Congratulations to The Devil’s Whore, nominated for 3 BAFTA TV Craft Awards (Costume & Production Designs, Photography & Lighting Fiction)! guardian.co.uk Leigh Holmwood 6 April 2009 BBC1’s Little Dorrit and Wallander lead Bafta craft award nominations BBC1’s dramas Little Dorrit and Wallander have each been nominated five times in Bafta’s awards for TV production … Continue reading
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The Devil’s Whore up for TV BAFTA – Best Drama Serial
‘Who’, ‘EastEnders’ up for TV BAFTAs Digital Spy Mayer Nissim 24 March 2009 The nominations have been announced for the 2009 British Academy Television Awards, which will be held on April 26. Stephen Fry will battle it out with Harry Hill, Ant & Dec and Jonathan Ross in the best entertainment category, while Rob Brydon, … Continue reading
RTS success for C4 and The Devil’s Whore
Broadcastnow.co.uk Robin Parker 18 Mar 2009 Channel 4 drama The Devil’s Whore cleaned up at the RTS [Royal Television Society] Programme Awards last night with three prizes including best drama serial. Writer Peter Flannery and lead actress Andrea Riseborough were also recognised for their contributions to the drama, which was described by judges as “bloody … Continue reading
The Devil’s Whore awarded Best TV Drama at South Bank Show Awards
BBC NEWS | Entertainment 20 January 2009 Mercury Prize-winning band Elbow have been honoured at the annual South Bank Show Awards in London. The sensitive Manchester band were named winners of the pop award ahead of Laura Marling and Estelle. Bafta-nominated movie Hunger won the film award at the ceremony and Channel 4’s The Devil’s … Continue reading
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John Simm on The Devil’s Whore
Times Online Amy Raphael 18 November 2008 After Life on Mars, John Simm is happy to be himself and to play the antihero in The Devil’s Whore, a new period drama After Life on Mars won an Emmy in 2006, John Simm decided to try “the LA thing”. He met the revered director-producer J.J. … Continue reading
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I find some aspects of stardom quite strange, admits Doctor Who star John Simm
Daily Record Tim Oglethorpe 12 Nov 2008 I find some aspects of stardom quite strange, admits Doctor Who star John Simm JOHN SIMM has been here, there and everywhere over the last couple of years and he is on the move again for his latest TV project, the hard-hitting historical drama The Devil’s Whore. After … Continue reading
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The Devil’s Whore – Reviews and Behind-the-Scenes
England’s civil war in The Devil’s Whore The Sunday Times Stephen Armstrong 9 November 2008 The English civil war gets an overdue celebration in The Devil’s Whore, a thrilling new TV drama from Peter Flannery There are moments when The Devil’s Whore, coming soon on Channel 4, seems almost too rich and exotic to be … Continue reading
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John Simm: show me the script
Telegraph.co.uk 01/11/2008 By Chloe Fox John Simm’s latest television role is as a Civil War mercenary in The Devil’s Whore. When it comes to pursuing his own career, money is the last thing on his mind. There is something engagingly paradoxical about John Simm. An everyman with a rare talent, he has starred in arguably … Continue reading
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Interview with John Simm for The Devil’s Whore
Channel 4 The Devil’s Whore Cast Interviews: John Simm Interview Date Published: 16 Oct 2008 Edward Sexby is a fascinating character. Explain a bit about him. When you first meet him, he’s a soldier of fortune, a hired hand who kills people for money, working for whoever pays the most. As the story evolves, he … Continue reading
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Stars to refight England’s civil war in new TV drama
The Observer Vanessa Thorpe 10 Aug 2008 A passionate revolutionary saga will sweep across British television screens this autumn. The lavish four-part drama, The Devil’s Whore, from the pen of Peter Flannery, creator of the hit serial Our Friends in the North, stars Dominic West, of The Wire, as Oliver Cromwell. Andrea Riseborough, fresh from … Continue reading
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Filming Begins on The Devil’s Whore
http://www.channel4sales.com May 2008 Channel 4’s drama slate continues to expand in 2008 with an ambitious new four-part serial due to start filming this month. Created and written by Martine Brant and BAFTA winning playwright Peter Flannery, The Devil’s Whore tells the epic story of the English Civil War through the eyes of Angelica Fanshawe, a … Continue reading
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