British Film & TV Stars Sign Open Letter Demanding An End To “Systemic Racism” In The Industry

Piers Morgan has revealed that he will "possibly" leave his post at Good Morning Britain next year.The 55 year old and his co-host Susanna Reid recently worried fans when they said they would be taking a break from hosting the show for the summer.TV personality Piers has now revealed that he will be returning in September before adding that it's possible he might be leaving the show forever at the end of 2021.

With the recent Cannes Virtual Market leading the charge of new-look online-only film markets — likely to become the norm until the novel coronavirus pandemic comes under control — the British Film Institute has introduced a new fund to help sales companies adapt.

Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched a £500,000 ($625,000) bailout fund for U.K. sales companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The BFI COVID-UK Sales Company Organisational Fund is open to applications for a four-week period from July 6.

hereAnd sharing a throwback photo of herself with a friend she wrote with a sad face emoji: "Back when we were allowed to touch." Lucy, whose character left Weatherfield in March to start a new life in London, won British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Female Dramatic Performance, an Inside Soap Award for Best Actress and a National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance for her role as Bethany.

reports Deadline.Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917, moving to the U.K in 1939. He  joined the British Merchant Navy and by 1941 had his first role in a play called “Chu Chin Chow”. “When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything.

Also Read: Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein, Popular Twitch Streamer, Dies at 31He went on to appear in TV series like  “Doctor Who” in 1966 and “ITV Playhouse” and “ITV Play of the Week” in the 1960s, as well as the series “Jackanory” from 1971 to 1975.In 1965, he played James Bond’s assistant Pinder in “Thunderball.” He later went on to appear in films like 1955’s “Simba” as Karanja, in 1965’s “Guns at Batasi” as Captain Abraham, in 1956’s “Safari” as Jeroge, and in 1976’s “The Message,” as

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEarl Cameron, who was among the first Black actors to break into significant roles in British film, died on Friday at age 102. His agent confirmed his death and said he “passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire.Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterDuffy, the Wesh singer/songwriter who earlier this year went public with a harrowing story about being kidnapped and raped, has publicly called out Netflix for showing Polish feature film 365 Days, which she says “glamorizes the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape”.The movie, which has been widely panned but is currently sitting at no.5 in the streamer’s UK top 10 today, is billed as an erotic drama and tells the story of a young Polish

David Robb Labor EditorJust when you thought that guidelines for the film and TV industry’s safe return to work were in place and ready to implement, Cathy Repola, executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, says that those protocols “are still in the works.” In a video message to her members today, she said: “We are still in discussions with the AMPTP and with IATSE and the above-the-line guilds to try to put together standardized protocols that will apply across the board.” Those

coronavirus.Today (Tuesday June 23) saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson announce a further easing of lockdown measures from July 4, allowing for pubs, restaurants, hotels, and more businesses within the leisure industry to re-open as long as social distancing can be maintained.

I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Colin Firth are among more than 3,500 professionals in film and TV who have signed an open letter demanding an end to systemic racism in the industry.The new letter (via Deadline), which is adapted from one published in Hollywood last week by the Black Film Collective, calls for the industry’s “active engagement to tackle structural and systemic racism in our industry, in the UK and around the world”.It comes in the wake of Black Lives

More than 3,500 workers in the British film and TV industry have signed an open letter calling for senior figures and decision makers to make several "strategic commitments" to reshape the landscape of the sector and "tackle structural and systemic racism." The letter comes a week after the Black Film Collective issued a similar statement to Hollywood, with its creators — including producer Nisha Parti (The Boy With the Top Knot), actor-writer Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), actor Indira