Jenna Coleman’s new show, “The Jetty” is launching at the BBC studios showcase as one of the main attractions this week. Distributors from around the world will be able to acquire it as well.
BBC Studios is betting that The Jetty can be a global hit
The link also features an interview with Jenna Coleman (who plays the leading role of Ember Manning), executive producer Elizabeth Kilgariff, and writer Cat Jones. Here are some of the highlights:
Coleman: “What I enjoyed so much about Ember is that her good character traits are also her flaws – her pride and her beating down the door and not being able to give up, and her arrogance in certain ways. All of those traits that are her best bits are also her flaws. So we see her turning in on herself all the time. We really see her in so many extreme, complex, emotional segues.”
“Ember goes on a big journey across the four episodes. We don’t let her off the hook at all. But she is always quite badass. And she’s really funny,” Kilgarriff says. “She is that person who might say the wrong thing, but you just love her, because she’s just so cool.”
“We talked about Jenna playing Ember even before I think we had the green light.”
Kilgariff: “We’ve got Archie Renaux playing her sidekick, Hitch. It’s a very interesting relationship. It starts out very much like, “oh God, he needs to learn from Ember,” and Ember is a sort of older sister, teaching him the way. But as we go along, there are moments where he just will say things that make her sort of stop and perhaps second-guess herself a little bit.”
Coleman: “That is a dynamic that gives us so much of the humor in the show.”
I can’t wait for people to see Ember. I think she was a pretty cool character on the page. But what Jenna has done with her is amazing. You know that thing where you’ve got two friends, and you know when you introduce them, they’re going to love each other. That’s how I feel about audiences meeting Ember. She’s just exactly the person you’d want if you’re in trouble. She’ll sort it out. And she’ll make jokes about it as well. She’s fun to be with.
Could we see more of Ember in the future?
Kilgarriff: “The show works very well, it is very satisfying as a piece, which I think is really important for the audience. Saying that, but I don’t want to give anything away, I would love to see her back again. And I do think the audience is going to respond to her in an incredibly positive way. So, yeah, it would be wonderful. But we don’t know that.”
Jones: “It’s really funny. I hope so. You’re very funny, Jenna. And she’s a very entertaining character. There are lots of scenes of Ember and Hitch in cars, driving around places. I would love to do a spin-off show of just Ember and Hitch driving around, just talking about things. They’re so entertaining. There’s not enough space to have as many of those scenes as you want.”
Kilgariff: “It’s really fun watching it in the edit, I have to say. Ember and her mother, I think, Amelia and Jenna, they are fantastic. I can see a spin-off in those two as well. I think lots of people will identify with that relationship. It’s very moving and very funny. So it just feels very real.”
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Sometimes when I’m having a bad day, I whisper to myself the words, “Gill Murray” in the exact same way that Gill Murray says Gill Murray.
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sebastiancroft: if you're bored and looking for a way of passing the time on boxing day, then may i suggest the gentle tones of Bill Nighy's voice and the less exciting slightly more shrilly tones of my voice... 'A Single Act' starring Bill Nighy, Amelia Bullmore and myself is now available on @bbcradio4
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Bash's new Instagram post with Bill Nighy and Amelia Bullmore (26 December)
"if you’re bored and looking for a way of passing the time on boxing day, then may i suggest the gentle tones of Bill Nighy’s voice and the less exciting slightly more shrilly tones of my voice... ‘A Single Act’ starring Bill Nighy, Amelia Bullmore and myself is now available on @bbcradio4"
📸 sebastiancroft
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: Amelia Bullmore attends the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023 at Royal College Of Physicians on January 16, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)
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"GENTLEMAN JACK" Season Two (2022) Episodes Ranking
Below is my ranking of the Season Two episodes from the HBO series, "GENTLEMEN JACK". Based on the diaries of Anne Lister and created by Sally Wainwright, the series starred Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle:
"GENTLEMAN JACK" SEASON TWO (2022) EPISODES RANKING
(2.05) "A Lucky and Narrow Escape" - The Yorkshire town of Halifax is smashed to pieces by a mob hungry for political change. But Tory landowner Anne Lister refuses to keep a low profile.
2. (2.08) "It's Not Illegal" - In the series finale, Anne's marriage to Ann Walker is in serious danger when the latter's brother-in-law, Captain John Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne's reputation.
3. (2.04) "I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is" - Anne is drawn back into her complicated past with former lover Mariana Lawson during a trip to Lawton Hall. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann receives a visitor.
4. (2.04) "Two Jacks Don't Suit" - In France, Ann Walker is shocked by details about Anne Lister's complicated relationship with Mariana.
5. (2.07) "What's All That Got to do with Jesus Though?" - Ann's determination to divide the family estate angers Captain Sutherland, who is increasingly disturbed by Anne's involvement with his sister-in-law.
6. (2.06) "I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life" - In the face of a campaign to destroy their relationship, serious cracks are appearing in the Lister-Walker marriage.
7. (2.01) "Faith Is All" - Anne's revelation that her new wife is moving in with her in Shibden, shocks the latter's relatives.
8. (2.03) "Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably" - Anne throws herself into public life in Halifax, but privately she struggles to resist Mariana's magnetic pull.
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