Before Meghan Markle, there was another actress who married into the British royal family – Sophie Winkleman.
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Kate Aurthur editorTimothy Spall will star alongside Lesley Manville in the Masterpiece, BritBox UK and Eleventh Hour Films adaptation of “Magpie Murders,” Anthony Horowitz’s international bestseller. Spall will play detective Atticus Pünd in the mystery-within-a-mystery in “Magpie Murders.” In the story, book editor Susan Ryeland (Manville) sits down to read the latest manuscript written by her popular author, Alan Conway, the writer behind the popular Atticus Pünd mystery series.
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.Before Meghan Markle, there was another actress who married into the British royal family – Sophie Winkleman.
Sally Hawkins Boards Stephen Frears’ ‘The Lost King’ Oscar-nominated The Shape of Water star Sally Hawkins has joined the cast of UK comedy-drama The Lost King, inspired by the remarkable 2012 true story of finding Brit monarch King Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park. Steve Coogan has co-written the script with his Stan & Ollie and Philomena collaborator Jeff Pope. Philomena director and two-time Oscar nominee Stephen Frears is aboard to direct the Baby Cow-produced feature.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDavid Thewlis has signed on to star opposite Olivia Colman in “Landscapers,” HBO’s four-episode limited series from Sky Studios about a seemingly ordinary couple who become the focus of an investigation when dead bodies turn up in their yard.Will Sharpe, who worked with Colman in the offbeat 2016 British comedy series “Flowers,” has signed on to direct all four episodes.
Fargo actor David Thewlis is to star opposite Olivia Colman in HBO and Sky’s limited series Landscapers, which tells the story of a couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in a back garden.
2018 Love Islanders has joined OnlyFans... and you're going to be shocked when you find out who it is.It's not Megan Barton-Hanson (she's already on there), it's not Adam Collard (sigh), in fact, it's Dr.
Sheridan Smith To Headline Channel 5’s ‘Teacher’ BAFTA-winner Sheridan Smith is to headline Teacher, the latest drama series from ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5. Smith will play Jenna in the Clapperboard-produced psychological thriller, which follows a state schoolteacher whose life unravels after being accused of a drunken sexual encounter with one of her pupils.
EXCLUSIVE: Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire is joining Amazon UK Original series The Rig, we can reveal.
Phoebe Dynevor is to lead Sky original movie The Colour Room alongside Matthew Goode, marking her first major role since headlining Netflix’s record-breaking Regency-era drama Bridgerton.
Syco’s Lee McNicholas Joins ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment Lee McNicholas, an executive producer and creative director at Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, is joining Lifted Entertainment, the new label created by ITV Studios to house its entertainment hits including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Love Island.
Mission: Impossible 7.At present, the seventh instalment of the long-running film franchise is set to arrive in cinemas in the UK on November 19, 2021.Delaney, who is known for his roles in Catastrophe, Bombshell and Deadpool 2, will join the likes of Tom Cruise and Vanessa Kirby in a yet-to-be-disclosed role.A post shared by Christopher McQuarrie (@christophermcquarrie)More additions to the cast have also been made, with Game Of Thrones’ Indira Varma, Stranger Things’ Cary Elwes, Sherlock’s
direct to your inboxPolice federation bosses are threatening legal action over the government's decision not to give vaccine priority to officers.The Greater Manchester Police Federation says 11.8 per cent of the workforce has tested positive for Covid-19 during the pandemic, compared with 6 per cent of the general UK population.The numbers demonstrate how officers are at more risk of getting coronavirus as a result of their job, the Fed argues.The Government and its Joint Committee on Vaccine
Manori Ravindran International EditorThere are some things you just don’t do on British television, and slamming the Royal Family tops the list. But in the course of two momentous hours, an unwritten, invisible code of conduct that quietly permeates most Royal-centric programming in the U.K.
Back in February, we reported on the major legal win for Meghan Markle against The Daily Mail on Sunday.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ty Simpkins, who is known for his role in the Insidious franchise, has boarded Darren Aronofsky’s forthcoming film The Whale at A24. He joins previously announced cast members Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau, who will serve as the leads of the film.