TV

‘Bandish Bandits’ – Meet Shreya Chaudhry, Ritwik Bhowmik and director Anand Tiwari (video)

This new Amazon Prime series has been causing waves, we got a chance to talk to the two main leads…

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Romesh Ranganathan’s comedy travelogue wins Bafta and diverse talents begin to make impact; Idris Elba wins Special Award…

It was an unusual Virgin Media TV British Academy Television Awards (Bafta) this year and memorable in more ways than…

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‘A Suitable Boy’ – Mira Nair’s TV adaptation is captivating after a slow start… (review)

Regarded as a modern classic, making TV from it, will inevitably divide… DOWNTON done Brown. When acv talked to Mira…

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‘A Suitable Boy’ – director Mira Nair says Indian cast and shooting vital to showing subtleties of language and culture in TV adaptation of Vikram Seth novel

🎥 Mira Nair placed high emphasis on culture from which 1,300-word plus period novel, ‘A Suitable Boy’ by Vikram Seth…

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A Disputable Boy – A missed opportunity for British Asian Talent…? By actor Irvine Iqbal (opinion)

It is one of the most ambitious period drama productions ever mounted in recent times by the BBC and is…

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Gathering support for open letter calling for real change on diversity in the film and TV industry – and organised by Asian women creatives…

Five successful Asian women organise an open letter calling on the industry to take action to improve range of storytelling…

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‘Coronation Street’ domestic violence story grips nation and actor at the centre of it, Shelley King, talks about the power of Yasmeen’s story…

One of the country’s best-loved soaps has tackled the issue of domestic violence head-on over a storyline that has been…

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Bafta nominees: Romesh Ranganathan, Guz Khan, Aneil Karia, Shaheen Baig, Joanna Eatwell for ‘Beecham House’; news also on new Bafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar – first person of colour in Bafta’s 73 years…

The TV gongs are up for grabs… ROMESH RANGANATHAN has bagged nominations for two Baftas, it was announced earlier this…

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ACV Lockdown listings – what online cultural bites to keep you entertained, enlightened and uplifted! Nitin Sawhney excited about PRS Foundation appointment…

Listings of online offerings that may make you soar and hum like a bird… 😉 (best viewed on a tablet…

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Earth Day Live 2020 Now: Anil Kapoor among those lending support for action – and messages of support from groups and individuals; UK stars in Letters to the Earth…

50th anniversary of Earth Day brings global voices together to mark and call for action on conservation and climate change,…

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