Divorce
The latest offering from BAFTA-winning Catastrophe star Sharon Horgan was revealed at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker in her first TV role since Sex And The City playing a New York woman undergoing an acrimonious divorce from her husband, played by Thomas Hayden Church. Saturday Night Live actress Molly Shannon also features. Divorce starts on HBO on October 10 and launches in the UK a week later on Sky Atlantic.
The Grand Tour
Andy Wilman, formerly Top Gear's executive producer and a contemporary of Jeremy Clarkson's at private school, allowed the EITF a sneak preview of what will become one of Amazon's hottest properties: the new motoring show featuring Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. No word yet as to a launch date - Autumn, was all Wilman would say - and nor is it clear whether the show will be uploaded weekly or whether all episodes will go up at once to allow viewers to gorge themselves. But there will be industrial strength swearing, which you didn't get when the show was on BBC Two.
Electric Dreams: The World Of Philip K Dick
Sci-fi anthologies of the Twilight Zone variety are back in fashion - in fact X Men director Bryan Singer told the EITF that he's currently working on a reboot of the famous series for Fox. Before then, Outlander and Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore is bringing this 10-part anthology collection to Channel 4, based on the sci-fi author's short stories. “There's over 100 of them, most of which have never been realised,” Moore told his festival audience. “The idea was to craft each one of these episodes based on a different story and bring in different writers and directors each week … [Dick] was talking about ideas and wrestling with themes and human experiences that can speak to every subsequent generation. So it's great for us to be have our chance to go into this material”. Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is executive producer and may also star.
Scare PewDiePie
The pay channel YouTube Red has yet to launch in the UK, though as YouTube Originals it's already up and running in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, with a 12-strong selection of original programmes mostly presented by YouTube stars. Scare PewDiePie features one of the biggest: comedian Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie. With high production values - YouTube have built vast studios in London, Berlin, Paris, Mumbai and Tokyo - the programmes come in runs of between six and 10 episodes. Among the other YouTube stars featured in the upcoming YouTube Red schedule are American gamer MatPat (Matthew Patrick) and Canadian vlogger Lilly Singh.
To Walk Invisible
Appearing in conversation with Russell T Davies, Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright unveiled her take on the Brontes, due to be screened on BBC One at Christmas. “The BBC asked for a biopic so I've looked at the last three years when they were all still alive,” said Wainwright. “They'd all been away doing different things but they were all back at home in 1845 … They were the archetypal dysfunctional family in many ways, the Brontes”. Meat and drink for Wainwright, in other words. Chloe Pirrie plays Emily Bronte as dark, troubled and combustible, while Finn Atkins and Charlie Murphy play Charlotte and Anne respectively.
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