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1 week ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
The Harry Potter film franchise was packed with iconic British actors, who will now pass the baton to a new generation for HBO’s upcoming faithful series adaptation. The series is a huge undertaking, with HBO expecting it will be filmed across the next decade with the as yet unannounced ‘golden trio’ growing up alongside it.
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1 week ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that once a decade Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice gets a remake. From BBC’s 1995 mini-series to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen’s 1813 novel has been reimagined countless times. It's also had just as many Mr Darcys. Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden will become the latest to embody Derbyshire’s most eligible bachelor.
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1 week ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
HBO’s confirmation of series three comes just days before Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey return as Ellie and Joel for the second instalment. The faithful adaptation of Naughty Dog’s game series The Last of Us follows the unlikely bond between 14-year-old Ellie and 40-year-old Joel in a post-apocalyptic world following a global pandemic.
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2 weeks ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
Cristin Milioti and Jimmi Simpson in Black Mirror's USS Callister sequel (Credit: Nick Wall/Netflix) It’s a week packed with competition – Alan Carr is on the hunt for the finest interior designer, Claudia Winkleman is seeking the top pianist, and Big Brother is looking to create a hostile working environment for a brand-new set of celebs.
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4 weeks ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and Seth Rogen in The Studio (Credit: Apple TV+) Rose Ayling-Ellis teaches old hands new tricks, The Studio sees Hollywood stars biting the hand that feeds them, and Bridget Christie’s menopausal comedy makes a return. The ChangeMid-life crises have different symptoms: men buy sports cars and get toupees… and women go on motorbike explorations of the Forest of Dean.
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1 month ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp in The Residence (Credit: Jessica Brooks) This week features a balance of cosy crime and hard-hitting gang-violence from titles Marlow Murder Club and The Residence, and This City is Ours and Gangs of London. The Marlow Murder ClubThe adaption of Robert Thorogood’s best-selling cosy crime novel starts its second series.
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1 month ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims |Joe Molander
Lucy Boynton as Ruth Ellis (credit: ITVX) This week, TV takes us to Ireland, Scotland, 1950s England and 1860s Italy. No prizes for guessing where the best weather is. Tour de Fred: Northern IrelandFirst Dates maître d’ Fred Sirieix has travelled all over the world with various celebrity chefs, but now he’s flying solo to cycle across Northern Ireland. With only his trusty bike for company, Sirieix will start his journey in the Republic of Ireland and make his way down to Derry.
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1 month ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
All of Us Strangers’ Jamie Bell will star as Niall, the estranged brother of Ruben, played by Gadd. The story will follow their tumultuous relationship while dissecting the meaning of ‘manhood’, starting with an apocalyptic row at Niall’s wedding. The narrative then rockets backwards, covering 40 years of their relationship, beginning with the two as teens in the 1980s.
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2 months ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims
The Crown star plays the leader of The Forty Elephants, an all-female gang that pilfered the city, in Steven Knight’s upcoming series A Thousand Blows. “I had no idea they even existed,” Doherty admits.
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2 months ago | 
rts.org.uk | Ella Christian-Sims |Aimee Wood
Wood stars as Evie, a young woman who’s weekly ‘film club’ is her escape from her day to day life. Every Friday she decks out her mum’s garage in decorations, dresses up and invites over her friends, Kam (Arian Nik, Daddy Issues), Samantha (Fola Evans Akingbola, The Night Agent), Dominic (co-creator Ralph Davis) and… Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan, Industry). Evie has been harbouring quite the crush on her best friend Noa, and has no idea it is reciprocated. We join Evie at Film Club no. 198.
