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Sex Educations Emma Mackey looked worlds away from her edgy character Maeve Wiley as a first look at her titular role in Emily Brontë biopic has been revealed. In a newly-released image, the actress, 25 - who scooped her first BAFTA nomination for her Netflix comedy on Wednesday - wore a Victorian-style dress and opted for minimal make-up as she stood in a field. Marking Frances OConnors directorial debut, Emily - which is yet to have a release date - will follow the story of the famous auth...

Steve McQueens Small Axe Dominates 2021 BAFTA TV Awards With 15 Nominations TV The five-part series starring the likes of John Boyega and Letitia Wright leads this years BAFTA TV Awards by collecting a total of five nods including Best Mini-Series. Apr 29, 2021 Small Axe" series leads the shortlist at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards with 15 nominations. The landmark five-film BBC One series tells stories about the lives of the West Indian community in London from the 1960s to the 1980s, and sees rec...

Newark Save The Childrens quiz raises funds for the charity  | Updated: 16:14, 17 February 2021 A quiz requiring a knowledge of television comedy programmes raised £269 for Save The Children. There were 51 entries to the quiz, organised by the Newark branch of the charity, with 45 achieving 100%. Chairman Mr Michael Wilson said: “As a branch we have been really restricted in fundraising activities during 2020 for obvious reasons, so it was good to have our annual quiz on sale with an ...

January 27th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: News, Australian TV shows have picked up awards at the 25th Asian Television Awards, recently hosted virtually from Singapore, China, Malaysia and Thailand. Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam produced by Melbourne-based Creative Media Productions for SBS was named Best Lifestyle Program. Creative Media Productions head John Hatcher said, “We had a wonderfully dedicated crew, working in challenging conditions against a tough production time-...

SHARE While the pandemic may have shuttered cinemas and put productions on ice around the world, it has also been a history-making 12 months for filmmakers from the Arab world. Sameh Alaas short film I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face, which became the first Egyptian film to be nominated for the Palme dOr, won the top prize at Cannes this year, while filmmaker Amjad Abu Alalas You Will Die at Twenty became the first film to be officially submitted by Sudan for Oscars consideration. Here, we take...