Welcome to the Punch, Anna Christie, BBC Radio

The film Welcome to the Punch has begun filming. It stars Andrea Riseborough, James McAvoy, Mark Strong and David Morrissey (Empire Online).

Pictures from rehearsals for Anna Christie can be viewed on the Donmar Warehouse and Daily Mail websites. Also, the Evening Standard has an interview with Ruth Wilson (via Ruth Wilson - The Placeholder Blog).

BBC Radio

• Toby Stephens and Olivia Colman are the readers for Words and Music "Obsession"
• Lesley Sharp and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Welcome to the Wasteland {repeat}

Shadow Dancer, Johnny English Reborn, The Crimson Petal and the White, BBC Radio

Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen will star in Shadow Dancer, an IRA thriller directed by James Marsh.

Screencaps of Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson and Stephen Campbell Moore from the Johnny English Reborn trailer (click thumbnails for full size):



Richard E Grant interview from the Telegraph, in which he discusses The Crimson Petal and the White and his directing projects in development.

BBC Radio

• Sony Radio Awards: Murder in Samarkand (starring David Tennant) and The Recordist (starring Sharon Horgan) have been nominated for Best Drama
• Stuart McLoughlin and Lizzy Watts star in the New Mystery Play The Flood
• Michael Sheen will be interviewed on Night Waves

Shooting Stars, BBC Radio

Article from Little White Lies about Shooting Stars Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson.

BBC Radio

• Mackenzie Crook, Amanda Root and Amelia Bullmore star in the Afternoon Play Family Tree
• Peter Capaldi narrates the Afternoon Reading The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars {repeat}
• Toby Stephens stars as Philip Marlowe in the Saturday Play Classic Chandler: Playback
• Tom Brooke and Lizzy Watts star in The Wire Proud

Ruth Wilson. Television - Luther. Andrea Riseborough. Television - Downton Abbey. Rosamund Pike. BBC Radio.

• Interview with Ruth Wilson about her great-grandfather Alexander Wilson, who had been a spy and polygamist (via Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm) [link]
• Ruth interview about Luther from Hit Fix [link]
  
  
• Andrea Riseborough interview from Variety [link]
  
  
• A second series of Downton Abbey has been commissioned [link]
  
  
• Rosamund Pike interview from the Herald Sun [link] 
• Rosamund signed a letter to the Observer regarding the proposal to close the DH Lawrence heritage centre in his home town of Eastwood 1|2
  
  
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• Michael Sheen presents the Archive on 4 "Playing the Dane" (via his Twitter, @michaelsheen) [link]
• Stephen Fry reads from his book The Fry Chronicles for the Book of the Week [link]
• Damian Lewis stars in series 3 of Number 10 (via damian-lewis.com) [link]
• Toby Jones, Eleanor Bron and Peter Marinker contribute to episode 1 of Beautiful Dreamers [link]
• Rupert Simonian, Adrian Scarborough and Lizzy Watts star in The Wire People Snogging in Public Places [link]

Samuel West - Equity elections. Film - Decoy Bride. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Hayley Atwell. Theatre - The Pride. BBC Radio.

• Sam West is a candidate in the Equity 2010 elections (via The Stage) [link]
  
  
• David Tennant and Kelly Macdonald will star in the romantic comedy Decoy Bride [link]
  
  
• Pictures: Ruth Wilson behind-the-scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire and Hayley Atwell's headshot has been updated on her United Agents page ruth|hayley
  
  
• Andrea Riseborough will receive a Theatre World Award for The Pride [link]
  
  
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• The late Corin Redgrave stars in the Drama on 3 Krapp's Last Tape {repeat} [link]
• John Gordon Sinclair and Sharon Horgan star in the Afternoon Play The Recordist [link]
• David Calder and Alex Jennings star in Scarlet on Black {repeat} [link]
• Rupert Graves and Michael Gambon star in the Drama on 3 Embers, directed by Stephen Rea {repeat} [link]
• Claudie Blakley and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Cinders [link]
• Simon Russell Beale will be a guest on Feedback [link]

Dan Stevens - Radio - The Coral Thief. BBC Radio.

• Dan Stevens narrates the Book at Bedtime The Coral Thief [link]
  
• Laura Wade was on Night Waves [link]
• Hugh Bonneville and Lizzy Watts star in Towards Zero [link]
• Simon Russell Beale and Adjoa Andoh are the readers for Words and Music "Atonement" [link]
• Rory Kinnear stars in Slipstream [link]

Theatre - Sunday Times theatre feature. Lucy Prebble - Theatre. Dan Stevens. Radio - Guilty Until Proved Innocent. Radio - The Coral Thief. BBC Radio.

• Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm has some scans from the Sunday Times, featuring people such as Ben Whishaw, John Simm, Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Sam West and Anna Maxwell Martin; and the Official London Theatre Guide has an article about the photoshoot.
• A discussion on Broadcasting House about female playwrights included contributions from Lucy Prebble and Alia Bano [link]
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• The Afternoon Play Guilty Until Proved Innocent will be broadcast 16 December [link]
  
• Dan will narrate the Book at Bedtime The Coral Thief next month (via The Richard Armitage Board) [link]
• Rupert Penry-Jones was on Loose Ends [link]
  
• Kevin Eldon, Burn Gorman and Emma Fielding star in the Saturday Play The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [link]
• Lenny Henry, Lauren Mote and Lizzy Watts star in the Classic Serial Matilda [link]
• Peter Capaldi narrates the Afternoon Reading Sputnik "The First King of Mars" [link]
• Hugh Bonneville narrates A Short History of Gothic "Markheim" [link]

Ruth Wilson - Television - Luther. Romola Garai. Audio drama.

• Ruth plays Alice Morgan in Luther, a six-part series starring Idris Elba [link]
• Romola will be interviewed on Woman's Hour this Thursday [link]
• Audio drama:
• Urban Scrawl "Hounslow East" by Laura Wade stars Katherine Parkinson [link]
• Alex Jennings, Lizzy Watts and Patrick Kennedy star in the Woman's Hour Drama Our Mutual Friend [link]
• Patti Love, John Hannah and David Morrissey star in Mary Barnes [link]
  
• Sam Dale and Lydia Leonard star in the Afternoon Play The Railway Siding [link]
• Toby Stephens stars in Birdsong [link]
  
• Bill Paterson, Stephen Mangan and Damian Lewis star in the Afternoon Play Number 10 [link]

Film - An Education. Rosamund Pike - Theatre - Hedda Gabler. Ruth Wilson. Samuel West - Narration - Jubilee Poetry. BBC Radio.

• An article about An Education from Newsday [link]
• Hedda Gabler is featured in Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column [link]
• A nice mention of Ruth Wilson from the Guardian:

  We have had a major eyebrow crush since seeing her as Stella in the Donmar's Streetcar and will therefore be glued to the BBC's Small Island

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• Samuel West, Juliet Stevenson and Samantha Bond narrate Jubilee Poetry, an anthology of poetry written by the Poets Laureate presented by a former Laureate, Andrew Motion [link]
• Toby Stephens and David Morrissey star in the Drama on 3 Becket or The Honour of God [link]
• Chris New and Rob Hastie star in the Classic Serial Beau Geste [link]
• Jemima Rooper, Andrew Scott and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Audio Recordings of Human Traffic [link]

Rosamund Pike - Film - Jackboots on Whitehall. Toby Stephens, Bill Nighy. BBC Radio 4 drama.

• Director Ed McHenry mentions Rosamund in an interview from Netribution:

  "...Rosamund Pike is a fantastic actress, the best British actress at the moment, she has a fantastic voice..."

• An excerpt from this week's BBC Radio 7 newsletter:

  "...In my newsletter 3 weeks ago, I asked you to nominate your "Top 10 Favourite Voices", and you sent in a most interesting selection.
  
  There were 63 nominated readers in all.
  
  As some readers received equal votes, there are actually 12 in our final list. (although the listener who nominated the same reader 10 times was only allowed one vote - you know who you are!)
  
  Top of the list, by a margin, was Michael Jayston, with particular mention of his readings of Rogue Male and Rogue Justice.
  
  Second equal were Martin Jarvis and Toby Stephens.
  
  In third place were: Bill Nighy, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Fry and Derek Jacobi.
  
  In fourth place were Alan Bennett, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Geoffrey Palmer and Robert Powell.
  
  If none of the names you nominated made the top 10 (or rather 12) I hope you won’t be upset, as this poll was simply a bit of fun..."

• BBC Radio 4 drama:
• Sian Phillips, Corey Johnson, Fenella Woolgar and Raad Rawi star in the Afternoon Play Hindenburg [link]
• Freddy White and Jemima Rooper star in the Saturday Play Phone [link]
  
• James Fleet and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Fireflies [link]
• Peter Capaldi, Ed Stoppard and Dominic Cooper narrate the Afternoon Reading The Heart of Saturday Night [link]

Samuel West - Television - Desperate Romantics. BBC Radio drama.

[updated 19 March 2011]

Sam will guest star in next week's episode of Desperate Romantics.

BBC Radio drama:

• Rory Kinnear stars in Ruth and Slipstream ruth|slipstream
• Anna Maxwell Martin and Lizzy Watts star in Villette [link]

Ian Charleson Awards. Hayley Atwell - Theatre - Major Barbara. Rosamund Pike interview. BBC Radio drama.

• Ian Charleson Awards 2008
• Hayley Atwell (Major Barbara, NT) and Andrea Riseborough (Ivanov, Donmar) have been nominated for Ian Charleson Awards [link]
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• Andrew Garfield narrated The Boys Club by Amanda Swift for Big Toe Books [link]
• Agatha Christie adaptations by Mike Walker:
• Tom Hollander stars in "Philomel Cottage" [link]
  
• Emilia Fox and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in "Magnolia Blossom" [link]
• Hattie Morahan, Alex Wyndham and Lizzy Watts star in Lady Audley's Secret for Woman's Hour Drama [link]
• Rosamund Pike interview from the Sunday Herald [link]