PBS Masterpiece Classic launches its official 'Downton Abbey' website

After winning 6 Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night, PBS Masterpiece Classic  launched an official website for its very popular and multi-Emmy award winning series, Downton Abbey (which according to Deadline, was recenty awarded by The Guiness World of Records with an accolade of the “Highest critical review ratings for a TV show”). The PBS official site features all the latest Downton Abbey news, videos and photos, Schedule for season 1 and 2 in PDF, countdown timer for Season 2, exclusive features, etc.

Check out its official US website:
PBS Masterpiece - Downton Abbey

Indulge in the world of Downton Abbey! For a limited time, watch the complete first season of Downton Abbey online, see a preview of season two or watch it below and more...

Watch the Season 2 Preview trailer

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

Also, Season 1 will be repeated (especially for those of you who missed it or still haven't seen DA's first season) in December 2011 in anticipation of Season 2 beginning Jan. 8, 2012. Plus, Season 2 will be shown on PBS Masterpiece Classic in its entirety!

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On TV Tonight: Watch the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

While UK Fans are lucky to be seeing the Season 2 premiere of Downton Abbey tonight on ITV as well as its competition Spooks (aka MI-5 in the U.S., which our Matthew Macfadyen was an original cast member along with his real-life wife, actress Keeley Hawes at the first few seasons of the long-running British spy drama series before he was cast in Pride & Prejudice) with the premiere of the first episode (of six) of its 10th and final season on BBC. Well, here in the U.S., The 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards is on tonight starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Fox with host Jane Lynch aka Glee's (Sue Sylvester). The following period dramas/miniseries (starring a few of our favorite P&P actors) are nominated for an Emmy Award such as Downton Abbey (Penelope Wilton) with 11 nominations, The Pillars of the Earth (Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland) with 7, and Any Human Heart (Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander) with 4 nominations.  See all the categories they are nominated here: Downton Abbey, The Pillars of the Earth, and Any Human Heart nominated for 2011's Primetime Emmy Awards

UPDATE: 4 Wins (and a total of 6 Primetime Emmy Awards including 2 wins at last week's Creative Arts Emmy 2011) for Downton Abbey tonight including Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Maggie Smith and the big prize: Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie! Congrats to Downton Abbey's cast and crew and PBS Masterpiece Classic!!!!!!
 

Note: Downton Abbey already won 2 Creative Arts Emmy 2011, (which was already handed out a week ago prior to the Emmys) for Costumes and Cinematography For A Miniseries Or TV Movie. 
The Pillars of The Earth won Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special. 

Best of luck tonight to PBS Masterpiece's Downton Abbey and Any Human Heart and Starz' The Pillars of The Earth!

Primetime Emmy Award Winners 2011

Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

Winner: "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Winner: "Downton Abbey" (2010) - Brian Percival

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Winner: Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Winner: "Downton Abbey" (2010) - Julian Fellowes

I'll try to LIVE Blog here tonight (if I make it on time at the start of the show or will just randomly live update here, lol) and post/update here the Emmy Winners...

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Watch: Preview Promo Trailer for 'Downton Abbey - Season 2'

Season 2 of ITV's very popular period drama series Downton Abbey will premiere in less than 2 weeks (Sept. 18th) from now for those lucky UK fans. For us, unfortunate U.S. fans (who will have to wait 4 long months till it premieres on PBS' Masterpiece Classic on January 8th, 2012), we can only watch the new S2 promo teaser trailers, which you can watch below, to get us through this long wait...any news, stills, and clips or anything DA related actually will get us anticipating and excited about it...really...lol.

Anyway, one of the promo trailers features a quick glimpse of our as Isobel Crawley, widowed mother of Dan Stevens' Matthew Crawley, heir to the large estate of Downton Abbey.


View Downton Abbey - images from 1st episode of new season (via Cheryl's Enchanted Serenity of Period Films Blog)

Watch a the promo trailer below...

Downton Abbey - Series 2 Promo

(soure: HUGHJ99)

Plus another slightly longer version below...

Downton Abbey Series 2 Trailer

(source: Khalilullah)

 Read more info on Downton Abbey here! (via Cheryl's Enchanted Serenity of Period Films Blog)

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Brenda Blethyn's detective drama series 'Vera' gets renewed for a second season on ITV

ITV has renewed the detective drama series Vera starring Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope and David Leon as DS Joe Ashworth for a second season.

Brenda Blethyn will reprise her role as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.


Vera
International award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn OBE stars in Vera, a new detective drama series adapted from the Vera Stanhope novels by revered novelist Ann Cleeves.

Inspector Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she’s lonely she doesn’t show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long-suffering colleague is Joe Ashworth; he is her right-hand man and surrogate son. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.

Vera Promotional stills
featuring Brenda Blethyn

 (source: ITV)

Here's an article about Vera's second season renewal with more info (via The List):

Vera recommissioned for second series
Filming for four stand-alone episodes of the detective drama has already commenced, with BAFTA-winning actress Brenda Blethyn set to reprise her role as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in the show, which is based on the works of crime author Ann Cleeves.

The programme - which is set in Northumberland and Newcastle - averaged 6.6 million viewers with a peak episode of 6.8 million during its first series.

All four 120-minute episodes - which will be directed by Peter Hoar, Julian Holmes and Paul Whittington - will document the mysterious goings on in mostly rural areas of the north-eastern county, with the final production 'Silent Voices' based on Ann's latest novel.


The show is one of four dramas being recomissioned by ITV, alongside 'Scott and Bailey', 'Monroe' and 'Case Sensitive'.

Laura Mackie, Director of Drama Commissioning at ITV Drama, said: "We couldn't be more delighted with the success of 'Vera', 'Case Sensitive', 'Monroe and Scott & Bailey'. It's terrific to think we are commissioning the most watched and appreciated original dramas for the ITV1 audience."

Brenda previously revealed she perfected her Geordie accent for 'Vera' by studying former 'X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole. Read full article.

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Downton Abbey Season 2 press release, production stills, new interview with Penelope Wilton, and more!

"What is a weekend?" All these jam-packed full of Downton Abbey fab ITV DA press release and preview for Season 2 that is!

UK's ITV has just released its international hit series, Downton Abbey (Series 2) Press Release with tons of goodies and preview for season 2 to whet our appetites (especially for us, US fans who will have to wait a while longer to see season 2!) including Downton Abbey cast and their character images features our as Isobel Crawley, widowed mother of Dan Stevens' Matthew Crawley, heir to the large estate of Downton Abbey and production stills for season 2, season 2 synopsis, The world of Downton Abbey companion book info and image, soundtrack CD info, DVD artwork, cast interviews including Penelope Wilton (which you can read below), and more! So much info all at once, I can't hardly wait and is eagerly anticipating season 2 of DA!!! January 2012 can't come fast enough!

Unfortunately, for us U.S. fans, we'll have to wait 6 months before we can see Downton Abbey on PBS' Masterpiece Classic, as Season 2 will premiere January 8, 2012 (USA) while lucky UK fans will get to see it just a lil' over a month from now on September 18, 2011 on ITV channel (UK).

Anyway, here are some Downton Abbey's season 2 press release, promo still, new Interview with Penelope Wilton and more...

Downton Abbey (series two) Press Release (via ITV)

Click here to download the full press pack (5mb pdf)

Julian Fellowes' hit drama Downton Abbey is back for a second seriesthis autumn with all the regular cast including Dame Maggie Smith, HughBonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt and DanStevens.

Returning to Downton Abbey in 1916, we see the effects of TheFirst World War on the lives of the Crawley family and the servants whowork for them.

The new series sees the return of all the much loved characterswhose intertwined lives are rendered more complicated by wartime andits impact on the great house itself.

And when the storms of war have finally cleared, will the way oflife known by all the inhabitants of Downton have changed forever?

New faces joining the cast of Downton Abbey include Amy Nuttall, Iain Glen, Zoe Boyle, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Cal Macaninch.

Downton Abbey is a Carnival Films production, written by JulianFellowes, executive produced by Gareth Neame and produced by LizTrubridge.

Downton Abbey Season 2 cast promo still

(source:  ITV and Enchanted Serenity of Period Films)

Isobel Crawley (Penelope Wilton)
 

As the wife and daughter of doctors, nobody could be better than Isobel when
it comes to taking a prominent role in running Downton as a convalescent home. In Isobelʼs opinion, at any rate. She finds it extremely unreasonable of Cora to object when she, Isobel, gives the orders and makes the decisions in Coraʼs house. We donʼt agree. But it is Isobel who sees more clearly than her son when Matthewʼs rigorous sense of honour is forcing him into a decision that will bring only unhappiness in its wake. No one can say she does not do everything in her power to avert it.

Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens)

By the summer of 1914, Matthew had grown into his role as heir to the Downton estate. He thought his life was settled until, first, he discovered his true love, Mary, was not prepared to take him without money, dashing all his belief in her to the ground, and, second, he was sent to the front as an enlisted officer.

Now he has not only a new career but a new love, Lavinia Swire, a young
woman from London and he means to transform Mary from lover to sister if he
possibly can. He is a good soldier, moral and brave, determined as he ever was, to do his best for his country, but the reality of war and how he, personally, is tested by it, take him to the very limits of endurance.




Press Pack

D O W N T O N A B B E Y

AN INTERVIEW WITH PENELOPE WILTON


Penelope Wilton plays Mrs Isobel Crawley. She comes to live with her relatives at Downton Abbey, but frequently clashes with her more traditionalist cousins, Cora and Violet.


Penelope, universally acknowledged as one of the best actresses of her generation, talks us through Isobel’s situation in the second series. She says, “Isobel has rather come into her own in the war, having been married to a doctor and also having trained as a nurse. We’re now in 1916, in the throes of war, so she’s busy running and setting up hospitals and convalescent homes and trying to deal with the enormous number of soldiers coming home with terrible wounds.


“It’s not just physical injury, there’s a lot of trauma that goes with the physical injury. So she’s very busy with the hospital and also now with Downton Abbey, which has been turned in to a convalescent home. So she’s busy raising money for that, arranging concerts, organizing timetables for nurses and patients – she’s completely embroiled in that.”

The running of the convalescent home causes tension between Isobel and Cora. Penelope says, “Isobel sees herself as the person who has the expertise and training to run the convalescent home much to Cora’s chagrin as it’s her home. Cora doesn’t like to have rules and regulations or her way of life altered without being in charge, so there is a certain amount of conflict erupting between these two rather strong women.


“Isobel doesn’t really have a leg to stand on - except that she does have the knowledge about how to manage a proper convalescent home, which, of course, Cora doesn’t, having never had a professional job in her life. Cora lives in this very privileged life, while lesser mortals like Isobel know what’s really going on in the world. Cora is brought up rather short when Isobel takes on the responsibilities with enormous aplomb - which is also rather annoying for Cora!”


Isobel has other, profound and personal anxieties to cope with during the war. According to Penelope, “Her son Matthew has gone off to war and is serving on the frontline. So she’s also dealing with the worry of that which is constant, as it was with all mothers whose sons went off to fight in the war.”

The other major issue that Isobel has to cope with in the second series is the breakup of the relationship between Matthew and Mary. Penelope says, “Isobel came to terms with that at the end of the last series. She thinks it’s a pity, but now this nice girl Lavinia has come into Matthew’s life, she thinks the family should simply get on with things and accept her.


“I think Isobel is living off her nerves. Like the rest of the population, all those people left at home, she’s a very worried person, because of her son at the Front. These days we see a lot of television footage from the frontline in contemporary wars. But then there was a whole world left behind that had to just wait and see if their husband, brother, son or father was going to come back. So many of them didn’t, so it kept them very much on their toes.”


Following series one, many of the exchanges between Isobel and Violet were repeated in the press. Penelope is delighted that people embraced that battle of the battleaxes. “I very much hope they will repeat that, as those sorts of scenes are so much fun to play. There’s more energy going on, it’s more
interesting.


“Also Julian has plotted it so there’s build up of irritations and clashes of wills between Violet and Isobel. These are very strong women, who are used to being in charge of their own properties and their own homes. It’s very difficult for Isobel because she’s not in charge like she used to be before she had to move because of her son.”


Penelope, who also starred in Doctor Who, Ever Decreasing Circles, and The Borrowers, adds, “Isobel has no real wish to be here. She’s making the best of it, but it’s not something she would really choose. She’s not somebody who would like to have the life that these people have at all. She thinks they’re of another century and that they have to move on. In that way, she’s very much a new woman and believes in women’s suffrage – not to the extent of throwing herself in front of horses, but she’s very much a believer in women having the vote and having more independence from paternalistic society which is probably why she and Lady Sybil share such a kindred spirit.”


Downton Abbey has been sold to more than 140 countries. This means that wherever they go in the world the cast are recognized. For Penelope, however, that is not a problem. She jokes, “I go around in deep disguise pretty much all the time, I wear a wig and these hats, and nobody ever recognizes me!”


DOWNTON ABBEY - THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Released in September, the Decca album of the Downton Abbey soundtrack includes original music by
renowned British composer John Lunn, as well as a newly-commissioned song to lyrics by Oscar-winner
Don Black - based on the main “Downton Abbey” theme, and performed by highly-acclaimed vocalist, Mary-Jess Leaverland. Also featuring are two specially-recorded songs from the period in which the
second series is set, sung by Britain's favourite tenor, Alfie Boe.

For more information please contact:
Jude Dexter Smith: jude.dexter-smith@umusic.com / 07947 621547


THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY
Jessica Fellowes
Foreword by Julian Fellowes

‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished’ Lord Grantham

Get behind doors, that have until now, remained closed. Get under the skin of the characters and actors uncover the full story behind the intrigues and secrets, discover The World of Downton Abbey.

The first series of this acclaimed drama captured the imagination of the nation. With 12 million viewers at its peak, it has become the benchmark for quality television and a commentary on all things British.

The official accompanying book, The World of Downton Abbey, goes through the doors of the great house and into the lives of the Crawley family and those who serve them. With the onset of the First World War we witness a house, its occupants and a society on the brink of dramatic change. Author Jessica Fellowes takes us beyond what we witness on screen – documenting not only the realities and secrets of life both upstairs and down, as a Lady and as a Lady’s maid, but the story behind the camera and the lengths its creators have gone to in order to bring to life such a lavish large scale production.


Fully illustrated with stunning, exclusive photographs, the text is interwoven with cast interviews, behind the scenes secrets, and profiles of all the main characters – old and new – from the Dowager Countess to Daisy. From the pressures of wartime England to the meticulous detail of the costumes, sets and props, Jessica brings the richness, drama, romance and style of Downton to the page.

Jessica Fellowes is an author and freelance journalist. Formerly the Deputy Editor of Country Life, she also writes for The Telegraph, Psychologies and The Lady. She lives in London with her family.

The World of Downton Abbey is published by Collins on Thursday 15th September, priced £20.

For further information please contact Katherine Patrick at HarperCollins on 0208 307 4802. katherine.patrick@harpercollins.co.uk

Also, a couple more images of Downton Abbey including the DVD cover artwork for Season 2...

[Source: ITV - for all Downtown Abbey images stills and loads of season 2 info. posted here!]

For more on Downton Abbey's Season 2 and frequent news updates, cast interviews, videos, and all things DA related news and articles, check out Cheryl's fabulous and very informative Enchanted Serenity of Period Films blog (and LIKE her awesome Period Movies FB page to get frequently updated on your favorite period films!) with all the DA season two info. here: Downton Abbey - Season 2!

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Downton Abbey, The Pillars of the Earth, and Any Human Heart nominated for 2011's Primetime Emmy Awards

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations has just been announced today and the following period dramas/miniseries (starring a few of our favorite P&P actors) are nominated such as Downton Abbey (Penelope Wilton) with 11 nominations, The Pillars of the Earth (Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland) with 7, and Any Human Heart (Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander) with 4 nominations. The Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out September 18th!

Here are the following categories they are nominated...


Outstanding Miniseries/Made For Television Movie
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
The Kennedys • ReelzChannel • A Muse Entertainment Production in association with Asylum Entertainment
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
The Pillars Of The Earth • Starz • Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Scott Free Films
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Diane Lane as Patricia Loud - Cinema Verite • HBO
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS
Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce - Mildred Pierce • HBO
Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story • Lifetime
Jean Marsh as Rose Buck - Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) • PBS


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS
Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce - Mildred Pierce • HBO
Melissa Leo as Lucy Gessler - Mildred Pierce • HBO
Mare Winningham as Ida - Mildred Pierce • HBO
Eileen Atkins as Lady Maud Holland - Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) 

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Julian Fellowes, Written By
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Todd Haynes, Written By
Jon Raymond, Written By
Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece) • PBS • A Hartswood Films production for BBC cymru wales, co-produced with Masterpiece
Steven Moffat, Written By
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Peter Gould, Written By
Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of BBC Wales and WGBH Boston
Heidi Thomas, Written By

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
Carlos • Sundance Channel • Daniel Leconte/Film en Stock with the participation of Canal Plus and ARTE in association with Sundance Channel, co-produced by Egoli Tossel
Olivier Assayas, Directed by
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Shari Springer Berman, Directed by
Robert Pulcini, Directed by
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Brian Percival, Directed by
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Todd Haynes, Directed by
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Curtis Hanson, Directed by

Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
David Katznelson, DFF, Director of Photography
The Kennedys • Life Sentences • ReelzChannel • A Muse Entertainment
Production in association with Asylum Entertainment
David Moxness, C.S.C, Director of Photography
Mildred Pierce • Part Five • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Ed Lachman, ASC, Director of Photography
The Pillars Of The Earth • Legacy • Starz • Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Scott Free Films
Atilla Szalay, Director of Photography
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Kramer Morgenthau, ASC, Director of Photography

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Sarah Flack, A.C.E., Editor
Robert Pulcini, Editor
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
John Wilson, A.C.E., Editor
Mildred Pierce • Part Four • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Camilla Toniolo, Editor
Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece) • PBS • A Hartswood Films production for BBC cymru wales, co-produced with Masterpiece
Charlie Phillips, Editor
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Barbara Tulliver, A.C.E., Editor
Plummy Tucker, A.C.E., Editor

Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Randi Hiller, CSA, Casting Director
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Jill Trevellick, CDG, Casting Director
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Laura Rosenthal, Casting Director
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Alexa L. Fogel, CSA, Casting Director
Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of BBC Wales and WGBH Boston
Andy Pryor, CDG, Casting Director

Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries Or Movie
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Donal Woods, Production Designer
Charmian Adams, Art Director
Gina Cromwell, Set Decorator
The Kennedys • ReelzChannel • A Muse Entertainment Production in association with Asylum Entertainment
Rocco Matteo, Production Designer
Mun Yin Kwun, Art Director
Enrico Campana, Set Decorator
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Mark Friedberg, Production Designer
Peter Rogness, Art Director
Ellen Christiansen-De Jonge, Set Decorator
Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) • PBS • A co-production of BBC Wales and WGBH Boston
Eve Stewart, Production Designer
David Hindle, Art Director
Julia Castle, Set Decorator

Outstanding Main Title Design
Any Human Heart (Masterpiece) • PBS • A Carnival/Channel 4/Masterpiece
co-production
Paul McDonnell, Designer
Hugo Moss, Art Director
Justin Lowings, Animator
Boardwalk Empire • HBO • Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Karin Fong, Designer/Director
Michelle Dougherty, Designer/Director
Lauren Hartstone, Designer/Art Director
Cara McKenney, Producer/Art Director
Game Of Thrones • HBO • Bighead, Littlehead, 360 Television, Grok and
Generator Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Angus Wall, Creative Director
Robert Feng, Art Director
Kirk H. Shintani, Animator
Hameed Shaukat, Designer
Rubicon • AMC • Warner Horizon Television
Karin Fong, Creative Director
Jeremy Cox, Designer/Animator
Theodore Daley, Designer
Cara McKenney, Producer/Art Director
Too Big To Fail • HBO • A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films
Michael Riley, Creative Director
Bob Swenson, Creative Lead
Adam Bluming, Editor
Cory Shaw, Designer/Animator

Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Suttirat Anne Larlarb, Costume Designer
Joseph T. Mastrolia, Costume Supervisor
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Susannah Buxton, Costume Designer
Caroline McCall, Assistant Costume Designer
Mildred Pierce • Part Two • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Ann Roth, Costume Designer
Michelle Matland, Assistant Costume Designer
Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of BBC Wales and WGBH Boston
Amy Roberts, Costume Designer
Giles Gale, Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or A Movie
Cinema Verite • HBO • A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
Terry Baliel, Department Head Hairstylist
Carol Pershing, Key Hairstylist
Beth Miller, Personal Hairstylist
The Kennedys • ReelzChannel • A Muse Entertainment Production in association with Asylum Entertainment
Jenny Arbour, Department Head Hairstylist
Mildred Pierce • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Jerry DeCarlo, Department Head Hairstylist
Jerry Popolis, Personal Hairstylist
The Pillars Of The Earth • Starz • Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Scott Free Films
Tricia Cameron, Department Head Hairstylist
Loulia Sheppard, Key Hairstylist

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Any Human Heart (Masterpiece) • Part 2 • PBS • A Carnival/Channel 4/Masterpiece co-production
Adam Armitage, Sound Effects Editor
Alex Sawyer, Dialogue Editor
Laura Lovejoy, Dialogue Editor
Keith Partridge, Sound Editor
Robin Whittaker, Music Editor
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece
Adam Armitage, Sound FX Editor
Alex Sawyer, Dialogue Editor
Mildred Pierce • Part Five • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Eliza Paley, Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor
Tony Martinez, Dialogue/ADR Editor
Thomas Younkman, Sound Effects Editor
Brian Dunlop, Foley Editor
Todd Kasow, Music Editor
Ellen Heuer, Foley Artist
The Pillars Of The Earth • The Work Of Angels • Starz • Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Scott Free Films
Marcel Pothier, Supervising Sound Editor
Christian Rivest, Sound Designer
Antoine Morin, Sound Effects Editor
Guy Pelletier, Music and Dialogue Editor
Guy Francoeur, Foley Artist

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
Gettysburg • HISTORY • Produced by ScottFree Productions in association with Herzog & Company for HISTORY
Kent Johnson, Visual Effects Supervisor
J. David Everhart, Visual Effects Producer
Mike Yip, Lead Visual Effects Animator
Jon Rhinehardt, Lead Visual Effects Compositor
Jason Korber, Visual Effects Compositor
Jared Jones, Visual Effects Compositor
Ethan Summers, Lead Model Maker
Brent Steinberg, CGI Artist
Max Poolman, Special Effects Supervisor
Mildred Pierce • Part Five • HBO • A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries
Lesley Robson-Foster, Visual Effects Supervisor
John Bair, Visual Effects Supervisor
Renuka Ballal, Visual Effects Producer
Constance Conrad, Compositor
Marci Ichimura, Compositor
Nathan Meier, CGI Artist
Josephine Noh, Compositor
Aaron Raff, Compositor
Scott Winston, Compositor
The Pillars Of The Earth • Witchcraft • Starz • Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Scott Free Films
Vit Komrzy, Visual Effects Producer
Viktor Muller, Visual Effects Supervisor
Paul Stephenson, Special Effects Supervisor
Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece) • PBS • A Hartswood Films production for BBC cymru wales, co-produced with Masterpiece
James Etherington, Visual Effects Supervisor

Deadline has the complete list of Primetime Emmy Nominations here!

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Watch the new trailers for 'Neverland' featuring Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell

Coming this Summer (July) 2011 to Sky Movies in the UK and December 2011 to SyFy cable channel in the USA is the new original prequel (to Peter Pan) Neverland featuring the voice of Oscar Nominee Keira Knightley as Tinker Bell.

From Emmy winning Executive Producer Robert Halmi, Sr. comes this original prequel to author J.M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan.

Neverland is an original production for Sky Movies (and Syfy), revealing the never-before-told story of how Peter Pan became the Boy Who Never Grew Up. It's an enthralling fantasy adventure for all of the family, starring Rhys Ifans (Hook), Anna Friel (Capt. Bonny),  Bob Hoskins (Smee), with Charlie Rowe as Peter and Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell

Watch the first promo trailer (via Sky Movies), a teaser trailer (via Syfy.com)!

Watch trailer #2 below (also includes trailer caps and a production still)...

(source: rhientertainment)

Promo Trailer screen captures
featuring Tinker Bell (voiced by Keira Knightley)

Trailer #2 screen captures

 Neverland featuring Tinker Bell screen capture (via Sky TV)

Also, check out Neverland - New Pictures! and Neverland - pics from the set 

Neverland Production still

(still photo: Sky TV)

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On TV Tonight: Watch Episode 3 of 'South Riding' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

The conclusion and Episode 3 (of 3) of South Riding starring Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, and as Mrs. Beddows airs tonight on PBS Masterpiece Classic! Check your local listings for times in your area.


South Riding synopsis (via PBS Masterpiece)
A lively new headmistress brings progressive ideas to a conservative girls' school in Depression-era Yorkshire, sparking conflict — and a powerful attraction — with a stern, brooding landowner rooted in a troubled past. With its pounding surf and grinding poverty, South Riding presents a hardscrabble community still crippled from World War I, and its transformation, when infused with hope, through modernization, poetry, and even love. Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) stars in this three-part miniseries, adapted from Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit, Pride and Prejudice). Also starring are David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility) and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).
 

US' PBS Masterpiece Classic - May 1, 8, 15, 2011
MAY 1 – 15 South Riding
Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) and David Morrissey (Sense & Sensibility) lead the cast in Andrew Davies‘s (Bleak House, Little Dorrit) three-part adaptation of Winifred Holtby’s moving love story, which provides a panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the 1930s. (3 parts, 60 minutes each)

Watch Online 
South Riding is available for online viewing
May 2 - June 14, 2011

Watch the preview trailer

 

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

 

South Riding Promo Stills

  featuring Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Beddows

(source: BBC/Todd Antony)

View more South Riding Promo/Episode stills here!

  South Riding Characters
Meet the characters of South Riding, get bios of the actors who portray them and download a characters guide for when you watch.  

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On TV Tonight: Watch Episode 2 of 'South Riding' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

Episode 2 (of 3) of  South Riding starring Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, and as Mrs. Beddows airs tonight on PBS Masterpiece Classic! Check your local listings for times in your area.


South Riding synopsis (via PBS Masterpiece)
A lively new headmistress brings progressive ideas to a conservative girls' school in Depression-era Yorkshire, sparking conflict — and a powerful attraction — with a stern, brooding landowner rooted in a troubled past. With its pounding surf and grinding poverty, South Riding presents a hardscrabble community still crippled from World War I, and its transformation, when infused with hope, through modernization, poetry, and even love. Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) stars in this three-part miniseries, adapted from Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit, Pride and Prejudice). Also starring are David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility) and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).
 

US' PBS Masterpiece Classic - May 1, 8, 15, 2011
MAY 1 – 15 South Riding
Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) and David Morrissey (Sense & Sensibility) lead the cast in Andrew Davies‘s (Bleak House, Little Dorrit) three-part adaptation of Winifred Holtby’s moving love story, which provides a panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the 1930s. (3 parts, 60 minutes each)

Watch Online 
South Riding is available for online viewing
May 2 - June 14, 2011

Watch the preview trailer

 

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

 

South Riding Promo Stills

  featuring Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Beddows

(source: BBC/Todd Antony)

View more South Riding Promo/Episode stills here!

  South Riding Characters
Meet the characters of South Riding, get bios of the actors who portray them and download a characters guide for when you watch.  

More about → On TV Tonight: Watch Episode 2 of 'South Riding' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

On TV Tonight: Watch the premiere and Episode 1 of 'South Riding' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

The new 3-part series South Riding starring David Morrissey (The Other Boleyn Girl, Sense and Sensibility 2008), Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane, North & South), and (Downton Abbey, Pride & Prejudice 2005) as Mrs. Beddows written and adapted by Andrew Davies (P&P '95, Little Dorrit, Doctor Zhivago 2002, Wives & Daughters, The Three Musketeers 2011, etc.) from Winifred Holtby's novel of the same title will premiere this month of May! Episode 1 (of 3) airs tonight on PBS Masterpiece Classic! Check your local listings for times in your area.

South Riding synopsis (via PBS Masterpiece)
A lively new headmistress brings progressive ideas to a conservative girls' school in Depression-era Yorkshire, sparking conflict — and a powerful attraction — with a stern, brooding landowner rooted in a troubled past. With its pounding surf and grinding poverty, South Riding presents a hardscrabble community still crippled from World War I, and its transformation, when infused with hope, through modernization, poetry, and even love. Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) stars in this three-part miniseries, adapted from Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit, Pride and Prejudice). Also starring are David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility) and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).
 

US' PBS Masterpiece Classic - May 1, 8, 15, 2011
MAY 1 – 15 South Riding
Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House) and David Morrissey (Sense & Sensibility) lead the cast in Andrew Davies‘s (Bleak House, Little Dorrit) three-part adaptation of Winifred Holtby’s moving love story, which provides a panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the 1930s. (3 parts, 60 minutes each)

Watch Online 
South Riding is available for online viewing
May 2 - June 14, 2011

Watch the preview trailer

 

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

 

South Riding Promo Stills

  featuring Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Beddows

(source: BBC/Todd Antony)

View more South Riding Promo/Episode stills here!

  South Riding Characters
Meet the characters of South Riding, get bios of the actors who portray them and download a characters guide for when you watch.  

More about → On TV Tonight: Watch the premiere and Episode 1 of 'South Riding' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

New 'Women In Love' still of Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike stars in Women In Love (source: BBC Radio 4's Front Row)

The UK's BBC Radio 4 has posted a new still of Rosamund Pike in the BBC Four new drama (part of their new Modern Love Season) Women In Love, which will premiere on BBC Four at 9pm on the 24th (part 1) and 31st (part 2) of March.

William Ivory, screenplay writer of Made In Dagenham (in which Rosamund Pike co-starred with her An Education co-star Sally Hawkins), talks BBC Radio 4's Front Row about adapting the DH Lawrence classics Women in Love and The Rainbow, into a two-part television drama titled Women In Love starring Rosamund Pike and Rory Kinnear.

Listen to an audio of BBC Radio 4's Front Row: William Ivory on Women In Love
(FYI: There were three different topics in the audio, but just listen to the part of WOMEN IN LOVE interview with William Ivory as he discusses adapting Women in Love for TV. It includes an audio clip of Rosamund Pike!)

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On TV Tonight: Watch Episode 3 of 'Any Human Heart' on PBS Masterpiece Classic

Tonight on PBS Masterpiece classic, watch Episode 3, the conclusion of Any Human Heart miniseries starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jim Broadbent, Sam Clafin, Haley Atwell, Gillian Anderson, and Tom Hollander.  Check local listings for air times in your area!

Read Episode 3 Synopsis

Watch Online
Any Human Heart is available for online viewing
February 14 - March 22, 2011

Watch PBS' Masterpiece Classic's preview trailer

  

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

 

Here's the schedule for Any Human Heart on Masterpiece Classic...

February 13, 20 & 27, 2011 at 9pm
Any Human Heart
William Boyd adapts his acclaimed 2002 novel about a man — at various times a writer, lover, prisoner of war, and spy — making his often precarious way through the 20th century. Matthew MacFadyen, Gillian Anderson, Hayley Atwell, Kim Cattrall, Tom Hollander, and Jim Broadbent star.

 Check out a few more promotional stills featuring Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander...

 (Photos: Joss Barratt)  

'Any Human Heart' production stills featuring Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander

The Independent gave it a glowing 5 star review...
DVD: Any Human Heart

Buy Any Human Heart on DVD!
Bonus Content includes
(Interviews with actors, producers, directors, writer - all subtitled)
- In Oxford with Sam Clafin
- Matthew MacFayden on location in Spain
- Interview with Jim Broadbent
- Kim Cattral on "Gloria"
- Gillian Anderson and Tom Hollander on playing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
- Hayley Atwell on "Freya"
- On the Set of "Any Human Heart"
- From Paper to Screen - William Boyd Discusses "Any Human Heart"
- Deleted Scenes (about 7 minutes of 11 clips - not subtitled)

This DVD is the original and unedited UK version

The following program contains mature content. Viewer discretion is advised.

This DVD features subtitles in English (SDH)

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