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Sue Bruce-Smith receives Bafta Special Award

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has presented a Special Award to Sue Bruce-Smith, Deputy Director at Film4, at BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly, at a tribute event on Friday. BAFTA Trustee and co-president of Cornerstone Films, Alison Thompson, presented Bruce-Smith with

21 Jan 19 Video

The Secret Life of the Zoo Clips S7 Ep3 Clip

Meet Big Bertha, a seventeen-year-old South American blue poison dart frog who loves to wrestle. The Zoo would like to breed from her, but so far she’s scared off all potential suitors. So the keepers introduce some new young male frogs to Bertha, in the hope that one of them will be strong enough

18 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 logs into The Circle for a second season

The Guardian, Stuart Heritage: ‘…one of the standout TV shows this year.’ Digital Spy, Stephanie Chase: ‘The Circle has officially got us hooked!’ The Daily Telegraph, Judith Woods: ‘…The Circle may change social media forever’ Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of ground-breaking reality

17 Jan 19 News Release

More4 commissions Phil Spencer’s History of Britain in 100 Homes

In an ambitious new series for More4, Phil Spencer will be taking a grand tour of the country’s most historical households in a bid to tell the story of Britain in 100 Homes. Phil will unearth our nation’s architectural ancestry through 100 properties across the country. Each home will tell a story

16 Jan 19 News Release

Robert James-Collier & Charlie Hardwick join Ackley Bridge

Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Charlie Hardwick (Emmerdale) are joining the teaching staff at Ackley Bridge College and are bound to ruffle some feathers. With the school being taken over by The Valley Trust it’s a new era with deputy head teacher Martin Evershed (Robert James-Collier) and

16 Jan 19 Video

Hunted Ep 2 Clip

Royal Marine Matt Mason is heading to Abergavenny, but the cyber team have cracked his route and three teams of Hunters are already lying in wait. Hunted episode 2, Thursday, 9pm, Channel 4

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with author Rose Cartwright

Channel 4’s new series, Pure, is based on your book, which deals with your experiences of Pure O. Can you explain what that is? Pure O is just a nickname for a certain manifestation of OCD. Most people think that OCD is to do with cleanliness or order or germs – actually it’s a really wide-ranging

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Joe Cole (Charlie)

Can you tell us a little about Pure? It’s based on Rose Cartwright’s memoir. She has a condition called ‘Pure O’, which is a form of OCD whereby you have intrusive thoughts that makes your life very difficult to live in a normal sense; in her case, intrusive sexual thoughts. She went through various

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Charly Clive (Marnie)

Explain a bit about the show, what’s the story? Pure is about a young woman called Marnie who has a type of OCD which is known as Pure O, which means that she experiences unwanted, intrusive thoughts. Hers are of a sexual nature. It’s about her coming to London to start a new life for herself, and