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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Don't put our Rose in danger, she's a national treasure in the making: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV
Code Of Silence ITV1 Tolerant and slow to anger though we are, the British public can never excuse some evils. Cruelty to puppies is one. Sneering at the late Queen is another. But most reprehensible of all, a crime beyond forgiveness, is being horrid to Rose Ayling-Ellis. Craig Revel Horwood found this out to his cost on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021, when he was the only judge not to award Rose the full ten points for her semi-final waltz with Giovanni Pernice. Craig gave her a measly nine, and was roundly castigated from all quarters. Actor Andrew Buchan is likely to find himself shunned in the street for his performance as crabby DI James Marsh, in Code Of Silence. We can tell he's a martinet and a bully from the moment he gives her a condescending smile, before telling colleagues she isn't up to the job. How dare he?! Our lovely Rose, so diffident and naive, yet dauntlessly brave? He ought to consider himself jolly lucky to have her on the team. The job in question is lip-reading for a police surveillance unit, stalking a gang of robbers suspected of planning a heist on a jewel vault. Rose plays dinner lady Alison, plucked from the police canteen to watch covert video footage and decode what the robbers are saying. Writer Catherine Moulton shows, without labouring the point, how police and catering bosses alike imagine Alison must be a bit thick, because she's deaf. They talk down to her and begin with the assumption that she'll struggle with whatever they ask of her, whether that's serving an oat milk latte or identifying the target of a multi-million-pound robbery. Even the officer who first spots her potential, DS Francis (Charlotte Ritchie), treats her as an appealing but innocent child. Alison is never bitter, but the frustration sometimes shows through. 'I don't want to be hearing,' she complains to her mother (Fifi Garfield), 'I just want other people to be a bit deaf.' It's easy to believe that, fed up of being underestimated, Alison will take reckless risks to prove herself useful. These include getting a job as a barmaid at a pub owned by the chief villain (Joe Absolom), and chatting up the gang's computer hacker, Liam (Kieron Moore). This is no hardship, since Liam clearly fancies the socks off her, and can't believe his luck that she'll even talk to him — especially after he knocks her off her bike. What he doesn't know, of course, is that she was trying to tail his car at the time. Charming and a bit goofy though he is, Liam is part of a vicious gang. The moment last night at the end of the second episode, when he and his boss caught Alison spying on them over the pub's CCTV, was genuinely alarming. She's our Rose, a national treasure in the making. We don't want to see her in any worse jeopardy than a dodgy cha-cha-cha.
The Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
ITV viewers praise groundbreaking new crime drama's ‘genius' move
ITV viewers have praised a groundbreaking new crime drama for its 'genius' move. Code of Silence follows a deaf worker played by Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis. 4 4 Although her character is from the police canteen, she's called in to be an emergency lip reader for an investigation in Canterbury. This is as she aims to support both herself and her mother as she's forced to work with highly dangerous criminals. Broadchurch actor Andrew Buchan, Call The Midwife star Charlotte Ritchie and former Emmerdale personality Andrew Scarborough make up the rest of the ensemble. After just one episode on screen, viewers have already lauded her brilliant performance. However, ITV made another huge move to support the show which viewers thought was absolutely 'genius'. The official account of the network on X - formerly known as Twitter - stated that one commercial break would be completely silent in honour of the theme of the drama. All the adverts shown on screen would either feature sign language or would be subtitled. The post read: "Tonight's episode of Code of Silence will feature a silent ad break, where all adverts will be signed and/or subtitled and run without sound." Viewers flocked to social media to praise the broadcaster for the 'genius' move, which some claimed was a landmark moment in TV. One viewer gushed: "ITV turning down the sound for the adverts during #CodeOfSilence and including subtitles and interpreters is a big, big WOW!!!." A second stated: "Brilliant idea! Am loving #CodeofSilence already. Rose Ayling-Ellis is a superb actor." While a third claimed: "That was a landmark moment in British TV. The first time that a mainstream channel has shown Adverts in complete silence with BSL & Subtitles. I hope this raise much needed awareness within the deaf community through this drama and the silent ads moment." "Bravo @ITV The advertbreak is genius. So thought provoking. Brilliant work," noted someone else. As a fifth fan wrote: "ITV1 just had a silent advert break between Code of Silence programme and had subtitles/signing on every advert to highlight what watching TV is like for deaf people. Nice touch," along with a string of clapping hands emoji. And a sixth added: "@ITV well done for the silent advertbreak for code of silence. Fantastic idea." 4 4
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bolton actor on his new role in gripping new drama which airs TONIGHT
A gripping six-part crime drama starring Bolton actor Andrew Buchan airs today. Andrew, a former Rivington and Blackrod High School pupil said his part in ITV's Code of Silence is 'unlike anything' he had been part of before. He starts alongside former Eastenders' actress Rose Ayling- Ellis who plays Alison Brooks, a smart and determined deaf woman. (Image: Samuel Dore) Andrew takes the part of DI James Marsh, who enlists her for a covert operation after finding out about her exceptional lip-reading skills. READ MORE: Andrew Buchan on his role in new gripping drama ITV Code of Silence: Full cast list and when it's on TV Black Doves starring Andrew Buchan tops Netflix chart Alison is tasked with surveilling a dangerous gang as they plot a high-stakes heist, thrusting her into a world of crime, deception, and risk like never before. (Image: Samuel Dore/ITV) As her interpretations of their covert conversations become central to the investigation. Her role quickly becomes crucial to solving the case—but everything grows more complicated when she finds herself drawn to one of the suspects, Liam Barlow, played by Kieron Moore. Andrew said: 'It was a project unlike anything I'd been part of. I love scripts that dare to try something different and I was intrigued by what it was and what it could become. "There was a sense from both directors that they wanted to play a lot of this from Alison's perspective, which to me felt very original.' He added: 'There were a lot of people from the deaf community working on the project, and I'd say that we as a cast and crew started learning new things from the first minute. From BSL to lip-reading. "It was a whole world we were stepping into that most of us knew nothing about. For me, the whole experience was eye-opening, inspiring and one of the most wonderÿul jobs I've ever done.' Andrew, who grew up in Lostock, described his character as a 'strong-will, experienced DI Knackered, overstretched, stubborn and driven a bit of a closed book.' He said: 'He's direct, straight talking quite rude at times. He's stubborn to the point of risking Alison's safety and DS Francis (Charlotte Ritchie) rightly battles against that. "There are definitely moments where he likes to put Francis in her place and make her aware of her rank but, on the surface, they're perfectly amicable and professional." It's the first time the Broadchurch actor has played a police officer. He said: 'I loved it. That element to policing that is corralling the team and driving the investigation forward really appealed to me. It was a great part and I was surrounded by a wonderful cast.' The first episode of Code of Silence will premiere at 9pm on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player on Sunday, May 18. It is the first of what is a six-part series.
Wales Online
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Inside Andrew Buchan's life from messy split to 'hidden' ITV role
Inside Andrew Buchan's life from messy split to 'hidden' ITV role This weekend, ITV viewers will see Andrew Buchan play DI James Marsh in the new crime thriller Code of Silence. Code of Silence: Rose Ayling-Ellis stars in ITV trailer ITV viewers are in for a treat this weekend as the first episode of a new six-part thriller, featuring a cast of well-known faces, including Broadchurch star Andrew Buchan, will air. Code of Silence centres around a determined and smart deaf woman named Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis), whose life is drastically changed. Due to her lip-reading skills, DI James Marsh (Andrew Buchan) and DS Ashleigh Francis (Charlotte Ritchie) recruit Alison for a covert operation. A synopsis reads: "Alison must surveil a dangerous gang planning a high-stakes heist, thrusting her into a world of crime and deception. As she deciphers the gang's secret conversations, Alison becomes a vital asset to the case. But when she forms a dangerous bond with gang recruit Liam Barlow (Kieron Moore), the risks grow greater and her true identity is put at stake." As the six-part series kicks off this weekend, we're taking a look at actor Andrew Buchan's life outside of the ITV show. Rocky relationship Andrew and Amy's relationship has been rocky over the years (Image: Getty Images Europe ) Article continues below Andrew began dating actress Amy Nuttall in 2007 before marrying her five years later, in 2012. Amy is best known for her appearances in Downton Abbey, Emmerdale, and Mr Bates v The Post Office. The pair then had two children together, a daughter and a son, whom they tend to keep out of the spotlight. However, Andrew's marriage hit headlines in 2023 when it was reported he had 'walked out' on his wife just before Christmas. It was believed he had started to develop feelings for actress Leila Farzad, whom he met on the set of a BBC thriller. At the time, a source told the Mirror: "For Andrew to walk away from his family was a huge shock to us all and Amy is heartbroken." Although since then, the pair seemed to have patched up their rocky relationship and have reconciled. In February last year, Amy confirmed to The Times they were still married and living together with their children in Buckinghamshire. Career first Andrew wrote ITV's dark thriller Passenger (Image: ITV ) Last year, Andrew went behind the camera as he took on his first screenwriting role for ITV's dark thriller, Passenger. Speaking to Express about the six-part series before it aired, he shared his excitement over the process as a whole. He said, 'The whole process has been a complete joy, whether you're an actor, a writer, a director, or a producer. 'You're really just in the business of wanting to create, and this branches the same tree, really, so being there at the starting blocks of the processes has just been wonderful, and seeing every facet of every idea brought to life has far exceeded my expectations. 'A credit to everyone involved because a lot of hard work has gone into this, so seeing behind the curtain has been a complete thrill.' Breakout role Andrew played Mark Latimer in ITV's Broadchurch (Image: ITV ) Although Andrew's first credited role was in 2006, when he played Marcus in the TV movie If I Had You, it wasn't until 2013 that he became a household name. Andrew starred in the ITV drama Broadchurch as Mark Latimer, alongside David Tennant, Olivia Colman, and Jodie Whittaker. He played the father of murder victim Danny Latimer, a young 11-year-old boy whose body was found on the beach. With the mystery of discovering who had killed the young boy being the focus of the show, Andrew confessed he had fans cornering him on the street, desperate to know if he had done it. Article continues below Speaking to The Standard about the role in the past, he said, "The thing that drew me to it initially was definitely the character. "I've never played a part like this before. There's no shying away from any element of emotion along the journey, and that did make me quite afraid. But sometimes it's good to walk towards your fears.' Code of Silence premieres on May 18 on ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'I tried to avoid teaching rude words' star of Code of Silence which airs today
Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and her co-stars discuss the joy of making a show that champions lip readers with new ITV crime drama, Code Of Silence, which airs tonight on TV, and is available now on ITVX. On the set of new ITV crime drama, Code Of Silence, the cast and crew every day learned a new word of the day in British Sign Language (BSL), but deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis had some ground rules. 'I really tried to avoid teaching rude words because often that's the only one people remember, and they don't remember anything else,' says the former EastEnders star, 30. 'So [I told them] 'You can only learn your rude words when you learn more useful ones!' (Image: ITV) Ayling-Ellis, who played Frankie in the BBC soap from 2020-2022, is the lead in Code Of Silence, which is told from her character Alison Brooks's perspective – a deaf woman who is working in a police canteen when her talent for lip-reading is spotted. READ MORE: Everything to know on new ITV drama Code of Silence starring Rose Ayling-Ellis Release date announced for drama written by Bolton's Andrew Buchan and filmed in town ITV Code of Silence: Full cast list and when it's on TV Bolton's Andrew Buchan, 46, stars as DI James Marsh, while Ghosts and You actress Charlotte Ritchie, 35, plays DS Ashleigh Francis, who together recruit Alison to help them surveil a highly dangerous gang, but what starts out as a covert job becomes an increasingly fraught and highly pressurised scenario. Buchan says learning a word of the day was 'magnificent' and found the whole concept of lip-reading fascinating. But after a research deepdive, he realised that what Alison is asked to do in the show is 'unfathomable and farcical' when compared with the jobs" target="_blank">work of trained forensic lip-readers who are 'highly sought after by law enforcement. They spend hours analysing video after video of CCTV footage trying to catch killers, rapists', he says. Alison, meanwhile is 'in no way experienced to do this' and his character, Marsh, is a 'very blunt, monomaniacal, driven, impatient,' boss, who is recklessly 'enlisting the help of this complete wildcard who could derail the whole thing'. Buchan says working on the show was 'definitely one of the most enlightening, fantastic jobs I've ever done, without question'. The show has been created by Charlotte Moulton (Baptiste, Hijack) who has experience of lip-reading and hearing loss herself, and for star Charlotte Ritchie, the way clear communication was paramount on set made filming a real joy. 'TV sets can be a bit fast paced, can get a bit impersonal and you can rush past people in the morning and maybe not take the time to communicate and check in,' she explains. 'With this production, there was such an emphasis on really looking at people, really making sure that people had understood and I think the more that that's possible, the nicer the set feels, and the more people are able to take a breath to work in a way that feels expansive – it just puts communication right at the forefront.' She said this feeling was largely down to Ayling-Ellis. "Rose did a really amazing job – because she didn't have to – but she made so much space for everybody to do that and I really noticed there were crew members, who will remain nameless, who maybe in the morning [would walk past] and you would be like, 'Hello!' and by the end of the shoot, they were like, 'Good morning,'' she says. 'It was just a great example of why inclusion is so important, because it just opens you up.' Ayling-Ellis, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. 'I really wanted to do this job because Rose is really brilliant,' says Ritchie. 'I am just singing her praises now, I need to say something bad about her, she's also a diva! No. Haha.' 'I felt like I'd never been truly listened to until I met Rose,' adds Manchester-born Kieron Moore, 28, who plays Alison's love interest, gang member Liam Barlow. 'She pays so much attention to you when you talk. I was constantly learning how to be a better person and a better actor [because of her]. I had that in common with Liam, he's fascinated, he sees [lip-reading] as a skill, he sees this person as a bright bit of light.' 'A lot of people assume that communication is just listening and speaking, but there's so much depth to communication,' says Ayling-Ellis, who practically broke the British public when she performed a dance set to complete silence on Strictly, a moment that represented the deaf community in a truly momentous and moving way. The actress has become a beacon for a community that has long been ignored when it comes to TV and film – but that brings with it a lot of pressure. 'I've learnt how to balance that pressure and I tell myself I can't represent everyone, it's impossible. I can't represent all deaf people because all deaf people are different and it's not on me to show that on TV,' says Ayling-Ellis, who was born deaf and was awarded an MBE for services to the deaf community. 'It's the industry that needs to cast more diversity of deaf people and that's not on me, so I've cut that pressure off me. I can only do what I can and do my best, and just do what I love and enjoy it and be passionate about it.' 'The pressure is always going to be there,' she adds, 'but I hope we see more deaf people on screen.' Buchan, who recently appeared in the festive smash hit Black Doves alongside Keira Knightley, found working with Ayling-Ellis broadened his scope as an individual as well as an actor. 'Rose isn't just reading your lips, she's reading who and what you are, so you have to make an effort – in life and in the scenes – to be entirely legible and that's a very new and brilliant experience,' he says with feeling. 'It makes everything very alive and present and in the moment.' Former boxer and Emmerdale and Vampire Academy actor Moore agrees. 'Doing this job has impacted me way more as a person than it has as an actor,' he says. 'There's this level of honesty that comes with Rose that I promise you you've not seen, except from younger members of your family.' Ayling-Ellis and the rest of the cast are hopeful that Code Of Silence will usher in a new era of inclusion on telly, while also being a gripping six-parter packed with drama. 'That combination of representation and pure talent was a no-brainer for me,' says Ritchie. 'You see the show and it feels so overdue.' Code Of Silence will premiere on ITV1, STV, ITVX, and STV Player on Sunday, May 18. On ITV is will be 9pm.
