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Posted Thursday 7/23/20 at 7:14PM EDT
Death in Paradise becomes one of the first British dramas to resume filming with help of a COVID-19 supervisor
The BBC and PBS co-production was able to begin filming this week on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe by...
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Posted Tuesday 7/21/20 at 7:04PM EDT
Check out Hugh Laurie in Masterpiece's Roadkill
Laurie stars in the four-part thriller as a self-made, forceful and charismatic politician, co-starring with Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory,...
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Michaela Coel used mood boards to help BBC envision I May Destroy You
The BBC gave Coel full creative control months after she turned down Netflix's $1 million offer, but the British public...
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Posted Saturday 7/18/20 at 4:26AM EDT
Michaela Coel: There's one slight difference between the HBO and BBC versions of I May Destroy You
BBC gave Coel full creative freedom on I May Destroy You, but HBO wanted a scene altered after it came...
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Posted Wednesday 7/08/20 at 3:02PM EDT
Iris Elba: A Luther film is "this close" to happening
"There isn't a real formal plan for Luther at the moment," he said while promoting his semi-autobiographical comedy In The...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 9:49PM EDT
Michaela Coel rejected Netflix's $1 million offer for I May Destroy You after she couldn't secure 5% ownership of the show
In a profile of the Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You star and creator, Vulture's E.
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Posted Wednesday 7/01/20 at 12:30PM EDT
BBC's iPlayer begins adding a warning for past shows containing offensive material in response to blackface controversy
Shows like The League Of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh will carry an "i" logo, carrying warning that the episodes...
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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 4:39PM EDT
BBC's version of Dancing with the Stars to cut down on episodes due to the coronavirus crisis
Strictly Come Dancing usually runs 14 weeks, but BBC plans to reduce the number of episodes to a number yet...
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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 2:35PM EDT
BBC postpones The Apprentice UK for one year due to coronavirus
The Sir Alan Sugar-led British version of The Apprentice, which launched one year after the Donald Trump version in 2005,...
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BBC commits $124 million on diverse shows in response to the death of George Floyd
In response to a letter signed more than 3,500 people including Michaela Coel, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Colin Firth,...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
Here's the first look at Lena Dunham's HBO/BBC investment banking drama Industry
The London-based show set in the cutthroat world of international finance follows a group of recent college grads forced to...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
AMC to air hit BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings
Starring Anne-Marie Duff, MyAnna Buring and Rafe Spall, The Salisbury Poisonings follows the fallout from the nerve agent attack in...
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Posted Tuesday 6/16/20 at 2:31PM EDT
Rebel Wilson calls the pulling Little Britain over blackface "a bit crazy": "I'm not a fan of erasing things"
Wilson, who is Little Britain star and co-creator Matt Lucas' former roommate and Bridesmaids co-star, expressed disappointment with the sketch...
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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:23AM EDT
Little Britain creators apologize over their use of blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams again expressed regret after BBC, Netflix and Britbox pulled their sketch show last week.
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Posted Saturday 6/13/20 at 2:35AM EDT
BBC will not pull Gavin & Stacey following complaints over offensive characters
James Corden and Ruth Jones' BBC comedy has faced a number of controversies, including for using homophobic slurs in its...