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A 17K camera sounds like data madness. Why I shot a one-woman show using Blackmagic’s monster-megapixel cine camera

I worked with Blackmagic’s full-frame cameras on one-woman show Musik – including the monstrous URSA Cine 17K 65 – and now I don’t want to go back to Super 35 cameras

Digital Camera World · Dec 11, 2025

Lend me your ears: great Shakespearean actors given hi-tech talking portraits

A radical new exhibition celebrates stars including Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart by combining subtly moving artworks with their own voices. The results are uncanny

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024

Exclusive: Kerry Godliman reveals all on Whitstable Pearl’s new star-studded series

Kerry Godliman on the evolution of Whitstable Pearl, as her seaside sleuthing series returns for a third season.

WhatToWatch · Oct 18, 2024

Dreamland: release date, cast, plot, trailer, episode guide, interviews and all about the comedy drama series

Dreamland on Sky Atlantic is a seaside comedy set in Margate with Freema Agyeman and Lily Allen starring.

WhatToWatch · Mar 22, 2023

The week in theatre: Othello; The Unfriend; On the Ropes – review

Brute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly’s breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxer Vernon Vanriel hits home in song

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023

Steven Moffat says friend’s true story inspired West End play The Unfriend

The Unfriend stars Reece Shearsmith and Amanda Abbington as a timid couple too polite to stop a brash American, played by Frances Barber, from inviting herself to stay

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023

The Unfriend at the Criterion Theatre review - Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat give us a riotous bit of fun

An uproarious comedy of English embarrasment

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023

Amanda Abbington on her West End show The Unfriend: “I’m very polite, unless I’m in the car on my own”

The actress is appearing in Stephen Moffat’s first play, a deliciously wicked look at why politeness isn’t always the best policy

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

The best London theatre shows to book in 2023 from Groundhog Day to Cheryl in 2:22

The pick of productions coming to London this year

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023

Whitstable Pearl season 2 — where to watch, trailer, cast, plot, episode guide, and everything we know

Our guide to Whitstable Pearl season 2 with Kerry Godliman back as Kent's amateur sleuth Pearl Nolan.

WhatToWatch · Nov 29, 2022