Channel 4 has moved Coalition back in its schedules - making way for the real-life leaders' pre-election interviews with Jeremy Paxman.
The drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 will now air on Saturday, March 28 at 9pm.
Channel 4 schedules for March 26 now show The Leaders' Interviews airing between 9pm and 10.35pm, with further details to follow.
Both prime minister David Cameron (Conservatives) and leader of the opposition Ed Miliband (Labour) are believed to have agreed to one-on-one interviews with Paxman, which will be broadcast simultaneously on Sky.
The broadcasters' revised plans were first reported earlier this week, following months of wrangling between the political parties over format and timing.
Coalition is based on the real-life events surrounding the 2010 general election, and charts Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the poll and the subsequent forming of the coalition government.
Utopia's Bertie Carvel plays Clegg,...
The drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 will now air on Saturday, March 28 at 9pm.
Channel 4 schedules for March 26 now show The Leaders' Interviews airing between 9pm and 10.35pm, with further details to follow.
Both prime minister David Cameron (Conservatives) and leader of the opposition Ed Miliband (Labour) are believed to have agreed to one-on-one interviews with Paxman, which will be broadcast simultaneously on Sky.
The broadcasters' revised plans were first reported earlier this week, following months of wrangling between the political parties over format and timing.
Coalition is based on the real-life events surrounding the 2010 general election, and charts Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the poll and the subsequent forming of the coalition government.
Utopia's Bertie Carvel plays Clegg,...
- 20/03/2015
- Digital Spy
Sherlock co-creator and actor Mark Gatiss has revealed that his version of Mycroft is inspired by Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Incidentally, the 48-year-old is now about to play Mandelson himself in Channel 4's new drama Coalition.
"I based Mycroft on Peter Mandelson," he told Radio Times. "It was explicit even before I was going to play him.
"Steven Moffat and I talked about how Mandelsonian Mycroft was... Conan Doyle says Mycroft is the British government. He's the power behind the throne.
"Both Mandelson and Mycroft are the sort of people who, I think, would sit out a world war. There's a longer game to be played."
Coalition charts Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Gatiss recently described the story of the drama as having a "classical dimension".
"It's the...
Incidentally, the 48-year-old is now about to play Mandelson himself in Channel 4's new drama Coalition.
"I based Mycroft on Peter Mandelson," he told Radio Times. "It was explicit even before I was going to play him.
"Steven Moffat and I talked about how Mandelsonian Mycroft was... Conan Doyle says Mycroft is the British government. He's the power behind the throne.
"Both Mandelson and Mycroft are the sort of people who, I think, would sit out a world war. There's a longer game to be played."
Coalition charts Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Gatiss recently described the story of the drama as having a "classical dimension".
"It's the...
- 18/03/2015
- Digital Spy
Playing Nick Clegg in Channel 4's Coalition was "daunting", actor Bertie Carvel has admitted.
The 90-minute drama, written by James Graham, charts Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
"It's daunting - because we're playing people who are so high-profile," Carvel told members of the press.
"One could feel as though you could only fail - because they're so present for our audience - but the minute you divest yourself of that daunting responsibility and just try to serve the play that James has written... we just made it our own."
Carvel called the drama "meticulously researched", with writer Graham insisting that all of the events seen in Coalition are based on fact.
"It's a drama, so the dialogue is imagined by me - what those scenes behind closed doors would be like,...
The 90-minute drama, written by James Graham, charts Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
"It's daunting - because we're playing people who are so high-profile," Carvel told members of the press.
"One could feel as though you could only fail - because they're so present for our audience - but the minute you divest yourself of that daunting responsibility and just try to serve the play that James has written... we just made it our own."
Carvel called the drama "meticulously researched", with writer Graham insisting that all of the events seen in Coalition are based on fact.
"It's a drama, so the dialogue is imagined by me - what those scenes behind closed doors would be like,...
- 18/03/2015
- Digital Spy
The first look picture of Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown in new Channel 4 political drama Coalition has been revealed.
Bertie Carvel plays Clegg, Mark Dexter is Cameron and Ian Grieve stars as Brown in the 90-minute one-off.
Mark Gatiss also recently signed up to play Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Coalition follows the moments which led to Clegg rising from outsider in the 2010 general election to the man who would decide the political fate of the country.
As a politician who was living in the shadow of Cameron and Brown, Clegg found himself in the powerful position of having to choose whether to ally his party with Labour or the Conservatives following the public's election votes.
Coalition is written by James Graham and directed by the BAFTA-winning Alex Holmes.
An air date is yet to be set by Channel 4.
Bertie Carvel plays Clegg, Mark Dexter is Cameron and Ian Grieve stars as Brown in the 90-minute one-off.
Mark Gatiss also recently signed up to play Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Coalition follows the moments which led to Clegg rising from outsider in the 2010 general election to the man who would decide the political fate of the country.
As a politician who was living in the shadow of Cameron and Brown, Clegg found himself in the powerful position of having to choose whether to ally his party with Labour or the Conservatives following the public's election votes.
Coalition is written by James Graham and directed by the BAFTA-winning Alex Holmes.
An air date is yet to be set by Channel 4.
- 31/01/2015
- Digital Spy
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