Andrew Scott in THE QUEEN’S GUARD

Andrew Scott

RIPLEY star Andrew Scott has landed a role in new audio series THE QUEEN’S GAURD. The new project from erotic audio app Quinn will see the actor play Robb the Protector and will launch May 16th. This isn’t the only audio project Scott has taken on recently, with the star lending his voice talents to an Audible production of George Orwell’s 1984 alongside Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy and Cynthia Erivo. The SHERLOCK actor is having quite the year, having recently won acclaim for his starring role in ALL OF US STRANGERS.

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TOP BOY wins BAFTA

Top Boy

TOP BOY, the popular UK crime drama written by Northern Ireland’s Ronan Bennett, won big at the BAFTA TV awards this week. The award-winning series, which follows the lives of two drug dealers on a Hackney estate, first aired on Channel 4 in 2011 but was later revived by streaming service Netflix. The latest series of the popular drama series featured a surprise cameo from Oscar-nominated Irish actor Barry Keoghan (BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, SALTBURN), who plays an Irish gangster prone to committing brutal acts of violence. 

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BRIDGERTON Season 3 lands May 16

Nicola Coughlan

BRIDGERTON‘s Season 3 release will make history on Netflix when it arrives on Thursday, May 16. The upcoming third season of the beloved romance series will be the first of the franchise to be released in two parts, with only the first four episodes coming on Thursday, May 16. Following up the first four episodes will be a second half, coming a month later on June 13.

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Brosnan in A SPY’S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL

Pierce Brosnan

James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is returning to the spy genre in a new film project titled A SPY’S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL. The film is being directed by Simon Barry, the creator behind Netflix’s supernatural action series WARRIOR NUN. Barry said in a statement: “As a longtime Pierce Brosnan fan, I’m extremely grateful to have the opportunity to work alongside someone I admire for their craft, character and humanity.”

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THE FLATS preview

The Flats

An award-winning film about people living in flats in the New Lodge areas of north Belfast is to open this year’s Docs Ireland festival next month. THE FLATS, a documentary by Alessandra Celesia, details the lives of residents living in and around New Lodge. It follows four people from the working-class, Catholic community as they revisit the collective memories that shaped their lives and the district they live in.

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AISHA now in theatres

Aisha

Irish writer-director Frank Berry’s new drama, AISHA, is now in theatres. Starring Josh O’Connor (THE CROWN) and Letitia Wright (BLACK PANTHER), the film charts the experiences of a young Nigerian woman as she seeks international protection in Ireland. Caught in limbo for years in Ireland’s immigration system, Aisha Osagie develops a friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy who she meets at one of the accommodation centers.

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THE BIG DOOR PRIZE Season 2

Chris O’Dowd

Season Two of Chris O’Dowd‘s hit tv show THE BIG DOOR PRIZE is now streaming on Apple TV+. Based on a 2020 novel of the same name by M.O. Walsh and it is set in a small where a mysterious MORPHO machine suddenly appears in a supermarket that tells the residents of the town their true potential. Season 2 is ramping things up with more drama and human moments while dealing with the consequences of the decisions that the residents took because of the machine.

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