Backstage - TV & Film

This week's Backstage, the TV and film podcast from Sky News, comes from the heart of the London Film Festival.Claire Gregory and Katie Spencer sat down at the British Film Institute on London's Southbank to talk all things LFF - including interviews from all the biggest stars. They talk to Oscar winner Jessica Chastain about her new medical drama The Good Nurse, and Bill Nighy, about his new film, Living.There's also interviews with Olivia Colman, Brendan Fraser, Aubrey Plaza, She Is Love director Jamie Adams, My Policeman actress Gina McKee and festival chief Tricia Tuttle.

This week's backstage features the London Film Festival, chats with award winners and reviews of the latest spooky films.This week, Claire Gregory was joined by regular pundit Stevie Wong and Sky News' arts and entertainment reporter Chris Robertson as they delve into this week's biggest film and TV news and all the newest releases.The team talk London Film Festival, with Claire grabbing a candid chat with Matilda The Musical's Emma Thompson and Stephen Graham as they hit the red carpet for gala night.They also discuss the new Billy Eichner film Bros and if big screen romcoms have had their day, as well as Apple TV+'s controversial future Will Smith release.Oscar-winner Viola Davis talks all about her new film The Woman King in this week's big interview - you can listen to the full chat at the end of the podcast.The start of October means a tranche of new Halloween films and shows (much to Stevie's delight) so the team reviews the new Mike Flanagan horror The Midnight Club, Marvel's surprise release Werewolf By Night, and vampire remake Let The Right One In.

We speak to an Oscar winner and a grime star this week, in the latest Backstage - the TV and film podcast from Sky News.Claire Gregory is joined as usual by Stevie Wong, alongside Sky News' arts and entertainment reporter Chris Robertson, as they look at the latest news and reviews in the world of film and TV.The team discuss Netflix's Tudum event, and all the new releases, trailers and sneak peaks that came with it, as well as delving into HBO's latest big money project - The Last Of Us.They also look at Avatar's reclamation of the global box office top spot, and some creepy horror film marketing this week after a number of odd individuals were spotted at baseball games in the US.Oscar-winning superstar Jeff Bridges chats to Backstage about his latest project The Old Man, where he plays a washed-up CIA operative on the run (listen to the end for the full interview!) and Big Narstie discusses the rise of grime and drill music ahead of the launch of new show Jungle.This week we review Kenneth Brannagh's This England, where he plays Boris Johnson in Sky's new COVID-19 drama, as well as sandwich shop comedy The Bear.And how could we let the new Hocus Pocus pass us by - find out if the team enjoyed the spooky Sanderson sisters sequel, 29 years on from the blockbusting original, as they run amuck, amuck, amuck!

This week's Backstage podcast from Sky News is chock-full of interviews and reviews.Host Claire Gregory is joined once more by regular Hollywood insider Stevie Wong, alongside Sky News' arts and entertainment reporter Bethany Minelle.The team discuss one of the buzziest stories of the week - the now-famous queue that stretched through London to see the Queen lying-in-state last week - which came with some daytime-TV-related controversy, as well as looking at the power of podcasts, after the news that true crime show Serial was credited with getting Adnan Syed released from prison this week.This week's big interview comes from the cast of new Star Wars show Andor, with producer Chris Robertson chatting to its star Diego Luna, and new (very well-dressed!) baddies Kyle Soller and Denise Gough.The team get stuck into Netflix thriller Athena - a French-language film which starts with a literal riot. Stevie chats to director Romain Gavras about his new project and gets the bottom of how many takes it took to shoot a one-shot, 15-minute-long fight sequence.Steven Moffat's new show Inside Man with David Tennant and Stanley Tucci also gets the Backstage treatment - a story that features a quaint English parish, and a murderer on death row.Claire also chats with Lena Dunham and Andrew Scott about new starry comedy Catherine Called Birdy - listen to see what advice Scott had for her when it comes to pursuing her high school crush, Keanu Reeves.

The team this week reflect on their memories of the Queen's impact on film and TV, after her death last week.From Claire Foy and Olivia Colman in The Crown, to Her Majesty "skydiving" into the Olympic Stadium in 2012 - listen to what moments they picked out.In other entertainment news, Claire Gregory is back from her trip to the Toronto International Film Festival, and will update regular pundit Stevie Wong and Sky News's arts and entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer on what else she got up to - including speaking with Steve Coogan.It has been a big week for Hollywood, with a raft of new film and TV announcements from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and 20th Century Studios after Disney's biennial convention last weekend - including cast announcements for The Thunderbolts and a first look at the live action Little Mermaid film.It was also the Emmy's this week, with Succession the night's big winner, alongside fan favourites Ted Lasso and The White Lotus - the team break down what happened on TV's biggest night.Plus - Katie regales her red carpet chat with Hollywood megastars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, who are in new film Ticket to Paradise - with Mr Clooney offering new prime minister Liz Truss some words of encouragement.

This episode of Backstage was recorded before the death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced.This week, Claire Gregory is in Toronto and is joined on the podcast by regular pundit Stevie Wong, as well as Sky's arts and entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer, as they dissect the week's biggest film and TV news, and look at the latest shows and movies coming to screens.Claire is at the Toronto International Film Festival, as the race to awards season begins, and talks us through the biggest films to premiere at the event – including chatting to Billy Eichner - the man behind the first ever major studio-backed gay romcom.The Backstage team also talk you through the drama from Don't Worry Darling – the new Harry Styles film that has fired up Hollywood's rumour mill, and talk through the House Of The Dragon v Lord Of The Rings viewership news.That's as well as reviews for Sam Rockwell's new ensemble whodunnit comedy, See How They Run, 70s comedy Minx, the gritty remake of American Gigolo and the "genre-busting" Disney+ show, Wedding Season.Send in your questions: backstage@sky.uk || Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

We bring you this episode from the Edinburgh TV Festival, where the biggest players in the world of TV, as well as stars of the stage and screen, get together to give us an insight into what we can expect from the next 12 months on our tellies. This year’s theme is: Can TV Change The World? So, a pretty big question for some of the best minds in TV to mull over. We talk to Succession’s Brian Cox about his career and the much-anticipated season 4, David Harewood shares why he’s setting up his own production company, and His Dark Materials stars Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson on the final instalment of the fantasy drama series. Plus, we hear from soap star and Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis, Channel 4’s Ian Katz and journalist Emily Maitlis. Send in your questions: backstage@sky.uk || Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News.In our last episode before we break for the summer, the Backstage team discuss Comic-Con, Venice Film Festival and the end of a soapy era as the last episodes of Neighbours arrive on TV. Plus there’s the added trimmings of what to watch to fill your Backstage Podcast void until we return.Reviews:Bluey – series 2 Aug 1st - CBeebies/iPlayer and series 3 Aug 10th - Disney+ The Resort - July 29th - Peacock via Sky and NowPaper Girls - July 29th - Amazon Prime Video Uncoupled - July 29th - NetflixHave a lovely summer and listen right to the end for the whole of our chat with Bluey’s David McCormack.Send in your questions: backstage@sky.uk || Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News.It's a starry pod this week, as we hear from Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, Ana De Armas and Daisy Edgar-Jones.Stevie has reached legendary status and how much weather chat can Katie make on the red carpet as we cool down after the heatwave. Featured this week:Bullet Train – cinemas - August 5th The Gray Man - Netflix - July 22ndWhere The Crawdads Sing - cinemas - July 22ndUnder The Banner of Heaven - Disney + - July 27thThe Newsreader - BBC 2 – July 24thThe Thing About Pam - Paramount + July 21st Next week prepare for the end of an era - we’re going to talk about the final episode of Neighbours.Send in your questions: backstage@sky.uk || Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News.This week Stevie isn't too happy with this year's Emmy Nominations, as we ask: Is it a personality contest?Claire gets a dose of nostalgia as she speaks to Sheridan Smith and Jenny Agutter about the Railway Children Return.And Katie isn’t persuaded by Dakota Johnson’s styling in Persuasion (see what we did there?!)Reviews this week:The Railway Children Return - cinemas - July 15thPersuasion - UK cinemas now and Netflix from July 15thThe Control Room - BBC One – July 17thDon’t make me go - Amazon Prime - July 15thResident Evil - Netflix - July 14thNext week we’ll hear from Daisy Edgar-Jones about the film adaptation of mega best-seller Where The Crawdads Sing and talk about the very starry new Netflix movie The Gray Man.Send in your questions: backstage@sky.uk || Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify