Gold Digger: in conversation with Ben Barnes at the Montecarlo Television Festival

Gold Digger is the new ITV STUDIO six-part series starring The Punisher star Ben Barnes ( Westworld, Sons of Liberty, By The Gun, Jackie and Ryan, The Words, Killing Bono, Dorian Grey, The Chronicles of Narnia) and Julian Ormond (Witches of East End, Marilyn). We met Ben Barnes this summer at the Montecarlo Television Festival; it…

Summer of Rockets: in conversation with Stephen Poliakoff and Helen Flint.

Summer of Rockets is the new BBC Two 6 part cold-war drama series by Stephen Poliakoff. A semi-autobiographical drama sets in 1957. Petrukhin (inspired by Poliakoff‘s father) is a Russian Jew maker of hearing aids with Winston Churchill in person on his customer’s book. At the 59th Montecarlo Television Festival, we sat down with writer…

The Long Song: BBC unveiled the trailer

BBC One has unveiled the trailer for three-part Andrea Levy adaptation The Long Song. Set to premiere on Tuesday December 18th, The Long Song is set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica and tells the story of the strong-willed, young slave July on a plantation owned by her odious mistress Caroline…

Mark Rylance and River thriump at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo

After 5 days dedicated to the best international television series, it ended the 56th Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo. Yesterday evening, Thursday 16th June, h.s.h. Prince Albert II of Monaco, joined on the red carpet by many leading American and international celebrities and stars from hit television series such as Transparent, Hawaii 5:0, C.S.I., Chicago…