There’s a special University Challenge mini-series to look forward to on the BBC this Christmas. And the teams are made up of graduates from the colleges concerned. Lloydy was thrilled to be asked to captain the Trinity Cambridge team.
How did he and his team get on? Well you’ll have to watch the show to find out……
Dominic has wrapped the principal photography on his forthcoming BBC drama “Love Life”. A six week shoot in Margate finished earlier in November, and Dominic is now editing the five episodes that will make up the complete series of shows. The hour long films will be screened on consecutive nights and feature five interwoven love stories. The cast includes David Tennant (pictured above with Dominic), David Morrisey, Vicky McClure, Jane Horrocks and Billie Piper.
As much as anything else, the shoot will be remembered for the brilliant weather. At the start of filming the crew would be rushing to get to a great exterior location at the end of the day to capture a beautiful sunset. By the end of the shoot it was more like “What? Another beautiful sunset? Yeah – we’ve got that…”. Lucky buggers….
The new series of PhoneShop starts on E4 at 10.00pm.
Ben Kay has done a nice piece on Phil Bowker on his blog here.
And the Guardian has spotted the show in their tv highlights
Look out High Street – the Elite Selling Kru are back.
One of television’s rising stars – Phil Bowker – has joined QiCommercials. Phil joining the company coincides with the start of the second series of the hugely successful “Phone Shop” on E4 – a show that Phil created, wrote, produced and directed.
Phil started his life as a radio Commercials Producer and part-time stand-up comedian. Having graduated through the prestigious BBC radio producer’s course he later transferred from radio to television – and was an acclaimed Creative Producer working with stars such as Sean Lock and Al Murray and on shows like the BAFTA nominated “Pulling”.
Phone Shop was his first foray into directing – with the show proving to be a huge hit with the (hard to please) 16 – 34 year old audience. The second series airs from early November.
Phil is a very talented director and writer. A Scouser by birth, he is also an ardent Liverpool fan. And he just happens to be a genuinely nice bloke. We’re lucky to have him. Please click on the image to view his reel. Or go here to have a look at his biog. Or go here to view the first series of “Phone Shop” on C4′s player. Failing all of that – contact Stephen Gash or Gabi Kay to learn more about Phil.