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On Saturday 18 January 2025, BBC One broadcasts The Weakest Link!

Episode 8 Season 4 Episode 8 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Weakest Link” promises an exciting lineup of celebrity contestants. Titled “Episode 8,” it will air on BBC One and features a mix of well-known personalities. The contestants include Aisling Bea, La Voix, Ben Bailey Smith, Anna Richardson, Samantha Kinghorn, Will Best, Jason Byrne, and Jacqui Joseph.

Viewers can expect a fun and competitive atmosphere as these celebrities face off in the quiz show. Each contestant will try to answer questions correctly while also strategizing to avoid being voted off by their peers. The dynamic between the contestants is likely to add an entertaining twist to the game, with humor and rivalry expected to unfold.

As the episode progresses, the tension will build, leading to the crucial moments where contestants must decide who they believe is the weakest link. The stakes are high,...

Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for the new Irish Original comedy series, ‘Lol: Last One Laughing Ireland,’ ahead of the series global launch on 19th January 2024.

Using his trademark wit, host Graham Norton will oversee the 10 comedic stars, brought together to make each other laugh by using every unpredictable comedic tool in the box … without cracking a smile themselves. With the added bonus of some celebrity cameos, their performances will have viewers—but hopefully not their fellow stars—laughing out loud. As the clock counts down and the tension rises, whoever can outlast their competitors will be crowned the first winner and win a grand prize of €50,000 for their charity of choice.

The series will feature some of Ireland’s biggest and best comedic talent: Aisling Bea, Amy Huberman, Catherine Bohart, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Emma Doran, Jason Byrne, Martin Angolo, Paul Tylak, and Tony Cantwell.

Also in trailers – “Slay queens…...

New year, new month, new titles to watch at Prime Video! The streamer has kicked off January 2024 in fashion with plenty of classic titles that were released on the first of the month, including 2007’s “No Country for Old Men” and Quentin Tarantino’s hit “Pulp Fiction,” but the best is still yet to come this month, including Lula Wang’s highly anticipated miniseries “Expats,” the A24-produced adult animated musical comedy series “Hazbin Hotel,” and much more.

Check out The Streamable’s picks for the best of January, and continue below for everything coming to the streamer this month!

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The new action-thriller comedy stars Kaley Cuoco as Emma, a suburban New Jersey woman with a wonderful husband, two kids, and a secret life as an assassin for hire.

Exclusive: Amazon Prime Video is eying a UK version of hit format Lol: Last One Laughing.

Deadline understands the streamer has been scoping out indies to produce the UK version over the past few weeks via an informal tender process, with that process now in its final stages. The show is yet to be greenlit and we understand no final decision will be made until the format launches next year in Ireland, a version that is being helmed by one of the UK’s top presenters, Graham Norton. Trevor Noah, meanwhile, is down to host the upcoming South African version following his Daily Show exit.

Lol: Last One Laughing sees comedians stay in a living room-style studio for several hours during which they must try to make the others laugh by any means possible, while not reacting to their opponents’ attempts to make them break. At the first laugh, the...

Production has begun in Brisbane, Australia, on dramatic comedy film “A Savage Christmas.”

The story is that of a trans woman who, after years of estrangement, returns home for Christmas with her new boyfriend. Expecting her transition to be the focus, it is instead overshadowed by family secrets and lies which threaten not only their lives but another Christmas lunch.

The film is written, directed and produced by feature debutant Madeleine Dyer, who has pitched it as stylistically resembling “Death at a Funeral” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” Screen Australia’s head of content Grainne Brunsdon said the film “blends off-beat humor while reflecting our nation’s diversity.” Dyer co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Mulvihill and Max Jahufer.

The film is also the debut production from Roaring Entertainment, a newly formed company by Brisbane-based producers Ben McNeill and Mulvihill.

Members of the Savage family are played by Helen Thomson (“Elvis”), Darren Gilshenan,...

Mark Ruse. (Photo: Annie Beach)

Mark Ruse, who was partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment for 20 years, died unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 64.

In a career spanning more than 30 years, Ruse produced more than 250 hours of prime-time comedy and drama, more than 20 hours of documentaries and 300 hours of live television.

“Mark was a true gentleman; incredibly talented, understated and generous, he gave many lucky people a leg up in the industry,” Julie Marlow, screen industry consultant and former Film Victoria director, tells If. “He was a joy to deal with and will be sadly missed by so many.”

Luby said of his colleague and close friend: “Mark was a man of incredible integrity, kindness, creativity, intelligence, dedication, work ethic, humour and goodness.

“His express philosophy was to ‘enable other people’s talents to shine.’ He loved to support and nurture people’s creative journeys (including mine).

“Producer skills developed...

Suzi Quatro.

Four years in the making, producer Tait Brady and director Liam Firmager are in fine cut of their theatrical feature documentary on rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Suzi Quatro.

Suzi Q charts the career of the Detroit-born, UK-based singer/songwriter/bassist/bandleader/actor Susan Kay Quatro, hailed as the first female rocker to break through into the mainstream.

“It’s quite personal, an essay on the price of fame,” Brady tells If. “We look at her marriage and divorce, her children and sibling rivalry.”

Film Victoria is an investor in the doc produced by Brady’s The Acme Film Company, which he will release later this year via Label Distribution.

The international sales agent Kew Media began pre-sales at the European Film Market in Berlin, with deals to be announced.

Firmager met Quatro via a mutual connection when she was touring Australia four years ago. She agreed to take...

Top row (l-r) Polly Staniford, Sarah Shaw, Tania Chambers, Clayton Jacobson; middle: Jason Byrne, Rikki Lea Bestall, Dena Curtis, Liz Watts, Vincent Sheehan, Anna Vincent; bottom: Steve Jaggi, Scott Corfield, Kristian Moliere.

Polly Staniford, Sarah Shaw, Tania Chambers, Kristian Moliere, Liz Watts and Vincent Sheehan are among a delegation of 13 film and television producers who will travel to Los Angeles to meet with more than 30 development companies and streaming services next month.

The mission is led by Ausfilm as part of its annual Partner with Australia producer connection program. The goal is to provide strategic opportunities for Australian producers with commercially viable feature and TV projects that hold international appeal.

The initiative also supports Ausfilm’s corporate membership of screen services businesses by connecting these companies to Us film and television executives and Australian producers. The program runs from April 14-17.

Supported by Create Nsw, Film Victoria, Screen Queensland, the...

‘This is Desmondo Ray!’

Steve Baker’s This is Desmondo Ray!, a live action/animated series about a peculiar man who searches for love in a dark and troubling world, has been voted world champion at the Web Series World Cup.

Produced by Leanne Tonkes and backed by Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, the 6 x 7 minute drama is the second win for an Australian production after Luke Eve and Glen Dolman’s High Life was victorious last year.

The competition run by Mip TV collates results from web festivals around the world and publishes a table of the most awarded web series of the year. Desmondo Ray! was selected for 19 fests, garnered 26 nominations and 25 awards.

There are three Aussie titles in the top 10. Writer-director Blake Fraser and producer Chris Thompson’s dark drama Patricia Moore, a French-Australian co-production, came third with 31 nominations at eight festivals.

Starring Danielle Cormack, Les Hill,...

Brothers’ Nest follows two siblings played by real-life brothers Clayton and Shane Jacobson.

Clayton Jacobson’s dark comedy Brothers’ Nest has been acquired by Australian sales outfit Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) and La-based Guardian Entertainment International (Gei), who have teamed up to manage worldwide sales.

Brothers’ Nest follows two siblings — played by real-life brothers Clayton and Shane Jacobson — who return to their childhood home intending to murder their stepfather.

The film had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW and is slated for a theatrical release in Australia and New Zealand in late Q2 through executive producer Tait Brady’s Label Distribution.

Bruce.

The team behind How to Talk Australians will launch their new black comedy, Bruce, exclusively online tomorrow..

The seven ep web-series is set in .an ordinary Aussie share-house that just happens to be a prison tent in Sydney Cove, 1788..

It follows Bruce Williamson (Offspring.s Richard Davies), whose plan of following his soulmate to Australia by getting arrested spectacularly backfires. Dave Lawson (Utopia, The Heckler) and Angus Sampson (The Mule, Fargo) also star..

Bruce was co-created and directed by Tony Rogers (Wilfred, How to Talk Australians), and produced by Jason Byrne (Sucker, How to Talk to Australians). Mat Blackwell (Good News Week, The Glass House) and Warwick Holt (The Project, Good News Week) wrote the script.

.Bruce has been a real labour of love,. said Byrne. .It.s so great to see the work come together on the online screen. It was a real pleasure working with Tony, Warwick and Mat.

Bruce.

The team behind How to Talk Australians will launch their new black comedy, Bruce, exclusively online tomorrow..

The seven ep web-series is set in .an ordinary Aussie share-house that just happens to be a prison tent in Sydney Cove, 1788..

It follows Bruce Williamson (Offspring.s Richard Davies), whose plan of following his soulmate to Australia by getting arrested spectacularly backfires. Dave Lawson (Utopia, The Heckler) and Angus Sampson (The Mule, Fargo) also star..

Bruce was co-created and directed by Tony Rogers (Wilfred, How to Talk Australians), and produced by Jason Byrne (Sucker, How to Talk to Australians). Mat Blackwell (Good News Week, The Glass House) and Warwick Holt (The Project, Good News Week) wrote the script.

.Bruce has been a real labour of love,. said Byrne. .It.s so great to see the work come together on the online screen. It was a real pleasure working with Tony, Warwick and Mat.

An impressive roster of stars is joining John Bishop for his new BBC One series, including new Daily Show host Trevor Noah.

Noah will appear on a new eight-part series of The John Bishop Show, which begins on Saturday, May 30.

Also joining Bishop across the series will be the likes of Paul Weller, Leona Lewis, Florence + the Machine, The Vaccines and Jessie Ware.

Comedians Jason Byrne, Lee Nelson and Doc Brown will also be appearing on the show, broadcast each week from London's Hackney Empire.

"I am really excited to bring this eight-part series to BBC One," said Bishop. "I am hoping the people at home will do as I would do if I was watching it and argue with their teenage kids about what was the best bit."

"It's fantastic news that The John Bishop Show is coming to BBC One on Saturday nights," added Mark Linsey, the BBC's controller for entertainment commissioning.

Wild Things: Sky1, 7pm

The brand new game show has contestants traverse woodland obstacle courses while dressed in animal costumes they can't see out of.

Kate Humble and Jason Byrne host the show where the goal is to find a buried treasure of gold coins with the help of their partner.

The Voice UK: BBC One, 7.45pm

Things are getting more intense on The Voice as the live shows draw closer.

In the last of the knockout rounds, Sir Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson have to choose which three singers they will keep and which five will leave.

Poldark: BBC One, 9pm

After three years in the army, Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall to find his home and family a shambles in this 18th century period drama.

Ross contemplates reopening his family mine to help the local area but ruffles a few feathers when he reconnects with Elizabeth, who is now married.

The first stars have been announced for Channel 4's Comedy Gala Live 2015.

Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Jack Dee are among the comedians who will appear at the charity event, which returns to London's O2 arena for a sixth year on Friday, May 15.

Aisling Bea, Jason Byrne, Jon Richardson, Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Kevin Bridges and Michael McIntyre have also been confirmed for this year's show.

Paul Chowdhry, Rich Hall, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Sara Pascoe, Sean Lock , Seann Walsh, Shappi Khorsandi and Warwick Davis complete the first line-up announcement, with more acts to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

The Comedy Gala will be recorded and aired as a two-hour special on Channel 4 later this year. This year's show is dedicated to the event's founder, talent agent Addison Cresswell, who passed away in December 2013.

The annual event is held to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Tim Johnson,...

Kate Humble and are Jason Byrne are to co-host a new game show. The 45-year-old wildlife presenter and the Irish comedian will be the hosts of nature-themed entertainment programme, 'Wild Things' on Sky1. The channel's director, Adam MacDonald, said of the show: '''Wild Things' is like nothing we've seen before - a surreal and side splittingly funny concoction of giant woodland creatures, bickering couples and pots of gold. It's a big, daft slice of genius.'' The game show - which is set to air on the channel next year - is described as a cross between classics 'It's a Knockout', 'Knightmare' and 'The...

TV presenter Kate Humble and comedian Jason Byrne have been confirmed as presenters for Sky1's new wildlife-themed entertainment programme Wild Things.

The gameshow, which was commissioned in August, features couples or pairs of relations undertaking challenges on a huge woodland obstacle course in order to win a fortune of gold coins buried within the Wild Wood.

However, there is a twist in that one member of the team must become the Wild Thing, meaning they must wear a woodland protection suit which is designed to look like an animal native to the area, such as an owl, a duck or a mole.

This means that they cannot see anything and will need their partner to guide them to victory.

Humble said of her role: "Wild Things is one of the most gloriously silly, side-splittingly funny programmes I have ever had the pleasure of being involved with. Wildlife has never behaved so badly.

Channel 4's Comedy Gala will return to The O2 in London on Friday, May 16.

Chatty Man host Alan Carr will be joined by stars including Jonathan Ross, John Bishop, Adam Hills and Jack Dee at this year's charity event - the fifth fundraiser for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Splash! judge Jo Brand, Michael McIntyre, Jason Byrne, Seann Walsh, Jon Richardson and Jason Manford have also been confirmed.

Lee Evans, Josh Widdicombe, Kevin Bridges, Sean Lock and Paul Chowdhry complete the first lineup announcement, with many more acts to follow.

Funds raised from this year's Comedy Gala will be devoted to a brand new operating theatre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

"Around one in three inpatients at Great Ormond Street Hospital will have surgery at some point during their stay, so it's vital for us to have modern, world class surgical facilities," said Tim Johnson, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Digital Spy has been in a charitable mood this festive season and has already selected its top TV shows of the year, but now we're in that post-Christmas lull, it's time to put the foul mood brought on by our hangover to good use and give some of 2013's worst telly a tongue-lashing...

Here's our picks for the top 10 TV Turkeys of 2013

Warning: This list contains scenes of a sexual nature, jokes about poo and Micky Flanagan.

The Wright Way

It's becoming harder and harder to remember the days when Ben Elton was funny - his latest comedic misfire was thankfully axed after a single series, with the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning Shane Allen blaming Twitter for "crucifying" the show.

What Shane forgot is that Twitter is full of people - it was people that hated The Wright Way. All of the people.

Father Figure

There's a long and...

Comedian Jason Byrne has spoken to Digital Spy about going on stage at the Royal Variety Performance in just his pants in a Miley Cyrus 'Wrecking Ball' spoof.

The Irish funnyman chose to begin his routine for Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall by swinging in on a buoy after being dared by an audience member at a recent gig.

"I didn't realise how protruding I was in rehearsals and the dresser said afterwards, 'I think you might have to wear a bigger pair of pants...the top of your little boy was creeping out the edge'," Byrne revealed.

"The audience are very old. They won't know who Jessie J... Miley J... sorry, Miley Cyrus, is."

He continued: "It's good that it's Charles and Camilla, they're a bit more loose than the Queen."

Byrne added that he stopped short of appearing before the crowd at the London Palladium wearing an "I love Sinead" T-shirt,...

Jimmy Carr has defended Mock the Week after it was recently criticised by Ross Noble.

Noble called the programme "terrible" and took issue with its lack of improvisation and "pages and pages" of scripts used by the panellists.

> Jimmy Carr's top five stand-ups: Louis Ck, Sarah Millican, more

Despite having never appeared on the show himself, Carr told Digital Spy ahead of the Royal Variety Performance (November 25) that he enjoyed the comedy panel quiz.

"I'm a big fan of lots of different types of TV. I think Dara [Ó Briain] is an exceptional performer," he said.

"He's just a great comedic mind, brilliant guy, and I think the show's great. What's not to like?

"I think there's always that thing of anyone in comedy can go, 'Oh, it was better in the old days when Frankie [Boyle] and Russell [Howard] were on it'.

"You know, they've reinvented it and they've got new people...

Another week, another load of great telly to sink your teeth into. In addition to all the seriously sensational shows below, we're looking forward to Channel 4's '80s night extravaganza on Friday, September 20 as well.

The nostalgic tribute to the era that taste forgot kicks off with a revamp of Celebrity Fifteen to One hosted by Adam Hills at 8pm, followed by retro editions of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown at 9pm and Alan Carr's Chatty Man at 10pm, before Rewind The Tube, a documentary dedicated to the anarchic music show, closes everything at 11.05pm.

Father Figure: Wednesday (September 18) at 10.35pm on BBC One

It started life as a Radio 2 programme, but Father Figure - which stars comedian Jason Byrne as a disaster-prone dad - seems perfectly suited to the small screen, where the slapstick and silliness can be played out in all its glory.

Byrne's character...

Judy Davis has joined Kate Winslet on The Dressmaker, which has received backing from Screen Australia and is Jocelyn Moorhouse’s first film since 1997.

The board of Screen Australia has approved financing of The Dressmaker, which marks the return of Jocelyn Moorhouse to the director’s chair for the first time in 15 years.

The film will star Kate Winslet, as first reported by ScreenDaily in May, and Judy Davis in “a gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture”

Written and directed by Moorhouse, it marks her return to filmmaking since Michelle Pfeiffer drama A Thousand Acres in 1997.

“Kate only makes two or three pictures a year and gets sent hundreds of scripts,” producer Sue Maslin (Japanese Story) told ScreenDaily. “She chose The Dressmaker because of Jocelyn’s stunning script.”

The film, set in the 1950s, tells the story of a talented couture dressmaker who returns home from Europe to a small town in country Australia with revenge...

Miranda Hart, Diversity, Warwick Davis and Nina Conti have been added to the Channel 4 Comedy Gala lineup.

The foursome join a bill which already includes Lee Evans, Michael McIntyre, Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert.

Jack Dee, Adam Hills, Jason Byrne, Jo Brand, Jonathan Ross, Noel Fielding, Rich Hall and Paddy McGuinness are also performing at the event.

Hosted at London's O2 on May 18, the show will air in a two-hour Channel 4 special later in the year.

The event is a fundraiser for the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Tickets are currently on sale priced £40-£100.

Watch Nina Conti performing stand-up below:...

Jason Byrne is to star in a new sitcom for BBC One. The stand-up comedian will appear in Father Figure - a new comedy series for 2013. Byrne will play Tom, a married father with two sons who finds his efforts to be the perfect father thwarted by both bad luck and the antics of his extended family. The series will be made in house by BBC Production, with Julia McKenzie as producer and Stephen McCrum as executive producer. Irish comic Byrne's past acting work includes a role in 2011 film Killing Bono and an appearance in an episode of Father Ted. "With the lineup of comic talent appearing on and writing for the channel in 2013, this will be a big (more)...

Aami’s Rhonda has returned to Australia from her holiday in Bali with daydreams of romance with her waiter Katut on her mind.

The latest episode of Rhonda’s adventure, created by Ogilvy Melbourne, was broadcast during the Afl grand final. It features Rhonda – played by Mandy McElhinney – telling her friend about her holiday adventures before they have a prang with a truck carrying melons.

Rhonda’s trip to Bali – apparently paid for by the discount she received for being a good driver – has captured the public’s imagination with the ad triggering pastiches and a Facebook tribute page The Sexual Tension Beween Katut and Rhonda gaining more than 100,000 likes. The campaign was also shortlisted for TV Ad of the Year in the Mumbrella Awards.

Rhonda became the face of Aami in October last year.

Credits

Agency: Ogilvy Melbourne Creative Group Head: Nicholas Desira Copywriter: Lenna Boland Art Director: Nicholas...

"Make sure you drop the clutch"

Japanese carmaker Nissan has launched an ad that shows off the pulling power of its Navara marque.

In the ad, a man driving a Nissan Navara helps out a group of army cadets by pulling their tank, which is having technical difficulties.

“The Nissan Navara is still Australia’s most powerful tradie,” the ad claims.

The agency behind the ad was Whybin\Tbwa\Melbourne.

Credits:

Agency: Whybin\Tbwa Executive Creative Director: Paul Reardon Senior Art Director: Mark Jones Senior Copywriter: Jarrod Lowe Group Account Director: Mike Napolitano Account Director: Matt Chiodo Producer: Karolina Bozajkovska Production House: Guilty Director: Tony Rogers Production House Producer: Jason Byrne Post Production: The Butchery Sound Production: Flagstaff Nissan Credentials: Executive General Manager – Marketing: Peter Clissold General Manager – Marketing: Cameron Cooper Cross Car Line Brand Manager: David Montgomery Brand Communication Specialist: Shalini Suri Goyal...

Price comparison site iSelect has launched a trio of new TV ads – one mocking advertisers ambushing the Olympics.

“Every four years it’s the same story. Companies that have nothing to do with the Games jumping on the bandwagon,” says Mr iSelect in the ad, played by actor Jason Geary.

The ad premiered during Nine’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony.

The second of the batch, created by Ajf Partnership Melbourne and directed by Tony Rogers, suggests that it can be cheaper for Australians to have health insurance than not, in a school-yard style pitting of nerds versus cool kids.

The third spot sees Mr iSelect explain how iSelect finds the right health insurance to his apprentice Josh in the iSelect canteen by eating Josh’s chips.

The ads come just days after iSelect’s Cmo David May was announced as the CEO of national rugby league franchise the Gold Coast Titans.

Irish comedian and TV presenter Jason Byrne has been announced as host of the 11th annual Channel of the Year Awards at next month's Edinburgh TV Festival. The awards ceremony will take place in the Scottish capital on August 24 and will see British broadcasters and producers vie for the prize of best programme and best channel of the year, among a number of other awards.Victoria Wood, the writer of upcoming Irish-shot BBC One film 'Loving Miss Hatto', will present the prestigious Terrestrial Channel of the Year award.

One Night Stand returns to Dave tonight (November 17) for its third series. The stand-up comedy show was the channel's highest-rating commission in 2010 and aired its second series in April. Comedians who have appeared on the programme, where a headliner invites two other comics to perform at their hometown, have included the likes of Chris Addison, Dave Gorman, Mark Watson, Greg Davies and Jason Byrne . Series three will feature (more)...

In the interview, Shannon first speaks about his role in Take Shelter and is then quizzed about playing General Zod ion Man Of Steel. He once again expresses his admiration for Terence Stamp's original portrayal and then in response to being teased about Superman 2's incarnation of The Phantom Zone (basically the 3 evil kryptonians trapped in a spinning triangle) he says that the new "set up will be a little different" This at least suggests that we will see The Phantom Zone in some form in the movie. It's a shame Shannon didn't get the chance to elaborate on anything as Jason Byrne the annoying Irish "comedian" beside him seemed intent on hogging every bit of spotlight he could. Thanks to the Man Of Steel Facebook page for the heads up, click the link below to pay em a visit. And thanks to ComicBuzz for the Youtube upload.

Jack Whitehall, Micky Flanagan and Alan Carr have been confirmed for the new series of BBC One's Live at the Apollo. The stand-up show's seventh series will air for eight 30-minute episodes from November and will feature some of the biggest names currently on the comedy circuit. Flanagan will host the first episode with guests Seann Walsh and Jason Byrne. Other hosts for the run of the series will include (more)...

To mark the release of the ITV Studios Home Entertainment release of Walk on the Wild Side Series 2 on 3rd October, we’ve been given 3 copies of the series to give away.

The hilarious, behind-the-scenes take on Mother Nature’s creations is back on your screens with Walk On The Wild Side Series 2, out on DVD 3rd October 2011, courtesy of ITV Studios Home Entertainment.

Featuring the vocal talents of some of Britain’s best comedians and performers, this innovative comedy series revisits our friends in the animal kingdom for their side-splitting views on life, love and their lunch.

Using stunning BBC Natural History footage, the weird and wonderful second series offers up a unique and slightly bizarre look into the wild, with fantastic voiceovers from Jason Manford (The One Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats), Steve Edge (Phoenix Nights, The Visit), Jason Byrne (The Byrne Identity, Out of the Box), Sarah Millican (Mock The Week,...

It's been almost a year since we heard anything about Killing Bono. Last time we checked in on the film, Nick Hamm was about to direct [1] Ben Barnes, Krysten Ritter, Robert Sheehan, Charlie Cox and Jason Byrne in the movie based on Neil McCormick's book about being in a band that struggled in the shadow of U2 during the mega-band's formative years. Now the film is done and there is a trailer, which you can see after the break. The story is classic stuff: Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) and his brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan) had a band in Dublin as U2 was coming up, and while they did well, eventually (sooner rather than later, it would appear) they were eclipsed by Bono & Co. From this presentation, Killing Bono looks cute and maybe a bit breezy and fun, if also a bit inconsequential. But its only a trailer, so who knows.

We've written briefly before about Killing Bono, a film based on the book by Neil McCormick. The author was a schoolmate of Bono's, and had his own band struggling in the shadow of U2 in megaband's early days. Directed by Nick Hamm, the film stars Ben Barnes as McCormick and Krysten Ritter in a tale that probably isn't nearly as close to a U2 biopic as many are going to assume. Come on -- it's called Killing Bono! This is hardly the official story of U2. Hamm's version of McCormick's novel, based on a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, starts shooting next week. A few more cast members have been added: Robert Sheehan, as McCormick's brother Ivan, with whom he forms a band, for one. Then Charlie Cox and Jason Byrne are in the mix, too. Rather than a film about U2, what this should be is...