A Confession is a compelling drama import from the UK that begins airing on streamer Britbox today.
While I gave it a quick nod in our weekly What to Watch suggestions, I'd be remiss if I didn't sing its praises with a bit more substance.
Time and again, I take a stand for dramas from across the pond or down under. A lot of programming foreign to the Us is quite good, but it's just easier, with my particular viewing habits, to watch those filmed predominantly in the English language.
As we're right in the middle of annual upfronts, the stark realization should be hitting some of you that there the pickings will be quite slim well into fall 2021. And, frankly, it's just a guess that we'll finally find a new normal in the entertainment industry that will allow our favorites to return and new shows to get underway.
That...
While I gave it a quick nod in our weekly What to Watch suggestions, I'd be remiss if I didn't sing its praises with a bit more substance.
Time and again, I take a stand for dramas from across the pond or down under. A lot of programming foreign to the Us is quite good, but it's just easier, with my particular viewing habits, to watch those filmed predominantly in the English language.
As we're right in the middle of annual upfronts, the stark realization should be hitting some of you that there the pickings will be quite slim well into fall 2021. And, frankly, it's just a guess that we'll finally find a new normal in the entertainment industry that will allow our favorites to return and new shows to get underway.
That...
- 5/12/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
We have some thrilling finales to look forward to this week, but not a lot of new arrivals.
The only new shows on our radar are good ones, though, especially for Anglophiles — the Great premieres on Hulu and A Confession storms Britbox.
Find out what else we're recommending this week below!
Sunday, May 10
8/7c Batwoman (The CW)
Batwoman's premiere season is almost at its (slightly early) end. This week is the penultimate episode and, as such, be prepared for Gotham to get a little (more) crazy.
After last week's devastating betrayal, Kate's super paranoid and sensing back-stabbing from every direction. Meanwhile, members of the city's spy and intelligence community start disappearing, sending Jacob and Sophie into Battle Mode.
When Luke and Julia get nabbed, the newest team member, Mary, is teamed up with a questionable ally as Batwoman's back-up. Will she be up for the mission?
Back at Arkham,...
The only new shows on our radar are good ones, though, especially for Anglophiles — the Great premieres on Hulu and A Confession storms Britbox.
Find out what else we're recommending this week below!
Sunday, May 10
8/7c Batwoman (The CW)
Batwoman's premiere season is almost at its (slightly early) end. This week is the penultimate episode and, as such, be prepared for Gotham to get a little (more) crazy.
After last week's devastating betrayal, Kate's super paranoid and sensing back-stabbing from every direction. Meanwhile, members of the city's spy and intelligence community start disappearing, sending Jacob and Sophie into Battle Mode.
When Luke and Julia get nabbed, the newest team member, Mary, is teamed up with a questionable ally as Batwoman's back-up. Will she be up for the mission?
Back at Arkham,...
- 5/9/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Martin Freeman is no stranger to playing a detective: One of his best-known TV roles, after all, is as Watson in “Sherlock.” Now, Freeman stars in the true crime series “A Confession,” premiering May 12 on Britbox.
However, “A Confession” diverges from Freeman’s norm as it portrays a real-life story; specifically that of Steve Fulcher, a detective who in trying to catch a woman’s killer, triggered the downfall of his own career. Freeman and director Paul Andrew Williams joined Variety senior editor Michael Schneider in the Variety Streaming Room presented by Britbox to discuss the real Fulcher’s visit to set, handling tough scenes and what makes “A Confession” different from other British crime dramas.
Freeman was initially attracted to the project because of Williams – the two worked together previously on 2015 film “The Eichmann Show” – as well as the heartbreaking good intentions behind Fulcher’s motivation to solve the case.
However, “A Confession” diverges from Freeman’s norm as it portrays a real-life story; specifically that of Steve Fulcher, a detective who in trying to catch a woman’s killer, triggered the downfall of his own career. Freeman and director Paul Andrew Williams joined Variety senior editor Michael Schneider in the Variety Streaming Room presented by Britbox to discuss the real Fulcher’s visit to set, handling tough scenes and what makes “A Confession” different from other British crime dramas.
Freeman was initially attracted to the project because of Williams – the two worked together previously on 2015 film “The Eichmann Show” – as well as the heartbreaking good intentions behind Fulcher’s motivation to solve the case.
- 5/7/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Variety Streaming Room will host an exclusive screening presented by BritBox of the first episode of upcoming chilling true crime drama series “A Confession,” followed by a Q&a with star Martin Freeman and director Paul Andrew Williams on May 6 at 4 p.m. Pt / 7 p.m. Et.
BritBox is the first streaming platform to partner with the Variety Streaming Room.
Freeman, who starred in “The Hobbit” and more recently, “Black Panther” and “Sherlock,” plays Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, the police officer who begins to piece together Sian O’Callaghan’s last movements before she disappeared after a night out with friends. Believing Sian may still be alive and being held somewhere against her will, Fulcher initiates an urgent full-scale search operation which leaves him at the crux of a life-changing choice between following police protocol and catching a killer. “A Confession” is directed by Paul Andrew Williams (“Broadchurch”), who will...
BritBox is the first streaming platform to partner with the Variety Streaming Room.
Freeman, who starred in “The Hobbit” and more recently, “Black Panther” and “Sherlock,” plays Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, the police officer who begins to piece together Sian O’Callaghan’s last movements before she disappeared after a night out with friends. Believing Sian may still be alive and being held somewhere against her will, Fulcher initiates an urgent full-scale search operation which leaves him at the crux of a life-changing choice between following police protocol and catching a killer. “A Confession” is directed by Paul Andrew Williams (“Broadchurch”), who will...
- 4/24/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Rob Lowe’s ITV drama Wild Bill, cop drama McDonald and Dodds (starring The Crown’s Jason Watkins), Martin Freeman’s A Confession and Sticks and Stones (starring Killing Eve’s Ken Nwosu) are the latest British titles to be snapped up by streamer BritBox.
This comes after the ITV and BBC joint venture unveiled its latest commission, Father Brown spin-off Sister Boniface, earlier this morning.
The announcements were made as part of BritBox’s Winter TCA press tour session.
“From day one, BritBox has delivered the known, the now and the new authentic British programming experience, whether it’s through groundbreaking originals and specials or proven international favorites,” said BritBox President and Founder, Soumya Sriraman. “Day in and day out, viewers are flocking to BritBox for premium UK entertainment they won’t find anywhere else in North America.”
Wild Bill stars Lowe as Bill Hixon, a high-flying Us police...
This comes after the ITV and BBC joint venture unveiled its latest commission, Father Brown spin-off Sister Boniface, earlier this morning.
The announcements were made as part of BritBox’s Winter TCA press tour session.
“From day one, BritBox has delivered the known, the now and the new authentic British programming experience, whether it’s through groundbreaking originals and specials or proven international favorites,” said BritBox President and Founder, Soumya Sriraman. “Day in and day out, viewers are flocking to BritBox for premium UK entertainment they won’t find anywhere else in North America.”
Wild Bill stars Lowe as Bill Hixon, a high-flying Us police...
- 1/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Freeman is certainly about to become a busy man, The Black Panther star is set to appear in not one but two TV series; Sky’s Breeders and ITV’s A Confession.
First up comes the 10 part series Breeders. The comedy will expose the paradox of parenting that it is possible, in the same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
Freeman stars as a caring father discovering he’s not quite the man he thought he was.
Commenting on the series Freeman said:
I’m excited to be making Breeders with a team that can make me laugh while we look at some of the less-discussed truths and challenges of being a parent. I really love this project and am delighted to be working with FX and Sky.”
Created by Freeman, the Peep Show...
First up comes the 10 part series Breeders. The comedy will expose the paradox of parenting that it is possible, in the same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
Freeman stars as a caring father discovering he’s not quite the man he thought he was.
Commenting on the series Freeman said:
I’m excited to be making Breeders with a team that can make me laugh while we look at some of the less-discussed truths and challenges of being a parent. I really love this project and am delighted to be working with FX and Sky.”
Created by Freeman, the Peep Show...
- 10/15/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Martin Freeman is set to take on a new detective role, starring in true-story drama “A Confession” for ITV Studios. The Emmy- and BAFTA-winning “Sherlock” star will be joined by Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning actress Imelda Staunton in the six-part drama, it was announced Monday by ITV’s head of drama, Polly Hill.
Freeman will star as real-life Det. Supt. Steve Fulcher, whose decision to deliberately breach police protocol in order to catch a killer cost him his career and reputation. “A Confession” is expected to air on ITV in 2019. The news comes hot on the heels of the actor’s casting in parental comedy “Breeders” for FX, which will debut in 2020.
Created by BAFTA-winner Jeff Pope, “A Confession” follows the real-life investigation into the disappearance of a 22-year-old woman who failed to return home after a night out with girlfriends at a local nightclub in Swindon, in England, in March 2011.
Staunton,...
Freeman will star as real-life Det. Supt. Steve Fulcher, whose decision to deliberately breach police protocol in order to catch a killer cost him his career and reputation. “A Confession” is expected to air on ITV in 2019. The news comes hot on the heels of the actor’s casting in parental comedy “Breeders” for FX, which will debut in 2020.
Created by BAFTA-winner Jeff Pope, “A Confession” follows the real-life investigation into the disappearance of a 22-year-old woman who failed to return home after a night out with girlfriends at a local nightclub in Swindon, in England, in March 2011.
Staunton,...
- 10/15/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Freeman is a busy man; a day after revealing he is making a parenting comedy for FX and Sky, the Sherlock star is making a six-part drama for UK’s ITV.
Studiocanal’s Urban Myth Films will produce A Confession, along with ITV Studios, with Imelda Staunton also starring.
Written by Jeff Pope, the series tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, played by Freeman, deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
Set in Swindon, Wiltshire, A Confession, details the disappearance of 22-year-old Sian O’Callaghan in March 2011. On a night out with girlfriends, Sian left a nightclub in Swindon Old Town to walk the 15 minutes home to boyfriend Kevin Reape, played by Charlie Cooper (This Country). Worried for her safety, Kevin reports Sian missing when she fails to come home in the early...
Studiocanal’s Urban Myth Films will produce A Confession, along with ITV Studios, with Imelda Staunton also starring.
Written by Jeff Pope, the series tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, played by Freeman, deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
Set in Swindon, Wiltshire, A Confession, details the disappearance of 22-year-old Sian O’Callaghan in March 2011. On a night out with girlfriends, Sian left a nightclub in Swindon Old Town to walk the 15 minutes home to boyfriend Kevin Reape, played by Charlie Cooper (This Country). Worried for her safety, Kevin reports Sian missing when she fails to come home in the early...
- 10/15/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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