Enquirer - radio broadcast

From Emma Lennox of Hopscotch Films

The radio broadcast of Enquirer – a co-production from the National Theatre of Scotland, the London Review of Books, and Hopscotch Films - premièred on Friday 16 November.

Blending fact, anecdote and passionate opinion, Enquirer is a rapid response to the unfolding events in the newspaper industry. It is based on interviews with over forty journalists and was first performed in June as a site-specific piece of theatre performed in an empty media office block in Glasgow. 

As its tour draws to a close, we would like to invite you to listen to a specially produced radio broadcast on Radio 4 (Friday 16 November at 9pm).

Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan. The Enquirer cast includes: Maureen Beattie, John Bett, Billy Boyd, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch.

In the meantime, you can visit the microsite at Enquirer

You can listen to the play here

Peter Capaldi: Whisky Stramash | Punk Britannia BBC Breakfast interview

Peter Capaldi performs at forthcoming Whisky Stramash

As the final touches are being put in place for 2012’s most unique whisky event, the inaugural Edinburgh Whisky Stramash, which takes place at Surgeons’ Hall on 26th & 27th May, some details of the cast performing the Jura Murder Mystery have been announced.

The Jura Murder Mystery, an experience at this year’s Whisky Stramash, allows audiences to witness the suspense shortly after the gruesome demise of a fictitious Jura Distillery Manager in a classic whodunnit. Peter Capaldi has been cast as the murdered Distillery Manager who comes to life to tell the story in the production that has been described as “Scoobie Do meets Coronation Street”. 

At the conclusion of the play, audiences will be invited to guess who they suspect the perpetrator to be for the chance of winning a once in a lifetime trip to Jura.

Read more at The Whisky Stramash

Also reported by The Scotsman  

Peter capaldi narrates ‘Punk Britannia’

Episode 1 of 3: Pre-Punk 1972-1976

Narrated by Peter Capaldi, this opener of a three-part documentary series in BBC FOUR's celebrated 'Britannia' strand is scheduled to chime with the 35th anniversary of the Queen's Silver Jubilee and the arrival of punk as national and then international music culture.

Fri 1 Jun 2012 BBC Four 21:00

Read more at BBC 

 

From February, a BBC Breakfast interview with Peter Capaldi

Source: YouTube

Douglas Henshall: Doors Open and other updates

Doors Open

Stephen Fry and Douglas Henshall are to star in new ITV drama Doors Open.

‘Not only a crime with no victims but one that appears never to have been committed’

A self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker come together to undertake an audacious art heist in Doors Open, a fast paced, warm and witty drama set in the underbelly of Edinburgh’s world of corporate banking and fine art. Filming begins on April 23rd.

Read more here. 

Also reported in more detail by Inside Media Track

Hotel Taliban / The Kidnap Diaries

According to imdb, Hotel Taliban, in which Douglas Henshall stars as Sean Langan is now known as The Kidnap Diaries. 

Meanwhile here are some stills from Hotel Taliban.

The Snipist

There is now a gallery for The Snipist, taken from The Snipist video trailer.

The Snipist starring Douglas Henshall is to be broadcast on Sky Arts 1 HD on May 24th 2012 at 9pm. Read more about the drama here.

Source: DouglasHenshall-LiveJournal 

Martin Compston to star in Line of Duty

Content Television has secured the international distribution rights for the new BBC drama Line of Duty, produced by World Productions for BBC Two.

Written by Jed Mercurio (Bodies), Line of Duty is a cat-and-mouse thriller of five hour-long episodes. It stars Adrian Dunbar (Ashes to Ashes), Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen), Vicky McClure (This Is England), Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly) and Gina McKee (Notting Hill). It is executive produced by World Productions’ Simon Heath (United) and Stephen Wright for the BBC. Episodes one to three are directed by David Caffrey and episodes four and five are by Douglas Mackinnon.

Greg Phillips, the president of Content Television, commented, “Line of Duty provides a compelling insight into the harsh realities of modern-day policing, featuring performances from some of the acting world’s most exciting new talents. Jed Mercurio’s script and the first-class team at World Productions have created a thriller which will keep audiences gripped from beginning to end. We are expecting strong interest from our international licensees when this title makes its debut at MIPTV.”

Simon Heath, the creative director of World Productions, added, "It's great to be working again with the team at Content, who did such a fantastic job for us on United. The brilliant Jed Mercurio has created not only a gripping and prescient stand-alone thriller, but a format that can return each year with a new and unique investigation into police corruption."

Source: World Screen