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Why is it that, when a horror film achieves something special, both the critics and the public tend to elevate it above and beyond the ‘lowly’ horror genre? David Lynch’s most humane and sympathetic film still makes our heads spin, and this new 4K remaster renders Freddie Francis’s great cinematography at its best. Lynch extends and develops the visual nightmares of his experimental Eraserhead for this true-life classic. Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller and Freddie Jones all give indelible, emotionally-moving performances. How many horror pictures hold up hope for social decency and personal dignity?

The Elephant Man

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1980 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 123 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 29, 2020 / 39.95

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher, Lesley Dunlop, Phoebe Nicholls, Lydia Lisle,...

Creating a charming story about life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes is a powerful way to allow audiences to engage in the lives of people around the world, especially in other cultures. That is particularly true in the popular British television series, ‘Where the Heart Is,’ which is a set in the fictional Yorkshire […]

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'Coronation Street' leads the nominations for the Inside Soap Awards 2013. The ITV soap has picked up 15 nods, including two for Best Actor courtesy of David Neilson - who portrays Roy Cropper in the show - and Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt), and they will do battle with EastEnders' Jake Wood (Max Branning) and Emmerdale's Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle). 'Corrie' also has two nominations in the Best Actress category for Julie Hesmondhalgh - who plays cancer-suffered Hayley Cropper - and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre), who will face competition from EastEnders' Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning) and 'Emmerdale' star Lesley Dunlop...

'Coronation Street' leads the nominations for the Inside Soap Awards 2013. The ITV soap has picked up 15 nods, including two for Best Actor courtesy of David Neilson - who portrays Roy Cropper in the show - and Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt), and they will do battle with EastEnders' Jake Wood (Max Branning) and Emmerdale's Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle). 'Corrie' also has two nominations in the Best Actress category for Julie Hesmondhalgh - who plays cancer-suffered Hayley Cropper - and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre), who will face competition from EastEnders' Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning) and 'Emmerdale' star Lesley Dunlop...

The National Television Awards 2014 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (September 17) open.

Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2014 awards take place at London's O2 on January 22.

Full list of 2014 nominations:

Drama

Broadchurch

Call The Midwife

Casualty

Dci Banks

Death In Paradise

Doc Martin

Doctor Who

Downton Abbey

Endeavour

Foyle's War

Holby City

Homeland

Jonathan Creek

Last Tango in Halifax

Law & Order: UK

Lewis

Love and Marriage

Luther

Midsomer Murders

Mr Selfridge

New Tricks

Poirot

Revolution

Ripper Street

Scott & Bailey

Shetland

Silent Witness

The Fall

The Paradise

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

The Syndicate

The Village

The White Queen

Under The Dome

Vera

What Remains

TV Detective

Olivia Colman - Broadchurch

David Tennant - Broadchurch

Stephen Tompkinson - Dci Banks

Shaun Evans - Endeavour

Michael Kitchen - Foyle's War

Alan Davies - Jonathan Creek...

Lesley Dunlop was ''scared'' of tackling her latest 'Emmerdale' storyline. The 56-year-old actress' soap alter ego Brenda Walker is to be diagnosed with a lesion on the brain, and as well as worrying about what it meant for her future on the ITV show, Lesley was concerned about the responsibility she has to portray the disease accurately. She said: ''The first thing I asked was, 'Does she die?' - I didn't know if I was still in a job or not. ''Like Brenda is, I was scared, because a storyline like this is such a huge undertaking and huge responsibility, and it has...

Lesley Dunlop was ''scared'' of tackling her latest 'Emmerdale' storyline. The 56-year-old actress' soap alter ego Brenda Walker is to be diagnosed with a lesion on the brain, and as well as worrying about what it meant for her future on the ITV show, Lesley was concerned about the responsibility she has to portray the disease accurately. She said: ''The first thing I asked was, 'Does she die?' - I didn't know if I was still in a job or not. ''Like Brenda is, I was scared, because a storyline like this is such a huge undertaking and huge responsibility, and it has...

Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw has revealed that his character Bob Hope will develop romantic feelings for Brenda Walker. Bob starts to see Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) in a new light when his friend Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) shares a kiss with her next month. The unexpected moment between Dan and Brenda takes place at a Bronte literature night that Bob has organised in an effort to meet new women. Audenshaw revealed: "Brenda has been on the booze all night. Bob and Dan haven't seen her drinking much, but it looks like she's leathered all of a sudden. Brenda just makes a grab for Dan and starts kissing him. Bob thinks, 'Where's this come from?' "I think Bob's shocked and also he's got that little hint of jealousy. He's got that (more)...

Emmerdale star Lesley Dunlop has predicted that the "fantastic" talent of the soap's cast will be proven in the show's live episode this week. The actress appeared on Loose Women today (October 15), confirming that her character Brenda Walker will not feature in the hour-long 40th anniversary broadcast.

Pictured: Lesley Dunlop on Loose Women. Dunlop told the show's panel: "I'm here because I'm not in it, and they're all busy! I've had a little operation, and I was written out of this period." She continued: "They're all working ridiculously long hours. I think they're all brilliant. We've got some fantastic actors in this show, and I think it's (more)...

Emmerdale's Amy Wyatt is left in turmoil this evening (August 1) as she hears shocking news about her mother Kerry. Amy (Chelsea Halfpenny) is determined to put her mum behind her following their recent reunion, but that proves impossible when one of Kerry's friends telephones the B&B to report that she is in hospital. Eric (Chris Chittell) and Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) beg Amy to consider visiting Kerry, (more)...

Emmerdale's Brenda Walker hears that Alicia and David's relationship is fake in tonight's (July 4) episode of the soap. As Alicia's hen party takes place at The Woolpack, Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) rebukes Eric for not making more of an effort - questioning why he is so against the wedding. Unable to hide the truth any longer, Eric (Chris Chittell) lets (more)...

Emmerdale star Charlie Hardwick has hinted that her character Val Pollard will remain estranged from husband Eric for the foreseeable future. Val returned to the village last week following three months in Portugal, but was stunned to discover that Eric (Chris Chittell) is now dating Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop). Speaking on Daybreak today (May 31), Hardwick revealed that Val and Eric have not reunited in the material she is filming at the moment.

Pictured: Charlie Hardwick on Daybreak. Asked what is coming up for Val, Hardwick replied: "Do you know, I don't know how it's going to pan out. I daren't look at what's coming next! But I know that I'm not with Eric. "I think Val just assumed that (more)...

Emmerdale star Lesley Dunlop has admitted that she would like to see her character Brenda Walker fight with Eric Pollard's wife Val. Val ran off to Portugal with her husband's money when actress Charlie Hardwick decided to take a break from the ITV1 soap. Eric has since started an affair with Brenda, who wants the couple to go public. "I'd quite like it if Val comes back to the village fuming. It would be good to see how Eric reacts - whether he drops Brenda (more)...

Emmerdale's Rodney Blackstock fears that he's facing a prison sentence as his day in court arrives in Thursday night's double bill of the soap. Rodney (Patrick Mower) is plagued by last-minute nerves as he waits for the hearing to begin, which aren't helped when well-meaning Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) assures him that he'd cope well behind bars. Things look even worse for Rodney when a stand-in solicitor arrives and is far from reassuring (more)...

Week Five – The result: Gareth Thomas was voted through to the grand finale.

Gareth will join Nick Moran (Piano) Tony Audenshaw and Lesley Dunlop (Jive) Tracy-Ann Oberman (Folksinging) and Jason Manford (Opera) in the Grand Finale next Sunday.

The judging panel tonight were : Denise Van Outen, Jason Gardiner and Sebastien from Il Divo.

The celebrities taking part in week five were John Barnes (Hip Hop), Jennie McAlpine (Electric Guitar) and Gareth Thomas (Harp)

John danced to Rapper’s Delight

Jennie played Acdc’s – ‘Back in Black’

Gareth played ‘Cantina’ from Star Wars:

The children mentoring the celebrities were Darren Symes (John Barnes), Ben Creighton-Griffiths (Gareth Thomas) and Calvin Prior (Jennie McAlpine)

Born to Shine is supporting Save the Children’s No Child Born to Die campaign which launched in January of this year aiming to save millions of children’s lives. At the heart of No Child...

Tracy-Ann Oberman became the third star to be voted through to the Born To Shine final on tonight’s live show.

The former Eastenders actress had only just performed a folk song (to which she accompanied herself on guitar) a few minutes before, when presenter Natasha Kaplinksy revealed that she had won the most public votes and would advance to the next stage of the competition.

She triumphed over fellow Walford star Joe Swash, who had impressed the audience earlier in the show with his slightly out of time beatboxing and Jason Byrne, who tried his hand at Irish Dancing Riverdance style when the episode opened.

On hearing the news, Oberman looked shocked and hysterically exclaimed:

‘Thrilled, amazed, I can’t believe it!’

She added:

‘Sorry I don’t mean to laugh but that’s amazing and weird.’

Talented teenager Issy Ferris who mentored Tracy for the month leading up...

Emmerdale actors Tony Audenshaw and Lesley Dunlop found themselves winning the public vote on tonight’s Born To Shine.

The pair performed a jive to Christina Aguilera’s ‘Candy Man’ just minutes before the voting lines were opened and at the end of the ITV entertainment show, presenter Natasha Kaplinsky revealed that they were the public’s favourites and would be joining Nick Moran in the final next month.

Tony and Lesley triumphed over TV presenter Dawn Porter, who sang Etta James’ ‘At Last’ earlier in the evening and This Morning star Ruth Langsford, who tried her hand at drumming.

They were mentored by Junior British and European Champions of Ballroom, 13 year old Hannah Cresswell and 15 year old Luke Miller for the month leading up to their performance and after they showcased their moves, normally nasty Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner raved:

I have to say, the jive is...

Junior British and European Champions of Ballroom 13 year old Hannah Cresswell and 15 year old Luke Miller performed on Born To Shine this evening.

The young duo – who have been partners for the last four years – took to the stage on the ITV entertainment show and displayed their immense dance skills as they jived to Alexandra Burke’s Broken Heels.

However, they weren’t just invited on the show to wow the audience with their own brilliance, the young pair were also there to cheer on Emmerdale stars Tony Audenshaw and Lesley Dunlop, who they have been teaching and mentoring for the last month.

The duo are best know as Bob Hope and Brenda Walker from the ITV soap and tonight followed Luke and Hanna to the stage, to perform a jive of their own.

They danced to Christina Aguilera’s ‘Candy Man’, dressed in fetching black and yellow outfits. What they lacked in skill,...

Nick Moran has won himself a place in the final of ITV’s Born To Shine.

The 41 year old actor – best known as Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – competed in the reality TV show this evening having learned to play a grade eight piano piece in just three weeks.

The audience were wowed by his accomplishment, though he insisted that much of the credit was due to his young teacher who plays at a professional level despite her young age.

Also featured on the show were West End singer Jodie Prenger, who performed a rap piece for the judging panel – Denise Van Outen, Jason Gardiner and Kimberley Walsh – and husband and wife duo Angelica Bell and Michael Underwood, who performed a tap dance routine.

At the end of the hour long episode, presenter Natasha Kaplinksy announced that Nick – who also starred in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking...

Born To Shine kicks off tonight on ITV1, just when you thought that there would be no TV talent shows left this summer!

In aid of charity, the show showcases celebrities who are keen to learn a new skill and talent and members of the oublic will be asked to vote for who they think mastered it best.

On tonight’s show Nick Moran will try his hand at playing the piano, Jodie Prenger will attempt rapping and newlyweds Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell will perform a tap dancing routine.

In a surprise twist the stars will be mentored by some of the UK’s most gifted children, as they learn the new skill.

Each Sunday night, the famous faces will have to perform not just for their young teachers but also for the judging panel consisting of Denise Van Outen and Jason Gardiner. The duo will be joined by...

Lives will be lost in Emmerdale in the New Year when a massive fire causes terror and tragedy, it has been announced. The shock new storyline will see a blaze rip through a row of cottages in the heart of the village in some of the soap's most spectacular scenes ever. Show bosses have confirmed that at least two characters will perish in the inferno, although the identities of the casualties will be kept closely under wraps until transmission. Betty Eagleton (Paula Tilbrook), Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and Gennie Walker (Sian Reese-Williams) are just three of the villagers who have been named as possible victims of the flames. Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) and Terry Woods (Billy Hartman) will also be in danger when the fire spreads to their home, while Viv Hope (Deena Payne) is another (more)...

Following a year-long stretch inside for a crime she didn't commit, Emmerdale's Viv Hope made a welcome return to the village during yesterday's episode. Very quickly after landing herself in prison by pleading guilty to fraud, Viv - played by 54-year-old Deena Payne - managed to secure expert legal advice when her cellmate recommended a hotshot solicitor. Her three-year sentence was soon shortened to one and she was eventually released back into the community. Her return wasn't as smooth as she'd imagined, though. Stepping back into her rightful place behind the counter at the Post Office, she dipped into the cash register to retrieve small change for her taxi driver. However, she suddenly found herself being restrained by Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) - neither knowing the other's identity. It was only when Paddy (Dominic Brunt) explained (more)...

After being released from prison, Viv Hope makes her return to the village during tonight's episode of Emmerdale, only to be attacked in her own shop. Rolling up in a taxi, she tries to pay the driver with a crisp £50 note but offers to go inside to the Post Office for some smaller change. However, Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) has no idea who Viv is and believes her to be a thief. It's only when Paddy walks in that Brenda realises that she's made a terrible mistake. Speaking of Viv's return, Payne said: "Her expectations really aren’t (more)...

Having been released from prison, Emmerdale's Viv Hope (Deena Payne) rolls up to her home in a taxi but only has a £50 note to pay the driver. She heads inside the Post Office for a smaller denomination but is quickly accosted by Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) who has no idea who Viv is. How will Bob (Tony Audenshaw) deal with his wife Viv's (more)...

Emmerdale actress Deena Payne has returned to filming with the show following her year-long break. In 2007, the 54-year-old, who plays Viv Hope in the Yorkshire serial drama, announced her intention to take a 12-month break to spend more time with her family and concentrate on her charity. Her exit storyline saw her screen counterpart Viv sentenced to a year's imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud when conman Freddie Yorke (Keith Woodason) stole her charity money and left her to foot the blame. However, the lives of her family and friends have moved on significantly since her departure, as her husband Bob's (Tony Audenshaw) financial crisis resulted in Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) investing in the business, while he has also recently been struggling with his feelings (more)...