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Richard Sharp, the millionaire former banker on the cusp of being appointed as the BBC’s next chair, has used his first public appearance to praise the work of the British broadcaster and its role on the world stage — but he couldn’t help having a dig at recent Hugh Laurie series Roadkill. Sharp was announced as the UK…

David Hare, creator of the BBC and PBS drama Roadkill, said that he has written a new play based entirely on his experience contracting coronavirus. The screenwriter-playwright revealed Wednesday he had written the one-man play Beat the Devil during a panel for the Hugh Laurie-fronted drama at PBS’ TCA virtual press…

The BBC and PBS Masterpiece have released a first look image of Hugh Laurie in Roadkill, a four-part political thriller written by Collateral's David Hare and made by National Treasure producer The Forge. Laurie stars as self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter Laurence, whose life is being picked apart by…

Starz has greenlit its latest royal drama — this time focusing on the early years of Queen Elizabeth I. The Lionsgate-owned cable network has commissioned The Forge, the British producer behind Roadkill and Collateral, to make eight-part series Becoming Elizabeth. The show was created by playwright Anya Reiss, who…

Peaky Blinders' Helen McCrory is to play the British Prime Minister alongside Hugh Laurie in British drama Roadkill as PBS Masterpiece boards the four-part BBC series. McCrory will be joined by Westworld's Sidse Babett Knudsen and Dublin Murders' Sarah Greene in the series, which is written by Collaterel's David Hare…

House and The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie is to play a British politician in a four-part drama for the BBC. The actor will star in Roadkill, written by Collaterel's David Hare and produced by National Treasure and Kiri producer The Forge. The thriller is about self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter…