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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky's ‘The Iris Affair'; BBC Adapting ‘Crookhaven'; Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project; ‘Patience' Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4
First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky's 'The Iris Affair' First pics have landed of Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar in Sky's The Iris Affair from Neil Cross. The tense thriller follows enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (Algar), who cracks a string of complex online puzzles and is led to a piazza in Florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander). He invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top-secret piece of technology. The show comes from the creator of Luther and is one of Sky's buzziest upcoming dramas. More pics can be viewed below. It is made by Sky Studios and Fremantle. The Iris Affair will launch later this year. More from Deadline 'Britannia' Theft Lawsuit Thrown Out Of Court; Producer Laments Wasted Time & Money 'Saturday Night Live UK' Commissioner Says British Version Is A "Risky Proposition": "We Don't Have That History Of Live Comedy In The UK" 'Saturday Night Live UK' Eyes 'Late Late Show' Producer James Longman As Showrunner BBC Adapting 'Crookhaven' The BBC is adapting J.J. Arcanjo's Crookhaven as a kids TV series. The family adventure show is set at mysterious Crookhaven School where high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as deception, crimnastics, forgery and infiltration. It follows high-profile BBC kids adaptations of The Famous Five and Oliver. BBC Studios is producing. 'I have always aimed to excite and inspire the young readers who pick up my books, but also the parents and grandparents who journey with them to my worlds and the TV series aligns perfectly with that,' said Arcanjo. 'Together with BBC Children's and Education we have created a fun family show filled with humour, heart and plenty of clever twists.' Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project Celebrated documentarian Adam Curtis' latest BBC project will chart how extreme money and hyper-individualism came together in an unspoken alliance in Britain over four decades. Shifty aims to show how together these issues undermined one of the fundamental structures of mass democracy – that it could create a shared idea of what was real. Four-time BAFTA-winner Curtis has previously made Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone and HyperNormalisation for the BBC. The films 'tell the story of the rise of that unstable and confusing world from the 1980s to now,' said the BBC. 'Patience' Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4 Channel 4's Patience has been renewed for an extended eight episode second season. Jessica Hynes has joined the cast of the series about a young autistic archivist who works in the police criminal records department of City of York Police after establishing herself as an invaluable member of the team. Hynes plays Detective Frankie Monroe, who brings a very different management style proving tricky for them both to navigate. The show is produced by Walter Iuzzolino's Eagle Eye Drama. 'We're so proud of Patience's success in the UK and the extended recommission is a real testament to the quality of our cast and talented crew, guided by our outstanding director Maarten Moerkerke,' said Jo McGrath, Chief Creative Officer at Eagle of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Malpractice review — are all doctors as rude to each other as this?
The first series of Malpractice, starring Niamh Algar, was an unexpected corker. Medical dramas are plenteous, but this one was written by a former doctor with Line of Duty flourishes. That made it, yes, a thriller, but one that felt, in part at least, credible. Its convincing dialogue helped to portray the broiling stress cauldron in which medics must make life-or-death decisions — and then get hit like a ton of merde if they make a human error. This time we have (mostly) a whole new set of characters and, being an old cynic, I doubted whether the writer Grace Ofori-Attah could strike gold a second time. Well, it seems that she might have. It's early days but series two is showing great potential,
Wales Online
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Is ITV's Malpractice second season based on a true story?
Is ITV's Malpractice second season based on a true story? As the highly anticipated second series of ITV's gripping medical drama Malpractice hits screens, everyone is probably thinking is this based on a true story? Well, we have the answer. Following the success of the first series, viewers will be left wondering whether the series is based on a true (Image: (Image: ITV) ) ITV's captivating medical drama, Malpractice, is set to make a comeback this week for its much-anticipated second series after a two-year the first series, which starred Niamh Algar as an A&E doctor under investigation, the show has evolved into an anthology, with the only returning characters being medical investigators Norma and George, played by Helen Behan and Jordan Kouamé. Viewers will meet new cast members including Tom Hughes as Dr James Ford, a psychiatrist who becomes the subject of this season's inquiry. Meanwhile, Selin Hizli and Zoë Telford assume significant supporting roles. After the success of the first series, which provided a real insight into the workings of an emergency department, it's expected that viewers will be left wondering whether the series is based on a true story or influenced by real-world events in any way. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . Produced by World Productions (Line of Duty, Vigil), in partnership with and distributed by ITV Studios, Malpractice was filmed on location in Belfast with support from Northern Ireland Screen. The new series begins on ITV1 at 9pm on Sunday 4th May, with the second episode airing on Monday 5th and the third on Tuesday 6th May with episodes four and five planned for the following week. Is it based on a true story? The enthralling TV series Malpractice is a compelling narrative that, while purely fictional, is significantly influenced by the authentic experiences of its creator Grace Ofori-Attah. Before turning her hand to script-writing after 15 years in the medical field, Ofori-Attah worked as a doctor. Article continues below In discussing her career shift from medicine to the world of TV writing, Ofori-Attah revealed: "Having been a doctor for 15 years I've always been interested in storytelling and medicine is a career that's full of stories." Malpractice is set to return for its much-anticipated second series (Image: (Image: ITV) ) She further delved into how patient interaction in her medical career paralleled storytelling, expressing, "The first time you meet a patient, whether it's in A&E or on a psychiatric ward, you are getting their history, their story." Exploring the intricacies of patient diagnosis, she explained, "And you are trying to figure out what are the key details. What are the most important reasons why they are here today and how is that relevant to the treatment and the outcome?". Looking back at her tenure in healthcare, Ofori-Attah commented on the growing importance of patient narratives in her work, especially when working in psychiatry. She said: "As I progressed through my career and was doing psychiatry, that story and its relevance became all the more important." Article continues below While the drama unfolds in an A&E setting, one which Ofori-Attah calls her most challenging rotation as a junior doctor, she discloses: "While Malpractice is set in A&E to reflect what was probably the most difficult junior doctor rotation I've ever done, the underlying story is really one about psychiatry, mental health, addiction and how that is pervasive. Not just in medicine but in wider society."
