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EXCLUSIVE: John Simm is leading a mystery thriller series titled I, Jack Wright for Federation Stories and UKTV.

The Coral have shared a new single this week that features actor John Simm – listen to it below.Recently, the band spoke to NME about how Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy and Life On Mars lead actor Simm hooked up with the band for the release of two new albums in 2023.The new song, ‘Drifter’s Prayer’, is the first track to be taken from ‘Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medical Show’, which will be released on September 8. Another album, ‘Sea Of Mirrors’ will also be released on the same day, and is inspired by ’60s Italian spaghetti western films. The first track from that, ‘Wild Bird’, was shared last month. The latest song release features narration from Simm.

The Coral have shared their cinematic string-laden new single ‘Wild Bird’ – and spoken to NME about how Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy and Life On Mars lead actor John Simm hooked up with the band for not one, but two albums in 2023.Inspired by the dusty desert landscapes of ’60s Italian spaghetti westerns, the band’s 11th studio album ‘Sea Of Mirrors’ finds the Liverpool five-piece crafting their own “surreal” gun-slinging soundtrack.“I was watching this documentary about Italian westerns and I liked this idea that they were a vehicle for creativity,” frontman James Skelly told NME. “I thought I’d love to use that medium to make an almost surreal western, but as if [late Italian director Frederico] Fellini had directed it.

Bastille’s Dan Smith, Paloma Faith, Jimmy Somerville, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount and Damon Albarn are among the musicians featured on a new cover of the song ‘A Million Dreams’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’. The new track is being released in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity and Brainstrust, and was the idea of seven year old Ravi Adelekan – son of Metronomy bassist Olugbenga Adelekan – who was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.Ravi’s illness was initially diagnosed as a build up of ear wax but, when an ear, nose and throat specialist requested an MRI scan, a tumour was discovered on his brain stem.

Human Traffic, the 1999 cult classic film starring John Simm and Danny Dyer, has been restored in 4K for release on Apple TV.Written and directed by Justin Kerrigan, Human Traffic is a comedy drama which follows five twenty-something friends Jip (Simm), Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington), Koop (Shaun Parkes), Nina (Nicola Reynolds) and Moff (Dyer) as they navigate the Cardiff club scene in the ‘90s.The 4K restoration from Vertigo Releasing will be available to purchase digitally on Apple TV from August 1.A sequel titled Human Traffic: The Revolution was confirmed to be in the works back in 2019, although an official release date has yet to be announced.In January last year, Kerrigan, who is expected to direct the sequel, said the script had been written and that original cast members Dyer, Parkes and Reynolds would be involved.Speaking to MixMag, Kerrigan said: “It’s time to make the film. We’ve got everything scripted and ready to go.

25 years after he first wandered down the cobbles, Geoffrey 'Spider' Nugent is returning to ITV’s Coronation Street in July. The character, played by actor Martin Hancock, made his soap debut back in 1997 and was known for being an eco-warrior. As the nephew of Emily Bishop, Spider was involved in a romance with Toyah Battersby and ruffled feathers in Weatherfield as he campaigned to stop the building of a concert bowl on the Red Rec.

Coronation Street stalwart, Tim Metcalfe, on the ITV soap and first took on the role back in 2013. Tim was first introduced as Faye Windass' (Ellie Leach) biological father before he met her adoptive family including mother Anna Windass (Debbie Rush) and her partner Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies). Joe has been at the centre of some of the soap's groundbreaking storylines so it's no surprise fans want to know more about the TV star and who he is dating.

BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer, has acquired ITV’s John Simm drama Grace for the U.S. and Canada. The service will premiere the drama on April 27.

direct to your inboxIf crime dramas are your thing, then ITV may have just the show for you.The highly-anticipated series Grace is the channel's latest offering and it begins tonight (Sunday) at 8pm - straight after the Dancing On Ice final.Acclaimed screenwriter and Endeavour creator, Russell Lewis, has adapted Peter James' international bestseller, Dead Simple, his debut novel from the award-winning Roy Grace series.John Simm takes the lead role of the tenacious detective who is tormented by

Human Traffic director Justin Kerrigan has confirmed that the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic is “ready to go.”The original Human Traffic film was released in 1999 and was set over the course of a drug-fuelled weekend in Cardiff. The film starred Danny Dyer, John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes and Nicola Reynolds.A sequel has been hinted at for years and in 2019, Human Traffic: The Revolution was announced by Kerrigan at Cardiff’s Tramshead (April 6) where a 20th anniversary

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater BritBox Acquires ‘Cold Courage’ BritBox UK has acquired Viaplay and Lionsgate’s John Simm-fronted political drama Cold Courage. The BBC and ITV-owned streamer will premiere the eight-part series on September 3, telling the story of how two Finnish women get drawn into a clandestine group dedicated to righting the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt.

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