Author - Aisling Deng

Source – trinitynews.ie

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Aisling Deng Interviews Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige about Richard Ayoade’s Submarine

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship,” proclaimed Oscar Wilde. Submarine is a coming of age film that keenly, but not meanly, attests to this. It explores the murky waters of relationships while sparkling darkly with wit. The films director Richard Ayoade is perhaps better known for his acting, most notably as Moss from The IT Crowd, and cameos in The Mighty Boosh and Nathan Barley. However after his involvement in some cult television and directing a string of music videos for the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Ayoade turned his attention to adopting Joe Dunthorne’s novel Submarine after proudcer Mark Herbert optioned it. Soon into production, Ben Stiller, a fan of Garth Marenghi, discovered Ayoade’s script and came onboard as an executive producer.

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After that will come CHICKEN.

I have written this film (adapted from the play of the same name by Freddie Machin) and will also act in it.

It’s the tale of two brothers, living in a caravan on someone else’s land, who have their lives turned upside down with the arrival of a new land-owner.

Chris New

It’s set to star Scott Chambers (who many of you will recognise from Ticking), Yasmin Paige (Submarine) and me, and will be directed by the too talented Joe Stephenson.

We’re currently in pre-production with the shoot slated to start in late May/Early June.

More information will be posted when available!

There are six episodes and Yasmin plays the roles of Anaesthesia, Tenant 2 – female & Match girl.
This adaption has a great cast including Benedict Cumberbatch who plays the character of Islington so make sure to tune in!

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• NeilGaiman.com

Author - Susanna Lazarus

Source - radiotimes.com

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Scarlett Alice Johnson and Sean Verey chat to RadioTimes.com about being sent off set for laughing too hard and whether their characters will end up together.

Q If you could describe your characters in three words, what would they be?

Scarlett:I spoke to a lot of people, especially in the first series with the labour because that’s quite a big undertaking. I’ve been with my sister when she’s had her babies which was an amazing experience and completely life-changing and my brother has children as well so I’ve been around both their young families.

Sean:I didn’t do a lot because when I was reading the script it was obvious that Jamie didn’t know what he was doing or what world he was entering. I wanted that to come across – that he’d never known anything like this – so I couldn’t be too clued up. I wanted every experience to be as if it was for the first time.

Scarlett:He didn’t want to hold the babies until he had to…

QWhat’s it been like having the babies on the set? You’ve had more than one, haven’t you?

Scarlett:Yes, we’ve had six! Two sets of twins and two single babies. I quite liked coming into work thinking I was going to get a cuddle from a lovely little baby today.

Sean:It was a bit tricky for some scenes when they were screaming and crying, but then on other scenes it added something to it as it became very chaotic.

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Author – Elliot Gonzalez

Source – elliotgonzalez.blogspot.ie

An interview with Sean Michael Verey and Scarlett Alice Johnson by Elliot Gonzalez (Elliot Gonzalez: Telly Blog)

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So kicking off comedy on BBC Three for 2013 was Pramface which returned for a second series on January 8th. The day after, I met up with Scarlett Alice Johnson (SAJ) and Sean Michael Verey (SMV) who play Laura and Jamie over at BBC Television Centre, to see what they had to say about the upcoming series.

Q Hi. First of all thanks for taking the time out to do this interview. Now for those who haven’t seen Pramface before, what’s it all about?

SAJ: OK, so Pramface Series 1 Jamie and Laura met at a sixth form party and had a very quick, very ‘brief’ romance. Laura then realises about 6 weeks later she was pregnant. Laura was 18, Jamie was 16, and the end of series 1 Laura gave birth. So Series 2 picks up with their new young baby who we can now reveal is a young girl. Which we didn’t even know for ages.

Q So how long has passed between the first series and the start of the second?

SMV: About 5 or 6 weeks. And now it’s stepped up, it’s different circumstances for them both. Jamie’s now in college and has a part time job. And Laura has left University and her dreams for University behind now. As the series goes on Laura tries to get a job as well so there’s an episode that involves all that.

Q How are your characters coping with the baby now it’s here?

SAJ: I think they have good days and they have bad days like any, I’m sure, new mums and dads.

SMV: On the whole they’ve grown up more. Especially Jamie, because he is the younger one so you know he had to grow up fast and he has to provide now. So he’s gone and got that part time job, whilst still juggling that with college and everything you’re going to grow up? Do you know what I mean? It’s going to make you a lot wiser and become…

SAJ: A bit more of a man.

SMJ: (Laughs) Yeah, a bit more of a man.

Q So what was it like working with a baby on set? They say don’t work with children or animals…

SAJ: Yeah. It was actually really nice, it was really really lovely. They were beautiful babies.

Q Was there more than one then?

SAJ: Yes there were 6. They were all lovely and their mums and dads were lovely and it was very very cool. [For the parents it must have been] quite scary. Although not as scary as the end of Series 1. We had a tiny two day old baby to be the newborn and that was much scarier because that makes you really nervous.

SMV: She was nervous? I was nervous.

SAJ: (Laughs) So yeah that was quite scary but in this series the babies were a bit bigger and you know, there were hard days weren’t there?

SMV: There were hard days yeah but I get that just working with you (Scarlett) so…

SAJ: (Laughs) Most days are hard with Sean. (Both laugh).

And here’s a Q from Leslie Hayes on Twitter. Do you want your own?

SAJ: I would love to have my own babies but not necessarily because ofPramface. Like that would be ridiculous to want a baby just because of Pramface. That would be a bit extreme. It definitely hasn’t out me off.

SMV: No, it hasn’t put me off. I’ve always wanted a family at some point not right now. (Both laugh).

Q Now back to the show. How are both your families dealing with the new arrival?

SMV: I think Jamie’s family are dealing with it ultimately better because they’ve got less to deal with. I mean the only thing they’ve got to deal with really is that Keith is unemployed. (Me: Which carries on throughout the series?) Yeah, he kind of cant hold down a job really. So that’s the only main thing really. Money. Whereas Laura’s family… There’s obviously Alan with his head injury.

SAJ: We’re fine for money. Just not  emotionally and mentally (laughs)…

SMV: And obviously [what with] Janet taking Alan’s job they’ve got more problems in coping with it. It’s like they’re distancing themselves from it a bit more. Whereas Sandra and Keith want to be hands but he needs a job.

Q So apart from the baby what else do your characters have in store this series?

SAJ: They both go on quite nice personal journeys. I think because it’s the next step up, it’s the next little bit of their life really. So Laura spends a lot of time at the beginning of the series trying to find out what her new identity is really as this new young mum. Because obviously her best mate Danielle (Emer Kenny) is away at Uni so she can’t really relate. So she tries out lots of different things, meet lots of new young mum and tries to broaden her social circle in as much as any new mum can. So she’s trying to get out there and trying to get out there with work as well. But obviously doesn’t always go to plan.

Q So does Laura look for a job this series?

SAJ: Well yeah, there’s a moment later on in the series where she looks for a job. But she’s not really sure if a job is the right thing to do. She gives it a go to see if it will be.

SMV: And there’s other people involved as well, relationship wise…

Q Funny you should mention relationships actually. A lot of people on Twitter have been speculating on whether or not you both finally get together in this series? Especially after that speech at the Christening…

SAJ: (Both laugh) Oh… Jamie still manages to get it wrong again. Don’t worry about that.

SMV: Yeah, he’s not up there for too long. (Back to the question) Umm… we can’t say ultimately. It sort of keeps you watching all the way along, but during that journey what we can say is that there are other people involved at some stage.

SAJ: I think they continue to have moments of complete chaos between them where they can’t stand the sight of each other. But then they also continue to have moments where they are actually like each other’s best mate.

SMV: It’s a little bit of a Ross & Rachel thing isn’t it? (Both laugh).

Q So talking about Twitter then, how do you feel getting instant feedback on the work that you do?

SAJ: I really like it.

SMV: Yeah I really like it. Because they’re the reviews if you like, that you listen to. When you’ve got dedicated fans, or people who have just watched it for the first time tweeting you straight away and keep tweeting you throughout the thing…

SAJ: Oh yeah [there's loads of fans out there], it’s amazing. They’re really devoted as well.

Q And on the Twitter leaderboard for episode 1 (provided by Second Sync), Pramface was 6th in terms of tweets per minute (375). How does that feel?

SAJ: Oh that’s amazing. That’s great. Aw yay! Nice fans. If they can get in touch [directly] that’s brilliant, so nice.

SMV: That’s not bad is it? And they’re the comments we care about. Because they’re the ones watching it week in week out too.

SAJ: And they’re the people you make it for as well.

SMV: You don’t necessarily make it for the critics because that’s their job. You make it for the dedicated fans, the ones that are going to watch it week in week out.

Q This series is a much longer run, with more episodes. How was it making that move?

SAJ: Oh it’s cool, it’s really good fun.

SMV: Doing the first series I think we wanted more anyway. I think sometimes that where we maybe get it wrong here in Britain, as opposed to America, they give their series a lot of chance. And it give it time to grow. Sometimes over here. I think a lot of comedies get lost in the crowd because they’ll do 6 episodes and then you’ll never see them again.

SAJ: It’s very easy for 6 half hours to go under the radar.

Q  How did it feel early on knowing that series 2 of Pramface was commissioned before the first one had even aired?

SAJ: Yeah. It made us feel amazing, just really proud.

SMV: It’s what you hope for when you’re making a first series – “Oh God, I’d love to do a second”. To hear that news before [the show] even comes out, you think “Wow. Oh yes we get to do it again”.

Q Now for a bit of good news. Official viewing figures for the first episode of Series 2 (856k) shows it was up considerably on the last series opener (539k). That must make you feel great right?

SAJ: I’m really really flattered. I do hope people keep watching and enjoy the rest of the series as it develops, because it does change. There’s lots of new exciting characters. Lots of brilliant brilliant guests.

Q Without giving away too much about Series 2. Do you think there’s room for a third?

SMV: I think there definitely is. I mean, I think we’d all love to do a third.

SAJ: Yeah, we would. There’s definitely more of a journey for Jamie and Laura to go on and also, I want to see the baby a bit bigger…

SMV: (Cutting in) On the last episode it does end left quite open. So there is scope there…

SAJ: (Reaches over to cover Sean’s mouth) Sh-sh-sh…

SMV: What?! I’m not giving anything away, I’m just saying that it’s left open. (Both laugh.) So we’ll see.

Q And finally. You’re up for two awards in the Comedy.co.uk 2012 Awards. Why should people vote for you?

SMV: [First of all] it’s incredible to even be on a list like that, because there’s so may great comedies on that list. [And why do I want people to vote?] Because I want to win it.! (Both laugh).

SAJ: Because Sean wants to do another speech. He does a very good speech.

SMV: Yeah I want to do another speech. (Laughs).

Well, thank you very much for taking the time out and best of luck with the awards and of course the rest of the series. Here’s to Series 3.

Pramface is on BBC Three, Tuesday nights at 10pm.

Series 1 is available to view on Netflix now or if you’d rather have then DVD then you can, on February 18.

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Oliver Tate: Ask me how deep the ocean is.
Jordana Bevan: Shut up.
Oliver Tate: Come on, just ask me.
Jordana Bevan: Why?
Oliver Tate: ’Cause I know the answer.
Jordana Bevan: Oh! Do you?
Oliver Tate: Yes, I do.
Jordana Bevan: How deep is the ocean? 
Oliver Tate: I’m not gonna say.
Jordana Bevan: I’m brokenhearted.
Oliver Tate: The ocean is six miles deep.
Jordana Bevan: Good.

Submarine (2010)

Oliver Tate: This is the moment where you leave him and come with me.
Jordana Bevan: Is it?
Oliver Tate: Yeah, are you coming?
Jordana Bevan: No.

Submarine (2010)

Fans of Pramface can now vote for the series in the category of “Best New TV Sitcom 2012″ on the Comedy.co.uk website.

Simply enter in your name and an e-mail address and you are good to go!

To vote click here.