TV

Afghanistan documentary scoops Bafta TV – filmmakers make heart-rending appeal, while Steve McQueen triumphs and Majumdar beats Diversity drum

Afghanistan triumph and plea for country not to be forgotten; McQueen adds another accolode with searing documentary and Bafta chair…

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‘DI Ray’ – New ITV cop drama starring Parminder Nagra and written by Maya Sondhi, star of ‘Line of Duty’…

Themes of identity, racism and ethnicity are given an original take in a new crime thriller… By Mamie Colfox and…

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Screen Bird Bites: Parminder Nagra is DI Ray by Maya Sondhi; ‘Ten Percent’ has brown talent; Breakthrough TV role for ‘Hullraisers’ actor; rising stars London music video…

By Mamie Colfox Parminder Nagra ITV crime drama ‘DI Ray’ and new film DI Rachita Ray (Parminder Nagra) with (right)…

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Bafta TV Craft Awards 2022: Nida Manzoor wins and hails Channel 4 – other broadcasters passed on hit comedy…

The creator of ‘We are Lady Parts’ wasn’t the only one to win for Channel 4 comedy last night, there…

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‘Dreaming of Words’ One man’s charming obsession with South Indian languages – Bird Eye Review Show Series 2 Episode 6 (video)

If you are fascinated by Indian languages…and even if you aren’t… INDIA has a multiplicity of languages – and while…

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‘Never in my wildest dreams’ – Anjana Vasan reacts to her and ‘We Are Lady Parts’ six Bafta TV nominations and more comment from nominees…

Comedy drama about all female Muslim punk band scores big… and some of the other diverse nominees react… ANJANA VASAN…

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‘Bridgerton’ Series 2: The new Indian twist – Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran, British Tamilian superstars, as two sisters who get tongues wagging…

Hit show has two new global stars in the making… ON-SCREEN period romance is back in a big way if…

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Bird Bites – Film & TV – ‘Hostile’ film; Riz Ahmed Pillars Fellows first; Kamala Khan Superhero; Sanjeev Bhaskar new ‘Unforgotten’ partner; Kareena Kapoor Khan Netflix…

‘Hostile’ – film about how our government views immigrants Nitin Sawhney & Sonita Gale Sawhney and Gale at the BFI…

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E-Bites: Bollywood star Alia Bhatt signs English film deal; ‘Lost’ star Naveen Andrews in Silicon Valley drama; Jameela Jamil new role and Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali going digital…

By Mamie Colfox India’s Ali Bhatt breaks into Hollywood… Alia Bhatt talking to acv at Berlinale 72 BOLLYWOOD superstar Alia…

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Bird Eye Review Show Series 2 episode 4 – Madhuri Dixit Nene in Netflix’s ‘The Fame Game’

CONTINUING our spotlight on brilliant women all this month and in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8 (see…

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