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Bella Ramsay arrived in London on Tuesday in a dark suit. The actress, 20, who is up for Support Actress for her role in the gritty prison drama Time and arrived at the awards ceremony looking well-dressed and booted. Bella went for a dark suit with a black shirt underneath and a matching tie.

Since winning eight nominations for the TV BAFTAs, the Crown viewers have been left confused as they brand the sixth series'mediocre.' On Tuesday, the TV BAFTA nominations were revealed ahead of the ceremony on May 12, with The Crown leading the way with the most nods in total. However, royal drama commentators have argued that the nods were undeserved as they say he has'fallen downhill' and has become a "snooze fest."

Following a turbulent year for the ITV flagship show, This Morning hasn't received a BAFTA Television Award nomination. The ITV flagship show leads the way, with the nominations revealed on Wednesday, ahead of the May 12th ceremony. Lorraine and Loose Women and its Men's special episode were nominated in the Daytime category, along with BBC shows, Make It At Market, and Scam Interceptors.

How many ideas can you rinse out of boy who doesn't know he's a wizard going to magical boarding school? The answer seems to be: As many as you want. In January this year, writers, including Brits Martha Hillier, Tom Moran and Michael Lesslie of The Little Drummer Girl's Michael Lesslie, pitched concepts for a television series in HBO's Hollywood offices. With at least 40 big-screen sequels, prequels, remakes, or adaptations in cinemas over the next 12 months, it was a fitting start to 2024, dubbed the 'year of the sequels.' But the trend is continuing, and with good reason, according to film historian and economist John Sedgwick. The majority of Hollywood's history involved giving out a lot of movies that were not expected to be hits.' Hollywood discovered that we want new products, concepts, and stories as cinemagoers became less popular. The international audience began watching in the 1990s, and you don't need a lot of dialogue to attract non-English speakers. So, big budget films have been largely successful from 2000 to present; they're also very profitable, which is unprecedented in Hollywood history.' Pictured from top left clockwise: Despicable Me, Paddington, Inside Out and Wonka

How many ideas can you rinse out of a boy who doesn't know he's a wizard going to a magical boarding school? The answer seems to be: As many as you want.

They were one of his afternoon radio shows, snippets of trivia from around the world so bizarre that listeners were never quite sure if they were correct or false. These 'factoids' were such a hit feature that the legendary DJ, who died this week at the age of 69, that he wrote two books of his favorites, whether it was discovering the immense shoe size of a celebrity chef or revealing the name of the film with the first flushing toilet.

In the forthcoming film Wicked Little Letters, a real-life tale that scandalized 1920s society and was mocked by newspapers, including the Daily Mail, dubbed it "The Seaside Mystery." The film, as the true story, is both tragic and humorous, shedding light on what life was like for women of the time and showing how anonymous trolling existed long before our time on social media. Olivia Colman co-produced the film with her screenwriter husband Ed Sinclair and actress Prim Edith, as prim Edith. Edward, her father, played by Timothy Spall, is controlling and vehement, and he takes a great deal of his frustration out on his daughter. Jessie Buckley plays Rose.

The top ten TV shows of 2023 have been revealed in the United Kingdom. Bruce Straley's The Last Of Us, a series that sees a world devastated by a pandemic triggered by a zombie-inducing fungus, ranked No. 1 on the charts. Succession, a five-year show that tells the tale of a media magnate family and the fight to take over the company if their father steps down, is the runner-up.

The Heist Before Christmas, which conjures up a Yuletide miracle by mixing bleak elements into a mellow holiday film with a touch of edge, is among the TV dramas to watch over the holiday season.

Harriet Walter and Timothy Spall have joined Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Shadow. Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips, and Lilit Lesser will all be back for the six-part series as previously revealed. Filming has begun across England and Wales based on Peter Kosminsky's final book in Hilary Mantel's multi award-winning trilogy, as the historical drama directed by Peter Kosminsky and produced by Linda Osborne.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why didn't the Princess of Wales accompany William on his trip to New York? Kate, a clumsy foreign traveller, has been out of the country for just two weeks this year, a short trip to watch England play Argentina in Marseille and the Crown Prince of Jordan's wedding. There had been high hopes at the FCO that Kate would not only visit more overseas but also bring the children. George has been to Australia and New Zealand, and Charlotte has been accompanied in Canada, Poland, and Germany, but it appears that education and routine are now more important than providing the FCO with some 'panda diplomacy.'

A church warden who murdered a university lecturer (top right) and coerced another woman (bottom right) into reversing her will to benefit him has owed £124,000 to their devastated families. Benjamin Field, 29, was sentenced to at least 36 years in prison for killing Peter Farquhar, 69, in order to inherit his house and property after gaslighting him pretending to be his lover. Mr Farquhar secretly gave him narcotics and spiked his whisky, in the hopes that his eventual death at his hands would not look like suicide or an accident.

When he first started a diary more than three decades ago, Peter Farquhar (left) was a 44-year-old English teacher at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. On New Year's Day 1990, he quoted Greek philosopher Socrates' adage that "an unexamined life is not worth living" and decided to 'write a few lines whenever possible each night'. It was the start of a long line of his life. The confirmed bachelor was soon writing about loneliness and the "black hole" where strong emotional bonds should be established. And, as Peter was assassinated in October 2015, his 62 blue hardback A4 journals filled with neat handwriting played a key role in his murder of him. The academic's innermost thoughts, his struggle to reconcile his religious convictions with his attraction to men, and, most importantly, the academic's ill-fated friendship with evil Ben Field (second from left). In an acclaimed new BBC crime thriller, the horrific tale about how the former churchwarden veigled his way into the lives of two bleak, devoutly Christian pensioners, one being Ann Moore-Martin (inset and her house, bottom right); seducing them, gaslighting them, and persuading them to change their wills before poisoning them has now been retold.

This week, UK writer Sarah Vine is raving about BBC's The Sixth Commandment, focusing on the lives of two poor people abused by an opportunistic predator named Benjamin Field. 'The victims may not have wished for a more sympathetic retelling of their tale,' she says. Timothy Spall, Eanna Hardwicke, and Anne Reid are among those pictured left. Sarah Vine is on the right.

DCI Mark Glover (right) was part of the team that investigated 'cold and calculated' Benjamin Field in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, after he was investigating the unexplained deaths of two retirees. Field was eventually found guilty and sentenced to life in the case of 69-year-old Peter Farquhar's murder (left, with Field). He compelled the University lecturer, the former head of English at the prestigious Stowe school, to alter his will and make his death seem as if it were accidental or suicide. Field was also accused of plotting to murder Ann Moore-Martin, an ex-headmistress, but was not found not guilty, although he confessed to trying to defraud her. In BBC show The Sixth Commandment, his heinous crimes are now being chronicled. Jonathan Aris portrays DCI Glover, while Timothy Spall (inset) portrays Ann Moore-Martin.

The Sixth Commandment, which concluded on BBC One last night, has called on Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke, 26, who plays Ben Field, to be praised for his work. Fans lauded Hardwicke (left and right) for his 'creepy' portrayal of the 'narcissistic' fraudster, who is currently serving a life term for Peter Farquhar's murder, who died after Field begged him to change his will so Field was a beneficiary. Although many viewers and commentators have lauded Timothy Spall's portrayal of Farquhar, others have requested that Hardwicke, a lesser-known actor, not be forgotten in the performance's high quality.

Peter Farquhar (left), 69, was killed by Benjamin Field, a young man in his early 30s, in Maids Moreton (top right), Buckinghamshire, in 2015. Field's much-loved academic had been subjected to a series of gaslighting and physical and mental torture. Mr Farquhar (former home on display today) thought the two were in a passionate relationship that was genuine, but Field sought to get his hands on his victim's home and wealth in a surprisingly fruitful effort to gain access to his victim's house and funds. Field, who is now serving a minimum 36-year term for murder, proceeded to ensnare Mr Farquhar's 83-year-old neighbor Anne Moore-Martin, but was not guilty of her murder at trial. Mr Farquhar is depicted in the latest drama, which begins on Monday evening, by Timothy Spall, 88, while Irish star Éanna Hardwicke depicts Field and Anne Reid, 88, portrays Ms Moore-Martin. However, in an interview today, friends and neighbors of the former head of English at Stowe's private school have said it was 'insensitive' and that it would have been too soon to revisit the pair's horrific trials.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: An additional layer of chill has been placed over The Sixth Commandment (BBC1). Anyhow, the fact that each of its victims is immediately recognisable has made it even more frightening. Timothy Spall, a much loved character actor since the days of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, was bad enough to murder him. Anne Reid, who dates back to Hancock's Half Hour and the beginning of Coronation Street, is much worse. Sheila Hancock, the grand dame of the English stage, is now the clerical killer in this true crime drama. Is no one safe?Please could someone go round and check on Dame Judi Dench?

Last night, viewers were blown away by British actor Timothy Spall's portrayal as gay academic Peter Farquhar in the latest BBC drama The Sixth Commandment. Before being executed in 2016, Peter endured a campaign of gaslighting and physical and mental torture at the hands of 32-year-old church warden Benjamin Field. In the first episode, Peter is shown meeting Ben before the younger man suggests to him.

Peter Farquhar (pictured center) was 69 years old when he was killed by alcohol poisoning by Ben Field (left and right), who was sentenced to 36 years in jail. Field, an undergraduate English student at Buckingham University, where his attacker also lectured, admitted to gaslighting Mr Farquhar at Oxford Crown Court, where he was later found guilty. Field, despite having a student relationship with the former lecturer, had a string of girlfriends and was in a sexual union with spinster Ann Moore-Martin, who was 57 years old at the time. Mr Farquhar left Field a £2,000 estate in September 2013 and then moved to his house just two months later.

Before being murdered in 2016, Peter Farquhar (right) suffered a campaign of gaslighting, physical, and mental torture at the hands of 32-year-old church warden Benjamin Field (inset). Now actor Timothy Spall (left, in character) who is portraying him in a new drama begins tonight, has described how Farquhar was outwardly 'vivacious,' but suffered from 'loneliness' and a 'desire for love.' He preparing for the position by watching a news video of the academic and checking his diary, according to BBC Radio 4's Today program this morning.

The Sixth Commandment, BBC1's latest series, is a fresh take on the subject. It's a tragic true tale that begins with the death of elderly teacher Peter Farquhar in a Buckinghamshire village in 2015. Ann Moore-Martin, his octogenarian neighbour, died naturally 18 months later, and it became apparent that both the deceased and a young male in his 20s, Ben Field, (hence the phrase - Thou Shalt Not Murder is the sixth commandment).

The British actor, 66, said he has been around 'long enough' for casting directors to know whether or not he is a good fit for a role. Peter Pettigrew, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Damned United, and Mr Turner, who has received numerous awards, has participated in the Harry Potter series. His television career, which began in 1983 with Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, has been equally prolific in roles in Summer of Rockets, Hatton Garden, and Blandlings. More recently, he was supposed to appear in Magpie Murders as Atticus Pund, but it didn't materialize due to a 'personal matter.'