CASTING
A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”
Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).
The returning cast includes David Morrissey (“Red Riding”), Lesley Manville (“Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Philip Jackson (“Raised by Wolves”), Perry Fitzpatrick (“Line of Duty”), Bill Jones (“The Village”) and Adam Hugill (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”).
Season 2 introduces two new families entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge and betrayal. Meanwhile, a newly appointed Sheriff of Nottingham is passionately fighting local government and influential business leaders, to save the community from the prospect of a proposed new mine for the area.
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EDINBURGH FESTIVALS
“Trainspotting” producer Andrew Macdonald has been appointed as the new chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He will lead the formation of a new organization that will deliver EIFF from 2024.
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Over at the Edinburgh TV Festival, presenter, broadcaster and journalist Claudia Winkleman will receive the outstanding achievement award at this year’s TV Awards. The honor is being given to BAFTA-winner Winkleman, in recognition of her popular and acclaimed work spanning 30 years. She recently presented Channel 4’s “The Piano” and the BBC’s “The Traitors” “Strictly Come Dancing.” Winkleman will also appear at the festival in an In Conversation event with broadcaster Kirsty Young.
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