61 h. ago Adolescence director explains how they filmed the 'harrowing' strip search scene: 'Jamie really had to get undressed in there'

The director of Adolescence has explained how they filmed the 'harrowing' strip search scene for the hit Netflix series where episodes were filmed in one shot.

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3 d. ago Adolescence director on ‘sucker punch’ scene and whether show should get a series two

‘The conversation that it’s sparked has just blown my mind,’ says Philip Barantini

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3 d. ago Adolescence director says ‘standalone’ show should not have a second series

He also spoke about how the show’s one-shot format was executed.

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7 d. ago ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

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8 d. ago BBC's Gethin Jones suffers 'serious' fall live on air as medics rush onto scene

Morning Live star Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton were attempting to roller-skate for a whole 24 hours for Comic Relief, but things have taken a turn for the worse

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8 d. ago Horror crash involving lorry and six vehicles brings major motorway to standstill

There was a 'serious multi-vehicle collision' on the M60 with emergency services on the scene - one person has been rushed to Salford Royal Hospital with serious injuries

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1 week ago The White Lotus' Jason Isaacs apologises to Oscar winning actress after sparking sexist backlash for his 'absurd' full

The White Lotus star Jason Isaac has apologised after his 'absurd' comments about his full-frontal nude scene in the HBO series sparked backlash.

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1 week ago Adolescence's Ashley Walters reveals director had to console him after ruining one

The actor admitted that he was ‘in bits’ and ‘nearly in tears’ over it, feeling like he had let everyone else down having ‘dropped the ball’

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1 week ago Owen Cooper in Adolescence: the best child acting debut ever?

Adolescence director Philip Barantini tells us about working with the ‘natural-born talent’ that is Owen Cooper

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1 week ago Owen Cooper in Adolescence: the best child acting debut since Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver?

Adolescence director Philip Barantini tells us about working with the ‘natural-born talent’ that is Owen Cooper

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1 week ago Adolescence director details secret meaning behind Netflix shows' harrowing ending

Director Philip Barantini has revealed there was a hidden heartbreaking addition to the final episode of hit Netflix series Adolescence that many fans may have missed

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1 week ago M4 live updates as serious crash closes part of the motorway

Police were at the scene of a serious collision on Sunday night and part of the motorway was closed early on Monday

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1 week ago Two people in hospital after crash shuts part of M4 for more than six hours

Police were at the scene of the serious collision on Sunday night and part of the motorway was closed early on Monday

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1 week ago Katie Price's daughter Princess Andre, 17, lands huge new project as she starts her career following in her mother's footsteps

The nepo baby, 17, whose father is Peter Andre, will star in her very own series as she will give fans a behind-the-scene glimpse in family home and career, according to the Sun.

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1 week ago Netflix's Adolescence director reveals clever camera trick used to film intense drama in one shot

Netflix's new drama Adolescence is a hit with viewers, but many are still in awe at how the series was filmed in one shot, which executive producer Stephen Graham has also commented on.

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2 w. ago How we made Adolescence: director Philip Barantini on the one

Director Philip Barantini takes us behind the scenes of Adolescence, the year’s most talked about show

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2 w. ago Investigations continue after woman, 40, shot dead in South Wales town

The woman sustained serious injuries and died at the scene.

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2 w. ago The big picture: Sebastián Bruno brings an outsider’s eye to a wedding in Cardiff

The Argentine photographer spent more than a decade living in Wales and capturing community life there, including one bride’s big dayIsolate the three figures in the middle of this photograph by Sebastián Bruno and it could be the centre spread of a wedding magazine: the bride in a tiara clutching an effusion of white flowers, her veil extending out of shot; the two glamorous bridesmaids next to her in high heels, one resting a supportive hand on the bride’s left shoulder. But then restore the context – the modest front gardens, the satellite dishes and telephone wires – and we’re in a housing estate in Cardiff in summer 2020 under a glowering grey sky. To the side a flower girl, finger in mouth, fixes the photographer (whose shadow we glimpse at the bottom alongside that of his flash) with an interrogative scowl.Bruno had been living in Wales for a decade at this point but he shoots the scene – and others in his wonderful series Ta-ra – with an outsider’s eye, picking out heightene...

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3 w. ago At least 35 people in crash involving two ADF vehicles near Lismore in northern NSW

Nineteen ambulances dispatched to incident shortly after 5pm with some ADF personnel ‘seriously’ injured, according to the prime ministerEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 35 people were involved in a collision between two Australian Defence Force vehicles at Lismore, in northern New South Wales that has left 13 injured, some seriously.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm with initial reports that 22 people had been injured. This was increased to 36 people shortly after 6pm. A defence spokesperson said late on Saturday night that 13 personnel were injured, despite more being involved. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I had fantasies about how it would eventually serve me’: my struggle with disordered eating

In an essay in Sucker Punch, author Scaachi Koul deals with internalized fatphobia and learning to love her bodyEven during the apocalypse, I was calorie counting.While the pandemic raged on, I was still following The Rules, a set of requirements around my eating that I’ve had since I was 12. The Rules have changed over the course of my life, but there are always Rules. Continue reading...

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