Channel 4 To Air Episodes Of Hit Podcast ‘The Rest Is Politics’ In General Election Run-Up

EXCLUSIVE: Alone, the hit History channel survival series, is moving into the audio space.

EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ozi, Voice of the Forest, an animated feature produced by Appian Way Productions, Mike Medavoy and GCI Film, which features a voice cast led by Amandla Stenberg.

When we meet Douglas Alexander in popular North Berwick cafe Cake, he’s waiting on a bacon roll.

Finding a Conservative voter in the safe Labour seat of Stretford and Urmston is not too difficult. But on our visit to speak to voters, finding one who thinks the Tories have got a chance of winning the General Election on July 4 was more like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross will make an emergency statement on the general election this morning.

Anas Sarwar and John Swinney have clashed in a fiery general election debate.

EXCLUSIVE: David Hare, one of the UK’s foremost playwrights and a double Oscar nominee, is in an unsparing mood about the state of UK politics. This comes as leaders of the country’s two major parties parry in the cut and thrust of the July 4 general election.

On Thursday July 4, Britain will get to vote for the first time since 2019 on which party should lead the country.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Like her fellow documentarian Frederick Wiseman, Claire Simon is drawn to institutions, and the human flow that keeps them running. Where many of Wiseman’s films favor a big picture, a systemic view, Simon often works in more intimate close-up, picking out faces and personalities from a larger institutional community.

After premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Catherine Breillat‘s first film in a decade, “Last Summer,” finally hits US theaters. Granted, it only screens at Angelika Film Center and Film At Lincoln Center in NYC, but after the stir the film caused on the Croisette, New Yorkers should seek it out next month.

With a general election looming, every First Minister’s Questions now is like a three-way Mexican standoff.

EXCLUSIVE: The Mediapro Studio, which is behind series such as HBO’s The Young Pope and The New Pope, has bolstered its nascent English-language team with two new executive hires.

Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate – will be moderated by presenter Julie Etchingham, who also hosted debates in 2015, 2017 and 2019.ITV said it also planned to broadcast an interview programme with other party leaders and a multi-party debate.Michael Jermey, ITV’s director of news and current affairs, said: “Millions of viewers value the election debates. They provide a chance to see and hear the party leaders set out their pitch to the country, debate directly with each other and take questions from voters.“ITV is pleased to be broadcasting the first debate in this year’s election campaign.”Other broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News, have not yet announced plans for any televised debates.

AJ Tracey has spoken to NME about his hopes for the upcoming General Election, as well as his plans for his “very British-sounding” new album.The West London rapper was speaking to NME backstage at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend in Luton, when he shared his thoughts on Rishi Sunak’s recent snap election announcement for July 4.“Everyone is going to have their own opinions but, for me, anything but the Tories is ideal,” he told NME. “Nowadays, I feel like voting Green because I don’t really affiliate with the parties.”Tracey added that he doesn’t think the UK rap scene will get behind a party in a similar way to how grime artists showed their support for Jeremy Corbyn in 2020.“Obviously we’re all getting older now but many times the youth have got behind parties,” he said.

With the General Election fast approaching, eagle-eyed observers may have noticed that Scotland has dropped from 59 constituencies to 57 after changes were made following a boundary review.

The BBC has set its election night coverage for the July 4 poll as broadcasters battle to secure debates with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as soon as possible.

James Grundy has announced he will step down as Leigh's MP ahead of the General Election. Mr Grundy became the town's first Conservative MP in the December 2019 vote, when Boris Johnson's Conservatives won a landslide victory with a promise to 'level up' and 'get Brexit done'.

The Royal Family have cancelled a string of upcoming engagements, following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's call for an early UK general election this July. Although the King and Queen's D-Day 80th anniversary appearances in Portsmouth and Normandy in June are expected to go ahead as scheduled, there is now major disruption with other events in the forthcoming royal diaries.

After months of speculation, Rishi Sunak has finally announced the date Brits will head to the polls in a general election this year.

Rishi Sunak announced the UK will be going to the polls on Thursday, July 4. The Prime Minister made the announcement outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday evening after a day of speculation.