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PAUL WHITELAW: TV reviews

October 17 2020

Domestic and international revenues reached new highs (Yui Mok/PA)

International growth drives UK TV production sector to record year

October 2 2020

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TV REVIEW: Paul Whitelaw’s pick of the week

September 19 2020

Channel 4 HQ (Victoria Jones/PA)

Half of BAME people ‘think adverts poorly represent different cultures’

August 20 2020

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LUCY PENMAN: Schools going back takes me back in time

August 18 2020

Coronation Street Icons (Copyright ITV).

TV PREVIEW: Archive clips in Coronation Street Icons are a fun distraction

August 15 2020

Diane Morgan in 'Mandy' (Copyright BBC)

TV COLUMN: Funny and insecure, Mandy plays to director Diane Morgan’s strengths

August 8 2020

More opportunities need to be given to BAME talent in the UK, says Vivian Eguridu (Danny Lawson/PA)

British BAME actors ‘make breakthroughs abroad before being recognised in UK’

July 21 2020

The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Absorbing series depicts Rupert Murdoch as a ruthless, bitter man

July 11 2020

(Andy Hepburn/PA)

A history of the TV licence fee

July 9 2020

Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation (Copyright ITV).

TV PREVIEW: Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation is just right for this time of crisis

July 4 2020

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Perth & Kinross

Perth restaurant owner says comedy star Joe Lycett saved her business from CCTV spies

June 30 2020

Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary.

TV PREVIEW: Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary shows stark reality of coronavirus crisis

June 27 2020

Original TV celebrity cook Fanny Cradock and husband Major Johnnie Cradock.

Television chefs: The celebrities who made us fall in love with food

June 17 2020

Premium Content

Sitting In Limbo (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Windrush immigration drama Sitting In Limbo arrives with perfect timing

June 6 2020

Long Lost Family Special: Born Without Trace (Copyright ITV)

TV PREVIEW: Remarkable insight into baby found abandoned inside tartan shopping bag

June 1 2020

Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Prince William’s commitment to raise awareness of mental health issues is commendable

May 23 2020

Horizon: What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Documentary goes to root of vulnerable Tony Slattery’s issues

May 16 2020

Eddie Marsan in Isolation Stories (Copyright ITV).

Sheridan Smith, Robert Glenister, Tom Glenister, Darren Boyd, Angela Griffin, David Threlfall, Eddie Marsan and his sons Blue and Bodie, will appear in new ITV commission, ISOLATION STORIES, a series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown

Produced by Oscar nominated writer and producer Jeff Pope, and his factual drama label at ITV Studios, each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through after weeks of isolation.

Assembled in conditions the production company has never faced before and written and directed by an award-winning team, the series will air during the UKÕs lockdown period and feature moments that are funny, sad, heartwarming and poignant.

Commented Sheridan Smith: ÒI am heavily pregnant and have been isolating at home so I jumped at the chance to make a drama about the massive drama going on all around us right now. I think it's really important to try and reflect what's happening to us whilst it is still actually happening.Ó

Karen

Eddie Marsan, his sons Blu and Bodhi, and David Threlfall star in Karen written by Neil McKay and directed by David Blair (The Block). A grandad (David Threlfall) resolves to bring his broken family together by...being a grandad. Able to pass by his son-in-lawÕs house on the way to the grocery store, he stops off outside their window to lark about and make his grandkids smile. But his son-in-law (Eddie Marsan), still suffering after his wife Karen left him, doesnÕt welcome these daily visits.

Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan & Ollie, A Confession, Little Boy Blue) is executive producing the series along with Tom Dunbar (A Confession) and has also written one of the episodes.

The series will be filmed observing the strict rules of lockdown with actors and their families filming the scenes themselves watched remotely by the directors. Each of the directors - Paul Whittington, Paul Andrew Williams, Louise Hooper and David Blair - will be watching footage via their mobile phones and giving advice to the actors and their family members about camera positioning, scene composition and lighting as they record the scenes.

The dramas will be produced by Matthew Bird, Ken Horn, Menzies Kennedy and Tom Dunbar.

Isolation Stories will be distributed internationally by ITV Studios.

For more information: sarah.gaffney@itv.com

For pictures: Patrick.smith@itv.com

TV PREVIEW: Isolation Stories will be worth a watch, given the talent involved

May 2 2020

Normal People (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Normal People is a beautiful drama about adolescent shyness and self-discovery

April 25 2020

BBC Documentary Priest School.

BBC documentary goes behind the scenes at the 404-year old Scots College in Rome

April 18 2020

Ant and Dec (Ian West/PA)

Ant and Dec to release new book marking 30 years in spotlight

April 1 2020

Scandal and Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley (Copyright BBC)

TV PREVIEW: Scandal and Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley has unsurprising Stephen Fry encounter

March 28 2020

Putin: A Russian Spy Story (Copyright Channel 4)

TV PREVIEW: Vladimir Putin emerges as dull and humourless in new series

March 22 2020

Paul and Prue, Noel and Sandi with Ovie, Jenny, Russell and Louis.

TellyBox: Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

March 14 2020

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