Yep, she dyed her hair blonde! Sky has released first photo of Gemma Arterton in their TV series adaptation of Nick Hornby's FUNNY GIRL about
Gemma Arterton takes the lead
Barbara Parker, a young woman from Blackpool, and her finding her comic voice in the world of the 1960s sitcom. It’s the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker
has just been crowned Miss Blackpool – but there’s got to be more to
life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to
be… someone.
The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets
off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as
quite as swinging as the one she’d read about and seen on TV. However,
after a series of setbacks Barbara finds herself in unfamiliar territory
– an audition for a TV comedy show. Barbara’s uncompromising northern
wit proves to be
The new series will air sometime next year over at Sky
the X factor that the show has been missing. She gets
the part and becomes part of a ground breaking new sitcom which will
have an impact on British comedy for decades to come. Clare-Hope Ashitey, Arsher Ali and Alexa Davies also star.
THE MAGPIE MURDERS
1ST PICS FROM NEW SERIES
Britbox has, meanwhile, released first photos of Lesley Manville who leads their new mini series MAGPIE MURDERS a small screen adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s novel of the same name which also stars Daniel
Lesley Manville takes the lead role in Magpie Murders series
Mays, Alexandros Logothetis, Claire Rushbrook, Matthew Beard, Pippa Haywood and Michael Maloney. Beside BritBox, it will also air next year on PBSMasterpiece in USA. In the series, a beguiling murder mystery with a
Timothy McMullan replaces Timothy Spall in the cast
solution that will both
astonish and grip viewers, Timothy McMullan will star as the clever and complex
1950s detective Atticus Pünd in the fictional novels by best selling
mystery writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill). The plot of
Daniel Mays also stars in the new television series
Magpie Murders revolves around
the character Susan Ryeland (Manville), an editor who is given an
unfinished Conway manuscript and has little idea it will change her
life.
It will be a period set comedy TV series adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel FUNNY GIRL with Gemma Arterton cast as Barbara Parker, a young woman from Blackpool finding her comic voice in the world of the
Gemma Arterton will lead Funny Girl
1960s sitcom. It’s the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool – but there’s got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be… someone.
The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she’d read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks Barbara finds herself in unfamiliar territory – an audition for a TV comedy show. Barbara’s uncompromising northern wit proves to be the X factor that the show has been missing. She gets the part and becomes part of a ground breaking new sitcom which will have an impact on British comedy for decades to come. Clare-Hope Ashitey, Arsher Ali and Alexa Davies also star.
GERMINAL TV SERIES TRAILER
FOR EMILE ZOLA ADAPTATION
Premiering its first two of the six episodes over at SeriesMania festival next week is French historical series GERMINAL 135 years after the publication of Zola’s book, with the story diving into the Northern mines and
Germinal will air soon on France 2
an impressive young cast. The series recreates realistically the social climate associated to the world of miners at the end of the 19th century. In the Northof France, Etienne Lantier is hired and housed by the Maheu family to work in a coal mine, in Montsou. He falls in love with Catherine, daughter of theMaheus, also courted by the brutal Chaval. Acquainted with miners, Etienne protests against the misery in which they are kept. When the mining companylowers their wages, Etienne spurs them to start a strike: he is convinced that someday, the working class, still “germinating”, will come to terms with all the wrongs they suffer from. The series will air on France 2 this Autumn and on French streamer Salto as of 1st September.
