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Is The Staircase a true story and what is terrifying new thriller about?

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains information about happenings beyond the first episode of The Staircase and the real-life events it is based on

Daily Mirror

The Staircase full cast, release date and plot as Sky Atlantic murder drama premieres

The eight-part series follows the trial of Michael Peterson who was convicted of murdering his wife

Manchester Evening News

Where The Staircase's Michael Peterson is now - prison release and divided family

Michael Peterson, who is played by Colin Firth in new Sky Atlantic drama The Staircase, pleaded guilty to killing wife Kathleen by involuntary manslaughter as part of an 'Alford plea' but denies attacking her

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The Staircase review: Colin Firth drama fails to live up to the iconic documentary

This fictionalised remake, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, of the 2004 true crime mini-series is somehow more concrete than the original but altogether less captivating

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead true-crime drama The Staircase

Can this dramatisation of the events covered in the hit Netflix documentary add anything new? Plus: one of TV’s most conceptually perfect shows. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Staircase: What's the true story behind Sky Atlantic's new drama?

Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead the new drama which follows-up a Netflix documentary on the true crime story

Wales Online

New 'Staircase' series emphasizes the tragedy behind the sensational true crime story

In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in her Durham, N.C., home. Her husband, Michael, was accused of her murder, and a Netflix documentary followed. Now, a new HBO Max series revisits the case.

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‘The Staircase’: Colin Firth breaks bad as a real-life liar, cheater and possibly killer

In this well-written HBO Max series, the good-guy actor expertly plays a duplicitous man whose discovery of his wife’s body casts suspicion on him and divides his family.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lionel Richie credits an inexplicable 'gift' for his music success

He’s one of the most famous singer-songwriters in America. But Lionel Richie says he can’t read music. The author of such hits as "Easy,” “Endless Love,” “Sail On,” and “Three Times a Lady,” can’t explain how he does it though he landed No. 1 hits on the charts for nine…

Tribune News Service

The incredible true story behind the body of a Welsh man that fooled Hitler

The Hollywood film Operation Mincemeat tells the story of the deception effort to keep plans for the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943 a secret

Wales Online

Mary McNamara: Enough with the limited series already

In virtually every episode of "The Offer" on Paramount+ there is a moment when the action pauses so one character or another can deliver a paean to the power of movies.

Los Angeles Times

From a rap school in Morocco to a TikTok tutorial: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you fancy some Casablanca Beats or a deep-dish pizza, our critics have your plans for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

'The Staircase' supplements case we all know and judge

A new series on HBO Max depicts the true crime case of the 2001 murder of Kathleen Peterson, a North Carolina woman found dead at the bottom of her staircase

The Independent UK

The Staircase review: This dramatisation of the famous true crime series is unnecessary but gripping

This show ultimately adds nothing new to the story of Michael and Kathleen Peterson, but you still can’t look away

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

The Staircase review: Colin Firth drama fails to live up to Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s iconic documentary

This fictionalised remake of the 2004 true crime mini-series, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, is somehow more concrete than the original but altogether less captivating

The Independent UK

The Staircase review: Colin Firth drama fails to live up to Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s iconic documentary

This fictionalised remake of the 2004 true crime mini-series, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, is somehow more concrete than the original but altogether less captivating

Zenger

Animal Wrangler Coaxes Perfect Screen Performances From Her Pets

Bozena Bienkowska believes the intelligence of animals is widely underestimated.

Daily Record

Scots mum who worked with Gerard Butler trains pets to star in blockbuster movies

Bozena Bienkowska, 56, from Glasgow, has worked as an 'animal wrangler' for two decades and has had her animals appear in movies such as Wuthering Heights.

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The Guardian - UK

Operation Mincemeat review – Blimpish take on Ben Macintyre’s spy thriller

Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald provide some ballast in John Madden’s overburdened adaptation

Daily Mirror

Renee Zellweger wants fourth Bridget Jones movie as she loves playing hapless heroine

Fans of the Bridget Jones romcom movies have a reason to be cheerful after Renée Zellweger, who plays the unlucky in love journalist, said she would happily play the character once more, adding: "I love being in her shoes"

Manchester Evening News

ITV Coronation Street: Real life of Billy Mayhew actor Daniel Brocklebank - co-star ex, Hollywood career, rival soap role and hidden talent

Daniel has played Weatherfield's vicar Billy for eight years now

The Guardian - UK

Operation Mincemeat review – Colin Firth heads starry cast in wartime spy caper

Stiff upper lips abound in this stranger-than-fiction tale of second world war espionage, with Firth and Matthew Macfadyen in charge

Evening Standard

Johnny Flynn interview: ‘Play James Bond? I can barely get myself out of the house to go for a run’

From Ian Fleming to David Bowie, a psychotic mobster to a buttoned-up Regency hero, the actor’s career has been wildly varied - but it’s music that he always comes back to

The Guardian - UK

I’ll bet someone else’s shirt that Diego Maradona’s is real…

The Argentinian’s kit, now up for auction despite his daughter questioning its authenticity, Colin Firth’s top … many would like to own a piece of history and good luck to anyone selling

The Guardian - UK

Operation Mincemeat: the startling story of deception that fooled Hitler and helped win the war

A new film and play about a startling allied deception resonate at a time when conflict and propaganda haunt Europe again

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