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Dominic West & Helena Bonham Carter To Play ‘Burton & Taylor’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 2:56am PSTTags: BBC, Burton & Taylor, Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter

The BBC has ordered a one-off movie to star Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter as legendary, volatile ex-lovers Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Burton & Taylor is a 90-minute film that will air on BBC Four and chart the pair’s ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of the Noel Coward play, Private Lives, which ran for 63 performances on Broadway. Burton and Taylor were famously married twice, from 1964-1974 and again from 1975-1976. Most recently, Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler starred in a Lifetime biopic about the tumultuous couple. Burton & Taylor is an in-house project from BBC Drama Productions and will be exec produced by Jessica Pope. Richard Laxton, who’s helming the Emma Thompson-penned feature Effie starring Dakota Fanning, directs. The screenplay is by Made In Dagenham‘s William Ivory. Lachlan McKinnon (Silent Witness) is producer.

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Serial Killer Drama Tops BAFTA TV Awards

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday May 27, 2012 @ 3:03pm PDTTags: BAFTA Awards, Dominic West, Emily Watson

Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan won acting awards at the TV BAFTAs today for their roles in Appropriate Adult, a miniseries about Britain’s controversial investigation of serial killer Fred West and his wife Rosemary. Dominic West played Fred, Watson portrayed a social worker in the case and Dolan played Rosemary — beating Dame Maggie Smith who was nominated for Downton Abbey. Andrew Scott was voted best supporting actor for Sherlock, in which he plays the arch-nemesis Moriarty to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes. Cumberbash was nominated for best actor but lost to Dominic West. But Appropriate Adult lost to another miniseries, This Is England ’88.

Complete list of winners:

LEADING ACTOR — Dominic West, Appropriate Adult - ITV1

LEADING ACTRESS — Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult - ITV1

SUPPORTING ACTOR — Andrew Scott, Sherlock - BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Monica Dolan, Appropriate Adult - ITV1
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Hot Trailer: ‘Johnny English Reborn’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 5:19am PDTTags: Dominic West, Johnny English Reborn, Movie Trailer, Rosamund Pike, Rowan Atkinson, Universal Pictures, Working Title
Mike Fleming

Universal Pictures and Working Title are out with a new trailer for Johnny English Reborn, the fumbling spy character played by Rowan Atkinson. Rosamund Pike and Dominic West also star. The film will be released Oct. 28. Why’s the studio making another installment of this franchise? Though Atkinson’s little known … Read More »

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Sundance Channel Picks Up British Serial Killer Miniseries ‘Appropriate Adult’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 8:20am PDTTags: Dominic West, Emily Watson, ITV, Sundance Channel
Nellie Andreeva

In a model similar to the one it used for its first scripted project, miniseries Carlos, which just earned 2 Emmy nominations, Sundance Channel has picked up another mini, ITV’s Appropriate Adult. Based on true events, Appropriate Adult tells the … Read More »

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BBC America To Co-Produce BBC Period Drama ‘The Hour’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 24, 2011 @ 7:12am PDTTags: BBC America, Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, Shine International, The Hour
Nellie Andreeva

BBC America has come on board to co-produce the new six-part drama series The Hour, announced in November by BBC Two. The series, which will premiere in the summer on BBC America, was  created and written by BAFTA-winning Abi Morgan (White Girl). It is a spy thriller set behind the scenes … Read More »

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