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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, and David Harewood are among a group of influential actors who have signed an open letter from Sir Lenny Henry urging Black Britons to get a coronavirus vaccine. The letter, supported by the National Health Service, is accompanied by a short film from BAFTA-winner Amma Asante, which…

Lenny Henry, the British comedian, actor and diversity campaigner, is collaborating with A Very English Scandal scribe Russell T Davies on a deeply personal ITV drama series inspired by his mother’s move from Jamaica to the UK in the 1950s. Henry’s Douglas Road Productions and Tiger Aspect — both part of the Banijay…

Amazon Studios has confirmed twenty additional cast members who have joined the streamer’s The Lord Of The Rings TV series, an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels. Production on the sprawling drama, which was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, is currently underway in New Zealand. It resumed in late Sep…

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has promised fans that season 12 is going to open with the biggest and most ambitious episode ever of the BBC sci-fi drama. Chibnall told Deadline that Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis-travelling time lord will be thrown into action in a “movie-like” two-part curtain-raiser…