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Ryan Leston

Cardiff

Freelance Entertainment Journalist at Freelance

Contributing Freelancer at IGN

BBC News Journalist 📽️📺🕹️ Bylines @IGN @slashfilm @NME & more | MA News Journalism #CardiffTrained | he/him

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Natalie Grice |Ryan Leston

    Timothy Spall's new crime drama filmed entirely in WalesNatalie Grice & Ryan LestonBBC Studios/Simon RidgwayThe beauty of some of the Welsh filming locations for Death Valley made an impression on Timothy SpallWhen the former star of a police crime show moves into town, the local real-life detective can hardly believe her luck.

  • Feb 20, 2025 | ign.com | Ryan Leston

    A Thousand Blows premieres on Hulu Friday, February 21. A Thousand Blows was always going to be compared to Peaky Blinders. The gritty new historical drama from that show’s creator, Steven Knight, follows a familiar pattern of dramatizing real people from a long-lost time of blood, sweat, and struggles. But rather than following the criminal exploits of a family in post-World War I Birmingham, A Thousand Blows show us what it would be like if Rocky or Creed got a Victorian-era adaptation.

  • Jan 18, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ryan Leston

    Dr David Banner once worked on the original Tomb Raider as well as the first ever Grand Theft Auto. Now, as co-founder of Wales Interactive, he is taking aim at Hollywood. "We make movies, right?" he said.

  • Jan 13, 2025 | correiobraziliense.com.br | Ryan Leston

    Uma mulher colocada em coma induzido após passar por uma grave doença na gravidez descreveu como acordou e descobriu que seu bebê havia nascido. Atlanta McIntyre, de 29 anos, da cidade de Rhondda Cynon Taff, no País de Gales, teve náuseas e vômitos excessivos durante a gravidez, conhecidos como hiperêmese gravídica (HG). Durante um episódio de vômito, McIntyre engasgou e teve que ser colocada em coma induzido pelos médicos.

  • Jan 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ryan Leston

    A teenage artist who has already sold works for £23,000 has just passed another milestone - her first ever painting lesson. Makenzy Beard, 17, made waves back in 2020 when a portrait she painted of her neighbour went viral on social media. The painting went on to appear at The Royal Academy of Arts, a prestigious London gallery. She said she had learned "some quite important habits" after the lesson and was determined to continue refining her work.

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Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
26 May 25

Really enjoying the cosy crime capers of Tim Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth in Death Valley. Have a read of my interview with them here: https://t.co/KlT8uVfPe3

Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
21 May 25

Here's a proof of concept for my next project, Tides. It's a crime thriller set in a quiet coastal town in South Wales where a severed hand washes up on the beach. Catch me at @cbffwales to talk about it #cbff2025 https://t.co/Q4VPcICpBF

Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
19 May 25

My first film festival as a filmmaker today and just out from the screening of my little short! Not bad at all. @cbffwales #cbff2025 https://t.co/9OMYwumqJ6