Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman Launch Theater Community Fund

When Suzanne Heathcote was tapped to lead the writers room for the third season of BBC America's hit Killing Eve (the show brings in a new head writer for every season), she says she didn't sleep "for months.

Playing the current Queen of England is no small task.

The first thing that Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s guests see when they come to her home is the infamous wall of penises that was featured in Fleabag.

Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter and Tobias Menzies will all reprise their roles for the fourth series of hit Netflix drama The Crown.

The fund set up by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman to provide grants to UK theatre professionals facing financial hardship during the coronavirus pandemic is to receive a £500,000 boost from Amazon Prime Video.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAmazon has donated £1.5M ($2M) to two emergency relief funds aimed at supporting workers in film, TV, and theatre through the coronavirus crisis. The pledges are the first in a $6M commitment to help stricken production communities across Europe recover from an unprecedented pause in work.Amazon will donate £1M to a new COVID-19 Response Fund established by the UK’s Film And TV Charity.

with Lesley Manville.  Pryce will be the third actor to play the Duke of Edinburgh on following Matt Smith and Tobias Menzies. Claire Foy and Olivia Colman have played Queen Elizabeth, while Vanessa Kirby and Helena Bonham Carter have played Margaret.

opposite Imelda Staunton, 64, as Queen Elizabeth and Lesley Manville, 64, as her sister, Princess Margaret.The show follows Queen Elizabeth II through her life and reign, with various actors taking over the role as she grows older. Elizabeth was initially played by Claire Foy, 36, in the first two seasons, then aged into Olivia Colman, 46, in Seasons 3 and 4, and Staunton will take over.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video has set up a $6 million fund to support the recovery of the European TV, film and theater production community from effects of the coronavirus pandemic.The first disbursements are £1 million ($1.3 million) to the U.K.’s Film and TV Charity, enabling a new grants scheme to help the industry recover; and and a £500,000 ($651,500) donation to the Theatre Community Fund, launched by Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Francesca Moody to provide hardship

The cast of “Fleabag” is celebrating a huge day following the BAFTA TV Awards on Friday.

Peter White Television EditorThe Fleabag team are sharing the spoils after Sian Clifford, who plays Claire in the comedy series, beat Phoebe Waller-Bridge to win a BAFTA TV Award.Clifford won the award for Female Performance In A Comedy Program at the virtual BAFTAs.Clifford’s highly-strung Claire, sister to Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, has an increased role in the second season of the BBC and Amazon co-pro.“This is so unexpected,” Clifford said on a digital hook-up alongside her colleague and

Fleabag might never have happened had it not been for Sian Clifford convincing Phoebe Waller-Bridge to do it, Clifford has revealed.The second and final season of the acclaimed sitcom aired in 2019 and saw Waller-Bridge winning Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Writer, ­Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – the latter seeing her becoming the first Brit to win it in 38 years.However, Clifford – who plays Claire on the show – has revealed in a new interview that

The full film lineup for the 2020 edition of TIFF is here and it includes directorial offerings from Halle Berry, Regina King, and Viggo Mortensen.

Some of the biggest names from British stage and screen have joined together to support creatives in the U.K.'s beleaguered theater industry as it struggles to survive the COVID-19 crisis.