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Cillian Murphy, Kin season two and Paul Mescal were among the winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024, which were handed out during a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday.

Lies We Tell, about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family, led the nominations for the movie portion of the awards with 13 and went home with three. It was followed by That They May Face the Rising Sun, which took home the best film prize, and Double Blind, with 11 each. Rising Sun is an adaptation of John McGahern’s novel about passion, war and migration, while Double Blind is a horror film about an experimental drug trial that goes wrong.

Among the lead acting nominees were such big names as Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott, Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Eve Hewson and Jessie Buckley. Murphy took home the best actor...

Satoru Gojo is a fan-favorite in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. Fans swoon over Gojo’s dashing physical features — his tall stature, crystal blue eyes, and snowy white hair. Other fans enjoy his charismatic personality towards his students and colleagues. Overall, Satoru Gojo’s personality and appearance captivated audiences. Yet, it is also his fighting skills that make him stand out from other characters.

Many fans appreciate Gojo's physical strength and overpowering abilities as a jujutsu sorcerer; after all, he can one-shot kill enemies. He is known to be the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, wielding the “Limitless” and “Six Eyes” abilities of the Gojo clan. Many characters fear him for his abilities, but they still try to prove themselves stronger than Satoru Gojo. Many of Satoru Gojo’s battles showcase him as one of the best sorcerers in Jujutsu Kaisen.

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Although Star Wars today has become much more than just a movie, there was a time when it was nothing more than a risky business proposition. This is a look at how classic film and cultural changes helped that original film blossom into the most popular and profitable film-based franchise in history.

Let me take you back to a time before midichlorians and Gungans. Before lightsabers and tie fighters. This is a time when Death Star could have referred to a Shuriken, and Skywalker was the nickname for future NBA Hall of famer David Thompson. It was 1973 and George Lucas began writing the script for what would become Star Wars, later Episode IV: A New Hope. At this time, Lucas had completed filming his second feature film, American Graffiti, which would become a hit. His first feature film was 1971’s Thx-1138, a dystopian sci-fi, and a flop in theaters. However,...

Tonight is Hollywood's big night, with the 89th Oscars being broadcast live on ABC tonight, starting at 8 Pm Et/5 Pm Pt. We'll be watching the awards being handed out live and updating this full list of winners as the telecast goes on. Jimmy Kimmel hosts this year's Oscar telecast, with La La Land currently the front runner to take home many of the major awards.

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories - actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Monday, February 13 through Tuesday, February 21.

Leading the way for this year's awards...

Moonlight claimed the top prize at Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards in a dramatic finale.Full list of winnersBEST Motion Picture Of The YEARArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell Or High WaterHidden FiguresLionLa La LandManchester By The SeaMoonlightPERFORMANCE By An Actress In A Leading ROLEIsabelle Huppert, ElleRuth Negga, LovingNatalie Portman, JackieEmma Stone, La La LandMeryl Streep, Florence Foster JenkinsPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Leading ROLECasey Affleck, Manchester By The SeaDenzel Washington, FencesRyan Gosling, La La LandAndrew Garfield, Hacksaw RidgeViggo Mortensen, Captain FantasticBEST DIRECTORDamien Chazelle, La La LandBarry Jenkins, MoonlightKenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The SeaDenis Villeneuve, ArrivalMel Gibson, Hacksaw RidgeADAPTED SCREENPLAYArrival, Eric HeissererFences, August WilsonHidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore MelfiLion, Luke DaviesMoonlight, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraneyORIGINAL SCREENPLAYHell Or High Water, Taylor SheridanLa La Land, Damien ChazelleThe Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis FilippouManchester By The Sea, Kenneth Lonergan20th Century Women, Mike MillsACHIEVEMENT In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)‘Audition (The Fools Who Dream)’ from...

BBC One has ordered explosive three-part historical drama Gunpowder with Game Of Thrones‘ Kit Harington starring and exec producing. Harington was first mooted for the Guy Fawkes-inspired thriller back in October. He’s now confirmed with Liv Tyler, Top Of The Lake‘s Peter Mullan and Sherlock‘s Mark Gatiss rounding out cast. The series was developed by Ronan Bennett, Harington and Daniel West and written by Bennett (Top Boy, Hidden). Kudos is producing in association with…...

La La Land scores a record-equalling 14 nominations.

The nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards have been revealed.

The 2017 Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, February 26.

Read: Oscars 2017: ‘La La Land’ equals record with 14 nominations

Best Motion Picture of the yearArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell Or High WaterHidden FiguresLionLa La LandManchester By The SeaMoonlightBest DirectorDamien Chazelle, La La LandBarry Jenkins, MoonlightKenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The SeaDenis Villeneuve, ArrivalMel Gibson, Hacksaw RidgePerformance by an actress in a leading roleIsabelle Huppert, ElleRuth Negga, LovingNatalie Portman, JackieEmma Stone, La La LandMeryl Streep, Florence Foster JenkinsPerformance by an actor in a leading roleCasey Affleck, Manchester By The SeaDenzel Washington, FencesRyan Gosling, La La LandAndrew Garfield, Hacksaw RidgeViggo Mortensen, Captain FantasticPerformance by an actress in a supporting roleViola Davis, FencesMichelle Williams, Manchester By the SeaNaomie Harris, MoonlightNicole Kidman, LionOctavia Spencer, Hidden FiguresPerformance by an actor in a supporting roleMahershala Ali, MoonlightJeff Bridges, Hell Or High WaterDev Patel, LionLucas Hedges...

The Sundance Film Festival premieres numerous films in and out of competition across many different sections — U.S. Dramatic, World Documentary, Next, etc. — but the one section that features films that defy convenient genre trappings is the Midnight section. This year, the Midnight section will feature new work from Annie Clark (a.k.a St. Vincent), Jeff Baena and the first feature-length film from Chris Baugh entitled “Bad Day for the Cut.”

Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup

The film follows Donal (Nigel O’Neill), a quiet, content farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence (Stella McCusker). But when Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion, Donal sets off for Belfast looking to avenge her death and discovers a secret for revenge about his mother that will shake him to his core. The film co-stars Susan Lynch...

Sound on Sight undertook a massive project, compiling ranked lists of the most influential, unforgettable, and exciting action scenes in all of cinema. There were hundreds of nominees spread across ten different categories and a multi-week voting process from 11 of our writers. The results: 100 essential set pieces, sequences, and scenes from blockbusters to cult classics to arthouse obscurities.

Sword fights, like one-on-one fights, target the emotion and power of each individual fighter, but are amplified by the extension of their weapon. Whereas one-on-one fights test the might and bronze of our competitors, sword fights add an extra element of intelligence and skill. A fighter can scrape by through luck in a brawl of fists, but a sword (and knife) fight exposes the true strengths and weaknesses of its opponents.

10. Rob Roy (1995) – No quarter asked, no quarter given

Roger Ebert called the final duel between Rob Roy (Liam Neeson, in a...

In a continued attempt to find interesting, less predictable work post-Oscar, Matthew McConaughey has his eye on another interesting film. He’s now attached to star in an adaptation of Christopher Dougall’s best-selling book Born To Run.Matthew Michael Carnahan has tackled the adaptation of the tome, which is subtitled 'A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen'. It follows an award-winning journalist, a runner noted for being injury-stricken, and his journey to Mexico’s Copper Canyons to learn the secrets of the Tarahumara Indian native people. They’re known for the ability to run for hundreds of miles without getting out of puff or injuring themselves, and the reporter looked into scientific reasons for their prowess. He also organised a race pitting some of North America’s best power runners against the tribe.Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is putting this one together...

Endemol and Origin will jointly develop and finance a new slate of drama series for the UK and international markets, with Ewd as distributor

Producer/distributor Endemol is to enter into an exclusive first-look development and distribution deal with international drama producer Origin Pictures to take effect later this month.

The three-year deal will see Endemol provide development funding in return for exclusive first-look distribution rights on Origin Pictures television titles.

Endemol have an existing relationship with Origin, with Endemol Worldwide Distribution (Ewd) handling the distribution rights for miniseries Death Comes to Pemberley, which launched last year.

David Thompson, the former BBC Films boss who now heads Origin, said the new relationship would “allow our ideas to flourish in the international marketplace”.

Thompson launched Origin in 2008, having run BBC Films for over a decade. Origin Pictures credits include the TV movie Freefall starring Dominic Cooper, BAFTA nominated miniseries The Crimson Petal and the White starring Romola Garai, Chris...

BBC Drama Legacy Review

Foyle’s War, Spies of Warsaw, The Americans . . . the Cold War is all the rage these days with TV executives and tonight BBC2 added another Soviet era spy drama into the mix. Legacy, like the Americans, is set in the 1970s. It tells the tale of Charles Thoroughgood (Charlie Cox) a new recruit at MI6 who is tasked with “turning” a Russian buddy from his college days. Viktor Koslov (Andrew Scott) seems like an easy target until it emerges that he has plans of his own.

The premise is reasonable enough and the cast which also includes Romola Garai (The Hour) is top notch. However, despite some atmospheric filming, fairly good dialogue and a pretty good tempo, Legacy lacked a . . . je ne sais quoi. Part of the problem was obvious. While The Americans looks and feels authentic, Legacy looked like a contemporary show in which the...

Exclusive: Public Enemies writer on for finale to Kenneth Branagh TV series.

Ronan Bennett, writer of Johnny Depp gangster film Public Enemies, is to write the final episodes of Left Bank-bbc crime series Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh.

The fourth and final outing for the hit series based on Henning Mankell’s acclaimed novels will comprise three 90-minute episodes, an adaptation of The White Lioness and a two-part adaptation of The Troubled Man, which Branagh has previously described as “a very dense and brilliant novel”.

Bennett, who more recently wrote and produced Channel 4 drama serise Top Boy, is on board to write at least the final two episodes with the writer of the first episode to be confirmed.

Screen understands that the production is aiming for a summer 2014 shoot and that all original production partners are on board, though the BBC has not yet formally greenlit the series.

The Troubled Man, Mankell’s final...

The Wrong Mans

James Corden’s (Gavin and Stacey) hilarious 24 spoof, The Wrong Mans is now available exclusively on Hulu Plus. The six part comedy series recently aired in the UK and received rave reviews before making its way across the pond. While AcornTV still dominate the rapidly expanding British TV streaming market in the U.S., Hulu and Netflix have recently expanded their line up of UK shows. The Netflix line up now includes Philip Glenister’s Hidden, John Simm’s Exile and the recently aired PBS/ITV hit drama The Bletchley Circle. Click below for a sample of Hulu’s latest offering.

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James Nesbitt will lead the cast of Babylon, Danny Boyle's new project for Channel 4.

Nesbitt will play London police chief Richard Miller in the comedy-drama, which will be directed by Boyle from a script by Peep Show co-creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

Arbitrage star Brit Marling will play opposite Nesbitt as Liz Garvey, a PR executive who arrives in London from the Us to give the Metropolitan Police a public image overhaul.

Peep Show's Paterson Joseph has been cast as deputy police commissioner Charles Inglis, with ex-EastEnders regular Jill Halfpenny playing Territorial Support Group officer Davina.

Skins actor and writer Daniel Kaluuya will also star alongside Adam Deacon (Dead Set), Jonny Sweet (Chickens), Bertie Carvel (Hidden)

and Andrew Brooke (PhoneShop).

Kaluuya's character is a TV camera operator named Matt Coward, who trails specialist police officers in a bid to get dramatic first-hand footage of their operations.

On the Road movie reedited for Toronto screening Based on Jack Kerouac's '50s novel, Walter Salles' Otr adaptation starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kristen Stewart (above photo) will be screened at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. We all knew that. What we didn't know is that Tiff 2012 will unveil a new cut of the film (via indieWIRE), which premiered last spring at the Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews. The 2hr20m drama has been downsized to approximately 125 minutes. That's an interesting development, as Otr has already been screened in several countries, with varying degrees of box-office success. [Check out the On the Road trailer. Check out Kristen Stewart On the Road poster; Garrett Hedlund On the Road poster.] Otr movie reedit hardly unique On the other hand, different cuts shown in different countries is hardly something new. Whether as a result of poor critical/box-office reception, (perceived) local sensibilities, and/or censorship, the movie you watch in, say, Canada isn't necessarily the exact same movie watched by someone in Singapore,...

Game Of Thrones made a big splash at Comic-Con by introducing 14 new cast members that are to be added for the third season of the HBO fantasy drama. It includes a few notable wildlings, like Tormund Giantsbane, “Blackfish” and Edmure Tully, the all important Reed children and a couple senior members of the Brotherhood Without Banners. The names and faces will look familiar to many, and a video introduction that appeared at the Con will get you a better idea as to who is joining Game Of Thrones next spring, which is embedded below the list of casting additions.

Diana Rigg (TV’s The Avengers) will play Olenna Tyrell, “The Queen of Thorns.” Mackenzie Crook (the British Office, Pirates Of The Caribbean): wildling raider Orell. Clive Russell (Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows): Bryndon “Blackfish” Tully, Catelyn Stark’s Uncle. Nathalie Emannuel (Hollyoakes, Misfits): Missandei the child slave.

Monroe. Acorn Media DVD

Hot on the heels of the release of the critically acclaimed Time Team DVD, the good folks at Acorn Media have unearthed some more gems to close out the month of May. On 29 May, British TV fans stateside can get their hands on ITV’s medical drama Monroe. The title character is a neurosurgeon who is kind of like Sherlock Holmes in scrubs. Brilliantly clever, sharp tongued, intolerant of fools but someone who is ultimately concerned with making a meaningful and positive contribution to society.

Norther Irish actor James Nesbitt takes on the role of Monroe. American viewers may remember him as the lead man in the BBC America drama Jekyll. In the UK he is perhaps even better known for his starring role in the Iraq war drama Occupation. Nesbitt is ideally suited to this role. He is charismatic in a quirky sort of way...

The ninth annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place tonight at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin.

In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.

Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...

Brendan Gleeson, The Guard The Guard, Glenn Close, Ryan Gosling Win: Irish Film Awards 2012 Film Categories Best Film Albert Nobbs, Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Glenn Close Charlie Casanova, Terry McMahon Stella Days, Jackie Larkin, Leslie McKimm * The Guard, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo Best Director Rebecca Daly, The Other Side of Sleep * John Michael McDonagh, The Guard Terry McMahon, Charlie Casanova Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Stella Days Best Screenplay John Banville, Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs * John Michael McDonagh, The Guard Terry McMahon, Charlie Casanova Antoine O'Flaherta, Stella Days Best Actor * Michael Fassbender, Shame Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ciarán Hinds, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Martin Sheen, Stella Days Best Actress Aoife Duffin, Behold the Lamb Antonia Campbell Hughes, The Other Side of Sleep Marcella Plunkett, Stella Days * Saoirse Ronan, Hanna Best Supporting Actor Liam Cunningham, The Guard Brendan Gleeson, Albert Nobbs Ciarán Hinds, The Debt * Chris O'Dowd,...

Mad Dogs Season Two. co. Sky One

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The Sky One drama Mad Dogs was one of the surprise hits of 2011 and fans of the show will be pleased to hear that John Simm (Life on Mars), Philip Glenister (Hidden), Marc Warren (Without You) and Max Beesley (Survivors) will be back for a second season on Thursday 19 January at 9 p.m.

The new season starts where season one left off with Quinn (Glenister) facing down a professional hit-man while his friends attempt to flee the island. Needless to say, Quinn dodges a bullet and reunites with his old college pals who thanks to Baxter (Simm) have a boot full of cash to spend. It is not long before the quartet fall foul...

Albert Nobbs and the other nominations for the 2012 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards have been announced. The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) “sole aim is to celebrate Ireland’s notably talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered to be one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards event, and can be viewed as the Irish equivalent to the American Oscars.” The awards ceremony will be held on February 11, 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (Ccd).

The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.

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Best Film

Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)

Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)

Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)

The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)

Director Film

Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)

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Treasure Island. co. Sky One

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BBC One and ITV may have dominated the holiday season but as we head into 2012, Sky One are rolling out some big guns of their own and proving that the network can compete with the traditional power houses when it comes to quality drama. The network’s Treasure Island, saw a motley crew of British TV stars, Hollywood actors and a certain comedian coming together in the kind of bid budget production that other channel’s can scarcely afford to make.

Rupert Penry-Jones (Silk) was in his element as the aristocratic expedition leader Trelawney and Philip Glenister (Hidden) was well cast as the no nonsense Captain Smollett. Daniel Mays (Outcasts) did well as an upper class doctor and Toby Regbo as Jim Hawkins did remarkably well...

Gillian Anderson in Great Expectations

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The BBC seemingly spared no expense in assembling an all-star cast for this new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations but the end result (based on part one) is a show that has some good points but some notable weaknesses. Both versions of Pip were as good as any that I have seen in previous versions of the tale and the costumes, the scenery and the overall mood of the piece seemed fairly authentic.

On the flip side, Gillian Anderson seemed to be channeling the spirit of Christmas past as she floated around and mumbled things in a Mickey Mouse like voice. Another issue was the music. Once upon a time,...

State of Play. co. BBC America

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BBC America’s Dramaville continues next Wednesday with episode one of the critically acclaimed thriller State of Play. The show was originally broadcast in the UK during 2003 and is regarded by many as one of the BBC’s best ever productions. American viewers may be more familiar with the movie version starring Russell Crowe that was released in 2009. The six part TV version was written by Paul Abbott (Shameless) and it tells the tale of a politician (David Morrissey) who becomes embroiled in two seemingly unrelated murder investigations.

State of Play served as a launching pad for many of the biggest stars on British TV including John Simm (Life on Mars), Philip Glenister (Hidden) and Marc Warren (Hustle). The three men were reunited earlier this year...

Great Expectations co. BBC

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The BBC have revealed that the network’s much anticipated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations will premiere on 27 December at 9.00 p.m. X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Miss Havisham and Ray Winstone plays Magwitch. Poirot star David Suchet is also in the cast and he is becoming something of a regular fixture on the BBC after his recent appearance in Hidden. Frances Barber, Claire Rushbrook and Douglas Booth are the other notables among the cast. PBS have confirmed that Gillian Anderson will be attending press events in the United States during the new year related to Great Expectations which means that U.S. based fans of British TV should be able to see the drama on the network some time during 2012.

In other scheduling news,...

Hidden

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Hidden episode four created more questions than it answered. Did Mark defy his orders when he killed the villains of the piece? Where had he been for the last 20 years? Did Wentworth outlast, outwit and outplay the people who planned to use him as a fall guy? What were Gina’s parents told? How did Stiles manage to hold down a career as a professional killer for all these years if he can’t even take care of a solicitor with a drug habit and a young lawyer?

Questions aside, the finale had the same kind of tense feel to it that made State of Play such a hit. In that show the media were the heroes but in this one they were among the villains. It was an exciting episode...

Celebrity Juice continued to prove popular on Thursday evening, while Hidden just outperformed Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey, the latest audience data has shown. The new series of comedy panel show Celebrity Juice amused 1.28m (6.7%) on ITV2 from 10pm and 206k (2.1%) on timeshift. Earlier, The X Factor USA racked up 732k (3.1%) on the channel from 8pm and 141k (0.7%) on +1. Hidden, starring Philip Glenister as troubled solicitor Harry Venn, was seen by 3.76m (16.4%) on BBC One in the 9pm slot, down by almost 500k week-on-week. But the drama still proved too strong for Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey, which delighted 3.59m (15.6%) on ITV1 and 148k (0.8%) on +1. Elsewhere on BBC One, Watchdog was seen by 4.06m (16.7%) in the 8pm hour and Question Time quizzed 2.31m (20.3%) from 10.45pm. Beeny's (more)...

Hidden. co. BBC

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The truth won’t be Hidden for much longer. I am eager to see the final installment of this thrilling drama but I am also mindful that whatever replaces it on BBC1 is unlikely to be as good. At this point I think it is safe to say that Hidden is going to keep us on the egde of our seats right up until the credits roll at the end of next week’s episode.

The biggest mystery of all (the one involving the Raf war hero, the bottle of Scotch, the media mogul and the politicians) has yet to be solved but we did learn a few new things tonight. Firstly, we discovered that Nigel is not Gina’s real Dad which makes sense when you consider the...

BBC One's drama Hidden lost viewers on Thursday evening, but still outperformed Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey on ITV1, the latest audience data has shown. Hidden, starring Philip Glenister as down-on-his luck solicitor Harry Venn, was seen by 4.25m (19%) on BBC One in the 9pm slot, down by almost 1m viewers week-on-week. However, the drama proved too strong for Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey, which premiered with 3.64m (16.3%) on ITV1 in the 9pm hour and 199k (1.1%) on +1. Watchdog was seen by 4.59m (19.9%) on BBC One in the 8pm hour, and Question Time quizzed 2.61m (20.3%) from 10.45pm. Country House Rescue built 1.13m (4.9%) on Channel 4 in the 8pm slot and 237k (1.1%) on +1. Educating Essex educated 1.66m (7.4%) and 219k (1.2%) on timeshift. Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares served up (more)...

Hidden

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Another week, more edge-of-the-seat drama and another cliffhanger ending. Earlier this summer ITV’s Injustice took viewers on a similar kind of thrill ride before fans were left disappointed by a farcical finale. Hopefully, Ronan Bennett and the team behind Hidden will not make the same mistake because if the remaining two episodes of Hidden are as good as the first two then this will be the drama of the year.

In episode two Stevie Quirk was killed while waiting to be released to the visitor’s area of Belmarsh prison. His murder left Harry Venn feeling a little bit nervous to say the least and that is without Harry even having any idea just who is behind this whole mess. Meanwhile we got to hear David Suchet speaking in...

Ronan Bennett's 'Hidden' attracted audiences of 5.22m on its opening slot on BBC One at 9pm on Thursday October 6th. The show was the most popular programme on 9pm slot on British Television. Despite losing half a million viewers during the hour it was still above the BBC1 slot average of 4.17m for the past 12 months. Bennett (Public Enemies, Face, The Hamburg Cell) is the Northern Irish author and screenwriter behind the 'Hidden' series, which follows small-time solicitor Harry Venn (Philip Glenister), whose criminal past has come back to haunt him.

BBC One drama Hidden proved popular on Thursday evening, outperforming Billy Connolly's Route 66 on ITV1, the latest audience data has shown. Hidden, starring Philip Glenister as down-on-his luck solicitor Harry Venn, was seen by 5.22m (22.2%) on BBC One in the 9pm slot. The conspiracy thriller proved too strong for Billy Connolly's Route 66, which continued with 4.27m (18.1%) on ITV1 in the 9pm hour and 287k (1.6%) on +1. Elsewhere on BBC One, Watchdog was seen by 4.3m (18.5%) in the 8pm hour and Question Time quizzed 2.33m (19.1%) from 10.45pm. Over at the multi-channels, Sky1's Glee stayed tuneful with 502k (2.1%) in the 9pm hour. Afterwards, the new series of Hugh Laurie's House premiered with 284k (1.6%). The X Factor USA entertained 827k (3.5%) from 8pm, along with (more)...

BBC Hidden

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Philip Glenister is back with a bang – literally. Ok so the bang came right at the end of the episode but nevertheless Glenister’s new show Hidden has all the hallmarks of being hit. The Life on Mars star plays the role of Harry Venn who currently works as a solicitor but was once a getaway driver for some unsavory characters who killed a couple of police officers. Venn’s past is catching up with him and a mysterious lawyer named Gina Hawkes (Thekla Reuten) is the woman who seems to be raking up his murky secrets.

Venn is a dark character and not in the violent, jokey kind of Gene Hunt way. He is a man who ran out on his wife and son and then thought...

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Ronan Bennett’s new show, Hidden is coming to BBC One in the first week of October. Life on Mars star Philip Glenister plays the role of Harry Venn, a one-time criminal who now works as a lawyer. Venn’s past comes back to haunt him after he agrees to take on a case involving a career criminal called Joe Collins.

Dutch actress Thekla Reuten plays attorney Gina Hawkes in the four part show while Poirot star David Suchet takes on the role of Sir Nigel Fountain. Unlike other recent high profile dramas such as The Fades, Doctor Who and Luther, Hidden was not co-produced by BBC America so it is unclear whether the network will broadcast episodes in the U.S.

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2011 has produced some great dramas so far but as we head into the Fall, the major networks may have saved the best until last. The BBC and ITV tend to play their cards close to their chest so the exact air dates for many shows remain unknown and some shows that are slated for 2011 may end up being pushed back to 2012. However, as things stand right now, the following dramas are likely to be among the best British TV shows aired in what remains on 2011.

Downton Abbey Season Two. Fans in the USA will have to wait until early 2012 to the see the next installment of Julian Fellowes’ wildly popular period drama but fans in Britain only have to wait until next month for the new season to begin.

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The BBC have announced plans for two exciting new dramas that are set to hit screens this winter: Great Expectations and Inside Men. The former, will feature X-Files star Gillian Anderson as the haggard Miss Havisham, Ray Winstone as Magwitch and Poirot star David Suchet as Jaggers. Anderson recently played another haggard Victorian woman in the Crimson Petal and the White and based on her performance in that show, she is ideally suited to take on the part of Miss Havisham. Suchet meanwhile is becoming a regular feature at the BBC studios since he is currently wrapping up work on the legal drama Undisclosed which also stars Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt). Great Expectations is set to air just before Christmas.

Meanwhile, recent Best British TV interviewee Warren Brown...