A doctor who performed a procedure that was botched and killed a fellow leading consultant said ‘I didn't think we would harm him in the way we sadly did', as an inquest heard how the patient suffered an ‘extremely rare catastrophic bleed’.
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The director of Mr Bates vs the Post Office has urged the creation of a “mechanism” for British broadcasters to continue to tell campaigning stories as he communicates a desire for his smash ITV drama not to become a “unicorn.”
Since Mr Bates aired in January, James Strong said he has been contacted by “loads and loads of people asking for help, from small stories to [scandals about] corporate structures.”
“I think it’s about setting up a mechanism so that all these issues can be represented,” he told the Creative Cities Convention. “[People affected] can go to a broadcaster and say, ‘We’ve got this idea, can we make a drama?’.”
The BAFTA nominee, whose past credits include Vigil and Doctor Who, said Mr Bates “shouldn’t be a unicorn” and urged British broadcasters to support “factual stories.”
Mr Bates has become ITV’s most-watched show since Downton Abbey and, even though the devastating post office scandal had been covered in the media for years, it generated front page headlines for weeks and has initiated real change in terms of compensation for victims.
Unlike many past scandals represented in TV shows, Strong said the post office is set apart by the fact it is a “live issue” rather than being “retrospective” or a “postmortem.”
He praised the “good step” taken by ITV on an upcoming drama about another live scandal, the contaminated blood affair, which Deadline revealed was fast-tracked several weeks ago and is being penned by Peter Moffat.
He described funding for local shows such as Mr Bates as “incredibly perilous” but countered that its success and sale to other countries including the U.S. shows there is “commercial value to these productions.”
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A doctor who performed a procedure that was botched and killed a fellow leading consultant said ‘I didn't think we would harm him in the way we sadly did', as an inquest heard how the patient suffered an ‘extremely rare catastrophic bleed’.
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The Office actress Angela Kinsey has revealed that she refused to say a joke in the series on personal grounds.The star played the role of Angela Martin on the sitcom, though was asked on a recent podcast with co-star Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) how she felt portraying an “uptight Christian” when she had “warm, meaningful relationship” with her faith in real life.Speaking in response, Kinsey told Soul Boom: “There were one or two times where there would be a joke written for her that I thought was just really stereotypical, maybe one-note. I like to think of her as a full, well-rounded person.“I do remember there was a particular storyline between Angela and Oscar, where Angela was being super judge-y,” she went on to reveal.“I never went up to [creator] Greg [Daniels] about any joke, but there was a joke at Oscar’s expense, and I went up to Greg and I was like, ‘I can’t.’ I think Angela invoked Jesus in the moment.
William Earl administrator Caitlin Cronenberg‘s directorial debut “Humane,” which opens in select theaters Friday, tackles a decidedly heavy topic: the climate crisis. Yet the film always has an ironic levity to it, something she assigns to human nature. “In a crisis, someone is always making a joke,” Cronenberg says.
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Brenda Blethyn, known for her portrayal of the beloved detective Vera, recently took to social media to express her heartfelt sentiments as the iconic series approaches its end. With filming for the 14th season set to begin soon, Brenda thanked fans for their unwavering support and shared her bittersweet feelings about bidding farewell to the role. She posted: “Many thanks to everyone for your good wishes.
There’s an intriguing show somewhere buried within the mysterious shrouds of “The Veil,” the new FX international spy drama from creator/writer Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), that’s just a little too slippery for its own good. Truthfully, it’s there front and center from the start, a series about shapeshifting spies that lose their sense of identity and self because of all the surreptitious double lives they are leading, a strong concept.
Back in 2016, writer/director Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”) released “The Nice Guys,” a comedic two-hander that starred Ryan Gosling (“Blade Runner 2029”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) in an unlikely team-up an odd-couple pair of private eyes investigating a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star. However, while the film was considered a solid effort, it didn’t do gangbusters at the box office, only earning $71.2 million globally against a budget of $50 million.
The Atypical Family, starring Jang Ki-yong. Learn everything you need to know about the series below.The Atypical Family centres around Bok Gwi-joo and his family, who are all born with various supernatural powers.
Jerry Seinfeld has revealed the television show he thinks he had the “greatest final moment” ever.Speaking with GQ, the comedian and actor, 69, spoke about his recent appearance in the series finale of HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm alongside Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.He also reflected on the ending of his own series, Seinfeld, which ran from 1989 to 1998, and became one of the most popular television shows of all time.He went onto explain how he, David, and Jeff Schaffer, who worked on several episodes of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, were discussing what they believed to be “great” television show finales.Seinfeld shared that his choice was the period drama Mad Men. Starring Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss, the series ran from 2007 to 2015 and won a total of 16 Emmys and five Golden Globes.He said: “I feel Mad Men was the greatest … So satisfying.
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She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany won’t back down from her comments about Disney CEO Bob Iger that were made during the SAG-AFTRA strikes. But she seems somewhat sorry that she smashed the CEO of the company that produces her show.
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Courtney Love has said that Lana Del Rey “should really take seven years off” after previously calling her a genius.Speaking to The Standard in an interview recently the Hole singer to promote her new BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds series called Courtney Love’s Women, Love spoke about the ‘Born To Die’ singer as well as Taylor Swift and Madonna.Despite having previously said that her late husband Kurt Cobain and Del Rey were the only “true musical geniuses” she’s ever known, the Hole frontwoman has now said that she has also grown tired of recent Coachella 2024 headliner – saying she stopped liking the singer-songwriter in December last year.“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off,” said Love. “Up until ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ I thought she was great.
concert of his residency at the famous venue — and he included a hat-tip to the correct local paper. As he belted out, “New York State of Mind,” he changed the lyrics to include a shout-out to The Post.The TV concert special taped in March but aired Sunday night on CBS. During the verse where the song traditionally invokes the New York Times and the Daily News, Joel instead sang, “Out of touch with the rhythm and blues/ But now I need a little give and take / Who, oh, oh whoa, who / The New York Post / Newsday too.” The song still mentioned the Times and Daily News in an earlier verse.