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Channel 4 unveils 2019 slate focusing on “big issues”
February 5, 2019 | David FarnorChannel 4 is looking to tackle the big issues facing Britain today in its new slate of 2019 series and specials.
Channel 4 Director of Programmes Ian Katz launched the channel’s line-up for the year last week, with a broad … Read More
Netflix begins production on Mandarin drama The Ghost Bride
February 5, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix has begun production on its new Mandarin drama, The Ghost Bride.
The six-episode drama, which is directed by award-winning Malaysian directors Quek Shio-Chuan and Ho Yu-Hang, is an adaptation of a New York Times bestseller of the same name … Read More
Extremely Wicked: Netflix nabs US rights to Zac Efron Ted Bundy drama
February 5, 2019 | David FarnorLet it never be said that Netflix doesn’t know what it customers want – and, in the case of 2019, it turns out that is “Ted Bundy”. Hot off the heels of its own Conversations with a Killer docuseries about … Read More
Trailer: Keeley Hawes stars in Channel 4 and Netflix’s Traitors
February 5, 2019 | David Farnor“The war is over.” “Wars don’t end.” That’s the sound of Keeley Hawes going back to Spooks territory in new espionage drama Traitors.
A co-production between Channel 4 and Netflix, Hawes leads an impressive cast that includes Michael Stuhlbarg and … Read More
Team Kaylie: Netflix orders new comedy starring Bryana Salaz
February 4, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix has begun production on new live action comedy series Team Kaylie, starring actress-singer Bryana Salaz (Best Friends Whenever, The Voice).
Salaz plays Kaylie Konrad, a rich, nineteen-year-old selfie obsessed celebrity who receives a community service court order to lead … Read More
Amazon acquires Sundance award winner One Child Nation
February 4, 2019 | David FarnorThe Sundance Film Festival may be over for 2019, but Amazon hasn’t quite finished its spending spree, with one more film on its shopping list: One Child Nation.
The film, directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, follows Wang’s 2016 … Read More
Walter Presents sets February premiere for Scandi thriller Greyzone
February 4, 2019 | David FarnorWalter Presents’ new Scandi thriller, Greyzone, will touch down this February.
The programme, which brings a timely, terrifying theme of cyber terrorism to the world of Nordic Noir, a poignant and absorbing drama that raises moral dilemmas and heartbeats alike.
Catch up TV review: Pure, Shipwrecked, Small Fortune
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Sand Storm
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorTwo women are trapped in a Bedouin village’s traditions in this sensitively acted, powerful debut from director Elite Zexer.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander Season 4 (Episode 12 to 13)
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorOutlander’s uneven fourth run wraps things up with a promising tease for what’s to come.Read More