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I have had a bit of a lazy time after getting back from my camping holiday with my brother.  We had a great time, fishing, coasteering and mountain biking.   However, this week,  I went for the read through on the new BBC Drama ‘Outcast’ and met a lot of well known actors.  We all sat around a big table and read through our parts.  I also had to go and do some physical practise for the part, I won’t give anything away! My hair has grown longish again but it is coming off on Saturday for the new drama,...

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

My mate Jamie nominated me for the Macmillan Trust Ice Bucket Challenge.   You can text to 70550 to donate £3.00 to the charity.  Here is the link to my attempt at the challenge.  I have nominated:-  Darren Jeffries, Antonia Clarke and Matthew McGreevey, forgive meeee… http://youtu.be/fbEql1o4mW8  

THE MISSING – BBC 8 part gripping drama series

James Nesbitt was recently interviewed by Yahoo T.V.  about the new BBC Drama series ‘The Missing’ . Tony (James Nesbitt) in ‘The Missing’ James Nesbitt  plays Tony Hughes. While on holiday, he and his wife, Emily (played by Frances O’Connor, of Mr. Selfridge), lose their son, and for the next eight years, Tony maintains a relentless attempt to find the boy. What can you tell us about the show? “It is an eight-part drama about a family — an ordinary, pretty happy family. One child, devoted to their only child. They go on holiday, annual summer holiday, and a terrible series of...

ALTAR

ALTAR

I am really looking forward to going to the cast and crew screening of ALTAR at the end of the month.  The Film is going to the Toronto Film Festival 2014 . Here is a bit from Screen Yorkshire:- Altar is written and directed by Nick Willing (Neverland, Close Your Eyes, Alice In Wonderland) and produced byMichele Camarda (Wonderland, Close Your Eyes, This Year’s Love).  Adam Thomas Wright (The Physician, The Awakening)  Antonia Clarke, (Les Miserables). Steve Oram (Sightseers).   American artist, Alec Hamilton, Mathew Modine , (Full Metal Jacket, The Dark Knight Rises),  his British wife Olivia Williams, (An Education, The Ghost Writer) and their two...

ANGELS COSTUMIERS

On Thursday I went to try on various costumes for my next assignment.  I have never been to Angels before and I was amazed at the size of the place.   As the world’s largest supplier of outfits to cinema, stage and television, Angels is home to more than eight miles of clothing rails. There was everything you could think of with rows and rows of  tweed jackets and military uniforms,  sc-fi outfits etc: etc: There has been six generations of Angel’s working at the costumers which started in 1840 .  Angels has absorbed several other clothing archives, including the BBC’s costume...

THE STUARTS, Charles II – BBC Radio 4

If you missed the first episode of  Charles II, Part One: Through the World in Various Fortune, you can still catch it on BBC iPlayer. The second episode is on tomorrow at 3.00 p.m. BBC Radio 4 From now, there is only 18 hours left to listen to the first episode on iPlayer.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d11l4 By Mike Walker Charting the early life of Charles II, as a young boy in the court of his father and during the Civil War, his life in exile during the interregnum, and later his failed attempts to regain the crown. When news finally reaches him...

‘ALTAR’ FEATURE FILM COMING SOON

Olivia Williams, Mathew Modine, Antonia Clarke and Adam Thomas Wright star in the occult classic ALTAR! The first photograph released from the feature film Altar as we head for the Toronto Film Festival in September.

AND SOME NEWS TO END THE WEEK VERY NICELY!

AND SOME NEWS TO END THE WEEK VERY NICELY!

I got the news on Friday that I will be doing a new BBC Radio 4 drama which is going to be a Christmas Special.  Very exciting….. and then…. I also got the go ahead on a new BBC T.V. Drama.   I did audition for a different role but I didn’t get it, however, I was lucky enough to be offered another role in this production called The Outcast. Source:  The Knowledge News The Outcast heading to BBC One Sadie Jones’ award-winning novel The Outcast, is to become a two-part drama for BBC One “It has been a long route...

THE KEYS – Short Film

This week has been busy and yesterday, right after I finished my riding course, I got changed and jumped on a train to the  WARNER BROS. DE LANE LEA  STUDIOS in London. I attended the screening of a short film I did about a year ago called The Keys which was directed by William Peschek  – WEP FILMS (WEP Productions & WEP UK Productions)  It was nice to meet up with everyone again and the film is off  on the festival trail, I don’t know which ones yet but I will find out.  The story is around a boy who seems to...

ME AND BYRON

Yesterday, I finished a 4 day course to improve my riding.  We did quite a lot of training indoors and we also went on several hacks in the forest at Trent Park in Hertfordshire.  It was really good fun and I really liked Byron, my allotted pony.  He was a bit of a character and if you look closely at the picture, you will see he has a little moustache and he kept sticking his tongue out.   The weather was great too, we had sunshine every day and it was very tiring but still enjoyable.