Alistair Appleton, known for his role on the BBC show Escape to the Country has delighted fans by sharing some rare snaps of his other half.
25.06.2024 - 09:27 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has boarded the fast-paced German medical drama KRANK Berlin.
Apple has joined ZDFneo on the eight-part series, which is from Violet Pictures and Real Film Berlin and co-created by former British emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson and Brimstone and Glory maker Viktor Jakovleski. Apple will take global rights, with pubcaster ZDF showing it in Germany.
The show stars Haley Louise Jones, who recently appeared in Netflix Germany breakout series Dear Child. She plays Dr. Parker, a young medic managing a a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin while seeking a fresh start after her private life implodes in Munich.
Trying to implement necessary reforms, she meets resistance from the underpaid, poorly equipped and chronically fatigued hospital staff who only survive with an indispensable dose of black humor. But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must put aside their differences and pull together to save lives.
Slavko Popadić (Crooks) stars with Jones, alongside an ensemble cast including Şafak Şengül (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush), Aram Tafreshian (Dogs of Berlin), Samirah Breuer (The Gryphon), Bernhard Schütz (Barbarians) and Peter Lohmeyer (I Don’t Work Here).
Violet Pictures’ Alexis von Wittgenstein (Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood) and Real Film’s Henning Kamm (Unorthodox) are executive producers. Alex Schaad (Skin Deep) and Fabian Möhrke (Eichwald MdB) are the directors. International rights were handled by Beta Film.
The series was one of the last Sky Deutschland ordered before it pulled out of original scripted commissioning almost a year ago. Dozens of projects then returned to the
Alistair Appleton, known for his role on the BBC show Escape to the Country has delighted fans by sharing some rare snaps of his other half.
Alistair Appleton is a familiar face from the BBC's Escape to the Country, having been a mainstay on the show since 2007, earning him a dedicated fan base. He presents the show alongside names including Ginny Buckley and Nicki Chapman. Born and raised in Hampshire, 54 year old Alistair graduated from the University of Cambridge with a 2:1 in English Literature.
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Christina Applegate‘s daughter is opening up about her own health issues.
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and has stepped away from acting.Sadie revealed on her mom’s podcast on June 25 that she has postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome — where your heart rate increases quickly after getting up from sitting or lying down.“I hate it for you my darling. I really hate it for you,” Applegate told her only child on the podcast. “I’m sad.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “ER” alum Gloria Reuben has joined the cast of Prime Video‘s upcoming series “The Better Sister,” which also stars Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll and Matthew Modine. Based on the novel by Alafair Burke, “The Better Sister” stars Biel as Chloe, a woman whose life is upended when her husband Adam (played by Stoll) is brutally murdered — and the prime suspect shocks the family and exposes secrets. Banks plays Chloe’s sister, Nicky, who “hustles to make ends meet while trying to stay clean.” Reuben will play Michelle Sanders, described as “a respected lawyer who has made a career of standing up when she’s told to sit down.
EXCLUSIVE: Spenser Granese (Little Death) has landed a role opposite Kiernan Shipka, Kiefer Sutherland and Krysten Ritter in Stone Cold Fox, the ’80s action thriller marking the directorial debut of Sophie Tabet, on which we were first to report.
Applegate’s “MeSsy” podcast, Sadie opened up about her condition, “I have something called POTS. I have no clue what it actually is, but it’s something to do with the autonomic nervous system and it affects my heart. When I stand up, I get really, really dizzy and my legs get really weak and I feel like I’m going to pass out.”Sadie said her diagnosis has given her newfound compassion for and common ground with her mom, 52, who has multiple sclerosis.
Applegate’s “MeSsy” podcast, saying she has newfound common ground with her mom, who is living with multiple sclerosis.“I have something called POTS,” Sadie shared. “I have no clue what it actually is, but it’s something to do with the autonomic nervous system and it affects my heart. When I stand up, I get really, really dizzy and my legs get really weak and I feel like I’m going to pass out.”POTS — formally known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome — is when your heart rate increases quickly after getting up from sitting or lying down, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.It’s a chronic disorder that affects the autonomic nervous system and blood circulation and could lead to tremors, nausea, and fainting.Sadie revealed that while she only recently received her diagnosis, she’s been living with the condition for a while.The “Married…With Children” alum, 52, said she “hates” that her daughter has to experience the chronic disorder.“I hate it for you my darling.
When Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland cancelled its usual drama event at the Munich Film Festival at short notice last summer, it came as a surprise. That surprise quickly turned to shock and bitter disappointment when the pay-TV giant revealed it wasn’t simply nixing a networking bash, it was exiting the original drama business full stop.
The wait for news is over… Babylon Berlin is officially coming back for a fifth and final season.
Jamie Lang The fifth and final season of the global hit series “Babylon Berlin” has received an official green light, and eight new episodes will be shot this fall. “Babylon Berlin” is produced by X-Filme Creative Pool in co-production with ARD Degeto, SWR, WDR, Radio Bremen and Beta Film.
Naman Ramachandran Lotus Visual Productions, the banner behind festival circuit film hits, SXSW awardee “Ek Jagah Apni” and Frameline winner “Sheer Qorma,” is pivoting to the mainstream space with “Once Upon a Crime in Borivali.” The Mumbai-set thriller blending dark comedy with suspense elements follows two young men whose quest for excitement lands them in hot water. Bombay Berlin Film Productions, known for “Loev”(featured at Tallinn Black Nights, SXSW, BFI Flare and Frameline) boards as creative producer.
Christina Applegate is revisiting some scary comments she made earlier this month about her life, and how she no longer enjoys living it.
Christina Applegate cleared the air amid concerns about her mental health.
Christina Applegate‘s comment earlier this month that she doesn’t enjoy living anymore following her MS diagnosis caused concern among many for the Dead to Me star.
multiple sclerosis.Earlier this month, the 52-year-old actress released an episode of her “MeSsy” podcast that was recorded at the beginning of 2024 and said that she doesn’t “enjoy living” because of her MS diagnosis.“I don’t enjoy it. I don’t enjoy things anymore,” she said. “If someone’s like, ‘Let’s get up and go for a walk.’ Or, ‘Let’s go get a coffee,’ I’m like, ‘I don’t enjoy that process.’ “But during the June 18 episode of her podcast, Applegate clarified her remarks about her mental health that concerned so many people.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent New Berlin Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle has appointed two in-house programmers as co-directors of film programming as she puts a new executive team in place. Jacqueline Lyanga, a former U.S.
Selome Hailu NBC has given a five-episode back order to the upcoming hospital mockumentary “St. Denis Medical,” bringing its first season to a total of 18 episodes. Per the official logline, the single-cam comedy series is “about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.” The ensemble cast includes Wendi McClendon-Covey as St.
NBC has picked up 5 additional episodes of St. Denis Medical, bringing the Season 1 order for the single-camera comedy to 18 episodes.