Benedict Cumberbatch secret BBC project revealed: Actor to front Best of BBC Drama trailer

MIRROR
Oct 28, 2014 13:15
By Carl Greenwood



Benedict Cumberbatch is to front a new trailer showcasing the best of BBC drama.

The Sherlock actor - who has reportedly been cast as Doctor Strange in Marvel's new superhero film of the same name - will front the trailer which will celebrate the best of British drama.

Cumberbatch will read the All the World’s a Stage monologue from William Shakespeare’s As You Like It as the supercut trailer celebrates BBC drama with moments from seminal productions past, present and future.

The BBC previously teased the actor's involvement in the secret project on Twitter, leading fans to suspect all kind of things were going on.

New shows given their first airing as part of the celebration include the adaptation of JK Rowling's novel The Casual Vacancy, Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman's drama Esio Trot and One Child from BAFTA-winning writer Guy Hibbert.

The highly-anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize winning historical novel Wolf Hall will also feature, alongside the remake of Poldark and Jimmy McGovern's new eight part series Strange and Norrell.

Doctor Who, Luther, Last Tango in Halifax and Sherlock will also feature as will Call The Midwife, Happy Valley and EastEnders.

The Fall, Line of Duty, Death in Paradise and Peaky Blinders will also be shown, adding to the roster of impressive contemporary drama the BBC producers.

The trailer will also look back at some of the most successful and beloved dramas of the past including The Singing Detective, House of Cards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Life, Pride and Prejudice, Criminal Justice, Small Island, Spooks and Life on Mars.


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Martin Freeman for Funny Cow film

NETFLIX
PUBLISHED
10/10/2014 | 11:06



Martin Freeman has joined the cast of Funny Cow - a film set in the world of stand-up comedy.

Maxine Peake - best known for her roles in TV dramas Shameless and Silk - is starring in the British indie flick charting the rise of a female stand-up comic in the male-dominated clubs of northern England in the 1970s and 80s, according to Screen Daily.

The Hobbit star Martin has signed up to the cast along with Boardwalk Empire's Stephen Graham and rebus star John Hannah.

The script has been written by Peaky Blinders and Hyena actor Tony Pitts, who will also appear in the film, with Junkhearts' Tinge Krishnan attached to direct.



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Watch Tom Hardy debut as London gangster in Peaky Blinders (VIDEO) with Cillian Murphy

WHATS ON TV
12:12pm, Monday, 6 October 2014



Tom Hardy makes his debut in BBC2 period drama Peaky Blinders on Thursday.

Film star Tom plays Alfie Solomons, a dangerous and unpredictable London crime lord whose base is Camden Town, at end of the Grand Union canal which connects Birmingham to London.

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Tom Hardy 'secretly married' fiancée Charlotte in France TWO months ago - they kept that quiet

THE DAILY MIRROR
21 SEPTEMBER, 2014
By Katy Forrester



Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley have secretly married.

Peaky Blinders star Tom Hardy has reportedly tied the knot with his actress fiancée. Hearts. Break. Everywhere.

The 37-year-old hunk, who has been dating Charlotte Riley since 2009, married in the South of France and managed to keep it a secret for more than two months. How they managed to keep that quiet, we're not too sure.

Tom and Charlotte, 32, decided it would be an intimate affair and were joined by a small group of friends and family at the 18th-century castle Chateau de Roussan in Provence on July 4.

The actor has a six-year-old son, Louis, by ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, who was also at the wedding.

A family source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "It was a beautiful, low-key day made even more special because they just had their closest friends and family around them.



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Tom Hardy To Star In BBC Miniseries Taboo From Steven Knight And Ridley Scott

BLEEDING COOL
Posted on April 3, 2014 by Linda Ge



Tom Hardy and Steven Knight must have really, really loved working together on Locke, because not only is Hardy going to play a role in season 2 of Knight’s Peaky Blinders series, now they’re doing another TV project together.

Taboo is the name, and it’s a historical thriller, which also has Ridley Scott on board as an executive producer. Filming on the 8-episode series will begin in early 2015. Hardy’s a busy man, after all.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Set in 1813, TABOO follows James Keziah Delaney (Hardy), a rogue adventurer who returns from Africa with 14 ill-gotten diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father. Refusing to sell the family business to the East India Company, he sets out to build his own trade and shipping empire and finds himself playing a dangerous game with two warring nations, Britain and America.

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Jeremy Piven Reveals His Love for Tom Hardy's Balls in 'Fault'!

 JUST JARED
February 13, 2014



On his acting idols: “The first person to come to mind would be Javier Bardem. He never lets you down. He’s a complete and utter inspiration. I like Tom Hardy’s balls. I mean not literally, I’ve never seen Tom Hardy’s balls, just for the record. We worked together in Black Hawk Down and he’s a gamer, he’s always up for it, he’s fearless and he’s really fun to watch as well. Mark Rylance – I was lucky enough to see him on stage in Twelfth Night and I hope to see him in Richard III in New York. He’s completely improvisational, totally alive on stage doing Shakespeare.”

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Tom Hardy joins the cast of hit period crime drama Peaky Blinders

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By JASON CHESTER
February 14, 2014



Tom Hardy will make a return to TV later this year after joining the cast of period drama Peaky Blinders.

The British movie star will appear in the second series of the hit BBC Two gangster drama, joining his The Dark Knight Rises co-star Cillian Murphy.

The official Twitter account for Peaky Blinders'announced the news on Friday, writing: 'FAN EXCLUSIVE: TOM HARDY WILL JOIN THE CAST OF #PEAKYBLINDERS! As a thanks for your support, YOU are the 1st to know (sic)'

Peaky Blinders follows the Shelby crime family - led by the cunning and masterful Tommy (Cillian) - and is set in Birmingham just after World War I.

The drama also stars top acting talent such as Helen McCrory and Sam Neill as Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a detective who arrives in Birmingham from Belfast to rid the city of corruption and gangs


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