This one-hour special will debut on ITV on Monday 28th December at 9:30pm and in Scotland it will be shown on the 30th December at 9.30pm on STV.
It marks the end of Sir Billy Connolly’s incredible career in comedy, after he announced he was stepping back from live stand-up performance two years ago.
It features footage of Connolly at his home in Florida, archival footage of his greatest moments and several big names feature for exclusive chats, sharing their own personal messages and highlights from his career. The big names include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Lenny Henry, Dustin Hoffman, Russell Brand and Whoopi Goldberg.
This was the dream edit for Sean Schmolz, he explained “Working with the most fantastic director, Emily Kennedy, and watching a comedy genius do his thing for a couple of months was a most excellent job to have. I must admit I didn’t realise quite what a talented, and genuinely lovely man, Billy is. I just hope the neighbours are getting over the loud swearing and blasphemy that was rocking out from my loft!”.
We are really looking forward to this one, I think we will be laughing and crying in equal measures!
MTV’s brand new spin-off off to Ex on the Beach called Celeb Ex in the City will be premiered on Tuesday 8th Dec. Amy Hadfield worked on the series. Amy said it was a fun show to edit full of laughs and the classic ex on the beach drama.
Each episode of the MTV show will see two single famous faces go on a date at a central London restaurant, but just when they start getting comfortable, they’ll be interrupted by one of their notorious exes. If that wasn’t awkward enough, the celebrities will have to decide whether to go a second date with their original blind date or their ex.
Celebrity Ex on the Beach stars Calum Best and Michael Griffiths are returning, but they’ll be joined by a who’s who of reality TV legends like Love Island stars Amy Hart and Megan Barton-Hanson and Big Brother icon Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace.
This may have to be our new guilty pleasure!
Celeb Ex in the City will be premiered on Tuesday 8th Dec on MTV.
A huge congratulations to Abraham Teweldebrhan who has just won the RTS Craft Design Awards Editing Documentary/Factual for his work on Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King!
Abs edited episodes 1 and 3 of the 3 part series which follows the Gypsy King as he fulfils his childhood dream of defending his heavyweight boxing championship in Las Vegas. The series has a ringside seat inside Tyson’s Morecambe home and at the Gypsy Kings family site, candidly capturing him amongst his inner circle of family and friends who have lived through Tyson’s mental health and addiction issues with him. It was made by Optomen for ITV.
Congratulations Abraham Teweldebrhan! Losing in his fantasy team, but winning in life!!
The South Bank Show, the longest- running Arts show on British TV is back with a new series and in the first episode, edited by Andreas Torner, Melvyn Bragg meets Actress Gillian Anderson.
Melvyn Bragg meets actress Gillian Anderson at the Young Vic in London, where she discusses her career in film, TV and theatre. She talks about her best-known TV roles, from scientific FBI agent Scully in The X-Files to her recent portrayal of liberal, sex therapist Jean, in Netflix’s Sex Education.
We’re excited to hear that for this South Bank Show film, Gillian performs a reading as Margaret Thatcher – a role she has taken on for the fourth series of Netflix’s epic drama, “The Crown”. We’re obsessed!
The South Bank Show: Gillian Anderson edited by Andreas Torner will be aired on Sunday 22nd November, 22:45, Sky Arts and NOW TV
More Lockdown means more cooking! Take inspiration from Masterchef: The Professionals. It returns for its 13th series and this year it has moved from BBC Two to a primetime spot on BBC One.
We are happy to see the familiar faces of Gregg Wallace, Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing as they put some new chefs through their paces over a number of weeks in order to find the best, all socially distanced of course!
Tom Savage is a dab hand at Masterchef, but this time had the challenge of editing the contestants in the new covid friendly format (no cuddling in this series)! Normally watching all the amazing food being made makes him hungry and it costs a fortune at lunchtime but now working from home he has to make do with last nights leftovers from the kitchen fridge! Tom edited episodes ep 7, 9 and 16 which will air on the 24th, 26th November and the 15th December.
How to be Anne-Marie focuses on the singer’s life after lockdown as she adjusted, like the rest of us, to this bizarre new world. She visits old school friends and she is also seen catching up with Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall for advice on living life in the spotlight.
Editors Joe Swanson and Dave Berezai worked on the documentary. Joe said he had a fantastic time working with an incredibly talented team!
How to be Anne-Marie launches today with a live chat with Anne-Marie.
As we are in Lockdown Part 2 and the winter months are upon us, apart from tinkering with your fantasy football team, knitting a scarf for your dog or heavy drinking, there is little left we can do apart from cooking. So look out for “James May: Oh Cook” due to start this Friday 13th November on Amazon Prime. The series see’s James May in the unfamiliar world of the kitchen, where he’ll be cooking up some delicious recipes with help from home economist Nikki Morgan. The show claims its meals to be simple enough for anyone to make and incorporating easily accessible ingredients.
Across its seven episodes, May will be attempting dishes ranging from the Far East to the Med, as well as some classic pub grub. Roy Williamsedited the Puddings, Curry and Pasta episodes. He started the edit just as England was going into lockdown back in March, he said “we were all just figuring out the challenges and workflows involved in remote editing. But all went well. It was a great team that I have worked together over lots of productions before”. We look forward to it Roy!
The new six-part series ICON: Music Through The Lens relates the history and cultural impact of music photography. The series features interviews and images from artists including Elton John, Mick Jagger, Queen, Led Zeppelin and Noel Gallagher to name a few!
The series explores studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazines, live shows , exhibitions, coffee table books & the fine art world. It puts amazing photographs at the centre, looking at one of popular culture’s most striking and surprisingly popular art forms.
Joe Swanson edited eps 1 and 2. He really enjoyed getting to know these fascinating and legendary photographers and telling their stories.
The nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2020, supported by Netflix, have been announced.
Big Congratulations to Abraham Teweldebrhan who has been nominated in the Editing Documentary/Factual Category for his work on: Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King Optomen Television for ITV. Well done Abs! Now you just need to work on your football managing skills..
The prestigious awards will be celebrated on Monday 23rd November on the RTS website with special guest appearances.
Need some escapism? Grab your glass of vino and settle in for an evening with a new series of The Wine Show!
Matthew Goode, Matthew Rhys and James Purefoy are joined by Dominic West this season to capture the exciting and extraordinary world of wine in sunny Portugal.
Three Sastusfaction editors worked on the series and it sounds like it was a fun project. Jonnie Case said “it was a joy to edit as it is so well scripted, produced and shot. It was great fun working with a cast of well known UK actors who are happy to allow themselves to be gently educated in the ways of wine”.
Gwyn Moxham found it great working with the team “both the wider team and also our little editor huddle with Dave and Jonnie, honestly the nicest bunch of people to be entering the weird world of lockdown editing with” He also added “It was great also to work with footage from the most stunning parts of Portugal, and with such talented actors! A great gig and learned lots about wine, food and Portugal”.
Dave Berezaisaid “I can honestly say I knew next to nothing about wine before I started on this show. I have since learnt many of the nuances that help create a great bottle of wine. But I have barely scratched the surface. There is so much to know! This was my third season and it was great to work with such a lovely team again.The material was beautifully shot in some truly amazing places around the world. Us editors were given a great deal of autonomy to put our own stamps on things – a challenge which we all relished. And to top it off some top notch wine made it’s way into the edit from time to time. Cheers!”
The Faction ladies are now dreaming of sitting in the sun in Portugal sipping some lovely wine!
See the trailer here:
The Wine Show season 3 will be launching on Amazon Prime Video Thursday 31st Oct
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