Author: Jim Field Smith
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Cast announced as filming commences on STAG
Originally posted on idiotlamp: “Stag”, the dark comedy thriller commissioned by BBC Two about a truly horrific stag weekend, starts filming today on location in Scotland. ? The cast announced today, joining stars Jim Howick (Peep Show, Horrible Histories) and Stephen Campbell Moore (The Wrong Mans, Our Zoo),?includes JJ Feild (The Musketeers), Reece Shearsmith (Inside…
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Short on time or memory? Inhale this handy 2 minute re-cap of The Wrong Mans…
I get it. We’re all busy. So for those of you that couldn’t face the prospect of sitting through three hours of The Wrong Mans again, or have been struck down with amnesia or bone-idleness… here is the whole first series boiled down into less than 2 minutes. So swot up before the second series…
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Big bangs for small change: bringing back “The Wrong Mans” on a budget
The following first appeared in Broadcast Magazine in Dec 2014 “Write what you know”. That’s the old adage, isn’t it? Happily, for most of us, the list of things we know doesn’t include accidentally kidnapping the nephew of a Chinese underworld boss; being chased down the A329 to Bracknell by a helicopter gunship; or jumping off a…
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They’re Coming Back…
The Wrong Mans is back with bells on. Sam and Phil are thousands of miles from home, several yards out of their depth, and this close to killing each other – if someone else doesn’t beat them to it. Here’s our teaser trailer for the new series, which returns to your screens this Christmas on the BBC,…
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Theft or flattery?
Take a look at this newly released commercial for Scion cars: …and then watch this trailer for The Wrong Mans (which we shot last year and which aired widely in the UK and US). Now, let’s be fair. It’s not uncommon for ideas to be recycled or rehashed in some way. Sometimes it’s even deliberate –…
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Babies and Chocolate
Here are some commercial campaigns I shot over the last few months. One is a series of spots for GERBER baby food in the US, via Little Minx and the agency Ogilvy in NYC. Here’s the hero spot, called “Elite”: The other campaign is for GALAXY in the UK, via RSA Films and the agency AMV…
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VIDEO: “The story so far…” — THE WRONG MANs concludes tonight!
Tonight, Sam and Phil face their biggest challenge yet in the thrilling conclusion to The Wrong Mans. Catch up with the story so far in this teaser for Episode 6, which airs tonight (Tuesday) at 9pm on BBC 2.
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Phil & Sam’s Surf Shack? – clip from Ep4 of THE WRONG MANs
Phil and Sam have got plenty of cash. Now they just need to figure out how to spend it, without getting caught, in this clip from Episode 4 of THE WRONG MANs which airs Tuesday at 9pm on BBC Two. You can catch up with the series so far on iPlayer. Visit the show’s official website…
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