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A Thousand Blows - Series 1, Episode 1 - written by Stephen Knight selected for BFI London Film Festival ahead of release in 2025 by Disney+ - had the joy of cutting this for director Nick Murphy

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A Very Royal Scandal

Had the pleasure of cutting all three episodes for Julian Jarrold's excellent mini series on Amazon Prime with Ruth Wilson and Michael Sheen.

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Constellation for Apple TV

Had the pleasure of working with Michelle MacLaren on the opening episode of this sci-fi. Also worked on a few more episodes to get them to lock.

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Criminal Record for Apple TV

Episode 6 and 8 (finale) for the excellent Shaun James Grant

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Gangs of London episode 7 was a blast with Corin Hardy - action, emotion and twists all play into Elliots revenge.   Great episode to cut.  

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Unforgotten Series 4 & 5 - killing off the lead and successfully bringing in a new partner for ‘Sunny’ was a triumph of good writing and direction.  

“More than 8.5 million people have now watched this series, making it ITV’s highest rated show of 2023 so far. Treat yourself to two takeaway coffees, Sunny.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/03/unforgotten-series-five-episode-six-recap-justice-is-served?fbclid=IwAR0a-LaZ8K1uQhpWaA-6swPfGf1Rkry4kMSzofDZUeqLhOv9NtvDJRpN4JE

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The Crown 5: Annus Horribilis - Elizabeth’s bad year juxtaposed with Margaret’s ‘fortunes’ looked at faith and the institution of the monarchy from the ashes of Windsor.

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Cut the first two eps of The Fear index - a psychological thriller for Sky - one trip of series with an excellent score developed during the cut by the talented Neil Davidge 

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Delighted to work on Series 4 of The Crown.  '48:1' is the episode where the Queen and Thatcher fight over Commonwealth sanctions on South Africa to oppose Apartheid. Wonderful production and cracking script and direction.  Leftbank pictures are amazing to work for.

https://www.leftbankpictures.co.uk/

Wonderfully contraversial with some fine write ups...

https://www.vulture.com/article/the-crown-recap-season-4-episode-8-48-1.html

https://tv.avclub.com/it-s-the-queen-vs-the-iron-lady-in-a-fiery-episode-of-1845730195

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Black Mirror - ‘Hang the DJ’ nominated for BAFTA - Best Single Drama

well the Guardian tip us to win (but its sci-fi so no chance...)

“Charlie Brooker’s fantasy (chilling and clever, even for Black Mirror) of a state-run dating system of time-limited relationships. Another photo-finish but Hang the DJ feels the worthy victor.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/11/bafta-tv-awards-2018-who-will-win-and-who-deserves-to

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The City and The City TX

Great reception for the Neo-Noir - which I cut as well as delivered 250 vfx for;

““What’s this brown stuff?” asked Borlú, spotting some deposits on the corpse. “That’s brown stuff,” said a dim-witted colleague. In The City and the City there’s brown stuff, with grey and black mixed in. And it’s all good.“

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/04/06/city-citythis-gritty-fantasy-procedural-perfect-fit-david-morrissey/

“Intriguing and highly imaginative”

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/portentous-po-faced-but-also-highly-imaginative-the-city-the-city-reviewed/

“The new BBC thriler is smart without crowing about it and satisfyingly humorous”

https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/the-city-and-the-city-review-a-clever-take-on-the-crimeshow-genre-that-has-echoes-of-past-hollywood-a3807961.html

““Nobody loves Breach,” says Borlú, “but before Breach, there was only blood.”

Language like that, and ideas like the one this story is based on, demand that an audience sit up and lean in. They’re the drops of brain-quenching water in a TV desert where we’ve seen it all done before. Combining their strangeness with such recognisable patterns is a clever move.”

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/the-city-the-city/56652/the-city-the-city-episode-1-review

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Two cities. A grisly murder. One mind-bending new drama. The City & The City BBC 2 Fridays 9pm

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Black Mirror 4: Hang The DJ

Hang The DJ ranked Number 1 in Season 4 in the Independent:

(*note: spoliers in review though.... so y'know don't read unless you've seen...)

http://www.independent.co.uk/…/netflix-black-mirror-season-…

Vox seemed to warm to the episode too...

https://www.vox.com/…/…/black-mirror-season-4-review-netflix

Even The Torygraph loved the episode, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/black-mirror-season-4-hang-dj…/

Happy New Year!

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The City & The City

Based on the multi award-winning novel by China Miéville, this was understandably deemed “unfilmable”, but the  four-part drama series about two cities that occupy the same space has been brilliantly realised as a Film Noir by director Tom Shankland for BBC Two. The book has been adapted for screen by Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Veas/Tideland/The Man Who Killied Don Quixoti) with a heartfelt hard-boiled turn from David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) as Inspector Tyador Borlú.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/david-morrissey-the-city-and-the-city

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Killing off a national treasure...

George Gently - BBC1 - Last ever episode

BANNED BY THE BBC DURING THE SNAP ELECTION FOR BEING TOO POLITICAL:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-27/why-is-the-final-inspector-george-gently-episode-not-airing-this-sunday/

A proper end to a long running series gained great reviews:

"Supremely atmospheric... a sad but entirely worthy close to a series..." - The Telegraph - FOUR STARS

http://tinyurl.com/GentlyTelegraph

This scene, done in grey bleakness, even moved an old curmudgeon like me.

The Times - FOUR STARS

http://tinyurl.com/GentlyTimes

"Shaw gave a towering performance that provided a fitting climax to the 24 episodes that comprise Peter Flannery’s portrait of 1960s Geordieland. The froideur that had lately developed between him and his sidekick Bacchus was subtly resolved in Robert Murphy’s script that highlighted the social aspiration that new towns represented – even if the trees were all the same height. Director Bryn Higgins has a fine eye for the North East’s industrial and architectural heritage, and ensured the characters appeared as real people rather than regional stereotypes. "

http://tinyurl.com/GentlyArtsDesk

Spoilers but good write up:

Radio Times

http://tinyurl.com/GentlyRadioTimes

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Black Mirror Series 4:  ‘Hang The DJ’

Got to work with the awesome Tim (Sopranos/The Wire/Deadwood/GoT) Van Patten - on this sci-fi futureshock...

And of course the wonderful Charlie Brooker

http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/tv/news/a17862/charlie-brooker-reveals-further-details-of-black-mirror-season-4/

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Taboo - episode 6

Enjoyed a wild time cutting this show for BBC1/FX when it’s aspirations were BBC2 - wonderfully Taboo no matter how censored they made it...

“Taboo recap: season one, episode six – Tom Hardy's horror show gets ever wilderHe rips out hearts, he tears out tongues – and he may yet murder his one true love. This was not an episode for the faint-hearted”

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/11/taboo-recap-season-one-episode-six-tom-hardys-horror-show-gets-ever-wilder

IMDB Pro

http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt3647998/ratings?ref_=tt_nav_op_urat

Average Rating1 9.1 Total Votes 23,751