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On Monday 6 January 2025, BBC Two broadcasts Celebrity Mastermind!

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The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Mastermind” promises to be an exciting one as Clive Myrie takes the helm, asking the questions in this popular quiz show. Fans of the series can look forward to watching four well-known personalities compete for the title of quiz champion.

In this episode, Jon Kay, Beattie Edmondson, Suzanne Shaw, and Glenn Moore will each take their turn in the famous black chair. Each celebrity will face a series of challenging questions, testing their knowledge on a range of topics. Viewers can expect a mix of fun and tension as the contestants strive to outperform one another.

Clive Myrie is known for his engaging style, and his interaction with the celebrities adds to the enjoyment of the show. With a variety of subjects to cover, this episode is sure to keep audiences entertained. Whether...

“Celebrity Mastermind” returns for another exciting episode in its 23rd season, airing at 8:30 Pm on Monday, January 6, 2025, on BBC Two. In this special celebrity edition of the classic quiz, host Clive Myrie asks the questions as four well-known figures take their turn in the iconic black chair.

In this episode, Jon Kay, Beattie Edmondson, Suzanne Shaw, and Glenn Moore face the challenge of answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects. As always, the pressure is on as they compete to demonstrate their knowledge, concentration, and quick thinking under intense scrutiny. Whether it’s their favourite hobbies, careers, or passions, each celebrity must show their expertise to survive the tough rounds and claim victory.

With the usual mix of tension and lighthearted moments, “Celebrity Mastermind” offers a thrilling hour of brainpower and competition. Tune in to see which of the stars can outsmart the clock and take the title in...

We are delighted to announce the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, the first ever comedy podcast festival, will return to London this Autumn with some of the UK’s biggest and most beloved comedy pods performing live.

From Tuesday 31st October until Sunday 5th November audiences will have the chance to watch headliners The Joe Marler Show and Socially Distanced Sports Bar, plus top pods such as Shame Is Delicious, Nobody Panic and Cuddle Club (Lou Sanders).

Staged across beautiful venues run by the award-winning Three Cheers Pub Co., including festival hub The Bedford in Balham, this year will also see the return of many fan-favourites, including Trusty Hogs, Loremen, Birthday Girls House Party and Pappy's.

The Full Line-up Is Detailed Below.

Festival founder Giles Gear said: “Cheerful Earful is a joyous celebration of the podcasts that keep us entertained and laughing week-in, week-out. As well as showcasing some of the country’s most popular pods,...

The Pursuit Of Love executive producer Charles Collier has revealed that his production outfit Open Book and Moonage Pictures are planning to make three seasons of the buzzy Lily James period drama.

The adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel is a co-production between the BBC and Amazon, and Collier told a Mipcom Online+ event on Monday that his aim is also to bring the author’s two sequel books to the screen.

“It’s part of a trilogy of books. We hope to bring the books to life in future seasons, so The Pursuit Of Love Season 2 would be called Love In A Cold Climate based on a brilliant book by Nancy. The third book would become our third season, Don’t Tell Alfred,” he explained.

The Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project follows James as free-spirited aristocrat Linda, who falls in love, first with a stuffy Tory politician,...

Amazon has come onboard the BBC One series “The Pursuit of Love” from Emily Mortimer. Filming on the series has now begun after it was delayed in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Written and directed by Mortimer, the three-episode series adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novel of the same name is set in Europe between the two World Wars. It story follows Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham).

Consumed by a desire for love and marriage, the two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart, to increasingly wild and outrageous places. The cast also includes Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Andrew Scott, Mortimer, and Beattie Edmondson.

The show will be filmed primarily around the Bristol and Bath area in the UK.

Actors from a bunch of your favorite prestige projects are about to join forces in a new one.

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) and Dominic West (The Affair) have joined the cast of The Pursuit of Love, TVLine has learned. They are among the latest additions to the ensemble led by Lily James (Downton Abbey, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again).

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Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) is adapting Nancy Mitford...

Amazon will co-produce the BBC’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s celebrated novel The Pursuit Of Love, with an eye-catching cast joining Lily James.

Deadline first revealed last December that James will star in the three-part Emily Mortimer-penned series, while we also reported in June that it will be among the first dramas to restart production in the UK. The BBC confirmed today that filming is underway.

Joining James in the Open Book and Moonage Pictures-produced The Pursuit Of Love is Andrew Scott, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Beattie Edmondson, Assaad Bouab, Shazad Latif and Freddie Fox.

The story is based on the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric. James plays Radlett family daughter Linda, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician,...

Amazon has joined BBC One in producing a TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s “Pursuit of Love,” starring Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West and Andrew Scott. The series, which has begun filming in the U.K. after being delayed by the pandemic, is being adapted by Emily Mortimer, who will also direct and star on the show.

The three-episode hour-long series is one of the first to start shooting in the U.K. following the months-long, Covid-forced shutdown.

“The Pursuit of Love” is “a romantic comedy-drama about love and friendship,” per Amazon. “Set in Europe between the two World Wars, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of the charismatic and fearless Linda Radlett, played by Lily James and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan, played by Emily Beecham.”

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“Consumed by a desire for love and marriage,...

Dog movies almost always want to make you cry. The ones that just want to make you smile are few and far between. That’s usually the case with pet centric flicks, which is good for emotion, but sometimes rough for animal lovers like yours truly. It’s nice on occasion to not go into a film with a canine companion and have to fret about an impending death. Luckily, one look at Patrick, the new dog centric comedy, and your heart will melt without ever reducing you to tears. It’s far from perfect, but it’s more than cute enough to be worthy of a recommendation. The movie is a comedy about how a dog ends up leading a young woman to happiness. At the beginning, Sarah Francis (Beattie Edmondson) has a life that could charitably be called an absolute mess. After the death of her grandmother, for...

There’s no denying that “Patrick” is absolutely adorable. When a story revolves around a four-legged furry friend — a squishy, huggable pug, at that — that much is to be expected. However, what makes director Mandie Fletcher’s canine-centered romantic comedy work is its ability to engage in between the oh-so-cute closeups of the bug-eyed pup. Though the narrative tends to be a touch too simplistic for most grown-ups, and lacks enough riotous dog action for the little ones, there’s enough bite to make things worthwhile for those who just want to enjoy a sweet, wholesome dog movie.

Sarah’s (Beattie Edmondson) life is in shambles. Her boyfriend has just left her stranded in a new apartment without knowing a soul in the neighborhood. Her entire family thinks she’s turning into a spinster since all her romantic relationships end in woe. She’s depressed and questioning what love has in store for her.

Patrick Buena Vista International (a Walt Disney Pictures Label) Reviewed for Shockya.com by: Harvey Karten Director: Mandie Fletcher Screenwriter: Mandie Fletcher, Paul de Vos, Beattie Edmondson, Ed Skrein, Tom Bennett Cast: Beattie Edmondson, Ed Skrein, Gemma Jones, Jennifer Saunders, Tom Bennett Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 12/24/18 Opens: February 15, 2018 Patrick would be a […]

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Feeling pressured to participate in an undesirable event, particularly as they try to fully assimilate into a new work environment, can be a daunting experience for anyone. That’s certainly the case for actress Beattie Edmondson’s protagonist, Sarah, in the upcoming family comedy, ‘Patrick.’ The main character is propelled into partaking in a charity run that […]

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"What was granny thinking? I don't like dogs!" Screen Media has released an official Us trailer for an indie comedy titled Patrick, about a spoiled pug named Patrick who gets bequeathed to a young woman who is having some romantic troubles in her British life. As expected, the goofball pup provides some good laughs and plenty of pain, but he also helps her get back on track - with falling in love. This already opened in the UK last year, and we featured the UK trailer previously. Beattie Edmondson stars as Sarah, and the cast includes Ed Skrein, Emilia Jones, Jennifer Saunders, Meera Syal, Gemma Jones, Emily Atack, and Peter Davison. This looks super cute and kitschy, and perhaps just the perfect amount of campiness. Here's the new official Us trailer (+ poster) for Mandie Fletcher's Patrick, in high def on Apple: You can still watch the original UK...

In today’s film news roundup, Reese Witherspoon is collaborating with MGM, Jonathan Nolan gets an honor for visual effects, canine comedy “Patrick” finds a home and Forrest Films launches as a distributor.

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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with MGM to produce a movie version of Gail Honeyman’s bestselling novel “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.”

Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for their Hello Sunshine production company, which picked up the rights last year. The book is the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award and is told from the point of the protagonist, a socially awkward 29-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, with suppressed memories of a brutal childhood. The adaptation is being written by Liz Hannah, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.”

“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon but no deal has been signed and no director is attached. Witherspoon...

‘Boy Erased.’

Given the challenging subject, Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased opened very respectably in Australia last weekend, its first international market after platforming in the Us.

In part that speaks to the star power of Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe as well as Lucas Hedges’ impressive turn as the teenage protagonist and Edgerton’s direction, screenplay and supporting role.

Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warner Bros’ A Star is Born continued to dominate ticket sales as Sony’s sequel to the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo flopped.

Hindi action-adventure Thugs of Hindostan drew plenty of Bollywood fans while They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson’s artful mix of restored WW1 footage owned by the Imperial War Museum and BBC audio generated an impressive $178,000 from limited sessions on Sunday.

Meanwhile Disney’s British live action romantic comedy Patrick, Transmission’s polarising Suspiria and Icon...

"Don't give up on him too easily. He's quite a cute little fellow, isn't he?" A new official trailer has debuted for a fun indie comedy titled Patrick, about a spoiled pug named Patrick who gets bequeathed to a young woman who is having some typical troubles in her life. As expected, the challenging pup provides some good laughs and plenty of pain, but he also helps her get back on track - with falling in love. Aw, how romantic, right? Beattie Edmondson stars as Sarah, and the cast includes Ed Skrein, Emilia Jones, Jennifer Saunders, Meera Syal, Gemma Jones, Emily Atack, Cherie Lunghi, and Peter Davison. This looks even worse than Dog Days, and that's a shame since lovable dog movies should be better than this. Oh well. Here's the newest official trailer (+ poster) for Mandie Fletcher's Patrick, direct from YouTube: Sarah (Beattie Edmondson) is a young...

’Sicario’ sequel opens behind ’Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’, ‘Ocean’s 8’.

Rank Film / Distributor Three-day gross (June 29-July 1) Running gross Week 1 ’Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ (Universal) £2.0m £34.5m 4 2 ‘Ocean’s 8’ (Warner Bros) £1.3m £6.9m 2 3 ’Sicario: Day Of The Soldado’ (Lionsgate UK) £657,675 £700,059 1 4 ‘Tag’ (Warner Bros) £468,000 £468,000 1 5 ’Sanju’ (Fox) £445,000 £445,000 1

Source: Screen International

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom defied the warm weather and competition from the World Cup football tournament to stay at the top of the UK weekend chart for the fourth week in a row.

It grossed £1,989,779 from 641 sites, a decline of just 38% week-on-week, to take its total gross to date to...

A schoolteacher inherits her grandmother’s predictably life-changing pug in this lame comedy

Full disclosure: pugs creep me out a bit. Those demented, glandular-looking faces; the fact they always sound like they are one steep staircase away from complete organ failure. And while the eponymous star of this film is a fairly robust example of the breed, with eyeballs that appear to be securely wedged into its skull, there’s a frisson of anxiety whenever he’s on screen that undermines any attempts at comedy. There are other problems of course, not least a designer dog of a screenplay, which crosses Marley & Me with Bridget Jones, but leans heavily on gags involving people treading in stuff.

Beattie Edmondson stars as Sarah, a kooky, klutzy schoolteacher who is a running joke in her family. The chaos of her life ramps up a notch when her late grandmother bequeaths her Patrick the pug.

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Mandie Fletcher directs this family comedy about a woman (Beattie Edmondson) whose life is turned upside down when she inherits a dog. Cowritten by Fletcher and Vanessa Davies.

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Adrift

Shailene Woodley stars as a woman who faces disaster on a sailing adventure. (male director and screenwriters)

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Mari Okada writes and directs this animated fantasy drama about a near-immortal woman (the voice of Manaka Iwami) who adopts a mortal (male) child.

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The Bookshop

Isabel Coixet writes and directs this historical drama about a woman (Emily Mortimer) who opens the eponymous establishment in a small conservative town in 1950s England.

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Leave No Trace

Debra Granik writes and directs this drama about a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) who lives off the grid with her Ptsd-afflicted veteran father.

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To celebrate the release of Disney’s new film Patrick, we had the pleasure of meeting the leading star himself, the pug Harley. Naturally, he didn’t say an awful lot, but thankfully he was sat next to the film’s real lead, Beattie Edmondson. We spoke about everything pug with the actress as well as the film’s director Mandie Fletcher.

Edmondson – who is the daughter of British comedy legends Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmondson – discusses her initial connection with Harley, and what it was like collaborating with a pug. She also told us whether the pair have stayed in touch, and what it is that makes dogs such special companions.

Fletcher also spoke about the challenges of directing a pug, and what a joy it was to have Edmondson on board, and why she felt compelled to convince Disney to take a chance on this talented newcomer. The director,...

Yesterday, at an exclusive and lush garden setting secreted in the heart of the capital, dog lovers were out in force at the London premiere of new Disney movie Patrick which stars a wonderful pug (who is actually called Harley). He was joined by the the cast and crew of the new British comedy, who walked the red carpet along with the four-legged star of the new film Patrick.

The film stars Ed Skrein, Emilia Jones, Beattie Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Gemma Jones, Cherie Lunghi, Emily Atack, Peter Davison, Bernard Cribbons and Meera Syal. It is written and directed by Mandie Fletcher.

Our intrepid crew of Colin Hart and Scott Davis were on the carpet to speak and woof with the assembled cast, here are their interviews.

Patrick is released in the UK on the 29th of June.

Patrick Premiere Interviews

Patrick Official Synopsis

Sarah Francis is a young woman whose...

Tom Bennett and Jennifer Saunders lend their skills to a film that has no shortage of talent but is low on good gags

Beattie Edmondson is the tremendous comic performer who made her name in the BBC’s excellent flatshare sitcom Josh, with Josh Widdicombe and Elis James; now, after some walk-on film parts in Bridget Jones’s Baby and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, she gets a quirky starring role in this sentimental and worryingly gag-free romantic comedy. She is Sarah, a klutzy singleton hopeless with relationships and everything else, who inherits an adorable pug called Patrick from her late grandmother.

At first she loathes the dog but then grasps that by taking Patrick for walks in the park she gets to meet men, including a hunky vet (Ed Skrein) and a sensitive bloke (Tom Bennett). There’s a cameo for Edmondson’s mum, Jennifer Saunders. An awful lot depends...

Disney UK have released the first trailer for canine focused British rom-com, Patrick.

Beattie Edmondson stars as Sarah Francis, a teacher who is bequeathed a “small beast” by her grandmother. That ‘beast’ turns out to be a cute but naughty pug dog called Patrick.

The film also stars Ed Skrein, who played Ajax in Deadpool, and PhoneShop lead Tom Bennett as the potential love interests. Also popping up is Edmondson’s mother, Jennifer Saunders.

Also in trailers – UK trailer drops for Super Troopers 2

The film is released on June 29th

Patrick Official Synopsis

Sarah Francis is a young woman whose life is a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after, let alone someone who dribbles, snores and eats from the kitchen bin!! Yet, like it or not, her Grandmother has bequeathed her a very spoilt dog, Patrick – her pug. Surely she must have had her reasons?...

Exclusive: The Exchange has boarded international sales on Patrick, an upcoming family pic from Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie director Mandie Fletcher. Ab Fab‘s Jennifer Saunders co-stars with her daughter Beattie Edmondson. Vanessa Davies wrote the screenplay with Paul de Vos and Fletcher. Davies produces with de Vos and Sue Latimer. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has taken UK distribution rights under the Buena Vista International banner. The story, based on…...

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK has picked up the comedy that reunites Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie director Mandie Fletcher with Jennifer Saunders and will distribute through Buena Vista International.

Vanessa Davies wrote the screenplay with Paul de Vos and Saunders’ daughter Beattie Edmondson will also star in the film about a young woman whose complicated life improves when she inherits her grandmother’s pug. Davies produces with de Vos and Sue Latimer. Hindsight is financing the project.

The Exchange also announced that it is selling worldwide rights to the UK graphic novel adaptation Brodie’s Law: Project Jameson, which John Pogue will direct.

Universal has dated its Scarface remake for August 10, 2018. The project previously known as Untitled Universal Event Film.Rich Sullivan has been promoted to COO of STXdigital after serving as CFO at the company for two and a half years. The former deputy CFO at Dreamworks Animation will focus on building the company’s digital...

Ahead of the trailer dropping for the film this week, Fox Searchlight Pictures has revealed the full list of celebrities set to make cameo appearances in the upcoming "Absolutely Fabulous" movie - a list that includes the likes of Kate Moss, Gwendoline Christie, Joan Collins, Barry Humphries, Jerry Hall and Jean Paul Gaultier.

In the film Edina and Patsy are blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party and become entangled in a media storm. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forevermore.

Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield lead the cast of the film, joined in major roles by Kathy Burke, Helen Lederer, Harriet Thorpe, Celia Imrie, Mo Gaffney, Chris Ryan and both Emma Bunton and Lulu as themselves.

The full list of celebs are: Abbey Clancy,...

Josh Widdicombe's BBC sitcom pilot proved funny enough to be granted a full series.

The popular stand-up comic will lead the cast of Josh, following a successful Comedy Feed pilot online in 2014. The six-part series will air on BBC Three in November.

Co-written by Widdicombe and Tom Craine, it will be directed by frequent Steve Coogan collaborator David Schneider, and also stars Beattie Edmondson, Ellis James and Jack Dee.

Centred around grumpy and single Josh and his two flatmates Kate and Owen, his life is plagued with crappy situations such as a rubbish pool party and being played by his high school crush.

Jack Dee plays their bizarre landlord who inserts himself into their lives as much as possible, whether they want him there or not.

There will also be a host of celebrity cameos throughout the series, including Jennifer Saunders, Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and... The Chuckle Brothers!

BBC Three has commissioned a new sitcom from comedian Josh Widdicombe.

The channel has ordered six episodes of Josh, which follows Josh and mates Owen (Elis James) and Kate (Beattie Edmondson) living in a flatshare.

Jack Dee also features in the sitcom as the trio's landlord, Geoff, who is described as a "shoo-in for this year's Most Irritating Landlord award".

The Last Leg star Widdicombe has also written the series with Tom Craine.

The series follows a pilot made as part of BBC Comedy Feeds. It is directed by David Schneider, and produced by Simon Mayhew-Archer.

Josh is just one of the newly announced commissions from BBC Three, which includes a special disability season, and other comedy and factual programmes.

The disability season will explore what it means to be a young disabled person living in Britain today. Programmes include The World's Worst Place To Be Disabled, My Broken Brain:...

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Spain's openly lesbian politician Ángeles Álvarez is encouraging closeted women to come out. She's like "Look, guys, I did it and I survived!"

I never thought I'd read these words; "She plays a glam lesbian plumber." Apparently that is true of Joanne Matthews in the new BBC sitcom The Wright Way. The actress told The Daily Star:

Susan moves in her lesbian girlfriend, which riles [her dad]. He is very Ocd about everything.

Her Gf, played by Jennifer Saunders’ daughter Beattie Edmondson, has a fake Jamaican accent "as her character wants to be a DJ." This show sounds terrible or amazing.

If NeNe Leakes were gay, I feel like she'd be out about it, considering she's on two of the gayest TV shows on air. But Real Housewives lesbian rumors just keep on happening.

At the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend,...