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Showing posts with label The Thick of It. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Thick of It. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 June 2010

Rebecca Hall, Ruth Wilson, Laura Wade. British Academy Television Awards. BBC Radio.

  • Interviews with Rebecca Hall (via Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm) and Ruth Wilson from the Guardian rebecca|ruth

  • Laura Wade interview from the Sheffield Telegraph about Alice [link]

  • British Academy Television Awards
    • Selected winners: Julie Walters (leading actress, Mo), Matthew Macfadyen (leading actor, Criminal Justice), and Rebecca Hall (supporting actress, Red Riding 1974). The Thick of It received three awards - female performance in a comedy role (Rebecca Front), male performance in a comedy role (Peter Capaldi), and situation comedy.
    • Pictures 1|2|3|4|5|6
    • Article from Instyle [link]
    • Videos from BAFTA, including a red carpet interview with Ruth Wilson, and an interview with the cast and crew of The Thick of It [link]
    • Press release from MAC. Their artists did make up for Romola Garai, Ashley Jensen, and Ruth Wilson. [link]

  • BBC Radio
    • Roger Allam and Alex Jennings star in The Idiot (via the AJ Diaries) [link]
    • Stephen Mangan reads The Dream Travellers for Big Toe Books [link]
    • Juliet Stevenson was interviewed on Loose Ends [link]

Saturday, 15 May 2010

BAFTA TV award nominations

BAFTA TV award nominations include (via the British Comedy Guide):
A Short Stay in Switzerland. Actress (Julie Walters), Single drama.
Small Island. Supporting Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Drama serial.
Gracie! Supporting Actor (Tom Hollander).
Red Riding: 1974. Supporting Actress (Rebecca Hall).
QI. Entertainment performance (Stephen Fry).
The Thick of It. Female performance in a comedy role (Rebecca Front), Male performance in a comedy role (Peter Capaldi), Situation comedy.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Theatre - 24 Hour Plays. Television - The Thick of It. Theatre - Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist.

  • 24 Hour Plays
    • Article and video from the Independent [link]
    • 2 part recap from ThisStage 1|2
    • Pictures from the after party. As well as performers such as Jason Isaacs, Romola Garai, Stephen Mangan, Ruth Wilson, Hattie Morahan and Anna Maxwell Martin, guests included Damian Lewis, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Blake Ritson and Jessica deRothschild. [link]
  • The Thick of It
    • Review of series 3 episode 2 from the Guardian [link]
    • Rebecca Front was on Broadcasting House [link]
  • In addition to Enron, productions such as The Winter's Tale (Best Actor - Simon Russell Beale; The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress - Rebecca Hall; Best Director - Sam Mendes) and Hamlet (Best Actor - David Tennant) are also on the Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist [link]

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Theatre - 24 Hour Plays. Television - The Thick of It. BBC Radio.


  • Hattie Morahan joins the previously announced Ruth Wilson and Anna Maxwell-Martin in the 24 Hour Plays [link]
  • The Thick of It
    • Rebecca Front and Billy Sneddon interviews rebecca|billy
    • Positive reviews of series 3 episode 1 1|2
    • Armando Iannucci's "My Week" from the Guardian [link]
  • BBC Radio
    • Lia Williams, Hugh Bonneville and Katherine Parkinson star in the Drama on 3 The Lady From the Sea [link]
    • Khalid Abdalla, Stephen Campbell Moore and Michael Pennington narrate the Afternoon Reading Tales From the Low Countries [link]
    • The Richest Man in Britain is a sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith starring Mark Williams and Russell Tovey. Rosamund Pike is in the last episode of the series. [link]
    • Penny Downie, Claudie Blakley and Daniela Denby-Ashe star in Ring Around the Bath [link]
    • Julian Rhind-Tutt narrates Bulldog Drummond [link]
    • Rory Kinnear, Louise Brealey and Tom Goodman-Hill star in Fair Stood The Wind For France [link]
    • Simon Russell Beale narrates, and David Haig, Hugh Bonneville and Joanna Scanlon star in Leaving [link]

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Television - The Thick of It. BBC Radio.

  • The Thick of It
    • Articles from the Independent (via AIannucci) and the Times independent|times
    • Peter Capaldi interview from the Guardian [link]
    • Rebecca Front Woman's Hour and GQ interviews woman's hour|gq
    • Armando Iannucci interview from the Telegraph [link]
    • Screencaps from the trailer (click thumbnails for full size):
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  • BBC Radio
    • Jason Isaacs and Lou Hirsch star in the Saturday Play Bullitt [link]
    • Ruth Wilson, Harry Lloyd and Russell Tovey star in the Drama on 3 The Promise [link]

Saturday, 17 October 2009

Television - The Thick of It

Screencaps of Rebecca Front from the second teaser (click thumbnails for full size):
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Screencaps of Peter Capaldi and Rory Kinnear from the first teaser are here.

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Entertainment news

  • Mao's Last Dancer took AUS$4.3 million in its opening week to become the highest-grossing Australian film so far this year [link]
  • Christina Hendricks and Michael Sheen interviews christina|michael
  • Colin Firth will receive the BAFTA/LA humanitarian award [link]
  • Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan will star in a modern day version of The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre 7 December - 13 March 1|2
  • Pictures from the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus UK premiere 1|2|3
  • The Thick of It
    • A picture (via AIannucci) [link]
    • Screencaps of Peter Capaldi and Rory Kinnear from the teaser (click thumbnails for full size):
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