Backstage - TV & Film

On this week's Backstage, we hear from Eddie Izzard about her role in new film Doctor Jekyll.

Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts director David Yates speaks to us about his latest film Pain Hustlers starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.

BAFTA award-winning BBC drama, Time, has returned for a second series. Set in a women's prison, it stars Jodie Whittaker, Bella Ramsey and Tamara Lawrance.

Fancy a scare this Halloween? The team share their film and TV picks for this weekend - The Enfield Poltergeist, The Fall of the House of Usher and Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Hosts: Katie Spencer, Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong
Producer: Debbie Ridgard
Video director: Kevin Donaldson
Video Editor: Charlie Joseph
Podcast Editor: Wendy Parker

On this week’s Backstage, we hear from Daniel Kaluuya as he makes his directorial debut alongside Kibwe Tavares for futuristic London-based film The Kitchen.

Sir Lenny Henry speaks about his new ITV drama Three Little Birds - inspired by stories his mother and others told him about moving to the UK in the late 1950s.

Director Errol Morris discusses filming the final interview of former British spy-turned-novelist, David Cornwell - better known as John le Carre.

Plus, the team chat about the new Disney+ series Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story.

Hosts: Claire Gregory, Bethany Minelle and Stevie Wong
Producer: Debbie Ridgard
Video director: Amy Cotterell
Video Editor: Michael Halliday
Podcast Editor: Paul Stanworth

This week’s Backstage is live from the BFI London Film Festival as some of the most anticipated films of the year hold screenings in the UK.

Martin Scorsese chats about his new film Killers of the Flower Moon, starting Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro and Brendan Fraser.

Steve McQueen talks about his upcoming documentary Occupied City he made alongside his wife Bianca Stigter, and Lulu Wang tells us about working with Nicole Kidman for Prime Video’s six-part series Expats.

Plus, Todd Haynes speaks about Charles Melton’s performance in May December – a film starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore about an actor preparing for a role based upon a tabloid scandal.

Hosts: Katie Spencer and Claire Gregory
Producers: Debbie Ridgard, Jada-Kai Meosa John
Camera and audio: Ali Abbas and Joss Matthews
Podcast Editor: Wendy Parker

On this week's Backstage, we hear from David Beckham about his Netflix docuseries Beckham.

Caitlyn Jenner chats about Sky documentary series House Of Kardashian.

Plus, the team discuss the fifth and final series of BBC show Ghosts.

Producer: Debbie Ridgard
Podcast Editor: Wendy Parker
Hosts: Claire Gregory, Katie Spencer and Stevie Wong

Welcome to Backstage, the TV and film podcast from Sky News.

On this week's Backstage, hosts Claire Gregory, Bethany Minelle, and Stevie Wong discuss the end to the strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and what that might mean for Hollywood production while actors remain on the picket line.

Nadiya Hussain of Bake Off fame has a new cooking show, Nadiya’s Simple Spices (BBC), and tells Claire about the influence of her family when cooking.

Director Ken Loach discusses the US writers' strike ending - and his latest film The Old Oak, which tells the story of a former mining village in northeast England that becomes the new location for Syrian refugees.

Plus, the team reviews new series Boiling Point (BBC), the Taylor Swift Eras Tour film, and the Boys’ spin-off Gen V (Prime Video).

Producers: Soila Apparicio, Debbie Ridgard, and Jada- Kai Meosa John
Editor: Paul Stanworth

On this week's Backstage, we hear from actress Mischa Barton about the return of Neighbours to our TV screens.

Director Albert Hughes chats about taking on new series The Continental: From The World Of John Wick.

Plus, the team chat about the final series of Netflix's Sex Education starring Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield.

On this week’s Backstage we chat about how celebrities are trying to control their narratives, after the Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorce news, as well as Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ leaked letters.

Stevie gives a roundup of some of his favourite moments from the Toronto Film Festival, and director of Dumb Money, Craig Gillespie, tells us how he was introduced to the GameStock saga by his son during the pandemic.

Plus, creator of Wilderness, Marnie Dickens, talks about writing a love letter to Taylor Swift for the show’s soundtrack.

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Producers: Jada-Kai Meosa John and Emma Woodhouse
Podcast Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth and Adam Jay

Taylor Swift is giving fans another chance to catch her Eras Tour in the US - this time in the cinema.

On this week's Backstage, we chat about the 1989 singer's venture into film and some of the premieres from the Toronto International Film Festival.

Writer and director Celine Song talks about her cinematic debut Past Lives as it hits cinemas, actress Roisin Gallagher speaks about her new Sky Atlantic series The Lovers, and director Thea Sharrock tells us about her new film Wicked Little Letters.

Producer: Debbie Riggard
Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth

On this week's Backstage, we hear from actress Rebekah Staton about BBC One's thriller series, The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies.

We also chat to executive producer and director Sanaa Hamri about filming on location for season two of Prime Video's The Wheel of Time, and we hear from actor Harris Dickinson about new film Scrapper.

Plus, the team discusses new Netflix series One Piece, the US writers' and actors' strikes, and the cancellation of shows The Idol and The Great.

Producer: Debbie Ridgard
Editor: Paul Stanworth

On this week's Backstage podcast, hosts Claire Gregory and Katie Spencer are live from Edinburgh TV Festival - an event that showcases upcoming shows and programmes coming to TV screens and streaming platforms in the near future.

Emmy-nominated producer Julia Nottingham speaks to us about the highly anticipated documentary series "Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story" coming to Disney+ this Autumn, Annabel Scholey chats about her new indie film Chuck Chuck Baby and Ruth Wilson talks about The Woman in the Wall, a new BBC One drama based on Ireland's controversial Magdalene Laundries.

Plus, we discuss the big takeaways from this year's Edinburgh TV festival, including announcements from ITVX about new show Fortune Hotel and the return of Big Brother.