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Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP’s April and May 2023 issue - MCV/DEVELOP

Into Games and UKIE to host four days of talks and Q&As with games industry professionals

Last modified on Tue 13 Jul 2021 02.10 EDT In the early 90s, Manchester’s cultural revolution was in full swing. “Everything was thriving,” remembers actor, writer and comedian John Thomson who grew up in Preston before studying drama at Manchester Polytechnic. Beyond the Haçienda, a comedy scene was growing in the city’s pub rooms where Thomson made friends with Wythenshawe local Caroline Aherne. “In Manchester at that time, there were a lot of funny people,” T...

Jane Wilsher and Andrés Lozano Who would have thought you could look inside a book and see the hidden workings of a complex machine? Always ready to come up with the most ingenious ways to make learning fun as well as informative, What on Earth Books provide a devilishly clever ‘invention analyser’ to peep inside some of the world’s most incredible machines and inventions. Using a see-through magic lens, Marvellous Machines lets youngsters learn about mathematics, physics, chemistry and ...

Showtime Your Honor  Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston stars as a New Orleans judge forced to confront his own convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run. The ten episode mini-series from Showtime is “elegantly shot, with credible dialogue and a robust, well-made quality”, says The Independent. And Cranston is “back doing what he does best – playing the devoted parent”. Who Killed Sara? Released on 24 March on Netflix in the UK, this Mexican crime series has “gone down a ...