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One documentary will offer an inside look at fashion designer Victoria Beckham’s businesses. The film will be produced by Nicola Howson and Julia Nottingham. Viewers will get a rare glimpse into Beckham’s personal and professional life. Another documentary focusing on iconic British boy band Take That is also in the works. All five original members — Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, and Robbie Williams — will participate in the film directed by David Soutar and produced by Fulwell 73.

In addition to celebrity profiles, Netflix is tackling more serious historical subjects. One documentary will examine the 2005 7/7 London bombings, the devastating terrorist attack that killed 52 people. Produced by The Garden, part of ITV Studios, the film will explore the tragedy and its long-lasting effects. Another documentary called “Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen” will provide an intimate look at the world of top sports promoters in fields like snooker, darts,...

Streaming giant Netflix has revealed a slate of upcoming titles at the Edinburgh TV Festival, including docuseries on Victoria Beckham and British boy band Take That.

Among the new commissions is a show about Beckham, formerly Posh Spice of the Spice Girls and married to ex-soccer star David Beckham, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at her fashion and beauty businesses. Award-nominated producers Nicola Howson and Julia Nottingham are attached to the project from Studio 99 and Dorothy St Pictures.

Other shows announced include a documentary on Take That, one of the U.K.’s biggest boy bands, with members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams all taking part, and David Soutar set to direct. Fulwell 73 are producing.

Details of another doc about the multi-Michelin-star British chef Gordon Ramsay have been released, following the food expert over nine months in the lead-up to his biggest restaurant venture to date,...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Love Again and Angel City, plus FYCs for Wednesday, The Last of Us and Ted Lasso.

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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reunited with their Last of Us team for a “For Your Consideration” event in L.A. on April 28.

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Ed Sheeran, who is relatively mum about his private life, is going behind-the-music in his new Disney+ docuseries, touching on subjects like grief, mental health, love and loss.

“I never wanted to make a documentary that was [focused on the] sad pop star and feel sorry for [the] sad pop star,” Sheeran said Tuesday night at the New York City premiere of Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, which debuted Wednesday on Disney+ and follows the singer as he mourns the death of his best friend, supports his wife as she battles cancer while being pregnant and records his new album.

“What I think is really great about the documentary is the themes that it explores, everyone goes through. … Everyone goes through grief. Everyone goes through ups and downs of their mental health.”

“I know exactly what you mean, but the pop star went through some shit,” chimed in moderator and CBS This Morning host Gayle King.

Ed Sheeran shares a behind-the-scenes look at his private life with the Disney+ documentary series Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All. The four-part docuseries dives into Sheeran’s background and reveals details on some of his biggest hits as well as his personal influences.

“I’ve always been very guarded in my personal and private life; the only documentary I’ve ever made has been one that focused on my songwriting,” stated Sheeran. “Disney approached me to make a four-part documentary, and it felt like the right time to open the door and let people in. I hope people enjoy it.”

David Soutar directed the docuseries and Fulwell 73’s Ben Winston and Ben Turner served as executive producers.

“In this docuseries, we’re going to reveal a side of Ed Sheeran that fans have never seen before,” said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Branded Television. “Together with Fulwell 73, we’ve...

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Ed Sheeran is giving his fans an inside look at his musical journey and so much more in a forthcoming intimate docuseries for Disney+. Per the streamer, the four-part event, directed by David Soutar and produced by Fulwell 73 Productions, titled "Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All," will reveal "how an unlikely child with a stutter rose to fame to become one of the biggest global music superstars and how his chart-topping hits were born" - but that's not all.

"For the first time, global superstar Ed Sheeran opens the doors to a definitive and searingly honest view into his private life as he explores the universal themes that inspire his music," Disney+ declares in the documentary's description. The new docuseries also follows Sheeran after he learns "life-changing news" - like the death of his longtime friend and original career architect, music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards - and...

Ed Sheeran is opening up about his unseen journey of loss in a new four-part docuseries, “Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All.”

The series, which premieres May 3 on Disney+, centers on both the singer-songwriter’s unlikely rise to fame as well as the personal matters of love and loss that inspire his chart-topping music. “Everything in my life sort of got so much better once Cherry got into it,” the artist says of his wife in the trailer released Monday. “Now, I’ve got[ten] married, and I’m a dad who has two daughters.”

What Sheeran identifies as a “peak” quickly went downhill as Cherry faced health problems and his best friend Jamal Edwards, who the pop singer has previously credited with launching his career, passed away suddenly.

“You guys said you want to make a documentary, and I went, ‘yeah, and it should be me in the studio...

A four-part docuseries, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, will spotlight how an unlikely child with a stutter rose to fame and how his chart-topping hits were born.

From Emmy-winning producers Fulwell 73 Productions and Disney Branded Television, the series is set for a global debut May 3 on Disney+.

In Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, billed as a definitive view into Sheeran’s private life, he shares thoughts about how this difficult time has influenced him and his new music.

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Sheeran’s upcoming sixth studio album, “ – ” (pronounced “Subtract”), is set to be released May 5 through Atlantic in the U.S., Atlantic/Asylum Records in the UK, and Atlantic/Warner Music in the rest of world, with the lead single “Eyes Closed” arriving March 24.

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Russell T Davies historical drama scoops three gongs at London event.

A Very English Scandal picked up three Bafta Craft Awards last night (April 28), beating Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which each won two awards. Meanwhile, script supervisor Emma Thomas was honoured with the Bafta Craft Special Award for her outstanding contribution to the industry.

A Very English Scandal won for Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while Killing Eve picked up awards for Original Music and Sound: Fiction. Patrick Melrose won the Production Design and Writer: Drama awards.

The awards celebrate the best behind-the-scenes television talent of the last 12 months.

A Very English Scandal, the BBC and Amazon co-production, scored three gongs at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards. The Hugh Grant-fronted mini-series beat two other high-profile U.S.-backed series, Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which both won two awards at the behind-the-scenes awards.

The event was hosted by Episodes’ Stephen Mangan in London and comes ahead of the main awards next month.

A Very English Scandal, based on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, won in Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while BBC America’s Killing Eve picked up the Original Music and Sound: Fiction awards and Showtime and Sky co-pro Patrick Melrose received the Production Design and Writer: Drama award with David Nicholls beating Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Russell T Davies and Lennie James to the latter.

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There’s something about former boyband legend Matt Goss. It could be his enduring, striking looks, replete with that wisp of blonde hair and those piercing eyes we were so accustomed to seeing, staring out from newsagent shelves from the covers of Smash Hits or Just 17.

Or perhaps it’s his thoughtfulness, as exhibited in Joe Pearlman and David Soutar’s documentary about the reformation of 1980s hit factory, Bros.

In truth, it’s all of the above the makes Matt Goss so watchable. Particularly his astonishing turn of phrase, delivering unique metaphors (the directors would later refer to them as Matt-isms) with alarming regularity.

The co-directors join Goss in the Us, where he evidently likes to stare pensively across the Vegas skyline (at least when he’s not performing on stage at The Mirage). Meanwhile,...

The final wave of programming for Fantastic Fest has been unveiled and the lineup features Jonah Hill’s directorial debut MID90S, the U.S. premiere of David Robert Mitchell’s La noir Under the Silver Lake starring Andrew Garfield and the fest’s closing night pic, Drew Goddard’s star-studded Bad Times at the El Royale.

As the bookend to this year’s fest, El Royale stars Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, and Cynthia Erivo in a mystery thriller about seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, that meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption — before everything goes to hell.

Fantastic Fest will also feature Karyn Kusama’s noir thriller Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman and the North American Premiere of Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited...