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Apr 2022
48m 23s

Downton Abbey, Jack Davenport and Patric...

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About this episode
Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News.

This week with entertainment reporters Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong and Bethany Minelle:

•Stevie gives us a CinemaCon news breakdown
•We discuss plans to shake up public service broadcasting the UK
•Hear from the stars and creator of Downton Abbey: A New Era (Cinemas, 29th April)
•We chat about Ten Percent and hear from lead actor Jack Davenport (Prime Video, 28th April)
•What exactly is a metaphysical thriller? We discuss Shining Girls (Apple TV+, 29th April)
•And Devils is back for a second series – and we hear from Patrick Dempsey (Sky Atlantic, 29th April)

Next week we’ll hear from Benedict Cumberbatch ahead of the release of the latest Dr. Strange movie and we’ll talk about the new true-crime drama The Staircase.

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