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In the hours after the UK's first TV election debate this month, the two main political parties turned to the same device to hero their leaders. The Conservative Party filmed two cabinet members watching the debate, sipping wine, and lauding their boss Rishi Sunak. Labour put the focus on voters, all of…

My guest this week is Andrew Scott. In this episode we dig into Scott’s early start in a cereal commercial and his job in a bizarre supermarket, along with the “empathy game” that is acting, and how it cured him of a childhood speech impediment. Scott also reveals his profound grief at the…

Andrew Scott won high critical praise last year for Searchlight’s All of Us Strangers. Andat virtually at the same time, he slayed London audiences with his stage performance in Vanya, a wildly original take on Uncle Vanya in which he played all eight…

Andrew Scott, the hot priest on Fleabag, is showcasing his sense of humor and joked about fans who are still watching the series five years later. The actor joined Season 2 of the comedy series, becoming Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag’s love interest. Ahead of the fifth anniversary since the series…

Creatives behind sperm donor series All & Eva have said the show represents a new wave of auteur-driven Scandi drama. The era of The Killing and The Bridge dominating Scandi fare at events such as Series Mania is long gone, director Johanna Runevad and producer Sofie Palage told Deadline in the week…

EXCLUSIVE: Fleabag EPs Harry and Jack Williams have said they wanted to "go back to something simple and primal” with upcoming BBC series Boat Story, which comes at the back-end of an "era of peak TV when you start to feel every story is being told." Jack Williams joked that the storied…

The cost of British comedy is just getting more expensive — news that doesn’t make great reading for the UK’s comic talent base. Budgets for UK comedy shows are now closer to drama budgets than entertainment, with prices rising quickly in the past few years due to inflation, according to BBC Studios…

Latest BBC Comedy From ‘Fleabag’ Maker Sets Cast Dinosaur, the latest BBC series from Fleabag maker Two Brothers Pictures, has set cast and commenced filming. David Carlyle (It's A Sin), Lorn Macdonald (Bridgerton) and Danny Ashok (Roadkill) are aboard along with a range of support cast, while…

Andrew Scott, the hot priest in Fleabag and Bond villain in Spectre, will dominate the West End in the fall by playing all the roles in Vanya, a new adaptation of Chekhov's masterpiece Uncle Vanya. Related Stories …

My guest this week is Sian Clifford. Her delicately balanced, tragi-comic portrayal of the brilliantly deadpan Claire in smash hit series Fleabag both won her a Bafta and allowed her to utter the immortal words, “I look like a pencil” in reference to Claire’s legendary hair mishap. In short…

Normal People producer Element Pictures has made its first signature hire since being acquired by Fremantle, signing up Fleabag indie Two Brothers Pictures drama boss Christopher Aird as Creative Director. Aird will work across the Academy Award-winning Irish indie’s UK, U.S. and international TV and…

The fortunes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge have been transformed after her remarkable success with Fleabag. The British actor and writer, who won two Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards and a BAFTA for her tragi-comic TV masterpiece, earned nearly £20m ($23.1m) in revenue last year – the equivalent of nearly $58,000 a day, The…