence for Great Canal Journeys. Click it for full size.) Sam will feature in episode 2 of Great Canal Journeys next Monday, 9pm on More 4. He joins his parents for part of a journey down the Rochdale Canal. This episode was filmed in September last year.

AL Kennedy and Sam are among the readers for Cold Stars Lighting: Poetry and the First World War, an event organised by No Glory. It will take place 15 May, 7.30pm at St Giles Church (via Network for Peace).

Charles Edwards - Blithe Spirit and Trying Again

Lee Dean has tweeted more production photos from Blithe Spirit 1|2
It is currently in previews at the Gielgud Theatre. It opens 18 March and is booking until 7 June.

Trying Again will premiere on Sky Living 24 April at 9pm (@SkyLivingHD).

Samuel West - Intelligence Squared debates, ICCD awards, Carnival of the Animals

Sam is listed as an actor for the upcoming Intelligence Squared debate Shakespeare vs Milton. It will take place Sunday 22 June; a venue hasn't been confirmed yet.
Audio and video from last week's debate Jane Austen vs. Emily Bronte are now available. Here are some screencaps of him from the event (they are thumbnails - click them for full size).
as Mr Elton in Emma


as Lockwood in Wuthering Heights

in discussion


Sam was one of the readers at Belarus Free Theatre's International Contest of Contemporary Drama (ICCD) on Monday at the Young Vic (his Twitter, @exitthelemming). The awards were presented by Laura Wade (@BFreeTheatre 1|2).

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment tweeted a picture of Sam, Katia & Marielle Labèque and some OAE players on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall two weeks ago. Sam narrated The Carnival of the Animals at the concert.

Charles Edwards - Blithe Spirit previews

Producer Lee Dean shared a production photo on Twitter and burtonjr88 shared a picture of the cast at curtain call for the third preview (via hellyescharlesedwards).

and here are a couple of review excerpts

Cream of Vampire Soup
"... it was Charles Edwards who pulled all the strings together and made this the slick production it is. As the one character who's thread runs through the entire play, he had a big role to play, but this man is a perfect fit for Coward's work. He has that kind of easy charm that makes a cad into a hero."

West End Whingers
"The consistently terrific Charles Edwards... Edwards’ fabulous hair warrants one [a standing ovation] in itself..."