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Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debecki join BBC drama.
Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander and Elizabeth Debicki have joined the UK cast of John le Carré’s The Night Manager. They join previously announced stars Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. Colman is...
View ArticleBBC: Autumn / Winter showreel
Hugh Laurie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Idris Elba, Tracey Ullman, Stellan Skarsgard, Charles Dance, Katherine Parkinson, Peter Capaldi, Toby Jones, Brian Cox, Graham Norton….. they all...
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All the drama of BBC First
International stars including Paul Dano, Lily James, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddlestone, Elizabeth Debicki, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Sean Bean are just some of the big names...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2016: Foxtel
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Foxtel Director of Television Brian Walsh Big year in NRL New dramas The Kettering Incident and The Secret City. Bevan Lee returns to A Place to Call Home HBO premieres:...
View ArticleThe Night Manager: trailer
Here’s a look at The Night Manager, a new series from BBC / AMC based on the novel by John Le Carre and due to air on BBC First. The series follows former British soldier Jonathan Pine (Tom...
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Airdate: The Night Manager
Much-anticipated UK drama The Night Manager begins on BBC First in March. The 6 part drama is described as a contemporary interpretation of John le Carré’s best-selling novel of the same name. The...
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The Graham Norton Show: March 11
Guests this week on The Graham Norton Show are rapper, actor and producer Ice Cube, comedy actor Kevin Hart, British actors Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman, broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough...
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The Night Manager
Quite frankly you could just tune into the immaculate opening credits of The Night Manager and switch off right there feeling perfectly satisfied. But then you would miss so much: a superb cast,...
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Class act for Doctor Who spin-off
The BBC has announced the cast for upcoming Doctor Who spin-off, Class, with filming now underway in the UK. They are Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah with Katherine Kelly,...
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SBS nabs free to air rights to The Night Manager
Scintillating UK spy drama The Night Manager, which concludes this Sunday on BBC First, will be getting a Free to Air screening on SBS. The series, based on a John Le Carre novel has won rave review...
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Brexit bad for TV, film industry in UK.
They may still be part of Eurovision and it may not impact Game of Thrones, but one more thing is certain after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union …..uncertainty. According to a...
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TV Choice Awards (UK) 2016: winners
The Night Manager, Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife were amongst the winners at the UK’s TV Choice Awards. Game Of Thrones won the International category. The winners were judged by TV Choice...
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My Top 5 for 2016
Every year I assemble my Top 5 shows for the year, sticking to the shows that have made their debut on Australian television. This year there is an exception, denoted below. 5. Australian Survivor....
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Programmer’s Wrap 2017: SBS
Ben Nguyen has been SBS Channel Manager since 2014, but part of SBS for 8.5 years, originally in Documentary commissions. No wonder he is rather partial to the doco slate, which comprises a big part...
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Airdate: The Night Manager
SBS has confirmed that UK thriller The Night Manager begins in late March. The eight-part series, based on the best seller by John le Carré, begins with double episode and then continues with single...
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The Night Manager in development for second season
A second series of award-winning drama The Night Manager is in development for the BBC. Director Susanne Bier said a script was “slowly being developed” for afollow-up. “We all very much want to do a...
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The Night Manager lifts SBS, MKR leads Seven’s night.
With Nine playing a staggered schedule due to The Footy Show and no thrilling instalment of Married at First Sight, Wednesday was Seven’s for the taking. MKR was back to top spot as the only show over...
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TEN the biggest loser in weekly share
TEN has suffered a slump in weekly share as a result of The Biggest Loser: Transformed failing. It fell from 17.4% a week ago to 15.6% while its primary channel share slipped under 10%. Gogglebox was...
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Planet Earth II leads BAFTA craft nominations
Planet Earth II has been nominated for nine British Academy Television Craft Awards including Editing: Factual, Original Music, Photography: Factual and Sound: Factual. Netflix’s The Crown has picked...
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MKR comments lead to season high, while Biggest Loser falls to record low.
Seven’s controversy surrounding comments made on My Kitchen Rules last night worked a treat in the ratings, drumming up an impressive 1.44m viewers -its best figure all season. Judgement is yet to be...
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Binge on this!
Easter is just around the corner, a perfect time to binge on some of the best drama and comedies from home and abroad. But what to watch? In a TV Tonight first, it’s time to ask for your...
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Solid night for Seven
A volatile episode of My Kitchen Rules, in which one contestant had a meltdown before the cameras, did its job in the ratings with a bumper 1.34m viewers. The show was light years in front of the...
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Call the Midwife tops UK reader poll
Call the Midwife has topped a UK reader poll as the Best Drama of the 21st Century. Radio Times pulled in over 23,000 votes for its survey which declared 6 genre winners. Each was then ranked in an...
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The Graham Norton Show: April 12
Great timing for a Tom Hiddleston interview -the same night as The Night Manager screens- on The Graham Norton Show tonight. But watch out for spoilers? Tonight Graham welcomes Night Manager and Thor...
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BAFTA TV Awards 2017: nominees
Adam Hills has been nominated for his first BAFTA TV Award for The Last Leg, going up against the likes of Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre. The Crown dominates the nominees including nods for...
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MKR semi final tops Wednesday
Wednesday was almost a case of rinse and repeat. MKR again topped the night but Nine again claimed the highest share, just as both did on Tuesday. My Kitchen Rules pulled 1.24m viewers as Valerie...
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MasterChef wins slot, Nine takes Wednesday.
MasterChef Australia won its timeslot for the second time last night at 917,000 viewers, a lift on Tuesday’s outing. But the star-studded Grammy Salute to the Bee Gees helped Nine to take Wednesday...
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BAFTA Awards 2017: winners
Happy Valley has toppled The Crown at the BAFTA television awards. It won the Drama Series and Leading Actress categories, despite The Crown landing more nominations overall -the latter lucked out...
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Hollywood Reporter calls Kettering ‘an Aussie Twin Peaks’
The Hollywood Reporter has listed The Kettering Incident in its “15 International Series to Binge Watch This Summer.” The trade publication describes it as: “An Aussie answer to Twin Peaks starring...
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SBS kicking goals in premium drama
In the last few weeks we’ve had The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo, The Young Pope, Orphan Black…. Now Versailles, Cardinal, The Good Fight and more of Outlander are on the way. SBS viewers have never had it...
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SBS accuses Nine of “knowingly misleading Parliament”
Yesterday at Senate Estimates Hearings in Canberra SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid accused Channel Nine of “knowingly misleading Parliament” in its submission to the government’s inquiry into the...
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Olivia Colman to play Elizabeth in The Crown
Olivia Colman will replace Claire Foy in The Crown. Colman (Broadchurch, The Night Manager) will take over the role of Queen Elizabeth for seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix series. Each season follows...
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Second season for The Night Manager?
It’s looking like a second season of The Night Manager is in the pipeline, even though it is yet to be formally announced. British writer Matthew Orton and spy author Charles Cumming are understood to...
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Deep State
International espionage television can be as popcorn as 24, as glossy as The Night Manager or as embedded as The Honourable Woman. Whilst some lean towards action, money on the screen and invariably...
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Hugh Laurie to star in new HBO sci-fi comedy
Ex-House star Hugh Laurie will star in a new HBO sci-fi comedy pilot Avenue 5. The series reunites him with Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Laurie appeared on the series since 2015. Little is known...
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The Little Drummer Girl
When last we had a new John le Carré spy adaptation it was the very glossy star-vehicle, The Night Manager. The Little Drummer Girl, also from BBC, adopts a far more sombre tone under South Korean...
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Elizabeth Debicki cast as Diana in The Crown
Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki has been cast as Diana in upcoming seasons of The Crown. The Sun reports she will play the role of Princess Diana over Seasons 5 and 6. Elizabeth Debicki (The...
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Report: The Night Manager poised for renewal
A second season of The Night Manager with Tom Hiddleston looks like finally coming to fruition. While the idea of a second season was first reported in 2016, US media now suggest a two-season order is...
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