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Post by david on Jun 26, 2018 6:18:54 GMT
According to the Digital Spy website, Benedict Cumberbatch and Rory Kinnear are currently filming a new tv drama by James Graham examining the Brexit campaign from the POV of the key strategists from both the remain and leave camps. The drama is to be shown on Channel 4. No air date as of yet.
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Post by lynette on Jun 26, 2018 11:15:44 GMT
The Thick of It meets Game of Thrones? Lots of swearing I expect and Kinnear does that very well.
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Post by dramallama on Jun 26, 2018 11:17:52 GMT
Oh, that sounds interesting. Cannot stand Benedict Cumberbatch's face, though, so might have to block the screen whenever he's on.
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Post by foxa on Jul 19, 2018 15:31:42 GMT
James Graham has sent a Tweet saying that someone leaked an early draft of his TV script for this on a website (I don't know which one) and he's (understandably) upset/annoyed. People are commenting on its (apparent) inaccuracies, etc. He says what was leaked is not what will be filmed.
A bit nasty of whoever did it.
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Post by n1david on Jul 19, 2018 15:34:58 GMT
Yes, it sounds like someone has had a go at the content - he says it was first draft and 8 months old, so please judge the final product before making accusations about balance and content.
Meanwhile Carole Cadwalladr is encouraging him to pull the drama given that police investigations into Vote Leave participants are still underway...
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 20, 2018 22:46:04 GMT
The Daily Beast journo who leaked the stolen script is the same charmer who created a fake Grindr account so he could write an article outing gay athletes during the Olympics. Nasty piece of work. I read somewhere Brexit was tentatively scheduled for October. The Thick of It meets Game of Thrones? Lots of swearing I expect and Kinnear does that very well. Yes I did hear it has dragons in it. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 21, 2018 7:09:56 GMT
The Daily Beast journo who leaked the stolen script is the same charmer who created a fake Grindr account so he could write an article outing gay athletes during the Olympics. Nasty piece of work. I read somewhere Brexit was tentatively scheduled for October. The Thick of It meets Game of Thrones? Lots of swearing I expect and Kinnear does that very well. Yes I did hear it has dragons in it. Lots of tits too |
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Post by lynette on Jul 21, 2018 21:47:08 GMT
The Daily Beast journo who leaked the stolen script is the same charmer who created a fake Grindr account so he could write an article outing gay athletes during the Olympics. Nasty piece of work. I read somewhere Brexit was tentatively scheduled for October. Yes I did hear it has dragons in it. Lots of tits too And macaroons. |
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Post by david on Dec 15, 2018 22:32:30 GMT
The trailer for the tv film is now online -
Though with everything that has been going on, I’m sure James Graham has enough material for a a few sequels.
There is currently no air date in the UK as if yet. Maybe March 29th 2019 might be appropriate?
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Post by lynette on Dec 15, 2018 23:17:37 GMT
You are kidding me. This is for real? Wot with our Rory aswell? Heaven.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 23:23:30 GMT
John Heffernan *and* Kyle Soller! I guess one good thing is going to come out of all this nonsense after all!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Dec 16, 2018 0:04:33 GMT
James Graham tweeted sounded very upset earlier about receiving abuse because of the trailer. I looked at his twitter and he's being called a Nazi and Brexiteer propagandist. Which must make a nice change from being called a liberal leftie elite Remoaner propagandist. Can't fathom this depth of hatred over a TV film. Brexit turns everything toxic.
Airs 7th Jan on C4.
Baemax, ditto. Can take or leave Cumberbatch. Give me Heff and Soller.
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Post by n1david on Dec 16, 2018 0:15:28 GMT
There's been a lot of abuse on Twitter against James Graham. I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt as he requests. After we've all seen it we can judge if it's inappropriate. Channel 4. Jan 7, 9pm-11.05pm.
PS feeling very sorry for Twitter user @jamesgraham who has the name "James Graham did not write that Brexit film" and starts his bio "This is not the James Graham you're looking for"
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Post by lynette on Dec 16, 2018 12:22:41 GMT
I would be amazed it Graham didn’t present something balanced however difficult. People these days sadly lacking in understanding of nuance, irony and soon so maybe he should plan a holiday for January. Of course we don’t know what is going to happen post Xmas so the play might be 'too raw' for many.
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Post by n1david on Dec 18, 2018 12:44:29 GMT
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Post by david on Jan 2, 2019 22:49:39 GMT
Brexit: The Uncivil War - Monday 7th Jan, 9-11.05pm Channel 4.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 4, 2019 1:37:16 GMT
I saw this at a screening and it’s utterly brilliant.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 5, 2019 15:27:03 GMT
I am not sure I can bring myself to watch it. I’m sure it’s very good and everything, but I don’t think my blood pressure can take it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 15:57:25 GMT
I am not sure I can bring myself to watch it. I’m sure it’s very good and everything, but I don’t think my blood pressure can take it. Same, same. I like Graham. I like most of the cast. But as Marian Keyes put it on twitter earlier, i spend most of my time avoiding hearing any more about Brexit than I have to, and I'm not sure I can take the rage this will induce! |
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Post by lou105 on Jan 5, 2019 16:28:04 GMT
James Graham was on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about this. (Approx 8.50am if anyone wants to find it on iPlayer). He very much takes the view that it's important for art to reflect current events and not wait until it's history, but I'm also in the Not Sure I Can Take It camp ..I expect I'll watch in the end.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2019 18:03:59 GMT
I’ve just seen a small and scruffy group of gilet jaune wearing pro Brexit supporters they made me sad
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 5, 2019 18:26:51 GMT
I am so fed up with the whole subject that I shall be avoiding this as much as I possibly can.
No side in the debate has behaved well. The issue has descended into pointless hyperbole, name-calling and lack of respect.
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 5, 2019 21:12:07 GMT
You see I am quite curious to see this. I feel like this, and to some exten,t the last election were fought on totally different rules. Old elections had posters, TV campaigns (election broadcasts) and of course newspapers. Brexit and the last election had dark messages targeted at audiences that we do not know about and with no regulation (the only way to see some of these adverts was to actually set up fake Facebook accounts in marginal areas for the election for example). By the sounds of it this is what the film concentrates on. Friends of mine swear they are not influenced by advertising (i always ask them if they have Heinz, Kellogg’s and other brands at home and if so why?) so i will be watching with interest.
No matter what your view I still find it INCREDIBLE that we are allowing the result to stand despite clear and undisputed fraud in terms of funding. Do we just not care about democracy?
Will be watching despite fatigue....
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Post by lynette on Jan 5, 2019 23:14:28 GMT
There has always been chicanery in elections. We had the so called postal votes in Bethnal Green. In my area we had missing lists. It goes on. How can you check for example how much personal favours count and so on? IMO we need an overhaul of the voting system. A referendum is not the same as a GE because the arguments cross party lines. But it was a mess. And I bet it will be the last for many a year in British politics.
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 8, 2019 10:11:05 GMT
You see I am quite curious to see this. I feel like this, and to some exten,t the last election were fought on totally different rules. Old elections had posters, TV campaigns (election broadcasts) and of course newspapers. Brexit and the last election had dark messages targeted at audiences that we do not know about and with no regulation (the only way to see some of these adverts was to actually set up fake Facebook accounts in marginal areas for the election for example). By the sounds of it this is what the film concentrates on. Friends of mine swear they are not influenced by advertising (i always ask them if they have Heinz, Kellogg’s and other brands at home and if so why?) so i will be watching with interest. You have indeed pinpointed much of what this film is about. I too feel saturated by brexit but I am a sucker for political dramas and cannot stop myself poring over the drawn-out car-crash of brexit, so it was a no-brainer I'd watch this. And yes the focus is on the traditional campaign approach being mercilessly outdone by Cummings's online targeting and digital assault tactics. As a Remainer, it made me cringe not because I thought Remain was being misrepresented, but because I felt it was being probably truthfully depicted. I already thought at the time the Remain campaign was woeful for various other reasons anyway. There's probably a bit too much breathless editing in this film but it kind of fits. The performances are all good, though poor Liz White only gets about a minute of screen time which was disappointing because I like looking at her. I've seen some daft obsessive picking-over of it by commentators who probably can't help themselves but it's stated clearly that it's fictionalised. To the waverers here, I'd say it's worth giving it a go. |
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