Toronto International Film Festival Festival – Masters Piers Handling 21 Aug 2012 PROGRAMMER’S NOTE The peripatetic Michael Winterbottom proves once again that he can find a style to suit any subject. Commissioned by Channel 4 to make a film on the prison system, Winterbottom decided to employ a unique, almost documentary-style mode of production, shooting … Continue reading
Digital Spy 13 Jul 2012 Greg Laing Channel 4 has announced its drama lineup for the rest of 2012 and beginning of 2013. John Simm is to star in Here and There, a one-off two-hour drama from Michael Winterbottom (The Trip) about a family living through Simm’s character’s prison sentence. The program is expected to air in September … Continue reading
Eastern Daily Press-EDP24 7 January, 2011 Matthew Sparkes A film crew was working in Norfolk this week to shoot several scenes for a new movie featuring Life on Mars and Dr Who star John Simm. The film has the working title Seven Days and will be shown on Channel 4 in 2012 after five years … Continue reading
Rutland and Stamford Mercury 19 Apr 2010 Life on Mars actor John Simm was in town today to film his latest drama. Scottish actress Shirley Henderson, with other cast members and crew, was also in the High Street in Stamford today for the filming of Seven Days which follows the relationship between a man imprisoned … Continue reading
Rutland Stamford Mercury 30 July 2009 A TOUCH of movie glamour came to the area this week when cast and crew shooting a hard hitting prison drama started filming. Actor John Simm, who starred in BBC’s Life on Mars, is appearing alongside acclaimed actress Shirley Henderson in the Michael Winterbottom-directed film called 7 Days for … Continue reading
EDP24 02 May 2008 Film debut becomes a family affair They are siblings in real life, but four Norfolk children have also found a unique role as an on-screen family. They are acting in a new film featuring Life on Mars and Dr Who starJohn Simm and actress Shirley Henderson, of Trainspotting and Harry Potter fame. … Continue reading
EDP24 Ed Foss 22 April 2008 It was kept low key, but Life on Mars and Dr Who star John Simm, fresh from a stint the previous evening at the Baftas, was among three famous names from the world of film and television in Cromer yesterday. Internationally-famous director Michael Winterbottom, the man behind crime series Cracker and films such as … Continue reading
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