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Manori Ravindran International EditorSky has unveiled the first look at Kenneth Branagh playing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the forthcoming drama “This Sceptred Isle.”Production has begun on the Fremantle-produced drama, which charts the events surrounding Johnson, his government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.The Sky Original drama will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW TV in 2022.

ZeroZeroZero (Sky Atlantic)The Drowning (Channel 5) | My5The Repair Shop (BBC One) | iPlayerCraftivism: Make a Difference (BBC Four) | iPlayerRamy (Channel 4) | All 4You could tell that the latest big Sky Atlantic thing takes itself unutterably seriously by the fact that it’s a full 19 minutes before the opening credits roll. I hesitate to use the word “pompous”, but I’ve downed full bottles of Malbec faster.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIf there was any question about the original content ambitions of Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky under its new leadership, a 125-title film and TV slate for 2021 reflects a company poised to build a distinct, autonomous service that can compete with its deep-pocketed SVOD rivals.Sky in late 2019 renewed its output deal with HBO — which allows the business to offer the U.S.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to have a moment to shine in an upcoming scripted series about the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

Henry V star Kenneth Branagh is to play British Prime Minister in Sky drama This Sceptred Isle.

Euphoria has landed – and it comes with a confirmed release date.Part 2: Jules (the full title of which is F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob) will premiere in the US on HBO Max this Friday (January 22), and on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in UK on January 25.The forthcoming episode focuses on Jules (Hunter Schafer).

Naman Ramachandran British star and producer Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures and BAFTA-nominated producer Kris Thykier’s Archery Pictures are entering a multi-year joint venture to work together on select future film and TV projects.Thykier was BAFTA-nominated for “The State” and “Trash.” Archery recently completed production on fantasy series “Fate: The Winx Saga” for Netflix, the third season of Sky Atlantic’s top-rated “Riviera,” and John Madden’s feature “Operation Mincemeat,” starring

Olivia Colman has been knocking it out of the park with her incredible portrayal of The Queen on Netflix.

David E. Kelley and Susanne Bier’s limited series The Undoing is gripping audiences in the UK just as tightly as those in America, where the psychological thriller broadcasts on HBO.

Naman Ramachandran HBO series “The Undoing,” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, has proven to be a success for Comcast’s U.K. pay TV operation Sky Atlantic, with the opening episode reaching a cumulative 28-day audience of over 2.78 million viewers, marking a bigger launch than “Game of Thrones” in 2011.The first three episodes have recorded audiences of more than 2.5 million viewers.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterKris Thykier’s Archery Pictures, which has credits including the upcoming Colin Firth-starring Mincemeat and Sky Atlantic series Riviera, is teaming with Elysian Film Group, the banner formed by ex Studiocanal UK boss Danny Perkins, to create a new label focused on producing comedy for the UK theatrical market.Mews Films will be run by MD Kurban Kassam, who has credits including Sally Potter’s The Party.

Naman Ramachandran Archery Pictures, the U.K. outfit behind the Julia Stiles-fronted Sky Atlantic series “Riviera,” has teamed with Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group Distribution to form comedy label Mews Films.Mews, a production label housed within Archery Pictures, will focus on developing a slate of comedy movies for the domestic U.K.

Emmy Awards celebrate the best in the business, a number of television shows are getting the praise that they deserve. Among them is the HBO/Sky Atlantic original show Watchmen, a limited series exploring the science fiction world of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Lise Pedersen Feltrinelli Editore, which is behind Roberto Saviano’s bestselling novel “ZeroZeroZero,” which was adapted into a TV series for Sky Atlantic, Canal Plus and Amazon Prime, is one of 18 prestigious publishers from across Europe attending Venice Film Festival’s Book Adaptation Rights Market (BARM).The first two episodes of the “ZeroZeroZero” series, which offers a gritty account of the global cocaine trade and stars Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabriel Byrne, had their world

Naman Ramachandran Gareth Evans, the co-creator of hit Sky Atlantic, Pulse Films and Sister Pictures show “Gangs of London,” and star Sope Dirisu have defended the stylized violence featured in it.“It is individual taste,” Evans said at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday. “We all have a different moral barometer, whether it is something we are okay with or not okay with.

trailer.The series is based on Comey’s bestselling book A Higher Loyalty and more than a year of interviews with a number of key players.The Comey Rule is stated as being ‘an immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation.’‘The Comey Rule is not a biopic of one man, but is instead the story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics

Frank Ocean has been working on a ‘secret project’ recently with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino, according to the filmmaker.Guadagnino made the admission in an as-yet-unpublished interview with The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan, who tweeted about the scoop yesterday (August 19).Buchanan said that when speaking to Guadagnino about the upcoming HBO / Sky Atlantic miniseries We Are Who We Are, which includes Kid Cudi among its cast, the director revealed that he’d “recently worked

Naman Ramachandran HBO and Sky Atlantic’s “Chernobyl,” Channel 4’s “Stath Lets Flats” and Channel 4 and Netflix’s “The End of the F—king World” emerged with two BAFTAs apiece at this year’s awards.“Chernobyl” won for mini-series and leading actor for Jared Harris, adding two prizes to its existing haul of seven gongs at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards earlier this month.Meanwhile, BAFTA’s Leading Actress award was won by Glenda Jackson for her performance in BBC’s “Elizabeth is Missing,” her first

Alex Winter of Showbiz Kids, his new documentary chronicling the grey areas of childhood stardom. Debuting on Sky Atlantic earlier this week, Winter – himself a former child star who shot to fame as time-travelling dude Bill alongside Keanu Reeves’ Ted in 1989’s Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure – delves deep into the glitzy early years of a host of stars to tell a soberingly down-to-earth story of youth and fame.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has handed out its 2020 craft awards, with HBO and Sky Atlantic’s “Chernobyl” emerging as the night’s big winner.“Chernobyl” led the way with seven gongs, including awards for costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux and production designer Luke Hull and Claire Levinson-Gendler.

National Trust for Scotland’s new appeal aimed at securing the future of natural heritage sites and historic attractions.

Gangs of London” is getting a new U.S. home.The Gareth Evans-created series, which is produced by Pulse Films in association with Sister, will move from WarnerMedia-owned Cinemax to AMC ahead of its autumn debut.

Tim Dams AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired U.S. rights to acclaimed Tim Minchin-starring Australian drama “Upright” from distributor Entertainment One (eOne).Produced by Lingo Pictures, “Upright” follows a shabby musician, played by Minchin, who has to drive across Australia with nothing but a piano, and finds his baggage increases when a runaway girl comes into his life.The eight-part series premiered last year on Sky Atlantic in the U.K.

A virtual ceremony hosted by Richard Ayoade will be held next month

Even before it launches on HBO's Cinemax later this year, Gareth Evan's bloody and violent crime drama Gangs of London has already scored record numbers in the U.K. The nine-part series — Evans' first foray into TV and produced by Pulse Films in association with Sister Pictures — landed a seven-day cumulative audience of 2.23 million on Sky Atlantic, part of Comcast's pay TV giant Sky, making it the channel's second-biggest original drama launch of all time behindFortitude.

Gangs of London is the latest series set to become everyone's new binge watch.

The third season of the sci-fi Western epic is currently underway

The actor played John Shelby, Tommy's younger brother

Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole has said that he “never really got out the gates” in the hit TV show.

The highly anticipated second series of Save Me debuts in the UK this week.

BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video show “Fleabag” was popular at the U.K.’s annual Royal Television Society Programme Awards, picking up gongs for scripted comedy and comedy writer for Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Meanwhile, Craig Mazin won best drama writer for HBO and Sky Atlantic’s “Chernobyl.”

The official podcast of Sky Atlantic and NOW TV’s hit sci-fi series Westworld III will launch on Monday 16 March, the same day the series returns to our screens in the UK.

By Jake Kanter

Actor Stephen Graham’s first project under his newly launched production banner, “Boiling Point,” has rounded out its cast with “Military Wives” actor Jason Flemyng and a host of others.

By Peter White

A new TV series from the mind of Fleabag creator Phoebe-Waller Bridge has just dropped its first trailer.