As if King Charles III didn’t already have enough drama in his life, between his logorrheic son Prince Harry and disgraced brother Prince Andrew, comedian Harry Enfield is set to unleash a little more chaos ahead of the coronation in May.
Enfield’s Channel 4 comedy “The Windsors” is returning for a coronation special, with the comedian set to reprise his role as the monarch.
“Charles’ whole life has been building up to this moment and he wants the U.K.’s first coronation in seventy years to be a spectacular affair with all the pomp and circumstance he deserves,” reads the logline. “As does his Queen Consort Camilla (Haydn Gwynne), who can’t wait to drape herself in diamonds and fur. Sadly, the U.K. is in the middle of a cost of living crisis and Wills (Hugh Skinner) thinks the coronation should reflect these more straitened times.”
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Enfield’s Channel 4 comedy “The Windsors” is returning for a coronation special, with the comedian set to reprise his role as the monarch.
“Charles’ whole life has been building up to this moment and he wants the U.K.’s first coronation in seventy years to be a spectacular affair with all the pomp and circumstance he deserves,” reads the logline. “As does his Queen Consort Camilla (Haydn Gwynne), who can’t wait to drape herself in diamonds and fur. Sadly, the U.K. is in the middle of a cost of living crisis and Wills (Hugh Skinner) thinks the coronation should reflect these more straitened times.”
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- 3/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Craig Lines Dec 6, 2017
BBC One's play-along murder mystery show Armchair Detectives is brilliant fun. Here's why crime TV and puzzle fans should tune in...
There’s been a murder…
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Well, actually, there’ve been several. One every weekday, to be precise. All occurring at approximately 2:15pm in the Scottish coastal town of Mortcliff. But, as fans of BBC1’s new mystery show Armchair Detectives will tell you, “no one gets away with murder in Mortcliff!”
Partially this is down to the town’s police force and its crack team of investigating officers; Di Knight (Stephen Billington), DC Slater (Roger Jean Nsengiyumva) and Soco Simmons (Sarah Baxendale). However, watching them from comfy armchairs in the BBC studio each day are trios of plucky amateur sleuths who pit...
BBC One's play-along murder mystery show Armchair Detectives is brilliant fun. Here's why crime TV and puzzle fans should tune in...
There’s been a murder…
See related PlayStation 4 and Xbox One bundles: best deals on Amazon now The top 37 movie Lego sets you can buy right now
Well, actually, there’ve been several. One every weekday, to be precise. All occurring at approximately 2:15pm in the Scottish coastal town of Mortcliff. But, as fans of BBC1’s new mystery show Armchair Detectives will tell you, “no one gets away with murder in Mortcliff!”
Partially this is down to the town’s police force and its crack team of investigating officers; Di Knight (Stephen Billington), DC Slater (Roger Jean Nsengiyumva) and Soco Simmons (Sarah Baxendale). However, watching them from comfy armchairs in the BBC studio each day are trios of plucky amateur sleuths who pit...
- 12/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Successville team developing film version of award-winning comedy through their new production company.
The team behind Murder In Successville, Andy Brereton, James De frond and Tom Davis, are working on a film version of the award-winning BBC comedy.
The trio are launching a brand-new production company called Shiny Button, which will develop and produce original content across both television and feature films.
Brereton, De frond and Davis told Screen that one of the projects they are developing is a film incarnation of Murder In Succesville.
“The unprecedented success of Murder In Successville has inspired us to create a highly original film project in which the lead character Di Sleet [played by Tom Davis] shepherds an unknowing mega star through an action-packed cop drama,” they said.
“Imagine a cop buddy film like Lethal Weapon, except one half of the cop duo doesn’t know the script or what surprises are in store.”
They also said: “Further down the line we have...
The team behind Murder In Successville, Andy Brereton, James De frond and Tom Davis, are working on a film version of the award-winning BBC comedy.
The trio are launching a brand-new production company called Shiny Button, which will develop and produce original content across both television and feature films.
Brereton, De frond and Davis told Screen that one of the projects they are developing is a film incarnation of Murder In Succesville.
“The unprecedented success of Murder In Successville has inspired us to create a highly original film project in which the lead character Di Sleet [played by Tom Davis] shepherds an unknowing mega star through an action-packed cop drama,” they said.
“Imagine a cop buddy film like Lethal Weapon, except one half of the cop duo doesn’t know the script or what surprises are in store.”
They also said: “Further down the line we have...
- 5/10/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Brit actor Tom Davis, Andy Brereton and James De Frond, the team behind hit BBC Three series Murder in Successville, have launched new indie scripted comedy production company Shiny Button. The company will work as an independent label within Tiger Aspect Productions and will form part of the Endemol Shine UK, developing and producing original content across both television and feature films. It will collaborate with both emerging and established UK and U.S. comedic…...
- 5/10/2017
- Deadline TV
Murder in Successville is coming back for a second series.
Tom Davis will return as the imposing Di Sleet in new episodes of the bonkers but brilliant comedy.
The series casts celebrities - including, in the first series, Dermot O'Leary, Deborah Meaden and Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing - as detectives.
The hapless celebs must team with the unhinged Sleet to solve a killing in 'glitzy' Successville, with surreal results.
"I'm over the moon to be heading back to Successville and I would like to thank the BBC for embracing the madness of the show," Davis said. "We have loads more mad places to go and I can't wait to see who we are taking there."
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh added: "BBC Three will always be home to the best British creative ideas and talent, and Murder in Successville is no exception.
"The guys were amazing in the...
Tom Davis will return as the imposing Di Sleet in new episodes of the bonkers but brilliant comedy.
The series casts celebrities - including, in the first series, Dermot O'Leary, Deborah Meaden and Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing - as detectives.
The hapless celebs must team with the unhinged Sleet to solve a killing in 'glitzy' Successville, with surreal results.
"I'm over the moon to be heading back to Successville and I would like to thank the BBC for embracing the madness of the show," Davis said. "We have loads more mad places to go and I can't wait to see who we are taking there."
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh added: "BBC Three will always be home to the best British creative ideas and talent, and Murder in Successville is no exception.
"The guys were amazing in the...
- 10/14/2015
- Digital Spy
I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse has released its first trailer.
Touted as "television's most terrifying reality show", BBC Three's new game show is set six months into a zombie outbreak, and sees participants having to survive in an abandoned shopping centre.
Eight contestants must avoid the zombies that roam the centre for seven days, with any touch resulting in elimination.
They will be set tasks and forced to make difficult decisions, while an army helicopter rescues the survivors at the end of the week.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett, who commissioned the seven-part series, said: "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a reality event on a huge scale for BBC Three, it promises to be a deadly twist on the genre."
Executive producer Andrew Brereton added: "It's nice to finally have a game show where if you get a challenge wrong, you get your arms ripped off and your brains eaten out.
Touted as "television's most terrifying reality show", BBC Three's new game show is set six months into a zombie outbreak, and sees participants having to survive in an abandoned shopping centre.
Eight contestants must avoid the zombies that roam the centre for seven days, with any touch resulting in elimination.
They will be set tasks and forced to make difficult decisions, while an army helicopter rescues the survivors at the end of the week.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett, who commissioned the seven-part series, said: "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a reality event on a huge scale for BBC Three, it promises to be a deadly twist on the genre."
Executive producer Andrew Brereton added: "It's nice to finally have a game show where if you get a challenge wrong, you get your arms ripped off and your brains eaten out.
- 1/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Anyone who's ever watched "The Walking Dead" and wondered what they'd do if faced with a zombie apocalypse now has a chance to live out that scenario: The BBC is launching a reality show about surviving an (entirely fictional) undead plague.
The show, straightforwardly titled "I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse," will focus on eight people who are trapped in a mall and set upon by "zombies," a.k.a. actors playing the part of the creatures who crave brains. As for just how far those actors will go to simulate their undead brethren, that's unclear, though producers have noted that once a contestant is "bitten," he or she will "leave the show in a grisly style."
BBC brass said that the series will "challenge contestants' wits and decision-making and require them to use 'urban survival tactics,'" but added that "I Survived" is also very much "a tongue-in-cheek game show.
The show, straightforwardly titled "I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse," will focus on eight people who are trapped in a mall and set upon by "zombies," a.k.a. actors playing the part of the creatures who crave brains. As for just how far those actors will go to simulate their undead brethren, that's unclear, though producers have noted that once a contestant is "bitten," he or she will "leave the show in a grisly style."
BBC brass said that the series will "challenge contestants' wits and decision-making and require them to use 'urban survival tactics,'" but added that "I Survived" is also very much "a tongue-in-cheek game show.
- 6/9/2014
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
If you lose as a contestant on The Price Is Right or Wheel of Fortune, you might get a handshake and some money to take home. But if you lose on the upcoming game show from BBC Three, your brains are eaten… at least in the spirit of the game. A new zombie reality game show is coming to BBC Three and we have the first details.
Titled “I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse”, the location for the upcoming BBC Three series is a shopping mall filled with the walking dead: details that should please George A. Romero fans. Once a contestant is “bitten” by a zombie, they are taken out of the game in a bloody way. Contestants stand a better chance of surviving as a group, and the goal is to stay alive until the Army arrives. We have some more details via BBC:
“Eight contestants will begin an...
Titled “I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse”, the location for the upcoming BBC Three series is a shopping mall filled with the walking dead: details that should please George A. Romero fans. Once a contestant is “bitten” by a zombie, they are taken out of the game in a bloody way. Contestants stand a better chance of surviving as a group, and the goal is to stay alive until the Army arrives. We have some more details via BBC:
“Eight contestants will begin an...
- 6/5/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Late last year, Sony Pictures Television’s Gogglebox and Britain’s ITV got together to put a spin on the game show format by mixing in elements of horror and unleashing Release The Hounds. Now comes a new twist in a similar vein from BBC Three and Ripper Street producers Tiger Aspect. BBC Three has commissioned I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse, a seven-part hourlong horror/game show that will trap eight contestants inside a shopping mall, surrounded by the walking dead. The contestants must live by their wits, make difficult decisions, and use urban survival tactics to avoid the lethal bite of a zombie. “The Army” is on its way, but the threat will be constant as once a player is bitten, they will leave the show in “grisly style.” Network Controller Zai Bennett calls it, “a reality event on a huge scale.” Entertainment Commissioner Ruby Kuraishe adds, “This is...
- 6/5/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
BBC Three has commissioned new reality game show I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse.
The show will see eight contestants trapped together in a shopping centre as they face the walking dead.
The contestants will face tasks to ensure their survival, and must make difficult decisions in order to avoid the lethal bite of a zombie and elimination.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett commissioned the new seven-part series, while Tiger Aspect Productions are leading the project.
Bennett said: "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a reality event on a huge scale for BBC Three, it promises to be a deadly twist on the genre."
Ruby Kuraishe, BBC Three Entertainment Commissioner, added: "This is a tongue-in-cheek game show that will really test one's mettle. I think people will die to be a part of it."
Andrew Brereton will serve as executive producer on the series, alongside Sebastian Grant.
"It's nice to finally...
The show will see eight contestants trapped together in a shopping centre as they face the walking dead.
The contestants will face tasks to ensure their survival, and must make difficult decisions in order to avoid the lethal bite of a zombie and elimination.
BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett commissioned the new seven-part series, while Tiger Aspect Productions are leading the project.
Bennett said: "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a reality event on a huge scale for BBC Three, it promises to be a deadly twist on the genre."
Ruby Kuraishe, BBC Three Entertainment Commissioner, added: "This is a tongue-in-cheek game show that will really test one's mettle. I think people will die to be a part of it."
Andrew Brereton will serve as executive producer on the series, alongside Sebastian Grant.
"It's nice to finally...
- 6/5/2014
- Digital Spy
The That Puppet Game Show co-producer on how his father got the Muppets on screen, and why London feels like home
Above the entrance to The Jim Henson Company lot in Hollywood stands one cultural icon, Kermit the Frog, dressed as another, Chaplin's Little Tramp. Chaplin built this lot in 1917 and sold it in 1953 after Hollywood blacklisted him. Now it's an active working studio, the headquarters of a puppetry empire that bestrides the world like a green-felt colossus, and also a living memorial to the man who might be called the Other Dad to three generations of children raised on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (I count myself among them). And it's a measure of the centrality to modern American popular culture of Henson's cast of characters, and their abiding universality, that Kermit's donning of Chaplin's outfit seems not sacrilegious, but entirely natural and right.
When I meet Brian Henson,...
Above the entrance to The Jim Henson Company lot in Hollywood stands one cultural icon, Kermit the Frog, dressed as another, Chaplin's Little Tramp. Chaplin built this lot in 1917 and sold it in 1953 after Hollywood blacklisted him. Now it's an active working studio, the headquarters of a puppetry empire that bestrides the world like a green-felt colossus, and also a living memorial to the man who might be called the Other Dad to three generations of children raised on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (I count myself among them). And it's a measure of the centrality to modern American popular culture of Henson's cast of characters, and their abiding universality, that Kermit's donning of Chaplin's outfit seems not sacrilegious, but entirely natural and right.
When I meet Brian Henson,...
- 8/11/2013
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
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