BAFTA Television Awards 2017 Nominations

Here is a full list of nominees for the 2017 Bafta TV Awards, which will be presented in London on 14 May. The Night Manager is a surprise omission in many categories with Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Coleman and Hugh Laurie all overlooked despite their recent slew of success at the Emmys and Golden Globes. By [...]

Comedy Stars Most Dramatic Turns

The IT Crowd funnyman Chris O’Dowd turns is a surprisingly stoic and understated dramatic performance in The Program, playing the real life Sunday Times journalist who battled to expose the Lance Armstrong drugs cheating scandal that exploded the world of professional cycling. It’s not the first time a comedian has shocked audiences by playing it [...]

Nordic Drama Eyewitness Gets UK DVD Release

The new Nordic Noir sensation, Eyewitness (Oyevitne), is a sleek gripping crime drama from Norway seen through the eyes of two 15 year old boys. This dark, complex thriller now lands on British soil, making is UK debut on DVD courtesy of Simply media. Following a wave of riveting dramas from Northern Europe comes this compelling series, [...]

Entourage Review

The Plot The boys are back and this time it’s on the big screen. HBO’s hit show Entourage continues just months after where the final season left off. With movie star Vince (Adrian Grenier) single again after his failed (and short) marriage, he decides to make his next project his directorial debut, much to his [...]

Banana Finale Russell T. Davies Interview

Russell T Davies and Lynn Hunter discuss the finale of Banana ahead of it airing on 12th March, 10pm, E4. Russell T Davies: It’s a two-hander, but it’s not a normal one, is it? No, it’s not. I like Banana to change and to keep people on their toes and surprise people. And E4 is all [...]

Banana Writer & Dino Fetscher Interview

Writer, Lee Warburton, and actor, Dino Fetscher, discuss Queer as Folk and the importance of physical appearance ahead of the seventh episode of Banana airing on 5th March, 10pm, E4. Where did the inspiration for this episode of Banana come from? Lee: It is actually based on a true story of a past I no [...]

Utopia Series 2 Dennis Kelly Interview

Creator Dennis Kelly talked about the second series of the superb mind bending channel 4 drama Utopia. He talked in depth after a special preview screening of the first episodes of the new series about the origins of the show, it’s thought provoking themes and the unique style. He also addressed controversy surrounding the shows [...]

Ricky Gervais Derek Season 2 Interview

Red Carpet News sat down with Ricky Gervais to talk about the second series of comedy/drama Derek, Karl Pilkington and the triumphant return of David Brent. Here’s what Ricky had to say about it all: Q. Where do you get your ideas from? I steal them from real life, or they pop into my head. [...]

DiCaprio Turns Hitman For Blood On Snow

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly in advance talks to join Blood on Snow a new thriller with Safe House director Daniel Espionosa already attached behind the camera. DiCaprio is set to produce and star in the tale of a hitman forced to go on the run with his supposed target, his boss’s wife, having apparently failed [...]

New Worlds Jamie Dornan Q&A

In mini-series The Devil’s Whore, Martine Brant and Peter Flannery charted the bloody progress of the English Civil War, in the much anticipated sequel New Worlds they pick up that account 20 years after the end of the war with violent tensions brewing in both England and dangerous new territories of Massachusetts. Red Carpet News [...]