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Prolific British screenwriter and playwright James Graham has revealed he has been diagnosed as a workaholic and described the addiction as “no different really from drink, drugs or sex.”

James Graham‘s double-OIivier Award winning play Dear England is hitting TV screens and the prolific creator is thinking about whether any former soccer players could make the cut.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC was victorious in a bidding war with Netflix for Dear England amid fears for the future of British storytelling on television.

Naman Ramachandran Andrew Scott, David Tennant and Sophie Okonedo took home the acting prizes at the 33rd U.K. Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Scott won best actor for “Vanya,” a one-man Chekov adaptation which saw him play eight different characters in conversation with each other.

The BBC has unveiled its biggest drama slate in years featuring a TV version of James Graham play Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes from The Crown producer Left Bank, Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood‘s debut writing project and a Rebecca Hall-starrer from Poor Things maker Element.

BBC drama boss Lindsay Salt has candidly floated the notion that the industry has moved from “peak TV to peak caution,” as she details an ambition to “help reshape the drama landscape at a critical time.”

K.J. Yossman The BBC have unveiled a new slate of star-studded dramas including the TV adaptation of James Graham’s football play “Dear England” starring Joseph Fiennes, a new co-pro with “Euphoria” producer A24 and the screenwriting debut from “Sex Education” star Aimee Lou Wood. Director of BBC Drama Lindsay Salt revealed the 12-strong slate – which adds up to 66 hours of top TV – at a press event in London, U.K.

The highly anticipated new BBC drama The Way hits our screen this week. And with Michael Sheen as the director and co-creator of the three-parter, it is little wonder viewers have been eagerly waiting for a release date for the series.

The Way is a bold, new and compelling BBC drama about a family faced with an impossible choice - and it starts on Monday 19 February. The three-part series promises to delve into today's social and political landscape is written by James Graham and directed by Michael Sheen - in fact it’s his directorial debut.The Way tells the story of an ordinary family caught up in extraordinary events when there’s a civil uprising in their hometown and focuses on the Driscoll family as they try to escape Wales.The cast includes Gavin and Stacey's Steffan Rhodri who said: “I’ve known Michael since I was 16.

EXCLUSIVE: Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell do not court publicity and when the duo welcome Deadline to their London office in early February, it is the first interview they have given about House Productions since they set up the film and TV outfit nearly seven years ago.

K.J. Yossman Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey have been tapped for the lead roles in new BBC Studios comedy “Daddy Issues.” Wood is best known for her turns in “Sex Education” and “Living” (the latter opposite Bill Nighy) while Morrissey has starred in “The Walking Dead,” where he played The Governor, and James Graham’s series “Sherwood.” The duo are now set to play daughter and father in “Daddy Issues,” which follows the story of hard-partying Gemma (Wood), who lives for the weekend when she gets down to let down her hair in Manchester.

Tammy Faye, the Olivier-nominated Elton John–Jake Shears–James Graham musical about ’80s-era televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, will premiere on Broadway during the 2024-25 Season.

A man convicted in the notorious 1969 kidnapping and murder of Muriel McKay, the wife of Rupert Murdoch deputy Alick McKay, has offered to reveal the location of the victim’s body in exchange for a lifting of a deportation order that bars him from entering the UK.

Ink (★★★☆☆), co-produced by Round House and Olney, combines a talented cast with titillating text for a thorough chronicle of Rupert Murdoch’s typically rude 1969 takeover of British tabloid The Sun.Cody Nickell, portraying the paper’s exacting editor Larry Lamb, supplies the steady, galvanizing force that drives the story of how Lamb, handpicked by Australian media baron Murdoch (Andrew Rein), assembled a ragtag squad of Fleet Street vets who would carry out Rupe’s directive to create a paper for the people. Its first act structured as a countdown to The Sun‘s unlikely launch, the production gathers steam as Lamb gathers his A-team.Yet, there’s one workhorse in this production who often upstages D.C.

Charley Webb appears to be being supported by one of her famous pals after having to leave her husband and children behind for her new job. The former Emmerdale star recently packed her bags before leaving the north and heading to London where she is working on her next project.

Charley Webb teased a glimpse of her outfit as she headed out for dinner to say 'goodbye'. The actress took to Instagram to share how her pals had organised a special meal as she prepares to leave for a while.

Former Emmerdale star Charley Webb has shared a sneak preview of her next big career move - and fans said they "can't wait". The actress played Debbie Dingle on the soap for 19 years, but quit not long after the birth of her third child.

EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Fiennes has scored a winner with playwright James Graham’s knockout stage play Dear England, which will transfer from London’s National Theatre to the West End in the fall.

Naman Ramachandran A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.” Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).

‘The Traitors’ Host Claudia Winkleman Wins Edinburgh Award

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has penned an ITV drama about a doctor in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic starring Joanne Froggatt.

James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has added more than a dozen Season 2 cast members including David Harewood and Monica Dolan.

Charley Webb has told fans she is 'so excited' as she was supported over her latest career news. The former Emmerdale actress is set to make her stage debut later this year in the national tour of James Graham’s smash hit play Quiz.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is making a film about a young British aid worker killed in the line of fire in Ukraine.

Naman Ramachandran British singer-songwriter Craig David (“22”) and singer and stage actor Beverley Knight (“Sister Act”) will headline the Windrush 75 celebration at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 9. The event is being curated and hosted by DJ and radio presenter Trevor Nelson. The Windrush generation came to the U.K. from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1971. The ship MV Empire Windrush had arrived in Tilbury on June 22, 1948, bringing workers from the Caribbean to help address a post-war labor shortage in the U.K. The concert will aim to capture the breadth of musical influence which the Windrush generation has had on British culture over the last 75 years, with performances including R&B group Loose Ends’ “Hangin’ on a String,” G-folk’ pioneer Hak Baker’s “Windrush Baby” and David’s “Fill Me In,” as well as renditions of classic tracks like Lord Kitchener’s “London is the Place for Me,” Bob Marley’s “Is this Love,” and Goldie’s “Inner City Life.”

Luke Evans and Callum Scott Howells are among the stars of upcoming BBC drama The Way from Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis.

EXCLUSIVE: James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has set three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnardas its Season 2 director, as Lesley Manville and David Morrissey confirm they will reprise their roles in a story that will move forward to the present day.

Victims of a £350,000 fraudster have called for her to be jailed over a motorhome scam that robbed elderly Scots of their pension pots.

The Twilight Sad have shared a live cover of Frightened Rabbit‘s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’.The song was recorded on the band’s recent European tour supporting The Cure and will be released exclusively on Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis. All proceeds will go to Tiny Changes, the charity set up by the family of late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.Hutchison died by suicide in May 2018, and Tiny Changes was set up in his memory.

K.J. Yossman Joseph Fiennes is set to play England soccer manager Gareth Southgate in a new play written by “Sherwood” scribe James Graham. Fiennes, known for his turns in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Shakespeare in Love,” will take on the role at London’s National Theatre. “Spring Awakening” director Rupert Goold will helm the production. “It’s time to change the game,” reads the logline. “The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?”

Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set to portray England Men’s soccer coach Gareth Southgate in a new play at the National Theatre in London.

Three of the UK’s most sought-after creatives – James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis – are combining on a BBC drama that imagines a civil uprising beginning in a small industrial town.

Streamers such as Netflix, Prime Video and Paramount+ are “perplexed” by government threats to the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSB), according to Sherwood scribe James Graham.

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) won the best actress prize at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her West End debut performance playing a criminal barrister specialising in defending rapists — who is then sexually assaulted herself.

A torchlight procession will brighten the streets of Perth in October to mark the opening of this year’s Royal National Mòd.

Frightened Rabbit drummer Grant Hutchison performed live with The Twilight Sad at their Scottish festival show yesterday (August 27) – see footage below.The Scottish band – who collaborated with Frightened Rabbit on a number of occasions – were playing the Connect Festival in their homeland on Saturday, and were joined by Hutchison on drums.Back in April, The Twilight Sad covered Frightened Rabbit’s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ with Grant, a song that the band have regularly covered at shows since their close friend, Frightened Rabbit frontman and Grant’s brother, Scott Hutchison, died by suicide in 2018.Sharing a photo from the Connect Festival performance, Grant also threw back to 15 years prior, sharing a photo of Scott performing with Twilight Sad frontman James Graham.See the post and footage of the performance at Connect below.A post shared by Grant Hutchison (@grabbit)Speaking to NME in 2019, Graham discussed how singing Scott’s Frightened Rabbit songs on stage and on record helped to keep him connected to his friend.“When Scott passed away, there were so many messages, memories and story about him on the internet,” he said. “They were beautiful things, and people said so many amazing things about Scott, but I couldn’t do it.