Fremantle Buys Controlling Stake In ‘The Responder’ Firm Dancing Ledge Productions

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast, co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dive into Hulu’s new mystery series, “Under the Banner of Heaven.” The show follows a devout Mormon detective Jeb Pyre (played by Andrew Garfield) whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS Mormon fundamentalism and their distrust in the government (read our review here).

Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt has announced a career change after being a familiar face in the Dales for 25 years. Dominic plays Paddy Kirk on the ITV soap, who is a firm fan favourite in the Dales and is known as the loveable village vet. But actor Dominic has been nurturing a secret passion for horror and zombie films.

Brian McFadden has spoken of his regret on missing out on a lot with his two eldest daughters amid rows with their mum Kerry Katona.The 42 year old met the former Atomic Kitten singer back in 1999 before the pair tied the knot in 2002 and they share daughters Molly Marie, 20, and Lilly-Sue, 19. When the couple split two years into their marriage, their relationship went sour and remained that way up until recently, Brian confessed in a new interview as he discussed how their “fighting” and his busy Westlife schedule affected the time he had with his daughters. “I was only a kid myself when I had Molly and Lilly, and I was at the height of my career in Westlife then – we were literally working 365 days a year, and there was no FaceTime so I couldn't speak to the kids,” the band-member told Closer magazine.

Meghan Markle "hated every second" of her tour of Australia with Prince Harry, a royal author has claimed.The then-newlywedded couple were following in the footsteps of Charles and Diana as they received an enthusiastic welcome from the Australian public, with the pair even announcing they were expecting their first child, Archie, while on the tour. But according to royal author Tina Brown, Meghan found the itinerary for the 2018 tour "pointless", which features in the author's new book The Palace Papers.

Amy Childs sparked speculation she has split from her boyfriend Billy Delbosq after deleting all photos of him from her grid on Instagram.The move comes six months after the TOWIE icon, 31, first went Instagram official with the 37-year-old gym owner, raising fears they are on the rocks. However, the mum of two quickly poured cold water on the speculation, by sharing a romantic snap from a Champagne–fuelled weekend at London hotel Claridge’s on her Stories. Billy, who starred on First Dates back in 2018, caught Amy's attention in September last year.

Met Gala 2022 red carpet just finished, and while their many epic moments of the night, one of the funniest was when Jared Leto was confused for Fredrik Robertsson. Getty and reporters covering the event thought that Leto was the man behind the show-stopping head-to-toe silver look before everyone found out who the person actually was.

Courteeners have announced a one-off show in Middlesbrough set to take place later this month – get tickets here.Set to take place at Middlesbrough Empire on May 27, the show – which is the band’s first of 2022 – is being billed as a warm-up gig ahead of their headline set at Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 the following day (May 28).“UP THE FUCKIN’ BORO,” frontman Liam Fray wrote, announcing the gig on Twitter. “Little warm up.

Men has been praised as his boldest experiment yet by critics.A press screening of the folk horror took place ahead of its premiere at Cannes Film Festival later this month, with first reactions praising the director of Annihilation, Ex Machina and sci-fi series Devs for keeping things surreal.Men follows young widow Harper (Jessie Buckley) who has rented a holiday home in the English countryside as she grieves the death of her husband (Paapa Essiedu). As shown in the trailer, she also appears to be seeing Rory Kinnear as various different residents in the village.Early reactions have described the film as a blend of Hereditary and Get Out, which is “intense, opaque, challenging and visceral as hell”.You can check out more reactions below.I saw Alex Garland's new movie MEN. It's his most stripped-down and primal film yet.

Elon Musk made his first public appearance since sealing his $44billion deal to buy Twitter, as he took his mother to the Met Gala on Monday. Musk, 50, was pictured arriving with 74-year-old Maye, a South African model, who wore a crimson velvet Dior dress, with Chopard jewellery.

Sherlock star Amanda Abbington has shared the extent of her fiancé Jonathan Goodwin’s injuries after he was left paralysed and in a wheelchair following a TV stunt that went horrifyingly wrong. Jonathan, a highly skilled stunt performer had previously appeared on both Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent – but it was a stunt on America's Got Talent: Extreme in October 2021, that led the performer fighting for his life.

Love Island has reportedly added in a new feature to its villa in the hopes of getting more couples on the show to hook up. Producers are said to have created the biggest workout and gym area ever seen on the show, in a bid to get the Islanders' pulses racing.The ITV2 dating show previously had a workout area in the old villa, where fellow Islanders would admire their potential new lovers workout and even have flirtatious gym sessions together, but the new gym is said to be much larger. A show insider said: “Viewers love all the scenes of rippling muscles and sexy squats.

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With Emmerdale's big 50th anniversary coming up this October and show bosses promising "huge" storylines in the ITV soap, its unsurprising that fans have flocked to to share their theories about what's in store for the villagers. Writing on Reddit, one fan asked fellow viewers to share their predictions abut what the upcoming drama will entail.

Molly-Mae Hague posted a snap of her sister and best friend Zoe Hague's sparkling diamond ring as she announced the wonderful news of her engagement at the weekend, and fans are convinced the star's boyfriend Tommy Fury will be proposing "next".The couple have been one of reality TV's most loved-up couples ever since they met and started dating on Love Island in 2019. While other partnerships have fizzled out since the end of the series three years ago, Molly-Mae and Tommy, both 22, have continued to go from strength to strength.

Paramount Global shares were down about 1% midway through the trading day after the company reported a mixed bag of first-quarter results.

Ronnie Spector’s husband was instantly smitten when he saw the singer for the very first time. It was 1974 and the ‘60s music icon, who had recently divorced Phil Spector, was performing at New York’s Madison Square Garden. "Ronnie walked out on stage singing ‘Walking in the Rain,’ swaying back and forth to the rhythm," Jonathan Greenfield, Spector’s husband of nearly 40 years, told People magazine on Tuesday.

Ukraine at the start of Putin's invasion and is documenting his experiences with the "kind" Taliban. But seemingly not satisfied with his current digs, the Birmingham native has vowed to go one step further and travel to possibly the most dangerous place on Earth.

The Chase fans have demanded a huge change to the ITV show's line-up as Bradley Walsh announced a 'series first'.Bank Holiday Monday's episode (May 2) saw talented played Boris stun both quizzer Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis and viewers at home after going it alone in the final chase and beating The Chaser.Going home with an impressive solo prize pot of £4,000, Boris was informed by host Bradley Walsh that his historic win - securing 18 points in the final chase alone - was a show first.Boris was also praised by his competitor Darragh following his historic win.Congratulating Boris, Darragh said: "That was outstanding! "Absolutely brilliant, great answers, and you didn't panic."Posting their reactions to the memorable episode on Twitter, The Chase fans also weighed in.While praising Boris as one of the 'best contestants the show has ever seen', viewers called for the record-breaking player to join the series as a "new Chaser".One fan wrote: "A very worthy winner, and a new Chaser if ever they want one."Another commented: "Just watched Boris on The Chase and think that he should become a Chaser! What a performance."Meanwhile, a third said: "Boris is mint! He should be a Chaser, one of the best contestants I've ever seen."A fourth added: "Boris could be a future Chaser.""Boris to be the new Chaser," another concluded.Monday's episode of The Chase aired at a later time due to a huge scheduling shift. Rival game show Tipping Point moved to the slot usually occupied by The Chase at 5pm, while Bradley's show aired at 6:30pm instead.Fans weren't happy with the change, as they took to social media to air their thoughts.One wrote: "Can we fast forward to #TheChase Now Please [sic]."A second said: "Hang on....

Ukraine will only come to an end when bonkers Vladimir Putin has died, according to a top military spy chief. The claims come amid reports the Russian President’s health has rapidly deteriorated and is showing signs of terminal cancer.Major General Kyrylo Budanov, one of Kyiv’s top officers, agreed it was “unrealistic” to expect Putin to retreat when asked if the former KGB officer would die before fighting ends.

the Mirror.And, it makes it super easy to hang things like suit jackets or dry cleaning in place.Jess looked stunned before running to her own car to check whether the hack worked on her handles – and it does.Now, it should be noted that this trick might not work on all car models, but it’s worth checking if you use them as hooks a lot.The video has racked up more than 1,800 comments and over 100,000 likes.One person said: "THE THINGS TIKTOK TEACHES ME KNOWS NO BOUNDS."Another wrote: "What the heck?!? 42 years of my existence!"A third commented: "Why don't these things come with instructions!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh my life!!!!""I thought that it is for hanging shirt," said someone else.But, some commenters were confused by the purpose of the latch.One person noted: "I didn’t know you could do this. Genuinely curious though.

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle has become the majority shareholder in U.K. indie Dancing Ledge Productions, the production company behind BBC hits “The Responder” and “The Salisbury Poisonings.”Fremantle previously held a minority stake and has upped its share in the company, which was founded by CEO Laurence Bowen in 2016, with backing from Fremantle. “Les Misérables” producer Chris Carey joined as managing director and executive producer in March 2020.