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On Tuesday 24 December 2024, BBC Two broadcasts Celebrity Mastermind!

Season 23 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Mastermind” on BBC Two promises an exciting lineup that is sure to entertain fans of the show. This time, four celebrities will take the hot seat, each bringing their unique backgrounds and interests to the quiz.

TV chef Rustie Lee will showcase her culinary knowledge, while writer and actress Ashley Storrie will dive into her experiences in the world of film and theatre. Comedian Ignacio Lopez is set to bring his humor to the questions, and Paul Gorton, known from “The Traitors,” will add his own flair to the competition.

The episode will feature questions about the classic film and stage musical “South Pacific” as well as the popular series “Star Trek: Voyager.” Viewers can expect a mix of fun and challenging questions that will test the contestants’ knowledge in these iconic areas.

The excitement builds for the second episode of Season 23 of “Celebrity Mastermind,” airing on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at 8:45 Pm on BBC Two. This week, four well-known personalities step into the spotlight, ready to tackle challenging questions that will test their knowledge and quick thinking.

TV chef Rustie Lee brings her culinary flair to the quiz, while writer and actress Ashley Storrie adds her creative touch. Comedian Ignacio Lopez is sure to bring some laughter, and Paul Gorton, known from “The Traitors,” rounds out the group with his strategic mind. Each contestant will face questions about their chosen specialist subjects, including the beloved film and stage musical “South Pacific” and the iconic series “Star Trek: Voyager.”

Viewers can expect a mix of fun and fierce competition as these celebrities put their wits to the test. With their unique backgrounds, the episode promises to be both entertaining and enlightening. Tune in to...

Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age thriller Out Of Darkness walked away with three awards at last night’s (November 17) Bafta Scotland ceremony, that took place in Glasgow.

The film was garlanded in the feature film, actor film and actress film categories, going to Kit Young and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Safia Oakley-Green respectively.

Out Of Darkness follows a gang of early humans that suspect a malevolent being is hunting them down. The film shot in Northwest Highlands of Scotland and was released under the title The Origin by Signature Entertainment in February. Cumming was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in...

Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age thriller Out Of Darkness leads the film nominations for the 2024 Bafta Scotland Awards, nominated in three categories including best feature film.

The film, which follows a gang of early humans who suspect a malevolent being is hunting them down, also received nominations for actor film for Kit Young, and actress film for Safia Oakley-Green.

Scroll down for the full list of nominees

Out Of Darkness premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2022, before a UK-Ireland release in February this year by Signature Entertainment under the title The Origin.

Cumming, writer Ruth Greenberg and Oakley-Green...

Dinosaur is a charming sitcom that explores important themes through humor and heart. Created by Ashley Storrie and Matilda Curtis, it tells the story of two sisters in Glasgow, Nina and Evie, who find their close bond challenged by unexpected change. Nina works as a paleontologist at the local museum, where her passion and quirky personality often clash with social expectations. She also happens to be autistic. When carefree Evie announces her sudden engagement after a brief romance, stable routines are upended for both sisters.

Nina and Evie are played brilliantly by real-life friends Storrie, who shares Nina’s neurodivergence, and Kat Ronney. These actors capture the sisters’ deep affection as well as their contrasting personalities. Through their relationship, Dinosaur examines what it means to be authentic while supporting loved ones. It also normalizes neurodiversity in a way that feels real rather than preachy. Viewers come to understand Nina not...

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What can you say about a month of entertainment that opens with a TV series about a charming sociopath and closes with a movie about tennis players in love? It’s tempting to say there’s something for everyone to watch but, more accurately, April offers a lot of choices for those with specific tastes. From the theater to streaming services like Prime Video and Max, the best...

April is shaping up to be a huge month at Hulu! Catch the premiere of the Hulu Original series “Under the Bridge,” starring recent Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Riley Keough, and Vritika Gupta and based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey chronicling the 1997 murder of Reena Virk. The streamer will also host the premieres of multiple major FX projects, including the second half of Ryan Murphy’s latest “American Horror Story” installment, “American Horror Story: Delicate,” starring Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, and more. The end of April will also bring the premiere of the new limited international spy series “The Veil,” starring Elisabeth Moss and Yumna Marwan

Whether you’re looking for a new “Real Housewives” spinoff or a best-selling manga adaptation, check out everything coming to Hulu this month, including The Streamable’s top picks available throughout April!

"People we love won't ever understand how hard it can be to do these things. But we do them anyway." Hulu has unveiled an official trailer and poster for the upcoming British comedy series titled Dinosaur, set for streaming starting in April. This is made by BBC Scotland and is set in Glasgow as a comedy series for the UK, yet Hulu is getting first dibs on unveiling it before it's launched in the UK. Co-created by Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie. "Everything is about to change - their sisterhood is about to evolve." Nina, a 30-something woman with autism, has her entire world shaken up when her sister Evie, also her best friend, hastily decides to get engaged, threatening to upend the dynamics of their close relationship. The comedy series stars Ashley Storrie as Nina and Kat Ronney as Evie, and it also features David Carlyle, Lorn Macdonald, Danny Ashok,...

“Doctor Who” Debuts New Trailer

Allons-y, Whovians! As promised, Disney+ wrapped up last week with the first official trailer for the upcoming new season of “Doctor Who,” starring Ncuti Gatwa as the recently regenerated Fifteenth Doctor.

In wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey fashion, the long-running sci-fi series will start back at Series 1 for its new era, which will see the Fifteenth Doctor and companion Ruby Sunday (played by Millie Gibson) travel across time and space, from Regency-era England to war-torn future worlds.

Watch the trailer for “Doctor Who” below:

The new season, will for the first time, be streamed on both iPlayer and BBC in the United Kingdom and on Disney+ in the United States and internationally with the first two episodes will premiere on Friday, May 10, in the U.S. following a replay of the Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road” special at 7 p.m. Et before the season premiere.

In addition to Gatwa and Gibson,...

The audience is in for a heartwarming, hilarious coming-of-age story in Hulu’s upcoming comedy Dinosaur. The series casts Ashley Storrie in the leading role as Nina, an adorable autistic paleontologist with three degrees, whose life takes an uncomfortable turn when her sister makes a decision she can't wrap her head around. The first trailer has been released for the comedy-drama that sets the happy-go-lucky tone of the series and promises an emotional plot that has our interest piqued.

If you’re in the market for a coming-of-age story about sisterhood, Hulu has you covered this spring with the arrival of Dinosaur, a new comedy from the producers of Fleabag and The Tourist. Set to arrive Friday, April 5, Dinosaur follows the story of Nina (series co-creator Ashley Storrie), an autistic woman in her thirties who adores living with her sister (and best friend) Evie (Kat Ronney). But her perfect world is turned upside down when Evie rushes into an engagement after only six weeks and invites Nina to be her maid of honor. (Credit: Courtesy of Hulu) To say Nina is dismayed would be an understatement as seen in the exclusive sneak peek trailer, above. Forced to reconcile her sister’s impulsive decision, Nina grapples with the reality of her circumstances. And Nina’s relationship with Evie isn’t the only thing that’s changing as she explores new...

On tour with her daughter after her cancer diagnosis the Scottish national treasure opens up about her life and finds big laughs in the face of death

Here’s a documentary following the Glaswegian standup comic Janey Godley on her Not Dead Yet Tour; in 2022, Godley was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer, and she does the first gig in Inverness a day after chemotherapy. And God, is she funny, with jokes running the gamut from the disgraced peer Michelle Mone living in a static caravan to cancer. Her daughter, Ashley Storrie, also hilarious, does the warm up.

The title of the film is just Janey; no surname necessary – not in Scotland anyway, where Godley has a special place in people’s hearts. During Covid her voiceovers of first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s press conferences went viral (I remember watching one feeling almost guilty for laughing so hard). Before that, in...

The exec producer behind BBC comedy-drama We Might Regret This has said his ambition was for a show starring and written by a disabled performer to be “at the very top table of creativity.”

The Office and People Just Do Nothing producer Ash Atalla, whose Roughcut TV outfit is making We Might Regret This in association with Village Roadshow Television, said there has been a tendency for British broadcasters to “use the dry slopes of smaller budget shows or ancillary channels as training progams” when it comes to projects led by disabled people.

Penned by Kyla Harris and Lee Getty, We Might Regret This, on the other hand, is being positioned as a bigger-budget primetime offering for the UK’s national broadcaster, which its backers feel could be a potential awards winner.

“There was always an ambition to make a show that stars a disabled performer sat at the very top table of creativity,...

Festival

James Hawes‘ Holocaust drama “One Life” will be the American Express Gala at the 67th BFI London Film Festival.

The film tells the true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to WWII, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Fifty years later, in 1988, Winton is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until a live television show “That’s Life” surprises him with the surviving children – now adults – seated all around him that he can finally make peace with the loss he had carried for five decades.

The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham-Carter.

Hawes said: “This film pretty much begins and ends in London and says so much about the people of this city, its heart and its history.

Latest BBC Comedy From ‘Fleabag’ Maker Sets Cast

Dinosaur, the latest BBC series from Fleabag maker Two Brothers Pictures, has set cast and commenced filming. David Carlyle (It’s A Sin), Lorn Macdonald (Bridgerton) and Danny Ashok (Roadkill) are aboard along with a range of support cast, while co-creator Ashley Storrie plays the lead of Nina, an autistic woman in her 30s who adores her life living with her sister and best friend Evie. When Evie rushes into an engagement after only six weeks and makes Nina her maid of honor, Nina is floored. Co-created by Matilda Curtis, the show has commenced filming in Scotland and will air on BBC Three and BBC Scotland. Two Brothers also makes hit BBC shows The Tourist and Back to Life.

Canada’s Blue Ant Merges With Marblemedia

Canada’s Blue Ant Media has merged production and distribution operations with Netflix’s Blown Away outfit Marblemedia.

David Mitchell is returning to the BBC for genre-bending detective comedy Ludwig, which features on a five-strong comedy slate alongside Hulu co-production Dinosaur and a show from The Duchess star Michelle de Swarte.

Unveiling his first major comedy slate at this afternoon’s BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff, the corporation’s Comedy Director Jon Petrie said the shows reflect “the depth and range of our offerings which champion British creativity.”

The slate is led by Ludwig, Peep Show star Mitchell’s first BBC project since Upstart Crow, which follows the eponymous protagonist as he takes on the identity of his brother, Dci James Taylor, who has disappeared off the face of the earth. Mitchell’s Ludwig lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living under his nom-de-plume, and he struggles to adapt to being a twin who happens to be a successful Dci leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team.

BBC Three has revealed a slate of four Comedy Slices pilots, which include Dinosaur, the latest female-led project from Fleabag producer Two Brothers Pictures.

The 22-minute comedy is written by Elizabeth McGovern and Simon Curtis’ daughter, Matilda Curtis, and centers on Ashley Storrie-portrayed Nina, an autistic woman who has never sought any kind of diagnosis.

Nina’s always felt a little different from other people but she finds happiness in the world thanks to her passion for paleontology and her friendship with her bubbly younger sister Evie. However, when Evie asks Nina to be her maid of honor, Nina decides to step out of her comfort zone with a challenge: to find herself a date to bring to the wedding.

Dinosaur is executive produced by Harry Williams and Jack Williams, who will be hoping to repeat the Emmy-winning success of Fleabag. The show is one of three other female-led comedies unveiled by the BBC.