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UKTV lands The White Princess

The White Princess, the Starz-produced drama based on Phillipa Gregory’s novel, has finally found a home with UKTV.

The drama is a sequel to The White Queen which was aired in BBC One in the UK and helped make Rebecca Ferguson a star. However, the BBC decided against being involved in the sequel.

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Paddington 2 – footage screening thoughts

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go along to a screening of some footage from Paddington 2.

The event was introduced by Hugh Bonneville, aka Mr Brown, and featured four clips from the new film.

As always, any sequel to a film that you loved first time round always involves a bit of trepidation. Can they capture the magic again?

Well I’m glad to say that from the footage I saw yesterday, writer/director Paul King certainly has.

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Kate Winslet, Taron Egerton, Matt Berry head to Moominvalley

Kate Winslet, Taron Egerton, Rosamund Pike, Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry are all lending their voices to a new Moomin animation series, which follows a successful crowdfunding campaign.

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