The BFI and BAFTA have unveiled the 2024 intake for its 10th BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development program, supporting six emerging Lgbtqia+ creatives working on their debuts in film and TV.
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Two further lost British sitcom episodes have been discovered via the BFI’s Missing Believed Wiped initiative. Here are the details.
Thanks to the hard work of the BFI, it’s an incredible time to be a fan of vintage British comedy.
In the last few months, the entire series of The Complete And Utter History of Britain and episodes of Til Death Us Do Part, Hugh and I and Sykes and a… have been found.
We can now add two more to the list, according to the British Comedy Guide. The first is the fifth episode of 1964 series Lance At Large, the first sitcom by The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin writer David Nobbs.
Previously thought entirely wiped, the show was written by Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood, and starred Lance Percival and Bernard Spear. The recovered episode also features guest stars Fred Emney, Hugh Paddick and Diana Chappell.
Thanks to the hard work of the BFI, it’s an incredible time to be a fan of vintage British comedy.
In the last few months, the entire series of The Complete And Utter History of Britain and episodes of Til Death Us Do Part, Hugh and I and Sykes and a… have been found.
We can now add two more to the list, according to the British Comedy Guide. The first is the fifth episode of 1964 series Lance At Large, the first sitcom by The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin writer David Nobbs.
Previously thought entirely wiped, the show was written by Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood, and starred Lance Percival and Bernard Spear. The recovered episode also features guest stars Fred Emney, Hugh Paddick and Diana Chappell.
- 12/1/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Paul King beat out Nick Hornby and Alex Garland.
Paul King was awarded Best Screenplay for Paddington at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards in London last night [18 Jan].
King’s script, which was BAFTA-nominated last year, beat out Wild by Nick Hornby and Ex Machina by Alex Garland.
Best First Screenplay went to James Graham for drama X+Y, ahead of ’71 by Gregory Burke and The Falling by Carol Morley.
Writer and producer Russell T Davies received the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award while Armando Iannucci’s Veep won Best TV Situation Comedy.
A special tribute was also made to Writers’ Guild member David Nobbs.
Wggb president Olivia Hetreed said of the event: “As president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, I am immensely proud of all our Award winners and nominees, a truly impressive display of talent, from the ancient art of playwriting to the youngest one of game writing. All our winners...
Paul King was awarded Best Screenplay for Paddington at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards in London last night [18 Jan].
King’s script, which was BAFTA-nominated last year, beat out Wild by Nick Hornby and Ex Machina by Alex Garland.
Best First Screenplay went to James Graham for drama X+Y, ahead of ’71 by Gregory Burke and The Falling by Carol Morley.
Writer and producer Russell T Davies received the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award while Armando Iannucci’s Veep won Best TV Situation Comedy.
A special tribute was also made to Writers’ Guild member David Nobbs.
Wggb president Olivia Hetreed said of the event: “As president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, I am immensely proud of all our Award winners and nominees, a truly impressive display of talent, from the ancient art of playwriting to the youngest one of game writing. All our winners...
- 1/19/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Writer David Nobbs has passed away at the age of 80, the British Humanist Association has confirmed.
Nobbs was best known for creating the comic television character Reginald Perrin, played in the BBC series by Leonard Rossiter.
Nobbs created the BBC sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, which ran between 1976 and 1979, from his series of novels.
The novels follow the story of a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, who is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job.
The Yorkshire-born writer also provided material for The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd and Frankie Howerd.
Nobbs wrote over 20 novels during a prolific career that spanned nearly 50 years.
Watch a clip from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin below:...
Nobbs was best known for creating the comic television character Reginald Perrin, played in the BBC series by Leonard Rossiter.
Nobbs created the BBC sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, which ran between 1976 and 1979, from his series of novels.
The novels follow the story of a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, who is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job.
The Yorkshire-born writer also provided material for The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd and Frankie Howerd.
Nobbs wrote over 20 novels during a prolific career that spanned nearly 50 years.
Watch a clip from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin below:...
- 8/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Stage and screen actor who excelled in playing authority figures and appeared in TV shows such as Brookside and Lovejoy
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
- 2/22/2014
- by Michael Coveney, Vanessa Redgrave
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs didn’t get where he is today by not sharing his casting wishes for Reggie Perrin, the misguided 2009 revamp of...
The post Would Tennant Have Made a Better Perrin? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs didn’t get where he is today by not sharing his casting wishes for Reggie Perrin, the misguided 2009 revamp of...
The post Would Tennant Have Made a Better Perrin? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 6/15/2013
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.