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2025

The Way West (1967)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s How this crispy-told beautifully-mounted character-driven western ever languished among the also-rans is beyond me. I suspect the specter of John Ford hung heavily over it in the eyes of critics at the time but it more correctly belongs to the cycle of Cecil...


20th November 2025
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Betrayal Filming Begins in the North West

ITV and Mammoth Screen have announced the start of filming for Betrayal, a gripping new espionage thriller and relationship drama set in the shadowy world of MI5. Bringing this four-part thriller to life is BAFTA and Emmy-nominated director Julian Jarrold (A Very Royal Scandal, This England), with production currently underway in Manchester and Liverpool....


30th June 2025
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Coughlan and West return for S2 of BIG MOOD

Written and created by Camilla Whitehill and produced by Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions (The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings), Big Mood will be returning to Channel 4 for a second outing. Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) will return as Maggie and Lydia West (It’s A Sin, Inside Man) will return as Eddie, following a hugely...


10th February 2025
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2024

Actor Timothy West dies aged 90

Actor Timothy West, one of Britain’s most distinguished and versatile actors, has died at the age of 90, his family have announced. He was known for roles on stage and screen including in TV sitcoms Not Going Out and Bedtime, dramas such as Bleak House and Gentleman Jack, and soaps...


13th November 2024
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How the West Was Won (1962)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s I’ve got Alfred Newman’s toe-tapping theme music in my head. In fact, every time I think of this music I get an earworm full of it. Not that I’m complaining. The score – almost a greatest hits of spiritual and traditional songs –...


2nd October 2024
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Jay Blades’ West End Through Time

Hungry Jay Media has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a new two-part series about London’s West End, presented by Jay Blades MBE.    Over two episodes Jay Blades’ West End Through Time, follows Jay as he discovers how the West End helped make London a world city, capturing the global imagination. Despite growing up...


19th February 2024
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2023

Go West | Trailer

  Go West In Theatres August 11th, 2023 |© 2023 Purdie Distribution The original cast of the comedy tv show, Studio C, has made a movie! GO WEST tells the tale of two sisters traveling the Oregon Trail, and the hardships they endure traveling from Illinois to Oregon in the...


19th July 2023
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RDF West Heads to the Outback

RDF West (part of RDF, a Banijay UK company) has been commissioned to produce a six-part series for Channel 4 in which a group of adventurous young backpacking Brits will be transported to the Australian Outback to do farm work in one of the most extreme regions. Outback Brits cameras...


3rd February 2023
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2022

Everything WRONG With West Side Story (1961) In 20 Minutes Or Less

With Spielberg’s new version of West Side Story upon us, it was time for us to go sin hunting in the original. And we found a LOT! Remember, no movie is without sin. Which movie’s sins should we count next?! •CinemaSins website• https://www.cinemasins.com •Channels• –TVSins: https://www.youtube.com/c/TVSins/ –MusicVideoSins: https://www.youtube.com/c/musicvideos… –CommercialSins: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChg9…...


6th November 2022
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