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items: Tinsel Town cast reveal Kiefer Sutherland's reaction to British panto for new Christmas film
items: 10 Questions with Matt Smith
items: Matt Smith talks staying out of shape for Bunny Munro, euphoric Oasis concerts and which actress influenced his career
items: Harlan Coben on how new thriller Lazarus stands apart from his previous work
items: Raising Lazarus
items: 10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson
items: The Paper's Domhnall Gleeson reveals advice The Office legend Steve Carell gave him
items: Hell on Earth
items: 'I hate the bum bag!'
items: Glastonbury 2025 daily schedule: Set times for Sunday 29th June and who to watch
items: Who played Glastonbury on Saturday 28th June and who should you watch?
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Tinsel Town cast reveal Kiefer Sutherland's reaction to British panto for new Christmas film
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date: 2025-11-24T17:01:35.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Movies
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: Sky
description: A-list star Kiefer Sutherland needed to be educated in the finer points of panto from his British co-stars... Oh, yes, he did!
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. A drizzly February day in Leeds and, inside Versa Studios, they’re filming the ghost of Christmas future. After location visits to theatres and town halls in Knaresborough, Wetherby and Wakefield, it’s day 17 of a 25-day shoot for Tinsel Town, a new Sky Cinema production packed with more acting stars than a West End panto. Which is only fitting. This “Richard-Curtis-meets-Ealing-Comedy” caper is a loving, frequently hilarious tribute to the great British festive tradition of fairy tales and ugly sisters, shiny princesses and camp-fabulous villains; of local pantomimes that light up communities year after year. In a cast ludicrously stacked with talent, Kiefer Sutherland is American action movie star Bradley Mack whose career is behind him (oh, yes it is!), while Rebel Wilson is the choreographer in the mythical Yorkshire town of Stoneford tasked with assimilating the reluctant, Billy-big-boots thesp into the role of Buttons in her am-dram production of Cinderella. “I play Cassie, the director of the panto that this big Hollywood star has found himself in – accidentally,” Meera Syal tells RT as cast, crew and dancing fairies prepare to shoot a one-shot song-and-dance number set to Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson’s Santa Can’t You Hear Me. “I know a lot of directors, obviously, and she’s one of those directors who has done hundreds of pantos – and loves them.” Syal is one of a selection box of British stars rounding out that cast: take a bow, Sir Derek Jacobi, Danny Dyer, Asim Chaudhry, Maria Friedman, Alice Eve, Mawaan Rizwan and Jason Manford. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/tinsel-town-kiefer-sutherland-69ed0d0.jpg" width="3000" height="2000" alt="Kiefer Sutherland as Bradley Mack, Savannah Lee Smith as Izzy (Cinderella) amd Lucien Laviscount as Callum (Prince Charming) in Tinsel Town, standing on a glittering stage in costume and accepting applause with big smiles." …

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10 Questions with Matt Smith
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: Starring in Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro was liberating and watching Oasis euphoric — but the actor also loves a bit of Kylie
encoded: Add The Death of Bunny Munro to your watchlist Brighton, 2003: the seaside town’s West Pier is burning down. As is — unbeknown to him — the life of a rackety, lotions ’n’ potions door-to-door salesman whose addiction to booze is matched only by his addiction to sex. So begins both musician Nick Cave’s riotous 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro and Sky’s new six-part adaptation. Matt Smith plays Bunny, a bad dad and even worse husband who, after a cataclysmic family tragedy, embarks on a chaotic road trip with his nine-year-old son, Bunny Junior. RT caught up with the in-demand Smith on his penultimate day shooting series three of fantasy drama House of the Dragon, and shortly before he headed off to film a new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling. A long way from Brighton Pier… So, Matt, were you a Nick Cave fan before joining this series? Yeah, of course, man, huge Nick Cave fan. It was one of those messages to your inbox: “Oh, there’s a script come in… Oh, it’s Nick Cave! F**k! OK, cool.” Throughout his musical career, I’ve always been a fan, through each iteration of it. I watched [Cave-scripted 2005 Outback western] The Proposition, and the documentaries that Andrew Dominik made about him [One More Time with Feeling and This Much I Know to be True]. Through most of his artistic exploits and endeavours, I’ve always, like most people, had an eye on Nick. He’s just so interesting. You, of course, play the titular role — but who is Bunny Munro? I honestly think that’s for other people to decide. I like him. He’s deeply flawed. He’s addicted to about a million things. But if he’d made some different choices, and he just got through, he might have turned out to be a good dad in the end. The book has controversial elements — what made you want to sign on? It’s a very brave book. Because it’s right on the edge. It’s in your face. It’s, like, “Boom, have that.” We’ve got so much that just toes the line. Aren’t we all just trying to do something that feels original, for God…

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Matt Smith talks staying out of shape for Bunny Munro, euphoric Oasis concerts and which actress influenced his career
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date: 2025-11-10T17:42:58.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Starring in Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro was liberating and watching Oasis euphoric — but the actor also loves a bit of Kylie.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Brighton, 2003: the seaside town’s West Pier is burning down. As is — unbeknown to him — the life of a rackety, lotions ’n’ potions door-to-door salesman whose addiction to booze is matched only by his addiction to sex. So begins both musician Nick Cave’s riotous 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro and Sky’s new six-part adaptation. Matt Smith plays Bunny, a bad dad and even worse husband who, after a cataclysmic family tragedy, embarks on a chaotic road trip with his nine-year-old son, Bunny Junior. RT caught up with the in-demand Smith on his penultimate day shooting series three of fantasy drama House of the Dragon, and shortly before he headed off to film a new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling. A long way from Brighton Pier… So, Matt, were you a Nick Cave fan before joining this series? Yeah, of course, man, huge Nick Cave fan. It was one of those messages to your inbox: “Oh, there’s a script come in… Oh, it’s Nick Cave! F**k! OK, cool.” Throughout his musical career, I’ve always been a fan, through each iteration of it. I watched [Cave-scripted 2005 Outback western] The Proposition, and the documentaries that Andrew Dominik made about him [One More Time with Feeling and This Much I Know to be True]. Through most of his artistic exploits and endeavours, I’ve always, like most people, had an eye on Nick. He’s just so interesting. You, of course, play the titular role — but who is Bunny Munro? I honestly think that’s for other people to decide. I like him. He’s deeply flawed. He’s addicted to about a million things. But if he’d made some different choices, and he just got through, he might have turned out to be a good dad in the end. The book has controversial elements — what made you want to sign on? It’s a very brave book. Because it’s right on the edge. It’s in your face. It’s, like, “Boom, have that.” We’ve got so much that just toes the line. Aren’t we all just trying to do something that feels original, f…

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Harlan Coben on how new thriller Lazarus stands apart from his previous work
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date: 2025-10-23T10:21:22.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
subject: On demand
description: "The atmosphere is different... a different kind of suspense," he says of the Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy-led series.
encoded: If you’re in the business of bringing the Harlan Coben multiverse to the small screen, you need a big space. The American author’s thrillers are now turned, every New Year, into splashy, all-star Netflix series such as 2024 mega-hit Fool Me Once; he has a new deal with Prime Video for more adaptations; and he pumps out a book pretty much annually. The eye-wateringly prolific 63-year-old reckons he’s now on his 37th, although it’s unclear whether that includes Gone Before Goodbye, this month’s collaborative novel with Reese Witherspoon. Cut to... the 17-acre facilities of Space Studios Manchester. It’s spring 2024 and the sprawling complex is simultaneously home to the filming of not one but two Coben thrillers: Missing You, the Rosalind Eleazar-starring mystery which was January 2025’s Netflix offering. And, finally available to stream now, Lazarus, starring Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin and Alexandra Roach. Like all his English-language Netflix dramas (and, yes, there are non-English language ones, too), Lazarus takes place in the UK. Albeit in a well-appointed, non-geographically specific corner of England that translates well to the streamers’ international audiences. It’s also made with his regular partners, Manchester-based Quay Street Productions, notably deeply experienced British TV producer Nicola Shindler (Happy Valley) and seasoned screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst (Ten Pound Poms). But unlike the Netflix series, this is not a transplanted American-set novel. Rather it began as a two-page treatment. Also, “it’s the first time that, when I was starting to create it, I realised it was going to be British,” Coben tells me in one of Space’s myriad meeting rooms. In the six-part supernatural murder-mystery, Nighy plays the titular Doctor Lazarus. He’s a famed psychiatrist clearly rich in both challenging case-histories and, well, riches: his well-appointed office, meticulously constructed on one of Space Studios’ sets, is a towering, art-deco wonder more befitting a B…

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Raising Lazarus
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: A look behind the scenes on Harlan Coben's latest series
encoded: Add Lazarus to your watchlist From pretty much the outset of Lazarus, the new six-part thriller from Harlan Coben, the eponymous Dr Lazarus is dead. On the set of the drama in Manchester, Bill Nighy, who plays the deceased psychiatrist, is conspicuous by his absence. Topping today’s call sheet are Sam Claflin and Alexandra Roach, who play his offspring. But fear not, Nighy is very much present in the series, despite his character’s demise. Hence the scenes already filmed of Claflin’s distraught son (also a psychiatrist) encountering the ghost of his father in the study where he died. And Dad’s not the only blast from the incorporeal past. “I see you met Cassandra,” Lazarus Sr says to Lazarus Jr of one of the old man’s former patients who was murdered years earlier. In this psychological thriller, it’s not just Lazarus who is risen. “I was a Harlan Coben fan before I came to Lazarus, therefore you have my attention straight away,” says Nighy of the American author whose novels and stories have become TV drama staples. “It’s very smart, intelligent stuff. I love the twists and turns and complex plots as much as anyone. It’s intriguing and very entertaining.” Following recent hits Fool Me Once and Missing You (both based on Coben novels), Lazarus is the first fruit of Coben’s new, parallel deal with Amazon Prime Video. He’s certainly not short of stories – Lazarus grew from a two-page outline. From the start, Coben envisioned Nighy as his lead — “I don’t think that’s happened before,” he says. Why Nighy? “The man’s an icon!” he beams. “In this role, he brings warmth, eccentricity, humour and humanity. As Dr L is dead, I wanted him to be larger than life.” Even though Coben killed him off, Nighy is keen to work with the writer again. “I like spending time with him; he’s an extremely attractive, entertaining person. “It’s absolutely possible,” the actor adds, “that we have discussed doing something else together.” Craig Mclean Lazarus is available to stream from 22 Octob…

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10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: He may be playing a journalist in his latest comedy, but the actor is wary of the press — so no personal questions!
encoded: Add The Paper to your watchlist The CV of Irish actor Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper. Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers? I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword. What is the value of proper journalism — and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller — proper local journalism? It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level. What did you think of journalists before taking on this role? I’m probably always a little bit defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate. In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet? I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it! But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – no one’s like: “Oooooh!” Did you speak to Steve Carell about what it …

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The Paper's Domhnall Gleeson reveals advice The Office legend Steve Carell gave him
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date: 2025-09-15T23:01:10.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: He may be playing a journalist in his latest comedy, but the actor is wary of the press — so no personal questions!
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. The CV of Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper. Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers? I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword. What is the value of proper journalism – and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller – proper local journalism? It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level. What did you think of journalists before taking on this role? I’m probably always a little bit defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate. View Green Video on the source website In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet? I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it! But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – …

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Hell on Earth
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: As his Booker Prize-winning novel comes to our screens, author Richard Flanagan reflects on his father’s wartime experiences
encoded: Add The Narrow Road to the Deep North to your watchlist In Syria in 1941, an army medic tries and fails to save a comrade eviscerated by a landmine. In Australia in 1989, a Second World War veteran, asked by a journalist what it felt like to be a prisoner of war forced to work on Burma’s “Death Railway”, brusquely replies: “Feelings weren’t as fashionable as they are now. We did what we were told.” View Green Video on the source website These fractured, overlapping, narratives belong to one man, Dorrigo Evans, whose history unfolds in The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC1’s five-part adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Evans is played in his younger years by Jacob Elordi (Priscilla, Saltburn) and in his older years by Ciarán Hinds (Kin, Belfast). <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/07/302WAAHGW-copy-09cfb86-e1752674061238.jpg" width="1344" height="896" alt="Week 30 Narrow Road" title="Saltburn (2023) directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike. A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's s" /> The story centres on the experiences of the 13,000 Australian PoWs forced by their Japanese captors to work on the construction of a 258-mile railway linking Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar). Working in unfathomably horrific conditions, 2,800 of them – more than one in five – died building the line. But The Bridge on the River Kwai this is not. Flanagan’s book, brilliantly adapted by Australian director Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang), is a masterful, mesmerising account of decades-deep love and resilience; of camaraderie (“mateship” in Australian culture); of the myriad, complex legacies of those PoWs’ experiences. It is inspired by the Australian author’s own father’s experiences. Arch Flanagan’s lifelong insistence on clothes b…

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'I hate the bum bag!'
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: Novelist Val McDermid and screenwriter Emer Kenny on the challenges of bringing Karen Pirie to our screens
encoded: Add Karen Pirie to your watchlist Scottish crime novelist Val McDermid, 70, is a leading exponent of tartan noir. The Distant Echo (2003), her first novel featuring Karen Pirie, formed the basis of ITV’s titular 2022 series, with Lauren Lyle as the Scottish detective. As the cold-case drama returns, actor/screenwriter Emer Kenny, 35, is once again writing the adaptation. MIXING IT UP VAL McDERMID As a writer of fiction, when you agree to an adaptation, that’s what you’re agreeing to – an adaptation. It’s not a word-for-word transliteration of the book onto the screen. Writers never have any vetoes in adaptations, but I have a clause in my contract that says Emer can’t do anything substantive to a returning character without my consent. She can’t suddenly give Karen triplets! I always sit down with the people and say: “Here are the key elements, the things that are important, that you have to hold on to. Now go away and make me the best television you can.” And Karen Pirie is great television. EMER KENNY Early on set, you said to me, Val, to paraphrase, “Do your thing”. I felt trusted. But there are tenets that are important to Karen’s character. I think Lauren brings a lot of that as well. It becomes an amalgamation – a bit of Val, a bit of me, a bit of Lauren. Then we get this character on screen. CASTING KAREN VAL The casting has been crucial to this. Lauren doesn’t look anything like the Karen Pirie in my head. But that doesn’t matter, because she embodies who Karen is. But I’m still not happy with the bum bag! EMER Ha! I’m sorry, Val! Lots of people love it. It’s important with a TV detective to give them an iconic look. Vera with her hats; Columbo with his coat. The bum bag and Karen’s blonde bob give you a lot. It shows she’s very practical. Although Val might argue that it’s not practical because you can’t get much in there. VAL Yep! WRITING ROOM VAL I write a book over a period of about three to four months. It’s been in my head a long time before that; you …

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Glastonbury 2025 daily schedule: Set times for Sunday 29th June and who to watch
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date: 2025-06-29T05:00:23.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: audio
subject: Glastonbury
subject: Music
description: As Worthy Farm closes out another jam-packed year, here's who you should be checking out (and where to find them).
encoded: Glastonbury Festival has been a lot of fun, but now it's time to wind down and say goodbye to Worthy Farm once again. But the team are making sure they're going out with one hell of a party - even with the hot summer sun resulting in organisers encouraging people to go home in the early hours of the morning in order to avoid Monday's heatwave. As the beloved festival prepares to take a "rested" year, you'll now have to wait until 2027 for it to come back – but at least we still have some special performances to look forward to and remember the festival by. From Rod Stewart taking the Legends slot to pop princess Olivia Rodrigo taking to the headline stage to close the weekend out, there is truly something for everyone. And we're here to make sure you see everyone you want, with a full list of timings and who will be performing. Here's what you need to know. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Sunday 29th June? Cymande (West Holts Stage, 2pm) Ahead of the festival, Craig Charles told Radio Times: "My must-watch act at Glastonbury 2025 is Cymande. They were Britain’s undiscovered supergroup. They toured extensively with Al Green in the 1970s and should have been as big as Earth Wind and Fire. "Songs like Brothers on the Slide and Bra are essential listening for anyone into groovy music and good time vibes. They performed a live session on my 6 Music show earlier this year and tore the roof off." Rod Stewart (Pyramid Stage, 3:45pm) After a string of illnesses, Rod Stewart is back with force and taking the Legends slot this Sunday evening, 23 years since he last made an appearance at the festival. The Maggie May and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy singer has decades of classics locked and loaded – with so much planned that he was even given an extended run time. Speaking to Radio Times, he said: "It’s difficult because they only gave me an hour-and-a-quarter slot. So I begged them: can I do another 15 minutes? Because usually I play for two hours. "It means that there’s a lo…

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Who played Glastonbury on Saturday 28th June and who should you watch?
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date: 2025-06-28T16:00:22.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: audio
subject: Glastonbury
subject: Music
description: As Worthy Farm continues the party of the summer, here's where you can find your favourites performing today.
encoded: Day two of Glastonbury has arrived – and if Friday was anything to go by, complete with a surprise set on the main stage, then Worthy Farm is about to crank things up to 11. From the surrounding mystery of the band "Patchwork" through to Neil Young hitting the main stage, the day is full of hard-to-miss sets of your favourite acts. So now is more important than ever to make sure you know where to be and when, especially as two of the most anticipated performances today clash. But don't worry – we have you covered, with tips on the shows you need to see and the full line-up and timings list of the entire day. Here's what you need to know about who will be performing, when they'll be playing, and who we recommend you check out. For the Sunday 29th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Saturday 28th June? Kaiser Chiefs (Pyramid Stage, 12pm) This long-standing British favourites are setting the tone for the day by kicking off the Pyramid Stage with their crowd pleasing-anthems including I Predict a Riot, Oh My God, Never Miss a Beat and Ruby. Get down early to kick off the day with something to get you jumping and singing your lungs out. Patchwork AKA Pulp (Pyramid Stage, 6pm) This seemingly "unknown band" had become one of the most speculated acts of the year – but with a space on the Pyramid Stage, who exactly were they? Of course, they turned out to be the Britpop icons Pulp! HAIM (The Park Stage, 7.30pm ) <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/05/GettyImages-2215164914-81414f4.jpg" width="3216" height="2144" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: (L-R) Este Haim, Alana Haim, and Danielle Haim attend the "Overcompensating" Screening And After-Party at Hollywood Palladium on May 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Prime Video)" title=""Overcompensating" Screening And After-Party" /> This slot was previously TBA, but the trio of HAIM si…

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Who played at Glastonbury Friday 27th June and who should you watch?
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date: 2025-06-27T05:00:18.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: audio
subject: Glastonbury
subject: Music
description: As Worthy Farm kicks off the festival of the summer, here's everything you need to know about where to catch your favourites.
encoded: The biggest party of the summer has finally arrived with Glastonbury Festival – and thousands have made the pilgrimage down to Worthy Farm to be part of the action. Come rain or shine, thousands of artists across over 100 stages will be bringing their A-game to make sure there's something for everyone, creating a weekend no one will forget. But with so much choice, ticketholders have to be smart when it comes to how to spend their time in order to see everyone they want – which is where we're coming in, giving you our biggest tips of the sets not to miss and a full rundown of where everyone will be. Here's what you need to know about who will be performing, when they'll be playing – and who we recommend you check out. For the Saturday 28th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. For the Sunday 29th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Friday 27th June? Myles Smith (Woodsies, 12:45pm) Capping off an incredible year, BRIT Rising Star winner Myles Smith will be taking to the Woodsies stage in the early afternoon. Bringing his incredibly catchy – and perfect for crowd-singing – tracks including Nice to Meet You and Stargazing, this will get you in a great mood for the weekend ahead. Lewis Capaldi (Pyramid Stage, 4:55pm) The rumours were swirling but now the secret act has been revealed as Lewis Capaldi - and on the day of the release of his new single! Speaking to Radio Times before the revel, BBC Radio DJ Jo Whiley said: "Rumours are swirling about Haim, Lorde and Pulp. I’ve had some very encouraging conversations with them on my radio show and I’d say the signs are looking good for a Worthy Farm visit from each of them. If that happens these will all be part of my must-see performances." En Vogue (West Holts Stage, 5:30pm) This iconic '90s band are still going strong and are guaranteed to get you dancing as the evening kicks in on Friday. Anita Rani told us: "I’m very excited about En Vogue – as …

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Sunday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
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description: Sir Rod Stewart has stolen headlines
encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. Sir Rod Stewart has perhaps stolen some headlines for the festival's final day, but the bill has plenty to more to offer for those who look. Sunday's must-see sets Cymande (West Holts Stage, 2pm) Ahead of the festival, Craig Charles told RT: “My must-watch act at Glastonbury 2025 is Cymande. They were Britain’s undiscovered supergroup. They toured extensively with Al Green in the 1970s and should have been as big as Earth Wind and Fire. Songs like Brothers on the Slide and Bra are essential listening for anyone into groovy music and good time vibes. They performed a live session on my 6 Music show earlier this year and tore the roof off.” Rod Stewart (Pyramid Stage, 3.45pm) After a string of illnesses, Rod Stewart is back with force and taking the Legends slot this Sunday evening, 23 years since he last made an appearance at the festival. The Maggie May and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy singer has decades of classics locked and loaded – with so much planned that he was even given an extended run time. Speaking to RT, he said: "It’s difficult because they only gave me an hour-and-a-quarter slot. So I begged them: can I do another 15 minutes? Because usually I play for two hours. It means that there’s a lot of songs that people love that I won’t be able to play – and I’ve got three guests coming on.” We can't wait. The Maccabees (Park Stage, 9.15pm) "The Maccabees coming back is a wonderful thing and The Park is the perfect setting for this to be happening," Jo Whiley told RT. "It’s the prettiest of places and has an intimacy and ambience which will suit their emotional, anthemic sound. I’ll be down the front at their feet weeping with the best of them. " The Prodigy (Other Stage, 9.45pm) No festival is every quite complete without a set from The Prodigy, whose hard-hitting beats leave audiences unable to stand still. From Smack My B***h Up to Firestarter, the band's stage sh…

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Saturday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. Saturday is full of talking points, from the surrounding mystery of the band "Patchwork" through to Neil Young hitting the main stage, but not on the BBC. Let's start with the latter: earlier this week the BBC released their full broadcast plans, and Young was a conspicuous absentee. The reasons are so far unclear, though Young has expressed anti-BBC sentiment in the past. For more context, click here. Saturday's must-see sets Kaiser Chiefs (Pyramid Stage, 12pm) This long-standing British favourite is setting the tone for the day by kicking off the Pyramid stage acts with their crowd-pleasing anthems including I Predict A Riot, Oh My God, Never Miss a Beat and Ruby. Patchwork (Pyramid Stage, 6pm) This seemingly "unknown band" has become one of the most speculated acts of the year – but with a space on the Pyramid Stage, who exactly are they? Emily Eavis has confirmed that it's a known artist (or artists) under a fake name, with theories suggesting it could be HAIM. Doechii (West Holts Stage, 10.15pm) The Denial Is A River rapper is the headliner, and while she clashes with Charli XCX, is sure to bring down the house with catchy tracks. The BBC's Clara Amfo has shared her excitement at seeing the musician take to the stage, telling RT: “My one to watch at Glastonbury this year has got to be Doechii, Doechii, Doechii!” Charli XCX (Other Stage, 10.30pm) After her acclaimed album Brat led to many young people referring to this time last year as "Brat Summer", Charli XCX is closing out Saturday's Other Stage as the headliner in what is sure to be absolute style. Huw Stephens has billed her as his Glasto highlight, telling us: "Charli XCX headlining the Other Stage Saturday will be unlike anything you've seen before – a moment of intense cultural intrigue! See you there!" The full line-up and times for Saturday 28 June Pyramid Stage 12pm: Kaiser Chiefs 1.30pm: Brandi Car…

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Friday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. The first day of the festival is a typically action-packed affair, so here are highlights, plus a full schedule of how the day will play out across the main stages. Friday's must-see sets Myles Smith (Woodsies, 12.45pm) Capping of an incredible year, BRIT Rising Star winner Myles Smith will be taking to the Woodsies stage in the early afternoon. Bringing his incredibly catchy – and perfect for crowd-singing – tracks including Nice to Meet You and Stargazing, this will get you in a great mood for the weekend ahead. Secret Set (Pyramid Stage, 4.55pm) Secret sets at Glastonbury are nothing new – but for an act to take an hour-long core spot in the middle of the main Pyramid Stage, right before Alanis Morissette, means it's going to be someone — and something — big. Rumours have swirled around who this mystery artist could be, with theories ranging from Ed Sheeran – who has had several festival pop-ups throughout this year – to Lewis Capaldi, whose last appearance in 2023 triggered a flare-up of his Tourette's and a two-year absence from the spotlight. Speaking to RT, BBC Radio DJ Jo Whiley said: “Rumours are swirling about Haim, Lorde and Pulp. I’ve had some very encouraging conversations with them on my radio show and I’d say the signs are looking good for a Worthy Farm visit from each of them. If that happens these will all be part of my must-see performances: We'll have to wait and see but we guarantee it won't be one to miss." En Vogue (West Holts Stage, 5.30pm) This iconic 90s band is still going strong and guaranteed to get you dancing as the evening kicks in on Friday. Anita Rani told us: "I’m very excited about En Vogue – as well as discovering hidden gems in magical little corners." Alanis Morissette (Pyramid Stage, 6.15pm) With a 30-year career and stunning back catalogue, the Canadian singer promises to bring a set full of classics. Ironic, One Hand in My P…

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'It's like playing a Cup Final'
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description: As Sir Rod Stewart gets in shape for the world’s biggest music festival, the 80-year-old reveals the secrets of his post-gig parties, having to pay to play Glasto – and why he’s no longer pals with Donald Trump
encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist History records that the last time Sir Rod Stewart played Glastonbury – headlining the main Pyramid Stage in 2002 – he wore a boxy white suit jacket, black dress trousers, sensible dress shoes, plain white shirt and a natty yellow striped tie that was loosely knotted just so. “Yeah, won’t be doing that again,” sniffs the man sitting in front of me. The occupant of the Legends slot at the world’s greatest music festival this year is dressed in a checked white two-piece suit, box-fresh baseball boots, snakeskin belt and statement shirt emblazoned with the image of a bird in a tree. It’s unbuttoned to the nipples, the better to show off a shiny piece of jewellery with the crest of his football team, Celtic. I know he loves the club and, 60 years and 120 million record sales into his career, he’s not short of a bob or two, so is that custom-made bling? View Green Video on the source website “Oh yeah!” he beams with a proud pout. “Diamonds and gold, mate. I don’t mess about!” Meanwhile, the Rod barnet remains a magnificent construction, an age- and gravity-defying explosion of canary yellow. I ask if his dad had hair like that, meaning as thick and fulsome, but Rod thinks I’m referring to the rock ’n’ roll nature of his follicles. “No, he didn’t! He was a f***ing plumber! No, I started this haircut... well, me and Ronnie both started it together,” he says of old mucker and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who sports a similar bird’s-nest thatch. As for this year’s Glasto clobber? “I’m not sure yet, but I’ve got the band all decked out in proper outfits. They all wear white jackets and black ties, and the girls wear sequins. It’s a bit more Las Vegas than it’s been before because, obviously, I’m doing my residency,” he says of his long-running engagement in Sin City’s Caesars Palace. “I’m up to 217 shows, which is amazing.” Breaking down his 12-piece band, half of them women, the Grammy- and Brit-winning man knighted in 2016 for…

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Rod Stewart on Glastonbury 2025's legends slot – and why he's turned his back on Donald Trump
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description: The Glastonbury headliner chats exclusively to Radio Times.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. History records that the last time Sir Rod Stewart played Glastonbury – headlining the main Pyramid Stage in 2002 – he wore a boxy white suit jacket, black dress trousers, sensible dress shoes, plain white shirt and a natty yellow striped tie that was loosely knotted just so. “Yeah, won’t be doing that again,” sniffs the man sitting in front of me. The occupant of the Legends slot at the world’s greatest music festival this year is dressed in a checked white two-piece suit, box-fresh baseball boots, snakeskin belt and statement shirt emblazoned with the image of a bird in a tree. It’s unbuttoned to the nipples, the better to show off a shiny piece of jewellery with the crest of his football team, Celtic. I know he loves the club and, 60 years and 120 million record sales into his career, he’s not short of a bob or two, so is that custom-made bling? “Oh yeah!” he beams with a proud pout. “Diamonds and gold, mate. I don’t mess about!” Meanwhile, the Rod barnet remains a magnificent construction, an age- and gravity-defying explosion of canary yellow. I ask if his dad had hair like that, meaning as thick and fulsome, but Rod thinks I’m referring to the rock ’n’ roll nature of his follicles. “No, he didn’t! He was a f***ing plumber! No, I started this haircut... well, me and Ronnie both started it together,” he says of old mucker and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who sports a similar bird’s-nest thatch. As for this year’s Glasto clobber? “I’m not sure yet, but I’ve got the band all decked out in proper outfits. They all wear white jackets and black ties, and the girls wear sequins. It’s a bit more Las Vegas than it’s been before because, obviously, I’m doing my residency,” he says of his long-running engagement in Sin City’s Caesars Palace. “I’m up to 217 shows, which is amazing.” Breaking down his 12-piece band, half of them women, the Grammy- and Brit-winning man knighted in 2016 for services to music and ch…

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Jesse Armstrong reveals what new movie Mountainhead has in common with Succession
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description: How do you follow Succession? Its creator takes four tech bros to the peak of fakery, corruption and beyond...
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Welcome to Mountainhead, the palatial snowbound 21,000-square-foot Utah Berghof belonging to software developer Hugo van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), where he and his tech-bro buddies get together for 36 hours of poker, banter and booze. Off the menu for the Silicon Valley titans – Randall (Steve Carell), Venis (Cory Michael Smith) and Jeff (Ramy Youssef) – is work chat, or anything else that might distract from the fun and games. Or as these back-slapping besties put it: “No deals, no meals, no high heels.” But as it turns out, what’s very much on the menu is panic in the markets, ethnic violence, societal collapse and talk of global coups – all of which are the calamitous, rapid-fire results of Venis launching a not-fully-thought-through upgrade to his social media platform, Traam. Welcome to Mountainhead, the blackly humorous and incredibly alarming film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The 54-year-old British writer’s first feature-length drama – and his directorial debut – is a scathing satire on what happens when the American “broligarchy” is allowed to run riot: things quickly get murky, not to mention Musk-y. From the outset, there are obvious parallels with how Donald Trump and his chainsaw-wielding former DOGE wingman Elon Musk, aided by a compliant, fact-checker-removing Mark Zuckerberg, have weaponised social media for their own ends. “You could extrapolate easily from Trump and Musk, no doubt,” agrees south London-based Armstrong. But, he adds, “it’s not a direct comment on that. The [digital] tools that I posit in the film don’t exist. It’s a fictional manifestation of a feeling we have that social media – and the content that gets onto it – is uncontrollable, minute by minute. This is a nightmare extension of where we are, of the hostilities and divisiveness you get from those really reflexive platforms that snowball emotion and reaction so viscerally and quickly.” Indeed. These tech-capitalist…

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'The voices of Silicon Valley, the tech world, got lodged'
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description: How do you follow Succession? Its creator Jesse Armstrong takes four tech bros to the peak of fakery, corruption and beyond…
encoded: Add Mountainhead to your watchlist Welcome to Mountainhead, the palatial snowbound 21,000-square-foot Utah Berghof belonging to software developer Hugo van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), where he and his tech-bro buddies get together for 36 hours of poker, banter and booze. View oEmbed on the source website Off the menu for the Silicon Valley titans – Randall (Steve Carell), Venis (Cory Michael Smith) and Jeff (Ramy Youssef) – is work chat, or anything else that might distract from the fun and games. Or as these back-slapping besties put it: “No deals, no meals, no high heels.” But as it turns out, what’s very much on the menu is panic in the markets, ethnic violence, societal collapse and talk of global coups – all of which are the calamitous, rapid-fire results of Venis launching a not-fully-thought-through upgrade to his social media platform, Traam. Welcome to Mountainhead, the blackly humorous and incredibly alarming film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The 54-year-old British writer’s first feature-length drama – and his directorial debut – is a scathing satire on what happens when the American “broligarchy” is allowed to run riot: things quickly get murky, not to mention Musk-y. From the outset, there are obvious parallels with how Donald Trump and his chainsaw-wielding former DOGE wingman Elon Musk, aided by a compliant, fact-checker-removing Mark Zuckerberg, have weaponised social media for their own ends. “You could extrapolate easily from Trump and Musk, no doubt,” agrees south London-based Armstrong. But, he adds, “it’s not a direct comment on that. The [digital] tools that I posit in the film don’t exist. It’s a fictional manifestation of a feeling we have that social media – and the content that gets onto it – is uncontrollable, minute by minute. This is a nightmare extension of where we are, of the hostilities and divisiveness you get from those really reflexive platforms that snowball emotion and reaction so viscerally and quickly.” Indeed. These…

Ten Questions with Matthew Goode
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description: The actor has left behind the privileged world of Downton to play “DCI Del Boy” in a new cop drama
encoded: All episodes of Dept Q will be available on Netflix from Thursday. Add it to your watchlist Matthew Goode is the star of Dept Q, a Scotland-based Netflix police procedural that puts a fresh spin on “tartan noir”. That twist is having a heavyweight American showrunner, Scott Frank (Godless, The Queen’s Gambit, Monsieur Spade) and an originally Danish story transposed from the source novels to Edinburgh. The dark drama has an appropriately all-star Scottish cast, including Mark Bonnar, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson, Kate Dickie and Jamie Sives. But leading from the front, as detective Carl Morck, is the 47-year-old Devon-born actor and father of three who starred in Downton Abbey and fantasy series A Discovery of Witches. Dept Q is a cosmopolitan concept: based on a Danish crime novel, adapted by an American, filmed in Edinburgh with a Scottish cast but an English lead. What makes that mix work? There are two stars of our show. One is Jussi Adler-Olsen, who wrote the original ten novels. The other is the showrunner Scott Frank. He scares me slightly, just because he’s intellectually far superior. And look at the amazing cast he assembled… Did the smorgasbord of different Scottish accents ever confound you? Only with some of the grips when they’d had a drink. Glaswegian is occasionally challenging. My brother went to university in Glasgow, so I spent time there. But even to me, when someone is drunk, the accent can be a bit quick. I occasionally just have to smile and nod. Did you read the source novels for preparation? I was told not to. And on this occasion, I listened to my director. In the past I have found it sometimes very useful, and sometimes it’s been a right pain to read the source material. Of course, things are going to change [from page to screen], and you’re going to hold on to a bit of the book – so it can become complicated. DCI Carl Morck is an irascible curmudgeon with few friends. What’s made him that way? Fifteen years on the murder squad and a…

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The best of us
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description: Neil Druckmann dreamt up a video game that resonated beyond the gaming world; Craig Mazin is an expert at turning disaster into watchable drama – together they made The Last of Us a TV phenomenon…
encoded: "It has nothing to do with zombies at all, really,” says Craig Mazin, the co-showrunner of apocalypse thriller The Last of Us, when asked what zombie-weary (or just zombie-wary) RT readers who’ve not watched the first series are missing. “It’s about relationships. If they are parents, if they are children, if they have loved anyone so much that it hurt, if they have lost people in ways that scarred them permanently, that’s what this is about. “There are some zombies, I’m not going to lie, and they are scary,” he adds with a ready – even proud – smile. “But what they represent is the danger of the world around us. The danger of nature. So, we do not make this for one kind of person – we make it for everyone.” Prior to the unveiling of the long-in-development TV interpretation of The Last of Us, expectations were mixed. Fans of the video game were proprietorially concerned about how their beloved characters – heroic Joel, guardian of plucky Ellie, the teenager whose immunity to zombie infection could save the world – would translate to a different medium. Culture-watchers knew that transforming interactive video games – whether Halo, Super Mario or, most recently, Cate Blanchett box-office bomb Borderlands – into engaging big- or small-screen drama was a rocky road. Regular TV viewers questioned the appeal of yet another zombie apocalypse survival thriller. Well, hold on to your joysticks... Mirroring the blockbuster sales of its source IP, The Last of Us, which debuted on Sky in January 2023, was a triumph of gripping, beautiful, humanistic and, yes, terrifying storytelling starring The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal as Joel and Game of Thrones’s Bella Ramsey as Ellie, battling their way across a zombie-plagued America. It made British actor Ramsey, 17 when they began filming, a global star, and Pascal an online phenomenon. One episode, Long, Long Time, starring Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), a tender, intimate story of love i…

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The Last of Us co-creators: 'There aren't many games that are great because the story is great'
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description: Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann spoke with this week's issue of Radio Times magazine.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. “It has nothing to do with zombies at all, really,” says Craig Mazin, the co-showrunner of apocalypse thriller The Last of Us, when asked what zombie-weary (or just zombie-wary) RT readers who’ve not watched the first season are missing. “It’s about relationships. If they are parents, if they are children, if they have loved anyone so much that it hurt, if they have lost people in ways that scarred them permanently, that's what this is about. “There are some zombies, I’m not going to lie, and they are scary,” he adds with a ready – even proud – smile. “But what they represent is the danger of the world around us. The danger of nature. So, we do not make this for one kind of person – we make it for everyone.” Prior to the unveiling of the long-in-development TV interpretation of The Last of Us, expectations were mixed. Fans of the video game were proprietorially concerned about how their beloved characters – heroic Joel, guardian of plucky Ellie, the teenager whose immunity to zombie infection could save the world – would translate to a different medium. Culture-watchers knew that transforming interactive video games – whether Halo, Super Mario or, most recently, Cate Blanchett box-office bomb Borderlands – into engaging big- or small-screen drama was a rocky road. Regular TV viewers questioned the appeal of yet another zombie apocalypse survival thriller. Well, hold on to your joysticks... Mirroring the blockbuster sales of its source IP, The Last of Us, which debuted on Sky in January 2023, was a triumph of gripping, beautiful, humanistic and, yes, terrifying storytelling starring The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal as Joel and Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey as Ellie, battling their way across a zombie-plagued America. It made British actor Ramsey, 17 when they began filming, a global star, and Pascal an online phenomenon. One episode, Long, Long Time, starring Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Nick Offerman (Parks…

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What's it like to teach an actor to move like Dylan?
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description: Polly Bennett helped transform Timothée Chalamet into Bob Dylan for the film A Complete Unknown
encoded: A Complete Unknown is nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Add it to your watchlist Polly Bennett is a movement director who helped Austin Butler transform into Elvis Presley, Rami Malek into Freddie Mercury, Naomi Ackie into Whitney Houston and, most recently, Timothée Chalamet into Bob Dylan for the film A Complete Unknown. BUILDING MY SKILLSET My parents did amateur dramatics, so I spent a lot of time in rehearsal rooms, watching people, thinking, “That doesn’t feel right. They should walk that way.” Then I did a master’s in Movement at London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. STRICTLY NOT DANCING I do use choreography, but movement direction is working with the human body to help tell the story in a physical way that amplifies what’s already in the text. THE HARD YARDS Viewers have an expectation of how people are, so actors have to convince them. I’m with the actor every day, offering ideas and changing things. PLAYING DYLAN We don’t have much footage of young Bob Dylan, so it was about investigating photographs, the music, and his personal life, and helping Timothée access that material so he can portray a full-bodied essence of him, rather than an impersonation. TAKE ME TO CHURCH Whitney Houston grew up in the gospel church, so when you watch her perform, she behaves like a pastor. She referred to herself as a tomboy, so we said she’s “a boy in a dress” to help Naomi walk in I Wanna Dance with Somebody. PUBLIC ACCLAIM There is a sort of invisibility cloak around what we do. It felt valid when Austin, Naomi and Rami publicly thanked me. We don’t get awards, and we don’t get residuals — even though people win prizes for our work.

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Ten Questions with Leo Woodall
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encoded: Add Prime Target and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy to your watchlist In Apple TV+ spy thriller Prime Target, 28-year-old One Day star Leo Woodall plays a Cambridge mathematics postgraduate whose research makes him a person of interest to both the National Security Agency and some shadowy bad guys. Meanwhile, in the new Bridget Jones movie, Mad about the Boy, he plays Bridget’s new scandalously young love interest. Your last TV series, One Day, was a big hit — did it change your life? I don’t like using the word “catapulted” but in terms of my career, it did have that effect. But one of the good sides about being a bit more recognisable now is that people come up and say hello and tell me how much it meant to them. It was really gratifying to see how it touched so many people. Before that, you starred in the second series of The White Lotus, which involved a sex scene with Tom Hollander. Did you think twice about taking the part? Absolutely not! I didn’t see that as a risk in any way. Anyone who gets to be a part of that series is lucky. I didn’t actually know where the story would go until I was offered the role – but I knew that it would be fun! It was only 2019 that you were in Holby City. Is it hard to keep your feet on the ground when your career goes off like a rocket? It’s terrifying in a lot of ways. Because it was a relatively quick turnaround, suddenly I was on these big sets and then doing photoshoots and events and interviews. The filming, I’m getting more comfortable with and it’s becoming my safe haven. The press side feels a lot more exposing. That’s the thing that scares me the most. But my nearest and dearest have kept me grounded. You come from a family of actors, but you’ve become more successful than all your relatives. Is that a strange feeling? It is, yeah. Then again, we all just have a laugh about it. My dad [actor Andrew Woodall] and stepdad [Monarch of the Glen’s Alexander Morton] poke fun at me. And I welcome it. It’s much easier to go t…

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Leo Woodall on Prime Target, Bridget Jones, and playing the heartthrob
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description: "When you’re playing a role described like that, you can’t help but look at yourself and go, 'Am I that guy?'"
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. In Apple TV+ spy thriller Prime Target, 28-year-old One Day star Leo Woodall plays a Cambridge mathematics postgraduate whose research makes him a person of interest to both the National Security Agency and some shadowy bad guys. Meanwhile, in the new Bridget Jones movie, Mad about the Boy, he plays Bridget’s new scandalously young love interest. Your last TV series, One Day, was a big hit — did it change your life? I don’t like using the word "catapulted", but in terms of my career, it did have that effect. But one of the good sides about being a bit more recognisable now is that people come up and say hello and tell me how much it meant to them. It was really gratifying to see how it touched so many people. Before that, you starred in the second series of The White Lotus, which involved a sex scene with Tom Hollander. Did you think twice about taking the part? Absolutely not! I didn’t see that as a risk in any way. Anyone who gets to be a part of that series is lucky. I didn’t actually know where the story would go until I was offered the role – but I knew that it would be fun! It was only 2019 that you were in Holby City. Is it hard to keep your feet on the ground when your career goes off like a rocket? It’s terrifying in a lot of ways. Because it was a relatively quick turnaround, suddenly I was on these big sets and then doing photoshoots and events and interviews. The filming, I’m getting more comfortable with and it’s becoming my safe haven. The press side feels a lot more exposing. That’s the thing that scares me the most. But my nearest and dearest have kept me grounded. You come from a family of actors, but you've become more successful than all your relatives. Is that a strange feeling? It is, yeah. Then again, we all just have a laugh about it. My dad [actor Andrew Woodall] and stepdad [Monarch of the Glen’s Alexander Morton] poke fun at me. And I welcome it. It’s much easier to go through this strang…

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View from my sofa: Claes Bang
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description: After Bad Sisters, Dracula and the Dean in The Outlaws, the Danish actor is ready to play nice
encoded: Add William Tell to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? I have a little cabin in the countryside in Denmark where, at the end of the bed, there’s a big screen I pull down. I have a projector so it’s like a tiny cinema. I lie there in bed and I can stream whatever I want – you plug in your device and watch anything. What was the last thing you enjoyed on your projector? It’s not a set-up with decent speakers, but I should have some because the last thing I enjoyed was [Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning drama] The Zone of Interest. Then I went to the cinema and saw it, and I realised the sound design is such a massive part of that movie. Who’s in charge of the remote control? My wife [Danish photographer Lis Kasper Bang] and I agree on what we want to watch. I’m very much looking forward to the next series of Severance [on Apple TV+]. These days, shows have to get a hook in right away – if they don’t, people will get lost and leave the show. But, with Severance, it took four or five episodes before I understood what was going on. It was so well done. How did you land the lead role in your new film, William Tell? I got a call from the agents saying that there was this guy, Nick Hamm [the British director], who was interested in talking to me. I read the script and, during our very first conversation, said, “This is really cool and I’m your guy, if you want me.” That was a little bit more than two years ago. View oEmbed on the source website Did you have to learn archery? We did a lot of that. It was really important for everybody that it looks as if that bow is an extension of him. So, it had to look natural. It’s not legal to own a crossbow in Denmark, so I couldn’t practise anywhere. I had to come over here, to a shooting range in Richmond. Was it a nice change of pace to be playing a great European folk hero? It was absolutely part of my decision to do the film. I’ve done a lot of baddies. When people recognise me [as “the Prick”] from Bad Sisters, they say…

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Claes Bang: 'When people recognise me from Bad Sisters, they don't want to spend time with me!'
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date: 2025-01-14T00:01:14.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
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subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: Bang is starring in new historical film William Tell.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. What's the view from your sofa? I have a little cabin in the countryside in Denmark where, at the end of the bed, there’s a big screen I pull down. I have a projector so it’s like a tiny cinema. I lie there in bed and I can stream whatever I want – you plug in your device and watch anything. What was the last thing you enjoyed on your projector? It’s not a set-up with decent speakers, but I should have some because the last thing I enjoyed was [Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning drama] The Zone of Interest. Then I went to the cinema and saw it, and I realised the sound design is such a massive part of that movie. Who's in charge of the remote control? My wife [Danish photographer Lis Kasper Bang] and I agree on what we want to watch. I’m very much looking forward to the next series of Severance [on Apple TV+]. These days, shows have to get a hook in right away – if they don’t, people will get lost and leave the show. But, with Severance, it took four or five episodes before I understood what was going on. It was so well done. How did you land the lead role in your new film, William Tell? I got a call from the agents saying that there was this guy, Nick Hamm [the British director], who was interested in talking to me. I read the script and, during our very first conversation, said, "This is really cool and I’m your guy, if you want me." That was a little bit more than two years ago. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/11/Rudenz-Jonah-Hauer-King-William-Tell-Claes-Bang-Suna-Golshifteh-Farahani-and-Walter-Tobias-Jowett--c-Altitude-1bad43f.jpg" width="5089" height="3393" alt="Rudenz (Jonah Hauer-King), William Tell (Claes Bang), Suna (Golshifteh Farahani) and Walter (Tobias Jowett) in William Tell. William is raising his arm and shouting while the others stand around him" title="Rudenz (Jonah Hauer-King), William Tell (Claes Bang), Suna (Golshifteh Farahani) and Walter (Tobias Jowett…

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SAS Rogue Heroes' Gwilym Lee: 'Bill Stirling must steer Paddy right to ensure the SAS's survival'
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date: 2024-12-23T15:43:38.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Magazine
description: Lee joins SAS Rogue Heroes as Bill Stirling, tasked with steering the SAS through its toughest challenges
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Gwilym Lee takes on the role of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Stirling in the second season of SAS Rogue Heroes, joining the action as the elder brother of SAS founder David Stirling (Connor Swindells). With the elite unit at a crossroads, Bill is brought in to steer the increasingly unpredictable Paddy Mayne and ensure the group’s survival. In this interview, Lee discusses preparing for the role, the camaraderie on set, and the insight he gained from Bill Stirling’s family, as well as reflecting on his journey from Bohemian Rhapsody to this gripping historical drama. You’ve joined the cast of SAS Rogue Heroes for series two — who is Lieutenant Colonel Bill Stirling? He’s David Stirling’s older brother. Series two starts with David in a prisoner-of-war camp. The SAS is slightly rudderless, with Paddy Mayne going off the rails, and Bill has come in to steer him in the right direction to ensure the SAS’s survival. How did you prepare for the role? There’s a lot of reading around the subject — although there’s not as much written about Bill as there is about David, which in itself tells a story. Bill was less interested in being the centre of attention and probably wasn’t as concerned about his legacy. I was very lucky to be in contact with Archie Stirling, Bill’s son. He was very generous with his time and shared photographs of Bill. To see him as a family man gave a different insight to him as a person. Given you play Connor Swindells’s brother, did you talk about how you could be complementary in your portrayals? Yes. I watched the first series, and I thought his performance was incredible. He was also very generous — he’d be texting constantly while I was preparing. And my first day on set, he messaged to say good luck. But there was also an element of Connor being frustrated at not being in the action as well. A lot of us actors are experiencing similar emotions to our characters this series. Bill is officer-class com…

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Jack O'Connell responds to accusations that SAS Rogue Heroes glamorises violence
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date: 2024-12-23T15:32:49.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Magazine
description: O’Connell reflects on his return in the "ambitious" second season of SAS Rogue Heroes.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Jack O’Connell has a fondness - and talent - for muscular, challenging roles filmed in remote locations. Five years ago he was in a snowy expanse near the Arctic Circle filming The North Water, the BBC whaling drama that saw him kill, gut and shelter inside a polar bear. Before that, he’d filmed Netflix’s western revenge thriller Godless in the New Mexican mountains, and earlier in his career Angelina Jolie’s film Unbroken, for which he spent almost half a year in Australia, playing the gruelling lead role as Japanese prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini. More recently, he found himself in the Moroccan desert for the first season of SAS Rogue Heroes, which the Derby-born actor admitted at the time was his most gruelling job to date. But, it seems, the 34-year-old is quite the glutton for punishment and so was pleased that the BBC series was recommissioned for another dose of daring SAS Second World War missions. The first season was set in 1941, during the North African desert campaign in which the misfit mob of brutally efficient soldiers was founded by Lieutenant David Stirling (Connor Swindells) and led from the front by O’Connell’s Lieutenant Paddy Mayne, an authority-hating, poetry-spouting Irishman. For season two the theatre of war moves to Europe, and the 1943 invasion of Sicily, which was a near-suicidal frontal assault led by the SAS. This time there was no pre-production boot camp, a surprise given the brawny physicality that’s on display from O’Connell and co. "Maybe they considered us initiated... Either that or there were cutbacks!" he says with a laugh. Nor did he have to do as much research into the history of the SAS. "One of the major perks about developing Ben Macintyre’s book is we always have it," he says of the author’s non-fiction work of the same name, used by show creator Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) as inspiration for the two seasons’ actual and imagined events. "It’s forensic in it…

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The weight of war
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Jack O’Connell has forged a career playing physically demanding roles, but says there’s far more to SAS Rogue Heroes than mindless, macho violence
encoded: Add SAS Rogue Heroes to your watchlist Jack O’Connell has a fondness – and talent – for muscular, challenging roles filmed in remote locations. Five years ago he was in a snowy expanse near the Arctic Circle filming The North Water, the BBC whaling drama that saw him kill, gut and shelter inside a polar bear. Before that, he’d filmed Netflix’s western revenge thriller Godless in the New Mexican mountains, and earlier in his career Angelina Jolie’s film Unbroken, for which he spent almost half a year in Australia, playing the gruelling lead role as Japanese prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini. More recently, he found himself in the Moroccan desert for the first series of SAS Rogue Heroes, which the Derby-born actor admitted at the time was his most gruelling job to date. But, it seems, the 34-year-old is quite the glutton for punishment and so was pleased that the BBC series was recommissioned for another dose of daring SAS Second World War missions. The first series was set in 1941, during the North African desert campaign in which the misfit mob of brutally efficient soldiers was founded by Lieutenant David Stirling (Connor Swindells) and led from the front by O’Connell’s Lieutenant Paddy Mayne, an authority-hating, poetry-spouting Irishman. For series two the theatre of war moves to Europe, and the 1943 invasion of Sicily, which was a near-suicidal frontal assault led by the SAS. This time there was no pre-production boot camp, a surprise given the brawny physicality that’s on display from O’Connell and co. “Maybe they considered us initiated… Either that or there were cutbacks!” he says with a laugh. Nor did he have to do as much research into the history of the SAS. “One of the major perks about developing Ben Macintyre’s book is we always have it,” he says of the author’s non-fiction work of the same name, used by show creator Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) as inspiration for the two series’ actual and imagined events. “It’s forensic in its detail, so we h…

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