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That’s A Wrap: Eddie Izzard, Friends the Musical, Benedict Cumberbatch

Time for another That’s A Wrap podcast with my friend Angie Greaves.

This week, we have news on Eddie Izzard’s autobiography called Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens.

And there’s lots more…

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Ethel and Ernest team adapt Michael Morpurgo book

For me, one of the best things on TV over the Christmas period was the feature animation Ethel and Ernest, based in the book by Raymond Briggs.

Now the team that created that film are working on a new project based on Michael Morpurgo’s story Kensuke’s Kingdom.

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Watch: The Simpsons special hip-hop episode

A couple of weeks ago on That’s A Wrap we talked about a special hour long episode of The Simpsons that will be broadcast this month.

The Great Phatsby is The Simpsons’ own version of The Great Gatsby and is about a friendship between Mr Burns and a mysterious hip-hop mogul named Jay G.

It features a whole host of guests stars including Taraji P Henson, Snoop Dogg, Common and Keegan Michael Key.

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Meet The Boss Baby

Here’s our first look at DreamWorks Animation’s next big movie, The Boss Baby.

It follows the young tyke who teams up with us older brother Tim to thwart the plans of the evil Francis E Francis, CEO of PuppyCo, who threatens to sap the world’s love supply by unveiling the cutest puppy breed ever.

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