Production on Netflix’s “Old Guard 2” was disrupted on Monday after a fire broke out at Cinecittà Studios in Italy. The flames erupted Monday afternoon, in an area of the studio with a renaissance-era Florence set.
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broadcaster Channel 4 and Comcast-owned TV production company Love Productions have hit back against the British culture minister’s claims that a 2010 docuseries, “Tower Block of Commons,” was faked.“Neither Love Productions’ investigation nor Channel 4’s internal inquiries revealed any evidence to support the allegations made about the programme,” the network said in a statement.“Tower Block of Commons” was a four-episode docuseries in which British members of Parliament (MPs) were invited to live with residents in some of the most deprived areas of the country. It was made by Love and broadcast on Channel 4.The allegations of fakery date back to May, when culture minister Nadine Dorries – who was one of five MPs who took part in the docuseries – claimed she had been told some of the participants in the show were actors and their real lives did not reflect what they were portraying to the camera.
“The parents of the boys in that programme actually came here to have lunch with me, and contacted me to tell me, actually, they were in acting school, and that they weren’t really living in a flat, and they weren’t real,” Dorries reportedly told the Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) committee. “And even, if you remember, there’s a pharmacist or somebody that I went to see who prepared food – she was also a paid actress as well.”Dorries’ claim was rubbished by DCMS committee member Rupa Huq, who also happens to be the MP for the area in which the show was filmed.
Huq, who described Dorries’ fakery comments as a “blurted-out afterthought,” suggested the culture secretary may have confused “Tower Block of Commons” with another show. Regardless, Channel 4 vowed to investigate and today has published its
.Production on Netflix’s “Old Guard 2” was disrupted on Monday after a fire broke out at Cinecittà Studios in Italy. The flames erupted Monday afternoon, in an area of the studio with a renaissance-era Florence set.
Sky Studios has poached Academy Award-nominated producer Tobias Rosen from Warner Bros. International Television Production to the newly-created role of Vice President in Germany.
K.J. Yossman Sky Studios has appointed Tobias Rosen as vice president of Sky Studios Deutschland.
Helen Skelton has lost £70,000 in life savings because of a banking scam - and admits she "feels so stupid". The incident unfolded back in 2019, with her revealing the ordeal as part of a warning about fraudsters. As reported by Birmingham Mail, the TV personality recalled her mistake when talking about her son.
Naman Ramachandran Former Chancellor and U.K. Prime Ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak will be interviewed live on Channel 4, the British broadcaster whose privatization he has vowed to go ahead with. Sunak will be interviewed on a special episode of “The Andrew Neil Show” on July 29, after “Channel 4 News.” The program will be made by ITN Productions.The other remaining candidate for Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, has been invited for an interview but has so far declined to take part.
Manchester City fans should finally be able to watch Erling Haaland make his debut for the club as they take on Bayern Munich this weekend.
Naman Ramachandran Former U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who is one of the two candidates in the British prime ministerial race, has vowed to go ahead with the privatization of broadcaster Channel 4.In a statement shared with U.K. media on Thursday, a spokesperson for Sunak said: ‘Rishi will take forward Channel 4’s privatization.
UK TV industry ire has turned towards Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak over the sale of Channel 4, with broadcasting union Bectu slamming Sunak’s proposal to push on with privatization.
With the race to replace Boris Johnson as next UK Prime Minister now down to the final two, bosses at BBC New Broadcasting House and Channel 4 Horseferry Road will be examining former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s record on public broadcasting in minute detail.
Manchester City fans have been waiting patiently for their first glimpse of Erling Haaland in a City shirt - and that wait is nearly over.
Former Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip has been appointed CEO of BAFTA.
Manori Ravindran International EditorBAFTA has unveiled its new, incoming CEO as former Sky Studios executive Jane Millichip.The org said on Tuesday that Millichip, a well-regarded media veteran, was selected by the Board of Trustees following “an extensive and highly competitive search.” She will take up the role in October. Millichip departed Sky Studios earlier this year after almost 10 years at the Comcast-backed pay-TV operator.
breastfeeding in the car. The former Miss Edinburgh took to social media to clear up the issue, after she had previously posted two images of her feeding her new-born daughter in the car. Recently welcoming the arrival of her second child with co-star Jamie Jewitt, Camilla had shared the snaps online but was quickly hit with a hate comment from a troll on Instagram branding her as 'classless.
Love Island star Camilla Thurlow has slammed the vile troll who called her 'classless' for breastfeeding her new-born daughter in a car.
WATCH BELOW: Hamish Blake and Rudy get creative in lockdownThe proud parents kicked off her special day by posting sweet tributes dedicated to their little girl on their Instagram Stories.Hamish posted a video of him walking hand-in-hand with Rudy, and he wrote, "Happy 5th Birthday to the best non-wife girl I ever met. I'm the luckiest dad in the world to have you on the end of my arm telling stories Ru."Meanwhile Zoë gave fans a peek into their intimate family celebrations over the weekend.Zoë shared tributes to her daughter on Instagram.She posted a picture of Rudy tucking into mini pancakes, captioning the shot, "Birthday Breakfast of champions" and then showed off their party decorations, which featured a rainbow five and a mermaid tail."How is she already five," gushed the proud mum.Zoë posted a snap of Rudy holding her birthday gifts, and she gushed about her by writing, "Happy #5 to the coolest, most delightful, self-assured, and unknowingly wittiest firecracker I've ever known.
The UK’s Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has seemingly lost her latest battle with state-owned broadcaster Channel 4, after she claimed that one its shows included scenes that were faked.
EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Into Darkness, Black Mirror and Belgravia star Alice Eve has joined the cast of Sky’s upcoming comedy-drama series The Lovers.
Camilla Thurlow has opened up on life with a new-born, just weeks after welcoming her second daughter.
After a seismic 36 hours during which British politics has been rocked, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down and the British media is in overdrive speculating on what happens next. In the UK broadcasting world, questions will soon be raised about a future that will almost certainly have a different Culture Secretary than current incumbent Nadine Dorries.