Jack Thorne

Aimee Lou Wood and Jodie Whittaker in Toxic Town Photo by Ben Blackall/Netflix - © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

Toxic Town, true story about toxic damage to children

Toxic Town is about a group of mothers in England’s East Midlands who gave birth to children with various limb deformities and other serious health issues. It’s a limited 4 part series on Netflix, based on real events.

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Michael Sheen, Sharon Horgan, and others in Best Interests © Chris Baker Pictures

Best Interests review: heartbreaking BBC drama

Best Interests tells about the parents of a young girl with a degenerative muscle disease. She lived much longer than expected, but when it was time to let her go the family fell apart over the decision.

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Nathalie Issa raises a fist in The Swimmers

The Swimmers, a true story of courage and determination

The Swimmers is based on the true story of an Olympic swimmer who left Syria in 2015 during the war and made a perilous journey to Germany with her sister and cousin. The film was written by Sally El Hosaini

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Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes 2

Review: Enola Holmes 2, and Sherlock too

Enola Holmes 2 takes up where the original film Enola Holmes left off. Enola, played with madcap exuberance by Millie Bobby Brown, opens her own detective agency and waits eagerly for clients to arrive. She breaks the fourth wall to

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The band performing at the eddy

Review: The Eddy

The Eddy has a different language. That language is jazz. The story is told in jazz. Jack Thorne wrote a story about a struggling jazz club in Paris called The Eddy. He added personal drama and a suspenseful mystery. He

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Eiry Thomas, Sarah Lancashire, and Joanna Scanlan in The Accident

Review: The Accident

Sarah Lancashire, Joanna Scanlan, and Sidse Babett Knudsen star in The Accident, the final series in a trilogy by writer Jack Thorne. A lot of vocal Brits on Twitter hated it when it aired on Channel 4 in the UK.

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Sarah Lancashire and Joanna Scanlan in The Accident

Watch This: Trailer for The Accident

The Accident stars Sarah Lancashire and a brilliant cast of others in a drama about a tragedy that hits a Welsh community.

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Sarah Lancashire

Two Happy Bits of News about Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire has two new shows upcoming. They’ve been announced in the UK, but as of yet there’s no word when they’ll reach a distributor in the US. When I hear anything, I’ll mention it on Twitter.

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