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Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin has been nominated six times for the UK’s prestigious Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards next month, with Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham also picking up nods.

K.J. Yossman “Promising Young Woman” scribe Emerald Fennell and “His Dark Materials” scribe Jack Thorne were among those honored at the 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awards on Monday night.The ceremony, which was hosted by WGGB president Sandi Toksvig in London, handed out awards in 16 categories including film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books, and videogames.Awards covered the past two years of work, after the 2021 ceremony was cancelled due to the pandemic.Which is why Fennell won a prize for first screenplay for “Promising Young Woman” while Thorne picked up the award for outstanding contribution to writing.Also walking away with gongs were Chinonyerem Odimba for best musical theater bookwriting for “Black Love,” Russell T.

His Dark Materials and Help writer Jack Thorne has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Writing at tonight’s 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards (WGGBAs), with Russell T Davies, Emerald Fennell and Armando Iannucci also taking home gongs.

It's a Sin star Olly Alexander addressed the rumours he could be the next Time Lord to step into the Tardis during a chat with Lorraine Kelly.

It’s a Sin exec Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions has doubled its number of staff, bringing in five individuals including Anansi Boys exec Richard Fee to oversee a slate of new commissions. 

Since Jodie Whittaker will be leaving her role as Doctor Who behind, rumours have been circulating that David Tennant may reprise his role as the famous doctor.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has struck its first deals for Channel 4 prison drama Screw, with networks in Australia and New Zealand picking up the series.

It’s A Sin has topped multiple Best Show polls in 2021, has challenged the cliché of “nice” gay characters.Davies, who will soon take over as the new showrunner of Doctor Who, has said that he tends to write faults into his characters, such as It’s A Sin‘s lead Ritchie, played by Olly Alexander.“His selfishness, and the fact that he thinks he’s so clever he can talk his way out of any situation. That’s me.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Yellowjackets” lead and Academy Award and Emmy-nominated actress Juliette Lewis will recur as a guest star opposite Ed Begley Jr., Armand Fields, Chris Renfro, Eric Graise, Sachin Bhatt and Benito Skinner on Peacock’s reimagined “Queer as Folk” series. Lewis also joins previously announced recurring guest star, the iconic “Sex and the City” actress Kim Cattrall.The “Queer as Folk” reboot is inspired by the British series of the same name created by Russell T.

Helena Bonham Carter has lined up a brand new series.

The Crown and Harry Potter star Helena Bonham Carter is to play the lead in an ITV biopic from It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies, the debut project for Nicola Shindler’s ITV Studios-backed drama label Quay Street Productions.

Manori Ravindran International EditorHelena Bonham Carter is set to play one of the U.K.’s forgotten soap stars in a new limited series from “Years and Years” and “It’s a Sin” writer Russell T.

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The 13th season of Doctor Who will be a Halloween treat for fans, the BBC has confirmed, arriving on Oct. 31. The show revealed its first trailer for the newest installment of the series, which will be the last for Jodie Whittaker in the iconic role. Three specials next year will be her last as the first female Doctor, with showrunner Chris Chibnall also departing for returning showrunner Russell T. Davies.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSince they were given their heads, the big auteurs of modern TV have been its screenwriters. So “No Return” can be taken various ways.

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Russell T Davies is making a return to flagship BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who as showrunner, 12 years after he left the role, the BBC has announced.

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Russell T Davies delivered a powerful acceptance speech after winning a National Television Award for his groundbreaking miniseries, It's A Sin.The thought-provoking Channel 4 drama, which starred Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander as lead character Ritchie Tozer, scooped Best New Drama at the 2021 NTAs. Welsh TV producer and screenwriter Russell, 58, took to the stage to accept his award at London's O2, and gave a beautiful speech as he was joined on-stage by the show's cast and crew.

Related: It's a Sin boss Russell T Davies reveals surprise twists from missing episodeRussell T Davies' groundbreaking and heartbreaking Channel 4 drama It's a Sin, starring Olly Alexander, won the Media Moment award. The series had a huge number of viewers on the channel and All4, and led to a record number of people getting HIV tests.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMiramax and Amazon melodrama “Uncle Frank,” and HBO Max’s AIDS-themed series “It’s a Sin” dominated awards at the 60th annual Monte-Carlo TV Festival.Set in the early 1970s in North Carolina, “Uncle Frank” won best film, best creator and best actor for Paul Bettany who stars as a gay man forced to confront the Southern family to whom he’s stayed closeted.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHBO Max’s “It’s a Sin” offers American audiences a glimpse into the AIDS crisis as seen through British eyes.Russell T Davies’ four-part series, which follows the residents of the Pink Palace in the early 1980s, is anchored in love, fear, grief and shame, and the soundtrack of the stories are iconic needle drops from the era.

Pride Month, Showtime is making over 50 hours of LGBTQ+ content available to watch or stream for free throughout the entire month of June. Among the titles included are the first seasons of the groundbreaking series  and . A remake of the British original created by Russell T.

“It was something I was passionate about because in many ways, things don’t change and it’s not as if our society is completely sorted,” It’s a Sin creator Russell T Davies said of the HBO Max miniseries that focusing on the fatal devastation of AIDS in the UK in the 1980s.

Elton John and Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander teamed up for a cover of Pet Shop Boys‘ ‘It’s A Sin’ at the BRIT Awards 2021 tonight – watch below.After teasing the live collaboration on social media yesterday (May 11), the pair took to the O2 Arena for a spectacular performance of the 1987 single – which inspired the title of Russell T Davies’ recent drama, starring Alexander.A studio version of the joint cover – produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, Scissor Sisters) and the Pet Shop

It’s A Sin star and Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander has revealed that he was the only person to audition for the role of Ritchie in the record-breaking Channel 4 drama.Alexander played Ritchie Tozer in the show, which chronicles the lives of gay friends living in London during the ’80s Aids crisis and has become Channel 4’s most-binged series of all time since its release.In a new interview on This Morning, Alexander revealed how the show’s creator Russell T Davies earmarked him for the

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Will Thorne Staff WriterAfter presenting a list of hot TV series with the grim central trend of “we may survive” last year, the folks at The Wit identified “we are all survivors” as the main theme running through this year’s Fresh TV fiction selection.Presented at MipTV by Wit CEO and co-founder Virginia Mouseler, the 2021 selection is headlined by Russell T.

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