The actor Kevin McKidd, known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Six Four,” will star in a new movie for Cbbc called “The Primrose Railway Children.” Cbbc is the BBC channel for kids. The 90-minute film was written by Tom Bidwell, who’s done other movies like “The Velveteen Rabbit” and “The Irregulars.” It’s based on a book by Jacqueline Wilson that puts a modern spin on the classic story “The Railway Children” by E.N. Nesbit.
They’ll be filming in places around Scotland like Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands, and real heritage railways. The movie follows Phoebe, her big sister Becks, big brother Perry, and their mom. They have to leave their home in Glasgow and move far away to the Scottish countryside. The BBC said it’s about growing up somewhere new when you don’t want to change homes, and trying to fit into a community that seems strange.
They’ll be filming in places around Scotland like Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands, and real heritage railways. The movie follows Phoebe, her big sister Becks, big brother Perry, and their mom. They have to leave their home in Glasgow and move far away to the Scottish countryside. The BBC said it’s about growing up somewhere new when you don’t want to change homes, and trying to fit into a community that seems strange.
- 7/11/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Six Four) will be starring in the 90-minute Cbbc special The Primrose Railway Children on BBC kids channel Cbbc Adapted by Tom Bidwell (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Irregulars) the feature-length family drama is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel of the same name, which is a modern reimagining of E. Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children.
The project will be filmed in and around Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands and around heritage railways, BBC Studios Kids and Family Productions said Thursday.
The story follows Phoebe, her older sister Becks, older brother Perry and their mother who are living a comfortable life in Glasgow when suddenly they are uprooted and moved to the remote highlands of Scotland. “A story about growing up, being displaced, and finding your way in a community that seems alien, The Primrose Railway Children is set to become essential family viewing,” BBC Studios said.
The project will be filmed in and around Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands and around heritage railways, BBC Studios Kids and Family Productions said Thursday.
The story follows Phoebe, her older sister Becks, older brother Perry and their mother who are living a comfortable life in Glasgow when suddenly they are uprooted and moved to the remote highlands of Scotland. “A story about growing up, being displaced, and finding your way in a community that seems alien, The Primrose Railway Children is set to become essential family viewing,” BBC Studios said.
- 7/11/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Studiocanal launched a brand new official podcast – and the host might just be familiar to Film Stories listeners.
This is a bit of an odd story for me to write. Basically, well, because I’m in it. I’ll see how I get on.
The rather fine folks at Studiocanal have launched an official podcast, digging into the huge archive of movies under its stewardship. It’s arriving regularly, and as well as focusing on a movie of the month, there’s a broader exploration of other bits and bobs too.
Don’t take our word for it. Here’s Jamie McHale, the head of theatrical marketing at the studio: “We’re thrilled to be launching an official podcast to celebrate our incredible library of titles and upcoming theatrical releases. The in-depth analysis and regular features such as “Dream Double Bills” and “Hidden Gems” from Simon and his guests are...
This is a bit of an odd story for me to write. Basically, well, because I’m in it. I’ll see how I get on.
The rather fine folks at Studiocanal have launched an official podcast, digging into the huge archive of movies under its stewardship. It’s arriving regularly, and as well as focusing on a movie of the month, there’s a broader exploration of other bits and bobs too.
Don’t take our word for it. Here’s Jamie McHale, the head of theatrical marketing at the studio: “We’re thrilled to be launching an official podcast to celebrate our incredible library of titles and upcoming theatrical releases. The in-depth analysis and regular features such as “Dream Double Bills” and “Hidden Gems” from Simon and his guests are...
- 2/26/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
The dystopian sci-fi film "Logan's Run" is set in a supposedly idyllic future society where residents above 30 mysteriously disappear. The hedonistic metropolis is enclosed by a dome, and those who choose to explore the world outside — and the secrets that it holds — are labeled "runners." Michael York stars in the film as the titular protagonist, an undercover police officer who infiltrates the runners only to find that he, too, opposes the laws that he once worked to uphold and helps them lead an uprising.
"Logan's Run" was nominated for its cinematography and set decoration in the 1977 Academy Awards. It even received a special achievement award for its visual effects. The futuristic set and costume design were almost identical to the smash-hit sci-fi adventure film "Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope," which was released the following year. It's possible that "Star Wars" even drew inspiration from the 1976 film. However,...
"Logan's Run" was nominated for its cinematography and set decoration in the 1977 Academy Awards. It even received a special achievement award for its visual effects. The futuristic set and costume design were almost identical to the smash-hit sci-fi adventure film "Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope," which was released the following year. It's possible that "Star Wars" even drew inspiration from the 1976 film. However,...
- 2/25/2024
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has confirmed that Matthew Perry will be honored at its TV awards later this year following backlash over his omission from the film awards’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday evening.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others. The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner, who was commemorated as both an actor and singer.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others. The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner, who was commemorated as both an actor and singer.
- 2/19/2024
- by K.J. Yossman and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
British actor Phil Davis says he has resigned his membership from BAFTA in the wake of Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards which he called “an embarrassing travesty.”
In a Twitter post, Davis, who was a Supporting Actor BAFTA nominee for his role in Mike Leigh’s 2004 Vera Drake, wrote, “The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership”
The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis6) February 22, 2023
His comments came following Sunday’s ceremony which has received criticism. Inside the Royal Festival Hall, the show that attendees saw hit a lull after around the two-hour mark,...
In a Twitter post, Davis, who was a Supporting Actor BAFTA nominee for his role in Mike Leigh’s 2004 Vera Drake, wrote, “The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership”
The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis6) February 22, 2023
His comments came following Sunday’s ceremony which has received criticism. Inside the Royal Festival Hall, the show that attendees saw hit a lull after around the two-hour mark,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Phil Davis has dramatically resigned his BAFTA membership following last Sunday’s awards ceremony, calling the show an “embarrassing travesty.”
Davis, who has appeared in film and TV projects including “Doctor Who,” “Vera Drake” and “Alien 3,” cited host Richard E. Grant’s introduction — during which he pretended to arrive in a Batmobile before appearing in a floor-length white cape — as well as cuts made to winners’ speeches during the broadcast on BBC One and the omission of fellow “Doctor Who” actor Bernard Cribbins in the In Memorium segment.
“The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty,” Davis tweeted on Wednesday. “Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership. [sic]”
The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant...
Davis, who has appeared in film and TV projects including “Doctor Who,” “Vera Drake” and “Alien 3,” cited host Richard E. Grant’s introduction — during which he pretended to arrive in a Batmobile before appearing in a floor-length white cape — as well as cuts made to winners’ speeches during the broadcast on BBC One and the omission of fellow “Doctor Who” actor Bernard Cribbins in the In Memorium segment.
“The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty,” Davis tweeted on Wednesday. “Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership. [sic]”
The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty. Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant...
- 2/23/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Experience the sequel to one of the most beloved British family films of all time when The Railway Children Return arrives on digital download on 30th September and Blu-ray and DVD on 3rd October, available pre-order now on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3CZsNiq. Selected retailers will also have The Railway Children & The Railway Children Return Double Film Collection from 3rd October. To celebrate the release, we have 2 Blu-rays to give away!
BAFTA & Emmy Award-winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Bobbie from the original The Railway Children and is joined by BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith (Cilla), Academy Award nominee & BAFTA-winning Tom Courtenay and John Bradley (Game Of Thrones).
The new generation of Railway Children are Beau Gadsdon, Kj Aikens, Austin Haynes, Eden Hamilton, and Zac Cudby. Inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, The Railway Children Return is an enchanting, moving and heart-warming adventure for a new generation.
BAFTA & Emmy Award-winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Bobbie from the original The Railway Children and is joined by BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith (Cilla), Academy Award nominee & BAFTA-winning Tom Courtenay and John Bradley (Game Of Thrones).
The new generation of Railway Children are Beau Gadsdon, Kj Aikens, Austin Haynes, Eden Hamilton, and Zac Cudby. Inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, The Railway Children Return is an enchanting, moving and heart-warming adventure for a new generation.
- 9/28/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"I can't talk about it, but I'm on a secret mission." Blue Fox has debuted a new official US trailer for the film The Railway Children Return, which already opened in the UK back in July. It's now opening in the US in late September. It's a "sort of sequel" / remake of the 1970 British film The Railway Children, about three children who move with their mother to Yorkshire. Jenny Agutter returns to her role as Bobbie from the original and is joined by Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay, and John Bradley. This one also follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War (to keep them safe from bombings), where they encounter a young American soldier who, like them, is far away from home. The cast of children also includes Beau Gadsdon, Eden Hamilton, Zac Cudby, Kj Aikens, Austin Haynes. It's described as "enchanting,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nine. That’s the number of Doctor Who episodes that Wilfred Mott has appeared in so far. Just nine. And he was nearly in none.
Bernard Cribbins, a legend who spent seven decades acting and entertaining after joining a theatre club in Oldham as Assistant Stage Manager aged 14, was cast in “Voyage of the Damned” as Stan, selling newspapers from a kiosk as the aliens of the starship Titanic beam down and away again. It was intended as a cameo appearance only, but Howard Attfield was ill. Due to return as Donna Noble’s dad Geoff, Attfield filmed some scenes for Series 4 opener “Partners in Crime” before retiring from the role. He died shortly afterwards.
Behind the scenes, there had been hope that Attfield would have been able to act in the Sontaran two-parter, but his condition deteriorated and his wife said he could not carry on. It was at this point,...
Bernard Cribbins, a legend who spent seven decades acting and entertaining after joining a theatre club in Oldham as Assistant Stage Manager aged 14, was cast in “Voyage of the Damned” as Stan, selling newspapers from a kiosk as the aliens of the starship Titanic beam down and away again. It was intended as a cameo appearance only, but Howard Attfield was ill. Due to return as Donna Noble’s dad Geoff, Attfield filmed some scenes for Series 4 opener “Partners in Crime” before retiring from the role. He died shortly afterwards.
Behind the scenes, there had been hope that Attfield would have been able to act in the Sontaran two-parter, but his condition deteriorated and his wife said he could not carry on. It was at this point,...
- 8/2/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who vet Bernard Cribbins has died at the age of 93, Variety reports. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
Cribbins made his franchise debut as Tom Campbell, companion to Peter Cushing’s Doctor, in the 1966 film Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. But he is more commonly associated with his recurring role as Wilfred “Wilf” Mott, grandfather of Catherine Tate’s Donna, appearing in a total of 10 episodes during David Tennant’s stint as the Doctor.
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Cribbins made his franchise debut as Tom Campbell, companion to Peter Cushing’s Doctor, in the 1966 film Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. But he is more commonly associated with his recurring role as Wilfred “Wilf” Mott, grandfather of Catherine Tate’s Donna, appearing in a total of 10 episodes during David Tennant’s stint as the Doctor.
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- 7/28/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Bernard Cribbins, the beloved narrator of 1970s British children’s show “The Wombles” and actor on “Doctor Who,” has died. He was 93.
Variety confirmed Cribbins’ death with his agent on Thursday.
The actor’s career spanned seven decades, with memorable performances in the BBC’s iconic “Doctor Who” series, where Cribbins played the Doctor’s companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film “Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.” He later returned to star in the revived TV show as Wilfrid Mott, the grandfather of actor Catherine Tate’s Donna. Cribbins played Mott from 2007 to 2010.
“Doctor Who” showrunner Russel T. Davies posted a heartfelt Instagram tribute to the veteran actor, saying, “I love this man. I love him.”
“He knew everyone! He’d talk about the Beatles and David Niven, and how he once sat on the stairs at a party impersonating bird calls with T H White. Then he’d add, ‘I...
Variety confirmed Cribbins’ death with his agent on Thursday.
The actor’s career spanned seven decades, with memorable performances in the BBC’s iconic “Doctor Who” series, where Cribbins played the Doctor’s companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film “Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.” He later returned to star in the revived TV show as Wilfrid Mott, the grandfather of actor Catherine Tate’s Donna. Cribbins played Mott from 2007 to 2010.
“Doctor Who” showrunner Russel T. Davies posted a heartfelt Instagram tribute to the veteran actor, saying, “I love this man. I love him.”
“He knew everyone! He’d talk about the Beatles and David Niven, and how he once sat on the stairs at a party impersonating bird calls with T H White. Then he’d add, ‘I...
- 7/28/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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Bernard Cribbins, the British actor, singer and children’s entertainer whose career spanned seven decades and famously included roles in Doctor Who, has died. He was 93.
News of Cribbins’ death was confirmed to the BBC by his family.
A prolific performer across film, TV and stage, Cribbins — born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1928 — was perhaps best known for playing Doctor Who companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., returning to the BBC’s cult sci-fi 41 years later in its hit revival series. He was also noted for narrating the much-loved children’s program The Wombles from 1973-1975, was a regular reader on famed storytime show Jackanory from 1966 to 1991, and, more recently, played the titles role in the kids’ series Old Jack’s Boat between (2013-2015). Another famed TV appearance was that of pretentious hotel guest Mr. Hutchinson in the 1975 Fawlty Towers episode “The Hotel Inspectors.
Bernard Cribbins, the British actor, singer and children’s entertainer whose career spanned seven decades and famously included roles in Doctor Who, has died. He was 93.
News of Cribbins’ death was confirmed to the BBC by his family.
A prolific performer across film, TV and stage, Cribbins — born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1928 — was perhaps best known for playing Doctor Who companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., returning to the BBC’s cult sci-fi 41 years later in its hit revival series. He was also noted for narrating the much-loved children’s program The Wombles from 1973-1975, was a regular reader on famed storytime show Jackanory from 1966 to 1991, and, more recently, played the titles role in the kids’ series Old Jack’s Boat between (2013-2015). Another famed TV appearance was that of pretentious hotel guest Mr. Hutchinson in the 1975 Fawlty Towers episode “The Hotel Inspectors.
- 7/28/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bernard Cribbins, the veteran British actor who narrated The Wombles and starred in the popular film adaptation of The Railway Children, has died. He was 93.
Cribbins’ agent, Gavin Barker Associates, confirmed the news to Deadline in a statement.
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“Beloved actor Bernard Cribbins OBE has passed away at the age of 93. His career spanned seven decades with such diverse work ranging from films like The Railway Children and the Carry On series, hit 60’s song Right Said Fred a notorious guest on Fawlty Towers and narrating The Wombles,” the statement read. “He worked well into his 90s, recently appearing in Doctor Who and the CBeebies series Old Jack’s Boat. He lost his wife of 66 years, Gill, last year.”
The statement continued: “Bernard’s contribution to British entertainment is without question. He was unique, typifying the best of his generation, and will be greatly missed...
Cribbins’ agent, Gavin Barker Associates, confirmed the news to Deadline in a statement.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
“Beloved actor Bernard Cribbins OBE has passed away at the age of 93. His career spanned seven decades with such diverse work ranging from films like The Railway Children and the Carry On series, hit 60’s song Right Said Fred a notorious guest on Fawlty Towers and narrating The Wombles,” the statement read. “He worked well into his 90s, recently appearing in Doctor Who and the CBeebies series Old Jack’s Boat. He lost his wife of 66 years, Gill, last year.”
The statement continued: “Bernard’s contribution to British entertainment is without question. He was unique, typifying the best of his generation, and will be greatly missed...
- 7/28/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
‘McEnroe’, ‘Explorer’ also out as holdovers dominate.
UK family feature The Railway Children Return headlines the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, releasing in 626 locations through Studiocanal.
Directed by Morgan Matthews, The Railway Children Return is a sequel to Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 feature The Railway Children. That film was based on E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel of the same name, about a family who move from London to beside a rural railway station, after the father is imprisoned on false accusations of spying.
The sequel is set during the Second World War, about a group of child evacuees from...
UK family feature The Railway Children Return headlines the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, releasing in 626 locations through Studiocanal.
Directed by Morgan Matthews, The Railway Children Return is a sequel to Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 feature The Railway Children. That film was based on E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel of the same name, about a family who move from London to beside a rural railway station, after the father is imprisoned on false accusations of spying.
The sequel is set during the Second World War, about a group of child evacuees from...
- 7/15/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Railway Children is a film that holds a special place in many a home across the UK. A true classic, it’s known for being a guaranteed tear-jerker – and now, decades on, comes a follow-up. The Railway Children Return, directed by Morgan Matthews connects the old with the new, as joining the many talented child actors, comes the true face of the franchise, Jenny Agutter.
To mark the film’s release we had the pleasure in speaking to Agutter herself, alongside Sheridan Smith. We spoke to another bonafide legend, Sir Tom Courtenay, who was paired with John Bradley, known to many audiences for his work on Game of Thrones. We then chatted to all the kids, Kj Aikens, Beau Gadson, Austin Haynes, Eden Hamilton and Zac Cudby – before finishing up with the film’s director Morgan Matthews. We discuss the themes of the film, connecting to audiences, and of...
To mark the film’s release we had the pleasure in speaking to Agutter herself, alongside Sheridan Smith. We spoke to another bonafide legend, Sir Tom Courtenay, who was paired with John Bradley, known to many audiences for his work on Game of Thrones. We then chatted to all the kids, Kj Aikens, Beau Gadson, Austin Haynes, Eden Hamilton and Zac Cudby – before finishing up with the film’s director Morgan Matthews. We discuss the themes of the film, connecting to audiences, and of...
- 7/13/2022
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"I'm on a secret mission. If you tell anyone, you're putting me and yourselves in danger." Studiocanal UK has revealed an official trailer for The Railway Children Return, arriving in UK cinemas this July for whoever's interested. It's inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, The Railway Children Return is an enchanting and heart-warming adventure for a new generation. It's a "sort of sequel" / remake of the 1970 British film The Railway Children, about three children who move with their mother to Yorkshire. Jenny Agutter returns to her role as Bobbie from the original and is joined by Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay, and John Bradley. This one also follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young American soldier who, like them, is far away from home. The cast of kids also includes Beau Gadsdon,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Here’s a big truth, sometimes, particular hits are region-specific. That’s very true of “The Railway Children,” a big hit in the U.K. in the 1970s that didn’t make a considerable dent here in the U.S. (there was also a BBC 1968 television serial). It’s still largely unknown stateside, but that hasn’t stopped the filmmakers of “The Railway Children Return” from taking big inspiration from the original.
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Continue reading ‘The Railway Children Return’ Trailer: The Sequel To The Beloved English Film Arrives July 15 In The U.K. at The Playlist.
- 4/6/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Variety can reveal the first look poster and trailer of the long awaited sequel to all-time British kids’ classic film “The Railway Children” from Studiocanal.
Studiocanal is launching global sales on the film at the virtual AFM (Nov. 1-5).
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original 1970 film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Picking up nearly forty years after the events of the original film, “The Railway Children Return” follows a new group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home.
BAFTA and Emmy winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Roberta from the original “The Railway Children” and is joined by BAFTA winning Sheridan Smith (“Cilla”), Oscar nominee...
Studiocanal is launching global sales on the film at the virtual AFM (Nov. 1-5).
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original 1970 film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Picking up nearly forty years after the events of the original film, “The Railway Children Return” follows a new group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home.
BAFTA and Emmy winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Roberta from the original “The Railway Children” and is joined by BAFTA winning Sheridan Smith (“Cilla”), Oscar nominee...
- 10/27/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Hamilton, who became Studiocanal UK CEO last year, talks libraries, windows and a new Apple channel.
It has been a turbulent year for UK distribution veteran Alex Hamilton, who became CEO of Studiocanal UK in April 2020, early on in the Covid-19 pandemic.
With cinemas closed and production suspended, it was a challenging period to take up the reins. However, Hamilton’s strategy is now beginning to come into focus.
The Railway Children Return, the first UK production made by the company since he arrived, has just finished shooting and post-production is now steaming ahead. The film, directed by Morgan Matthews...
It has been a turbulent year for UK distribution veteran Alex Hamilton, who became CEO of Studiocanal UK in April 2020, early on in the Covid-19 pandemic.
With cinemas closed and production suspended, it was a challenging period to take up the reins. However, Hamilton’s strategy is now beginning to come into focus.
The Railway Children Return, the first UK production made by the company since he arrived, has just finished shooting and post-production is now steaming ahead. The film, directed by Morgan Matthews...
- 6/24/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Studiocanal has announced the start of principal photography on the sequel for ‘The Railway Children’.
Titled ‘The Railway Children Return’, the sequel will see Jenny Agutter reprise her role from the original film. Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay & a new generation of Railway Children will star.
Inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, the follow-up is said to be an enchanting adventure for a new generation bringing a contemporary sensibility to a classic story and combining the British cast with stunning locations. It will take audiences on an exciting and heart-warming journey, in which a group of children are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during World War 2, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home…
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Morgan Matthews will direct...
Titled ‘The Railway Children Return’, the sequel will see Jenny Agutter reprise her role from the original film. Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay & a new generation of Railway Children will star.
Inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, the follow-up is said to be an enchanting adventure for a new generation bringing a contemporary sensibility to a classic story and combining the British cast with stunning locations. It will take audiences on an exciting and heart-warming journey, in which a group of children are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during World War 2, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home…
Also in news – Sundance Film Festival: London to return with in-person event; Edgar Wright’s ‘The Sparks Brothers’ to open
Morgan Matthews will direct...
- 5/6/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
More than 50 years after the original, popular children’s movie The Railway Children is getting a sequel, with original cast member Jenny Agutter returning.
She will star alongside Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay and a new generation of the titular ‘railway children’.
Morgan Matthews (X+Y) is directing the picture, Jemma Rodgers is producing for Studiocanal, which owns the rights to the original. Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic) has written the screenplay.
The sequel will follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home. Shooting kicks off May 10. Studiocanal has dated the pic for theatrical release in the UK on April 1, 2022.
She will star alongside Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay and a new generation of the titular ‘railway children’.
Morgan Matthews (X+Y) is directing the picture, Jemma Rodgers is producing for Studiocanal, which owns the rights to the original. Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic) has written the screenplay.
The sequel will follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home. Shooting kicks off May 10. Studiocanal has dated the pic for theatrical release in the UK on April 1, 2022.
- 5/6/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast revealed for sequel, directed by Morgan Matthews.
A sequel to UK family classic The Railway Children is set to begin shooting for Studiocanal, with Jenny Agutter reprising her role from the 1970 film.
UK filmmaker Morgan Matthews is directing The Railway Children Return, which will begin filming on location in Yorkshire in the UK from May 10. A UK release date has been set for April 1, 2022.
Agutter is returning to play her original character; Tom Courtenay and Sheridan Smith have joined the cast alongside a new generation of ‘railway children’.
Written by Danny Brocklehurst, known for writing UK TV drama such as Brassic and The Stranger,...
A sequel to UK family classic The Railway Children is set to begin shooting for Studiocanal, with Jenny Agutter reprising her role from the 1970 film.
UK filmmaker Morgan Matthews is directing The Railway Children Return, which will begin filming on location in Yorkshire in the UK from May 10. A UK release date has been set for April 1, 2022.
Agutter is returning to play her original character; Tom Courtenay and Sheridan Smith have joined the cast alongside a new generation of ‘railway children’.
Written by Danny Brocklehurst, known for writing UK TV drama such as Brassic and The Stranger,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA-winning director Morgan Matthews (“X+Y”) will begin principal photography on May 10 on a sequel to the all-time British kids’ classic “The Railway Children.”
“The Railway Children Return” will shoot in locations around the U.K. from the original 1970 film, including Oakworth Station, Haworth and The Bronte Parsonage. The iconic Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from the original film will also feature.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning actor Jenny Agutter will resume her role from the original “Railway Children.” BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith; Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Tom Courtenay; and a new generation of Railway Children will star alongside.
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
“The Railway Children Return” follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII,...
“The Railway Children Return” will shoot in locations around the U.K. from the original 1970 film, including Oakworth Station, Haworth and The Bronte Parsonage. The iconic Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from the original film will also feature.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning actor Jenny Agutter will resume her role from the original “Railway Children.” BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith; Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Tom Courtenay; and a new generation of Railway Children will star alongside.
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
“The Railway Children Return” follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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By Adrian Smith
Wynne Kinch (Jenny Agutter) was adopted. She had been raised by her mother, but at some stage prior to seven, still old enough to know about what was happening, she was put up for adoption and taken into a loving family with two considerably older brothers. Of the brothers, George (Bryan Marshall) is her favourite, and now, at the age of fourteen, Wynne's familial love is turning into lust and obsession. Denying that it is incest because she was adopted, Wynne feels completely justified in having these unrequited feelings towards her thirty-two year old brother.
The family live in a new high-rise block in Bracknell, Berkshire. Everything around her is either white or concrete, and all of it new, yet she still yearns to spend time in their old home: a large, crumbling farmhouse on the other side of the park.
By Adrian Smith
Wynne Kinch (Jenny Agutter) was adopted. She had been raised by her mother, but at some stage prior to seven, still old enough to know about what was happening, she was put up for adoption and taken into a loving family with two considerably older brothers. Of the brothers, George (Bryan Marshall) is her favourite, and now, at the age of fourteen, Wynne's familial love is turning into lust and obsession. Denying that it is incest because she was adopted, Wynne feels completely justified in having these unrequited feelings towards her thirty-two year old brother.
The family live in a new high-rise block in Bracknell, Berkshire. Everything around her is either white or concrete, and all of it new, yet she still yearns to spend time in their old home: a large, crumbling farmhouse on the other side of the park.
- 12/11/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It’s 1975 and Alice Lamb, played by Penelope Wilton, is cussing at her typewriter and telling cute children to “bugger off.” When we cut back to the same typewriter some 30 years earlier, Alice, now played by Gemma Arterton, is again shouting at local kids and pointedly buying for herself the rationed chocolate bar another saucer-eyed moppet so desires. “Summerland,” the amiable debut feature from UK theater director and playwright Jessica Swale, works hard in its opening 10 minutes to convey the irascible Alice’s unlikability, and then even harder over the following 89 to unpick that impression. It’s all very good-natured but it does amount to a zero-sum game.
We’re on the outskirts of a small coastal village in Kent, in a picturesquely scuffed cottage in the dunes. Alice (Arterton) lives here alone, writing “academic theses” on folklore and investigating the “island in the sky” phenomenon, a kind of Fata Morgana...
We’re on the outskirts of a small coastal village in Kent, in a picturesquely scuffed cottage in the dunes. Alice (Arterton) lives here alone, writing “academic theses” on folklore and investigating the “island in the sky” phenomenon, a kind of Fata Morgana...
- 7/27/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Film stars Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The world premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30).
The film is directed by Adrian Noble, a former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and depicts the relationship between iconic British artist L.S. Lowry, played by Timothy Spall, and his mother Elizabeth, played by Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he lived until her death.
Mrs Lowry & Son is produced by Genesius Pictures, whose credits include Norhtern Soul and The Railway Children and will be released by Vertigo in the UK and Ireland this summer.
Spall...
The world premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30).
The film is directed by Adrian Noble, a former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and depicts the relationship between iconic British artist L.S. Lowry, played by Timothy Spall, and his mother Elizabeth, played by Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he lived until her death.
Mrs Lowry & Son is produced by Genesius Pictures, whose credits include Norhtern Soul and The Railway Children and will be released by Vertigo in the UK and Ireland this summer.
Spall...
- 5/7/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The film is a 1980s-inspired, action-horror-comedy filmed entirely in stop-motion.
Animortal Studio, the Wales-based stop-motion animation production and VFX outfit launched in 2014, has completed its debut feature Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires.
The film is a 1980s-inspired, action-horror-comedy filmed entirely in stop-motion. It has secured a world premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival next month.
Written and directed by Mike Mort, who also voiced many of the characters, Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires was shot using digital stills cameras and was produced using a crew of 150 people, with 27 separate units either shooting or prepping simultaneously in the company’s studio,...
Animortal Studio, the Wales-based stop-motion animation production and VFX outfit launched in 2014, has completed its debut feature Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires.
The film is a 1980s-inspired, action-horror-comedy filmed entirely in stop-motion. It has secured a world premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival next month.
Written and directed by Mike Mort, who also voiced many of the characters, Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires was shot using digital stills cameras and was produced using a crew of 150 people, with 27 separate units either shooting or prepping simultaneously in the company’s studio,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
TV and film star was also known for her role as Marj in the Sky1 comedy series Stella
The actor Deddie Davies has died aged 78, according to reports.
The TV and film star was known for her role as Nell Perks in the 1970 film The Railway Children, and in recent years she played Marj in the comedy series Stella.
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The actor Deddie Davies has died aged 78, according to reports.
The TV and film star was known for her role as Nell Perks in the 1970 film The Railway Children, and in recent years she played Marj in the comedy series Stella.
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- 12/21/2016
- by Press Association
- The Guardian - Film News
The knicker-waver from the Railway Children has been acting for 50 years. She talks about her new movie Tin, her optimism about roles for older women – and why fish and chips can be just as good as caviar
The life of the child actor is one begun under heavy pressure. The threat of corruption is intense, the risk of exploitation high. Any subsequent slide into depression, addiction and debauchery will be well-documented.
That didn’t happen with Jenny Agutter. Now 62, the knicker-waver from The Railway Children sailed through the experience without incident, then grew into an actor so normal it is sometimes a struggle to remember she is a star at all. Unlike her younger peers, frightened into blandly toeing the line, Agutter is open and unstuffy, frank in a way that leaves little scope for misinterpretation; composed but absolutely uncondescending.
Continue reading...
The life of the child actor is one begun under heavy pressure. The threat of corruption is intense, the risk of exploitation high. Any subsequent slide into depression, addiction and debauchery will be well-documented.
That didn’t happen with Jenny Agutter. Now 62, the knicker-waver from The Railway Children sailed through the experience without incident, then grew into an actor so normal it is sometimes a struggle to remember she is a star at all. Unlike her younger peers, frightened into blandly toeing the line, Agutter is open and unstuffy, frank in a way that leaves little scope for misinterpretation; composed but absolutely uncondescending.
Continue reading...
- 4/16/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
The knicker-waver from the Railway Children has been acting for 50 years. She talks about her new movie Tin, her optimism about roles for older women – and why fish and chips can be just as good as caviar
The life of the child actor is one begun under heavy pressure. The threat of corruption is intense, the risk of exploitation high. Any subsequent slide into depression, addiction and debauchery will be well-documented.
That didn’t happen with Jenny Agutter. Now 62, the knicker-waver from The Railway Children sailed through the experience without incident, then grew into an actor so normal it is sometimes a struggle to remember she is a star at all. Unlike her younger peers, frightened into blandly toeing the line, Agutter is open and unstuffy, frank in a way that leaves little scope for misinterpretation; composed but absolutely uncondescending.
Continue reading...
The life of the child actor is one begun under heavy pressure. The threat of corruption is intense, the risk of exploitation high. Any subsequent slide into depression, addiction and debauchery will be well-documented.
That didn’t happen with Jenny Agutter. Now 62, the knicker-waver from The Railway Children sailed through the experience without incident, then grew into an actor so normal it is sometimes a struggle to remember she is a star at all. Unlike her younger peers, frightened into blandly toeing the line, Agutter is open and unstuffy, frank in a way that leaves little scope for misinterpretation; composed but absolutely uncondescending.
Continue reading...
- 4/16/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Watch the Digital Spy team discuss their favourite Christmas movies above, then see the best films showing on TV today to prepare your festive entertainment.
White Christmas - 11.50am, Channel 4
Bing Crosby is here to get you in the Christmas spirit with this musical tale of a song-and-dance duo who get romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save a failing Vermont lodge.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 1.45pm, BBC One
This 2008 sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe finds the Pevensie kids back in Narnia to help restore Ben Barnes's dashing Prince Caspian to his rightful place on the throne.
The War of the Worlds - 12.50pm, Film4
Not the Steven Spielberg remake, but the 1953 original, this is a classic slice of sci-fi based on Hg Wells's novel. The arrival of a meteor in California sends a small town into...
White Christmas - 11.50am, Channel 4
Bing Crosby is here to get you in the Christmas spirit with this musical tale of a song-and-dance duo who get romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save a failing Vermont lodge.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 1.45pm, BBC One
This 2008 sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe finds the Pevensie kids back in Narnia to help restore Ben Barnes's dashing Prince Caspian to his rightful place on the throne.
The War of the Worlds - 12.50pm, Film4
Not the Steven Spielberg remake, but the 1953 original, this is a classic slice of sci-fi based on Hg Wells's novel. The arrival of a meteor in California sends a small town into...
- 12/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Watch the Digital Spy team discuss their favourite Christmas movies above, then see the best films showing on TV today to prepare your festive entertainment.
White Christmas - 11.50am, Channel 4
Bing Crosby is here to get you in the Christmas spirit with this musical tale of a song-and-dance duo who get romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save a failing Vermont lodge.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 1.45pm, BBC One
This 2008 sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe finds the Pevensie kids back in Narnia to help restore Ben Barnes's dashing Prince Caspian to his rightful place on the throne.
The War of the Worlds - 12.50pm, Film4
Not the Steven Spielberg remake, but the 1953 original, this is a classic slice of sci-fi based on Hg Wells's novel. The arrival of a meteor in California sends a small town into...
White Christmas - 11.50am, Channel 4
Bing Crosby is here to get you in the Christmas spirit with this musical tale of a song-and-dance duo who get romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save a failing Vermont lodge.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 1.45pm, BBC One
This 2008 sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe finds the Pevensie kids back in Narnia to help restore Ben Barnes's dashing Prince Caspian to his rightful place on the throne.
The War of the Worlds - 12.50pm, Film4
Not the Steven Spielberg remake, but the 1953 original, this is a classic slice of sci-fi based on Hg Wells's novel. The arrival of a meteor in California sends a small town into...
- 12/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Christopher Eccleston in Accused Acorn Media Rlj Entertainment
British writer Jimmy McGovern is synonymous with quality drama. Consequently, the best and the brightest are queuing up to get their hands on his scripts. Accused is a mere 10 episodes in length and yet the cast includes a veritable who’s who of British drama. Sean Bean and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings), Peter Capaldi and Christoper Eccleston (Doctor Who), Juliet Stevenson (The Politician’s Wife), Warren Brown (Luther), and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) are among the stars appearing in the show.
Each seasons consists of five stand-alone stories centering around an individual who is accused of committing a crime. Generally speaking the accused are guilty but the show isn’t really about nailing suspects, it’s about moral ambiguity and the large grey realm that separates right and wrong. In most, though not all of the stories, the accused parties are somewhat sympathetic.
British writer Jimmy McGovern is synonymous with quality drama. Consequently, the best and the brightest are queuing up to get their hands on his scripts. Accused is a mere 10 episodes in length and yet the cast includes a veritable who’s who of British drama. Sean Bean and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings), Peter Capaldi and Christoper Eccleston (Doctor Who), Juliet Stevenson (The Politician’s Wife), Warren Brown (Luther), and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) are among the stars appearing in the show.
Each seasons consists of five stand-alone stories centering around an individual who is accused of committing a crime. Generally speaking the accused are guilty but the show isn’t really about nailing suspects, it’s about moral ambiguity and the large grey realm that separates right and wrong. In most, though not all of the stories, the accused parties are somewhat sympathetic.
- 10/26/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
(This review pertains to the UK Region 2 DVD release).
By Tim Greaves
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I first encountered Lionel Jeffries’ 1973 melodrama Baxter! during the summer of 1978 on what I believe to be its one and only British television airing by the BBC. Its conspicuous absence on video in the UK – and, until 2014, DVD – meant that, for me, some 36 years elapsed between viewings. A small, and in many respects not particularly memorable film, it nevertheless stayed with me over the intervening years for, I think, two reasons. The first was its unexpectedly dark nature, which completely caught me off guard given the family friendly nature of the director’s previous films, The Railway Children and The Amazing Mr Blunden; best remembered for his myriad of on-screen performances, Baxter! was in fact the third of only five projects which positioned Jeffries on the other side of the camera.
By Tim Greaves
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I first encountered Lionel Jeffries’ 1973 melodrama Baxter! during the summer of 1978 on what I believe to be its one and only British television airing by the BBC. Its conspicuous absence on video in the UK – and, until 2014, DVD – meant that, for me, some 36 years elapsed between viewings. A small, and in many respects not particularly memorable film, it nevertheless stayed with me over the intervening years for, I think, two reasons. The first was its unexpectedly dark nature, which completely caught me off guard given the family friendly nature of the director’s previous films, The Railway Children and The Amazing Mr Blunden; best remembered for his myriad of on-screen performances, Baxter! was in fact the third of only five projects which positioned Jeffries on the other side of the camera.
- 9/30/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
I read with some amusement the article on the well-loved film The Railway Children (Censors unfazed by Railway Children 'danger': Classic film receives first complaint in 42 years, 12 July) and the possibility that it might encourage children to play on the railway lines. The book, by Edith Nesbit, on which the film was based, was read to us many times by my mother who was herself a "railway child".
Her father, my grandfather, was the stationmaster of a small village, Cranford, in the 1930s. Despite many warnings of the possible dangers, for my mother and her two sisters the station was a wonderful playground.
One day they were playing cowboys and indians and Doris, the youngest, was tied to a totem pole – actually a telegraph pole – right next to the line. Too late they heard the train approaching; the knots would not come undone and so Vera and Mona stood valiantly...
Her father, my grandfather, was the stationmaster of a small village, Cranford, in the 1930s. Despite many warnings of the possible dangers, for my mother and her two sisters the station was a wonderful playground.
One day they were playing cowboys and indians and Doris, the youngest, was tied to a totem pole – actually a telegraph pole – right next to the line. Too late they heard the train approaching; the knots would not come undone and so Vera and Mona stood valiantly...
- 7/13/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
If we don't act now on children's films, a generation will grow up trying to fly like Buzz Lightyear and enslave Oompa-Loompas
Confession time: it was me who rang up the BBFC and told them to ban The Railway Children. Actually I didn't say "ban", I said "shred all known prints and burn down the internet before this film destroys our children!" Despite leaving my number, the censors – hedonists who spend all their time watching porn and rubbing chilli into their eyeballs to heighten the experience – didn't get back to me. I assumed they were either observing an orgy or drowning in complaints similar to mine. It turns out not to be the case.
Yesterday, the BBC reported the following:
Forty-two years after it was released, classic family film The Railway Children has prompted its first complaint to the British Board of Film Classification.
"The correspondent was concerned that children...
Confession time: it was me who rang up the BBFC and told them to ban The Railway Children. Actually I didn't say "ban", I said "shred all known prints and burn down the internet before this film destroys our children!" Despite leaving my number, the censors – hedonists who spend all their time watching porn and rubbing chilli into their eyeballs to heighten the experience – didn't get back to me. I assumed they were either observing an orgy or drowning in complaints similar to mine. It turns out not to be the case.
Yesterday, the BBC reported the following:
Forty-two years after it was released, classic family film The Railway Children has prompted its first complaint to the British Board of Film Classification.
"The correspondent was concerned that children...
- 7/12/2013
- by Paul MacInnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Viewer complained to British Board of Film Classification that the film might encourage children to play on railway tracks
Most people would think it one of the most unobjectionable films ever made but film censors revealed on Thursday that The Railway Children had received its first complaint – 42 years after its release.
It was not the sugary sentimentality, nor young Peter's bucket of water on the door prank with the maid. Not even Jenny Agutter boldly whipping off her red bloomers to prevent a crash.
No, the British Board of Film Classification said a correspondent had raised concerns that seeing the jolly japes of the three Edwardian children might encourage children to play on railway tracks.
"You never know quite what's going to flare up," said BBFC director David Cooke about one of the most unexpected complaints of the year.
Fortunately, it was not upheld. The board's annual report states: "While...
Most people would think it one of the most unobjectionable films ever made but film censors revealed on Thursday that The Railway Children had received its first complaint – 42 years after its release.
It was not the sugary sentimentality, nor young Peter's bucket of water on the door prank with the maid. Not even Jenny Agutter boldly whipping off her red bloomers to prevent a crash.
No, the British Board of Film Classification said a correspondent had raised concerns that seeing the jolly japes of the three Edwardian children might encourage children to play on railway tracks.
"You never know quite what's going to flare up," said BBFC director David Cooke about one of the most unexpected complaints of the year.
Fortunately, it was not upheld. The board's annual report states: "While...
- 7/11/2013
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has received its first ever complaint for The Railway Children.
One viewer complained that the 1970 movie starring Call the Midwife's Jenny Agutter may lead to children playing near railway tracks, reports BBC News.
"The correspondent was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film," the BBFC's annual report stated.
Directed by Lionel Jeffries, the classic film also starred Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan and Sally Thomsett.
Published today (July 11), the report ruled that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would encourage "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children is set in the Edwardian period and trains and access to railway property are very different today," the censor said.
"The film also demonstrates the potential harm to children if proper care is not taken."
Senior examiner Craig Lapper added that while the film holds a U rating,...
One viewer complained that the 1970 movie starring Call the Midwife's Jenny Agutter may lead to children playing near railway tracks, reports BBC News.
"The correspondent was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film," the BBFC's annual report stated.
Directed by Lionel Jeffries, the classic film also starred Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan and Sally Thomsett.
Published today (July 11), the report ruled that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would encourage "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children is set in the Edwardian period and trains and access to railway property are very different today," the censor said.
"The film also demonstrates the potential harm to children if proper care is not taken."
Senior examiner Craig Lapper added that while the film holds a U rating,...
- 7/11/2013
- Digital Spy
If you had to complain about 'The Railway Children' - what do you think you would complain about?
The conservative values on show in a family that's incomplete until father returns? The bloomers ripped off in a hurry by Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett? The inherent snobbery of a family who consider it a disaster that they can't have jam And butter on their bread?
The Railway Children has been an enduring favourite since release in 1970
Nope, it seems the One correspondent who complained this year to the British Board of Film Classification "was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film".
The BBFC (including its director David Cooke, who blogs regularly for HuffPostUK) took stock of the complaint, but concluded that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would promote "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children...
The conservative values on show in a family that's incomplete until father returns? The bloomers ripped off in a hurry by Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett? The inherent snobbery of a family who consider it a disaster that they can't have jam And butter on their bread?
The Railway Children has been an enduring favourite since release in 1970
Nope, it seems the One correspondent who complained this year to the British Board of Film Classification "was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film".
The BBFC (including its director David Cooke, who blogs regularly for HuffPostUK) took stock of the complaint, but concluded that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would promote "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children...
- 7/11/2013
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
BBFC director says there is “a political shift” taking place in relation to classification of online content; 2013 sees small number of complaints.
BBFC director David Cooke has said there is a “paradigm shift” taking place in relation to the classification of online content.
While the Video Recordings Act currently doesn’t apply to downloads, the number of online-only classifications rose by 40% last year.
Cooke, speaking at the launch of the BBFC annual report, said that there is currently “a paradigm shift” and “a political shift taking place in relation to [the classification of] online content…It is becoming clearer what our role is, and that both politicians and the public want us to play a role in online classification.”
The number of companies using the BBFC’s Watch & Rate service for online only content doubled, with 11 new platforms licensed to use BBFC ratings online, including Netflix, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Sainsbury’s, BA and Virgin Atlantic.
2012, the BBFC’s...
BBFC director David Cooke has said there is a “paradigm shift” taking place in relation to the classification of online content.
While the Video Recordings Act currently doesn’t apply to downloads, the number of online-only classifications rose by 40% last year.
Cooke, speaking at the launch of the BBFC annual report, said that there is currently “a paradigm shift” and “a political shift taking place in relation to [the classification of] online content…It is becoming clearer what our role is, and that both politicians and the public want us to play a role in online classification.”
The number of companies using the BBFC’s Watch & Rate service for online only content doubled, with 11 new platforms licensed to use BBFC ratings online, including Netflix, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Sainsbury’s, BA and Virgin Atlantic.
2012, the BBFC’s...
- 7/11/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The BBFC released its Annual Report today, including details of the letters it received from the public during 2012. While The Woman In Black received the most complains, at 134, The Railway Children received its first complaint for 42 years.
What's wrong with The Railway Children having a U certificate? The complainant worried that it might encourage children to play on railway tracks, though the BBFC concluded that's unlikely, as modern railways tracks are very different from the ones in the film and have limited access. No mention was made of red flannel underwear.
The issues with The Woman In Black centered on parents considering it too scary and distressing for younger children. It had a 12A certificate, which means parents are supposed to take under-12s along only if they consider them mature for their age, but it seems likely that younger children begged to see it because it features...
What's wrong with The Railway Children having a U certificate? The complainant worried that it might encourage children to play on railway tracks, though the BBFC concluded that's unlikely, as modern railways tracks are very different from the ones in the film and have limited access. No mention was made of red flannel underwear.
The issues with The Woman In Black centered on parents considering it too scary and distressing for younger children. It had a 12A certificate, which means parents are supposed to take under-12s along only if they consider them mature for their age, but it seems likely that younger children begged to see it because it features...
- 7/10/2013
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Creative force in the British film industry whose work included The Stepford Wives and Whistle Down the Wind
The director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes, who has died aged 86, was one of the most creative forces in the British film industry of the 1960s, and the Hollywood films he directed included the original version of The Stepford Wives (1974). In later life he turned to the writing of books, both fiction and memoirs.
The turning point for him in cinema was the formation of the independent company Beaver Films with his friend Richard Attenborough in 1958. For the screenplay of their first production, The Angry Silence (1960), Forbes received an Oscar nomination and a Bafta award. Attenborough played a factory worker shunned and persecuted for not joining a strike. His colleagues are shown as being manipulated by skulking professional agitators and to some it seemed more like a political statement than a human...
The director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes, who has died aged 86, was one of the most creative forces in the British film industry of the 1960s, and the Hollywood films he directed included the original version of The Stepford Wives (1974). In later life he turned to the writing of books, both fiction and memoirs.
The turning point for him in cinema was the formation of the independent company Beaver Films with his friend Richard Attenborough in 1958. For the screenplay of their first production, The Angry Silence (1960), Forbes received an Oscar nomination and a Bafta award. Attenborough played a factory worker shunned and persecuted for not joining a strike. His colleagues are shown as being manipulated by skulking professional agitators and to some it seemed more like a political statement than a human...
- 5/9/2013
- by Dennis Barker
- The Guardian - Film News
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
Now that Cannes is around the corner, the trailers and teasers, posters and flyers are piling up, ready for the great jamboree that is the Croisette competition. But the one that really got us going was the trailer for a little number that didn't get anywhere near the Palais du Festivals: The World's End, the new one from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright. All of them have been stretching their wings a little since Hot Fuzz – Pegg in Star Trek, Wright with Scott Pilgrim, Frost in the TV adaptation of Money – but their reunion has sparked lots of interest, and fond memories of their previous work. No doubt that's what's behind the plotline – a bunch of middle-aged men get together 20 years after an epic pub crawl to repeat the experience – and find...
The big story
Now that Cannes is around the corner, the trailers and teasers, posters and flyers are piling up, ready for the great jamboree that is the Croisette competition. But the one that really got us going was the trailer for a little number that didn't get anywhere near the Palais du Festivals: The World's End, the new one from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright. All of them have been stretching their wings a little since Hot Fuzz – Pegg in Star Trek, Wright with Scott Pilgrim, Frost in the TV adaptation of Money – but their reunion has sparked lots of interest, and fond memories of their previous work. No doubt that's what's behind the plotline – a bunch of middle-aged men get together 20 years after an epic pub crawl to repeat the experience – and find...
- 5/9/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The writer and director Bryan Forbes, whose films included Whistle Down the Wind and 1970s horror classic The Stepford Wives, has died aged 86 following a long illness, a family friend has said.
Forbes, who began his career in film as an actor and screenwriter and became one of the most important figures in the British film industry, died surrounded by his family at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, friend Matthew D'Ancona said.
He was married to actor Nanette Newman, who appeared in several of his films, and with whom he had two daughters – the TV presenter Emma Forbes and the journalist Sarah Standing.
D'Ancona said: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries and known in other fields including politics. He is simply...
Forbes, who began his career in film as an actor and screenwriter and became one of the most important figures in the British film industry, died surrounded by his family at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, friend Matthew D'Ancona said.
He was married to actor Nanette Newman, who appeared in several of his films, and with whom he had two daughters – the TV presenter Emma Forbes and the journalist Sarah Standing.
D'Ancona said: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries and known in other fields including politics. He is simply...
- 5/9/2013
- by David Batty
- The Guardian - Film News
Actors Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett recall bunking off to a Leeds nightclub and being banned from driving during the making of the classic 1970 children's film
Jenny Agutter, actor
I was reluctant to accept the role of Roberta because I'd played her two years earlier in a BBC series, and had since left school. I'd filmed Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, so it felt like going backwards. But the director Lionel Jeffries was such an exuberant personality, you couldn't say no.
He was also a fine actor and, whether deliberately or subconsciously, assumed the role of an Edwardian father figure while filming. If a take went well, he'd give us half a crown – I wondered how far he thought that would go down the pub. Once, Sally [Thomsett, who played Phyllis] and I slipped out, and when we got back he was waiting, pointing at his watch and saying he hoped we would be fit for filming the next morning.
Jenny Agutter, actor
I was reluctant to accept the role of Roberta because I'd played her two years earlier in a BBC series, and had since left school. I'd filmed Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, so it felt like going backwards. But the director Lionel Jeffries was such an exuberant personality, you couldn't say no.
He was also a fine actor and, whether deliberately or subconsciously, assumed the role of an Edwardian father figure while filming. If a take went well, he'd give us half a crown – I wondered how far he thought that would go down the pub. Once, Sally [Thomsett, who played Phyllis] and I slipped out, and when we got back he was waiting, pointing at his watch and saying he hoped we would be fit for filming the next morning.
- 5/6/2013
- by Anna Tims
- The Guardian - Film News
Homeland, Strictly Come Dancing, the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Great British Bake Off, Game of Thrones and Call the Midwife will go head-to-head for this year's TV BAFTA Audience Award.
In the run-up to the awards on May 12, Digital Spy writers will be campaigning for their own picks from the shortlist - fans can vote for their own favourites at radiotimes.com/bafta.
You've heard the case for Game of Thrones, Strictly and Homeland - today it's the turn of BBC's Sunday night baby-and-cakefest Call The Midwife.
Let's get real - this is the BAFTA Audience Award. And what has a better audience than Call The Midwife? In these days of catch-up TV and hundreds of channels, it's amazing that a series could get an average audience of over 10m people - and yet, that's what Call The Midwife has achieved.
Are you going to watch Game of Thrones or Homeland with your grandma?...
In the run-up to the awards on May 12, Digital Spy writers will be campaigning for their own picks from the shortlist - fans can vote for their own favourites at radiotimes.com/bafta.
You've heard the case for Game of Thrones, Strictly and Homeland - today it's the turn of BBC's Sunday night baby-and-cakefest Call The Midwife.
Let's get real - this is the BAFTA Audience Award. And what has a better audience than Call The Midwife? In these days of catch-up TV and hundreds of channels, it's amazing that a series could get an average audience of over 10m people - and yet, that's what Call The Midwife has achieved.
Are you going to watch Game of Thrones or Homeland with your grandma?...
- 4/15/2013
- Digital Spy
Dinah Sheridan, who played the mother in the 1970 version of The Railway Children, has died. We take a look at her life in film
Before the second world war, a teenage Sheridan played the fresh-faced ingenue in a string of British features, including a snobbish daughter in Father Steps Out (1937) and a theatrical type in the murder mystery Landslide (also 1937) – the latter film co-starring her future husband Jimmy Hanley. Clips are hard to find for these cheap and cheerful pictures – it's not until cult caper Calling Paul Temple (1948) that we can get a look at Sheridan, then in her late 20s, in action. She played Steve, the vivacious wife of the suave crime novelist of the title, played by John Bentley.
And you can catch a glimpse of Sheridan doing some knitting while a precocious Petula Clark twangs her guitar in The Huggetts Abroad, one of the series of Huggetts movies in the late 40s.
Before the second world war, a teenage Sheridan played the fresh-faced ingenue in a string of British features, including a snobbish daughter in Father Steps Out (1937) and a theatrical type in the murder mystery Landslide (also 1937) – the latter film co-starring her future husband Jimmy Hanley. Clips are hard to find for these cheap and cheerful pictures – it's not until cult caper Calling Paul Temple (1948) that we can get a look at Sheridan, then in her late 20s, in action. She played Steve, the vivacious wife of the suave crime novelist of the title, played by John Bentley.
And you can catch a glimpse of Sheridan doing some knitting while a precocious Petula Clark twangs her guitar in The Huggetts Abroad, one of the series of Huggetts movies in the late 40s.
- 11/26/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Vivacious star of Genevieve and The Railway Children
Though the actor Dinah Sheridan, who has died aged 92, was an "English rose" of the type still firmly in vogue in British theatre and films of the immediate postwar era, she had a vivacity and depth of talent that went further than the label suggested.
The 1953 film that would almost certainly have turned her into an international star – but for an ill-judged second marriage to the head of the company that made it – was Genevieve. Two rival couples taking part in the London to Brighton veteran car rally were the backbone of the film, and Kenneth More as the brasher of the two male drivers and Kay Kendall as his glamorous model girlfriend had the more extrovert roles. But Sheridan was quietly appealing as the woman who would rather stand by the man prepared to lose the race (John Gregson) than win...
Though the actor Dinah Sheridan, who has died aged 92, was an "English rose" of the type still firmly in vogue in British theatre and films of the immediate postwar era, she had a vivacity and depth of talent that went further than the label suggested.
The 1953 film that would almost certainly have turned her into an international star – but for an ill-judged second marriage to the head of the company that made it – was Genevieve. Two rival couples taking part in the London to Brighton veteran car rally were the backbone of the film, and Kenneth More as the brasher of the two male drivers and Kay Kendall as his glamorous model girlfriend had the more extrovert roles. But Sheridan was quietly appealing as the woman who would rather stand by the man prepared to lose the race (John Gregson) than win...
- 11/26/2012
- by Dennis Barker
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Nov mber 26: Veteran actress Dinah Sheridan, who appeared in classic British films including 'The Railway Children' and 'Genevieve', died peacefully at her home in Northwood, Middlesex, on Sunday. She was 92.
According to her agent the actress was surrounded by her family at the time she died.
Born Dinah Mec to a German mother and Russian father in 1920, she picked the name Sheridan out of the phone book.
Her birth name was pronounced "mess" and she did not want to give newspaper critics any ammunition, she said.
Sheridan landed her first film role at the age of 15 but put her acting career on hold.
According to her agent the actress was surrounded by her family at the time she died.
Born Dinah Mec to a German mother and Russian father in 1920, she picked the name Sheridan out of the phone book.
Her birth name was pronounced "mess" and she did not want to give newspaper critics any ammunition, she said.
Sheridan landed her first film role at the age of 15 but put her acting career on hold.
- 11/26/2012
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
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