Exclusive: Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and BAFTA winner Francesca Annis (Flesh & Blood) are among a host of stars boarding season 2 of Ben Richards’ BBC legal drama Showtrial.
The pair are joining the previously announced Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin and Michael Socha in the five-part season from Line of Duty maker World Productions. Dempsie will play Di Miles Southgate, while Annis will play a character called Dame Harriet Kenny.
Other high profile cast revealed today include Nina Toussaint-White (Bodyguard) and Fisayo Akinade (Heartstopper). Tom Padley (The Lost Pirate Kingdom), Kerrie Hayes (Blue Jean), Ali Khan (A Haunting in Venice), Daniel Kendrick (Inside Man), Frankie Wilson (Against the Ice), Anna Próchniak (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Anna Wilson Jones (Victoria), John Light (Around the World in 80 Day), Aidan McArdle (Spy Master), Daisy Badger (The Sandman), Flora Montgomery (The Crown), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), John Marquez (Doc Martin), Anna Healy (Mother’s Day...
The pair are joining the previously announced Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin and Michael Socha in the five-part season from Line of Duty maker World Productions. Dempsie will play Di Miles Southgate, while Annis will play a character called Dame Harriet Kenny.
Other high profile cast revealed today include Nina Toussaint-White (Bodyguard) and Fisayo Akinade (Heartstopper). Tom Padley (The Lost Pirate Kingdom), Kerrie Hayes (Blue Jean), Ali Khan (A Haunting in Venice), Daniel Kendrick (Inside Man), Frankie Wilson (Against the Ice), Anna Próchniak (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Anna Wilson Jones (Victoria), John Light (Around the World in 80 Day), Aidan McArdle (Spy Master), Daisy Badger (The Sandman), Flora Montgomery (The Crown), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), John Marquez (Doc Martin), Anna Healy (Mother’s Day...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Propped shakily over the lapping waters of Lake Maracaibo in the Caribbean-facing northeast corner of Venezuela, the tiny settlement of Congo Mirador is as tranquil as it is far-flung, but only the most obtuse of passing backpackers would describe it as idyllic. Impoverished and increasingly depopulated as it bears the economic brunt of the country’s political discord, it’s a village almost literally on the verge of sliding into the mud: Water pollution and sedimentation from nearby oil drilling have strangled its local fishing industry, while modest houses struggle to stay afloat. Over the course of several years, Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ unsentimentally elegiac documentary “Once Upon a Time in Venezuela” quietly observes Congo Mirador being brought to its knees, to progressively powerful and enraging effect.
Yet this is not a work of heart-sinking miserablism: The film captures communal resilience and institutional corruption in equal measure. Since its premiere in Sundance’s world documentary competition,...
Yet this is not a work of heart-sinking miserablism: The film captures communal resilience and institutional corruption in equal measure. Since its premiere in Sundance’s world documentary competition,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Topic, the fast-growing streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired North American streaming rights to Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ documentary feature debut, “Once Upon a Time in Venezuela.” The film, which explores the decline of the Venezuelan fishing village of Congo Mirador and, more broadly, the country’s complicated current political and social climate, made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It is Venezuela’s 2021 Academy Award submission for best international feature film, and was shortlisted for the 2020 IDA Documentary Awards. Topic plans an aggressive Oscar push for both documentary and foreign categories.
On Lake Maracaibo, beneath the mysterious silent Catatumbo lightning, the village of Congo Mirador is preparing for parliamentary elections. For streetwise local businesswoman and Chavist party representative Tamara every vote counts, fought by all means, while for opposition-supporting teacher Natalie, politics is a weapon unsuccessfully attempting to force her from her job. And with her sharp eyes,...
On Lake Maracaibo, beneath the mysterious silent Catatumbo lightning, the village of Congo Mirador is preparing for parliamentary elections. For streetwise local businesswoman and Chavist party representative Tamara every vote counts, fought by all means, while for opposition-supporting teacher Natalie, politics is a weapon unsuccessfully attempting to force her from her job. And with her sharp eyes,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Once Upon A Time In Venezuela Photo: John Marquez The 2020 Doc NYC Film Festival kicks off its 11th edition today - which this year has moved online in response to the coronavirus pandemic. US residents can stream the films until November 19. It's a particularly strong year at the festival - and you can read all of our ongoing coverage here - but here are five highlights to look out for.
Once Upon A Time In Venezuela
As the fallout from the recent US election continues, Anabel Rodriguez Rios' documentary serves as a reminder of how important stable democracies like the US are. She takes her camera into the small fishing village of Congo Mirador - which rises on stilts from the water - to offer reflections on the wider state of Venezuela, including political malfeasance and environmental malaise. Here tribal politics is played out in miniature between the Chavistas and the opposition,...
Once Upon A Time In Venezuela
As the fallout from the recent US election continues, Anabel Rodriguez Rios' documentary serves as a reminder of how important stable democracies like the US are. She takes her camera into the small fishing village of Congo Mirador - which rises on stilts from the water - to offer reflections on the wider state of Venezuela, including political malfeasance and environmental malaise. Here tribal politics is played out in miniature between the Chavistas and the opposition,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Doc Martin, starring Martin Clunes as the grumpy British doctor, is to hang up his stethoscope next year with the tenth and final season of the UK drama.
ITV has renewed the series, which airs on Acorn TV in the U.S., for a final run with production set to start in 2021.
The show follows Clunes’ Dr. Martin Ellingham, a Gp with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood who lives in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
The cast also features Caroline Catz playing Doc Martin’s wife, Louisa Ellingham; Dame Eileen Atkins, who plays Doc Martin’s formidable Aunt Ruth; Ian McNeice’s local businessman Bert Large, with Joe Absolom as his son, Al; John Marquez is PC Joe Penhale; Jessica Ransom is the doctor’s receptionist Morwenna Newcross; and Selina Cadell is pharmacist Mrs Tishell.
Created by Dominic Minghella, Doc Martin has been on...
ITV has renewed the series, which airs on Acorn TV in the U.S., for a final run with production set to start in 2021.
The show follows Clunes’ Dr. Martin Ellingham, a Gp with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood who lives in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
The cast also features Caroline Catz playing Doc Martin’s wife, Louisa Ellingham; Dame Eileen Atkins, who plays Doc Martin’s formidable Aunt Ruth; Ian McNeice’s local businessman Bert Large, with Joe Absolom as his son, Al; John Marquez is PC Joe Penhale; Jessica Ransom is the doctor’s receptionist Morwenna Newcross; and Selina Cadell is pharmacist Mrs Tishell.
Created by Dominic Minghella, Doc Martin has been on...
- 9/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Once Upon A Time In Venezuela Photo: John Marquez Mark Twain once said: "Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks." I've said before that trying to predict what will break out from Sundance is a tricky business - just as Amazon, Netflix and other film distributors, who don't always back the right horse even when they've seen the film in question, would surely testify. For every Manchester By The Sea and Call Me By Your Name, there's a Brittany Runs A Marathon or Late Night - films which, incidentally, I have no particular beef with but which could be said to have under-performed at the box office in comparison to the millions spent to acquire them.
Still, as the festival gears up to run from January 23 to February 2, I can't resist a having a punt - plus there's a couple that I have seen...
Still, as the festival gears up to run from January 23 to February 2, I can't resist a having a punt - plus there's a couple that I have seen...
- 1/22/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Doc Martin is hanging up the stethoscope. In a recent interview with Radio Times, star Martin Clunes revealed the ITV series will end with season nine.Created by Dominic Minghella, the long-running UK medical dramedy stars Clunes as the only doctor in a small Cornish village. The cast also includes Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom, John Marquez, and Selina Cadell.Read More…...
- 1/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Doc Martin has been recommissioned for a seventh series by ITV.
Martin Clunes will return as the grumpy Dr Martin Ellingham in eight more episodes of the comedy drama set in Cornwall.
Filming has begun in Port Isaac, with Caroline Catz, Dame Eileen Atkins, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom, Jessica Ransom and John Marquez all making a return.
The series is expected to debut in the autumn on ITV.
Series six saw Martin and Louisa (Catz) finally get married, but a life-threatening incident saw Louisa taking their son James Henry to live with her mother in Spain while they worked out their issues.
Martin Clunes said: "I'm thrilled to be back on the beautiful North Cornish coast to shoot series seven of Doc Martin. The Doc has some serious work to do if he is going to persuade Louisa to come back."
"We're delighted Doc Martin is returning to ITV," said ITV's Steve November.
Martin Clunes will return as the grumpy Dr Martin Ellingham in eight more episodes of the comedy drama set in Cornwall.
Filming has begun in Port Isaac, with Caroline Catz, Dame Eileen Atkins, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom, Jessica Ransom and John Marquez all making a return.
The series is expected to debut in the autumn on ITV.
Series six saw Martin and Louisa (Catz) finally get married, but a life-threatening incident saw Louisa taking their son James Henry to live with her mother in Spain while they worked out their issues.
Martin Clunes said: "I'm thrilled to be back on the beautiful North Cornish coast to shoot series seven of Doc Martin. The Doc has some serious work to do if he is going to persuade Louisa to come back."
"We're delighted Doc Martin is returning to ITV," said ITV's Steve November.
- 3/23/2015
- Digital Spy
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is currently playing at the Savoy Theatre, stars Olivier, Tony and BAFTA award winning Robert Lindsay Me And My Girl, Becket, Oliver, My Family and Rufus Hound One Man Two Guv'nors, Celebrity Juice,and the winner of the recent Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special as the conmen Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson competing for the riches and the heart of the young impressionable heiress, Christine Colgate played by Katherine Kingsley Singin' in the Rain, who was just nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Michael Grandage's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Samantha Bond Passion Play, Amy's View, Downton Abbey, James Bond Outnumbered plays Muriel Eubanks, a glamorous divorcee looking for love in Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera and John Marquez Privates On Parade, The Taming of the Shrew, Doc Martin plays Andre Thibault, Beaumont-sur-Mer's Chief of Police. Check out photos...
- 3/31/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Robert Lindsay has ruled out the possibility of a My Family comeback.
The actor played patriarch Ben Harper for 11 series and several Christmas episodes between 2000 and the show's end in 2011.
Asked if there would ever be a My Family return - even for a one-off special - Lindsay told Digital Spy: "Oh no! No, no, no, no. That's gone now.
"The kids are 45! When the kids kinda went like that you went, 'Oh...'"
He added: "I don't like returning to things anyway. I did My Family for a really long time and for reasons that I will not go into here.
"One of which was Zoë [Wanamaker] cos I loved her so much. It was just a very convenient job - it was Pinewood Studios, which was just a hop, skip and jump from where I lived."
Lindsay is starring with Rufus Hound in a new musical adaptation of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
The actor played patriarch Ben Harper for 11 series and several Christmas episodes between 2000 and the show's end in 2011.
Asked if there would ever be a My Family return - even for a one-off special - Lindsay told Digital Spy: "Oh no! No, no, no, no. That's gone now.
"The kids are 45! When the kids kinda went like that you went, 'Oh...'"
He added: "I don't like returning to things anyway. I did My Family for a really long time and for reasons that I will not go into here.
"One of which was Zoë [Wanamaker] cos I loved her so much. It was just a very convenient job - it was Pinewood Studios, which was just a hop, skip and jump from where I lived."
Lindsay is starring with Rufus Hound in a new musical adaptation of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
- 2/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Doc Martin Season 6 ITV
B Van Heusen
A wedding to rival the one involving William and Kate is on the agenda as Doc Martin returns to ITV for it’s sixth season on Monday 2 September at 9pm. Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) proposed to Louisa (Caroline Katz) at the conclusion of the last season. However, things don’t always go to plan in Portwenn and the locals are jittery as they prepare for the big day. To make matters worse, the Doc’s cantankerous Aunt Ruth (Eileen Atkins) has decided to abandon her remote farmhouse and move into a new house in the center of town. Is the town big enough for both Doc Martin and his aunt?
Cast regulars Ian McNeice and Joe Absolom return for the new season as does John Marquez. Annabelle Apsion (Shameless) joins the cast as the new pharmacist while Claire Bloom (The King’s...
B Van Heusen
A wedding to rival the one involving William and Kate is on the agenda as Doc Martin returns to ITV for it’s sixth season on Monday 2 September at 9pm. Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) proposed to Louisa (Caroline Katz) at the conclusion of the last season. However, things don’t always go to plan in Portwenn and the locals are jittery as they prepare for the big day. To make matters worse, the Doc’s cantankerous Aunt Ruth (Eileen Atkins) has decided to abandon her remote farmhouse and move into a new house in the center of town. Is the town big enough for both Doc Martin and his aunt?
Cast regulars Ian McNeice and Joe Absolom return for the new season as does John Marquez. Annabelle Apsion (Shameless) joins the cast as the new pharmacist while Claire Bloom (The King’s...
- 8/29/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Arthur Darvill, familiar to sci-fi fans as Doctor Who sidekick Rory Williams, is aiming the Tardis for Stratford-on-Avon this weekend.
The Birmingham-born actor is taking a break from helping Time Lord Matt Smith and fellow companion Amy Pond save the universe to join the cast of Softcops.
Carol Churchill's play about the criminal justice system is being performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at 11.30am on Sunday, October 30.
Directed by Elizabeth Freestone, it's part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th birthday celebrations.
Arthur is playing Pierre, with John Marquez (PC Penhale in ITV's comedy Doc Martin) joining him as Vidocq and Geoffrey Streatfeild in the role of Lacenaire and Conspirator. Streatfeild, who last performed for the RSC in Michael Boyd's award-winning Histories Season in which he played Henry V among other roles, was recently seen in the BBC's final series of Spooks as junior case officer Calum Reed.
The Birmingham-born actor is taking a break from helping Time Lord Matt Smith and fellow companion Amy Pond save the universe to join the cast of Softcops.
Carol Churchill's play about the criminal justice system is being performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at 11.30am on Sunday, October 30.
Directed by Elizabeth Freestone, it's part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th birthday celebrations.
Arthur is playing Pierre, with John Marquez (PC Penhale in ITV's comedy Doc Martin) joining him as Vidocq and Geoffrey Streatfeild in the role of Lacenaire and Conspirator. Streatfeild, who last performed for the RSC in Michael Boyd's award-winning Histories Season in which he played Henry V among other roles, was recently seen in the BBC's final series of Spooks as junior case officer Calum Reed.
- 10/27/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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Martin Clunes returns to ITV as Dr Martin Ellingham after a two year absence in Doc Martin: Season Five. Caroline Catz reprises her role as Louisa Glasson – the mother of Ellingham’s child, and Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom and John Marquez are among the other returning cast members. Dame Eileen Atkins, Peter Vaughan and Miriam Margolyes are prominent names among the guest stars in the new series.
The series will consist of eight 60 minute episodes all set in an around the Cornish town of Portwenn. In the first episode Doc Martin is struggling to get to grips with fatherhood and his relationship with Louisa is becoming increasingly strained. To make matters worse, his replacement Dr Di Dibbs, seems anything but competent. It doesn’t take long before the Doc is reconsidering...
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Martin Clunes returns to ITV as Dr Martin Ellingham after a two year absence in Doc Martin: Season Five. Caroline Catz reprises her role as Louisa Glasson – the mother of Ellingham’s child, and Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom and John Marquez are among the other returning cast members. Dame Eileen Atkins, Peter Vaughan and Miriam Margolyes are prominent names among the guest stars in the new series.
The series will consist of eight 60 minute episodes all set in an around the Cornish town of Portwenn. In the first episode Doc Martin is struggling to get to grips with fatherhood and his relationship with Louisa is becoming increasingly strained. To make matters worse, his replacement Dr Di Dibbs, seems anything but competent. It doesn’t take long before the Doc is reconsidering...
- 8/31/2011
- by admin
In a recent interview with NPR, Doc Martin star Martin Clunes dropped a surprising bombshell regarding the show's recently filmed fifth series: one beloved character won't be returning. Martin's Auntie Joan (Stephanie Cole) won't be returning to the show in series 5, he confirmed, though he promised an explanation for her absence.
Departing characters are nothing new to the series. Actress Lucy Punch, who played the ferociously incompetent receptionist Elaine Denham, departed the series after the first series, and was replaced in the second series by her character's cousin, Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson). Parkinson is reportedly not returning for the show's fifth series either, and will be replaced by Jessica Ransom as new receptionist Morwenna Newcross.
Similarly, Stewart Wright, who played PC Mark Mylow for the first two seasons of the show, departed before the show's Christmas special and was replaced by John Marquez, who portrayed the agoraphobic, narcoleptic PC Joe Penhale.
Departing characters are nothing new to the series. Actress Lucy Punch, who played the ferociously incompetent receptionist Elaine Denham, departed the series after the first series, and was replaced in the second series by her character's cousin, Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson). Parkinson is reportedly not returning for the show's fifth series either, and will be replaced by Jessica Ransom as new receptionist Morwenna Newcross.
Similarly, Stewart Wright, who played PC Mark Mylow for the first two seasons of the show, departed before the show's Christmas special and was replaced by John Marquez, who portrayed the agoraphobic, narcoleptic PC Joe Penhale.
- 8/13/2011
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
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