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Channel 4 recommissions The Andrew Neil Show

Britain's foremost political interviewer Andrew Neil will host a second series of his ten-part discussion show following the success of the first series. The Andrew Neil Show (Sundays, 6pm) has become essential viewing during an increasingly turbulent few months in politics. The half-hour programme

10 Jul 22 News Release

MAFS UK 2021 cast to reunite for tell-all catch-up show & reveal first thoughts on 2022 MAFS cast

Last year, 16 brave singles put their hearts on the line as they took part in one of the biggest relationship experiments on telly - Married at First Sight UK. One year on, E4 is finding out what happened after the cameras stopped rolling in Married At First Sight: One Year On (w/t). In this 1x60’

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Adrian Lester (ANDREW MAKINDE)

Could you give us a brief outline of the story of “The Undeclared War”? AL: There are lots of stories in it really. The main thrust of the plot is that each episode tracks an escalating cyber war between Britain and Russia, and in every episode, you see the personal as well as the political cost of

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Alex Jennings (DAVID NEAL)

What is David’s story in “The Undeclared War”? AJ: David is the Head of GCHQ, and that post is traditionally – which I didn’t know before filming this – a civil service role and I think on average, people do five or six years in the post. The head of GCHQ is the conduit between the really brainy

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Maisie Richardson-Sellers (KATHY FREEMAN)

What’s Kathy’s story in The Undeclared War? MRS: In “The Undeclared War”, Kathy is a cyber-analyst, and she comes from the NSA – which is the American counterpart to GCHQ, and she’s on attachment in the UK for two years. She comes from a military background and has decided that rather than taking

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Simon Pegg (DANNY PATRICK)

What’s the story of “The Undeclared War”? SP: “The Undeclared War” is about a young student called Saara Parvin who takes a work experience placement at GCHQ at a time when there’s immense upheaval in her own life – and a terrifying geopolitical crisis evolves while she’s there which she becomes

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Hannah Khalique-Brown (SAARA PARVIN)

Tell us Saara’s story in The Undeclared War HKB: The Undeclared War finds Saara when she’s a computer science student at Imperial College London, and she’s just finished her second year when she takes a placement at GCHQ. She joins their malware department for a year – like work experience – and on

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Colin Callender (executive producer)

What is the story of The Undeclared War? CC: This is a peeling back of the veil of on a world that we read about in the headlines, but we really don’t understand. What “The Undeclared War” really does is it takes us inside GCHQ which is the nerve centre of cyber warfare – and it puts a face on all

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview: Peter Kosminsky (creator, writer, director & executive producer)

What is the story of The Undeclared War? PK: The Undeclared War is fiction but based very heavily on research carried out over a number of years. The story is of a young trainee who arrives part way through her university career to do a work experience placement at GCHQ. She’s a talented computer