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The Guide #161: Mr Loverman breaks new ground in golden age of Black British TV

In this week’s newsletter: Once deemed ‘too niche’ for telly, the adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel signals an exciting chapter for diverse, imaginative shows

The Guardian - UK

‘Beautiful, bittersweet’: black gay men respond to BBC’s Mr Loverman

Rare depiction of love between two elderly black men stirs emotions and realisations among its audience

The Guardian - UK

Mr Loverman star Lennie James: ‘At the heart of this story is such a complex man!’

Lennie James on playing the lead in a six-part BBC adaptation of author Bernadine Evaristo's novel Mr Loverman.

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Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lennie James shines in Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman

In this nuanced adaptation, an elderly married man tries to keep his gay relationship under wraps. Plus, Mark Strong guest stars in The Penguin. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

The Independent UK

Mr Loverman on BBC One review: this meandering adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's book is painfully slow

Any opportunity to bring Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke together is a good one. but this just feels wasted

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 6-12

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 6-12 include rapper Cardi B, actor-screenwriter Matt Damon and singer David Lee Roth of Van Halen

The Independent UK

Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Rebecca Frecknall will direct Normal People actor in Tennessee Williams classic at Almeida theatre in London, opening in December

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Death in Paradise Marlon actor Tahj Miles lands huge BBC One drama role

Tahj Miles will star alongside Lennie James in Mr Loverman

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EastEnders exclusive: Colin Salmon reveals the SUPERSTAR NAMES he’d love to cast as George Knight’s brothers

EastEnders' George Knight recently discovered that he has two biological siblings.

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is seemingly setting up a Morgan crossover

How one book points to a Morgan return in the Rick and Michonne spin-off

Total Film

From Peaky Blinders to Band of Brothers: it’s Stephen Graham’s 20 best TV roles ever

His impeccable taste has seen him star in incredible shows from Line of Duty to This Is England. We rank his performances

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 8-14

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct_ 8-14 include singer Usher, actor Hugh Jackman and TV personality Stacy Keibler from “Dancing with the Stars.”

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Mr Loverman: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything you need to know

Mr Loverman on BBC1 sees Lennie James play an exuberant and dapper pensioner who’s hiding a decades-long secret.

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place

Continuing the story of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the writer and director aims to create change with a reflection on today’s culture wars about race

Total Film

Fear the Walking Dead teases crossover with Rick and Michonne spin-off in midseason finale

Lennie James' Morgan has left Madison and the gang to look for his old pal Rick Grimes, but what does that mean for both shows?

The Independent UK

New BBC drama adapted from Bernardine Evaristo novel will star Lennie James

Mr Loverman will be an eight-part drama ‘about family, love, and being true to yourself’.

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Cinemablend

Fear The Walking Dead's Lennie James On The 'Ridiculous' Journey Of Playing Morgan For 13 Years

Fear the Walking Dead's Lennie James opened up about how his journey as Morgan Jones has been "ridiculous."

Total Film

Fear The Walking Dead's Lennie James says he'll miss playing Morgan Jones

Exclusive: Lennie James has shared some insight into what's coming next in Fear The Walking Dead – and what it means for Morgan

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 9-15

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 9-15 include actor Hugh Jackman, TV host Chris Wallace and singer Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town

Evening Standard

My London: Lennie James

The actor knows the nuances of north and south London, shops at local Borough Market and would raze the Shard to the ground

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: A Number; The Glow – review

Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu illuminate Caryl Churchill’s great cloning play, while a fine cast lift Alistair McDowall’s wordy new dystopia

The Guardian - UK

A Number review – Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu scintillate as father and sons

The powerhouse duo’s effortless chemistry and emotional realism brings Caryl Churchill’s cloning tragedy blazing into new life

The Independent UK

A Number review: Paapa Essiedu is a cloned son in this haunting chamber piece

Caryl Churchill’s dystopian play has been shorn of its sharper absurdist edges – but Essiedu and Lennie James offer a series of delicately drawn character studies

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