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Dafne Keen Fernández is a British and Spanish actress who played the role of the mutant Laura Kinney / X-23 in Logan (2017) and Lyra in the HBO series His Dark Materials (2019).
She is the daughter of British actor Will Keen, and Spanish actress, theatre director and writer María Fernández Ache.
Keen made her acting debut in 2014 alongside her father with the television series The Refugees, where she played Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver.
Keen starred in the 2017 film Logan as Laura, the mutant child of Wolverine.Lyra- Actor
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Rising British actor, Kit Connor landed his first film role aged eight in the lead role of "Tom" in Warner Bros. Pictures' GET SANTA (2014).
Since then, he has had roles in THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (2018), THE MERCY (2018) and SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ (2018).
Most recently and notably, he played "Older Reggie" in ROCKETMAN (2019), taking on the role of young Elton John. He also appeared in LITTLE JOE (2019) as "Joe".
Kit is well-known for voicing "Pantalaimon" in HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019 -2020). His TV work also includes WAR & PEACE (2016) and GRANDPA'S GREAT ESCAPE (2018).
His theatre credits include WELCOME HOME, CAPTAIN FOX! at the Donmar Warehouse, and FANNY & ALEXANDER, where he played "Alexander" at The Old Vic.
Played Nick Nelson in Season 1 of HEARTSTOPPER in April 2022. Will play Nick Nelson again in seasons 2 and 3 of Heartstopper.Pantalaimon- Actor
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McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Jordanhill, Glasgow, where he did well enough and started 'a little school band with a couple of mates'.
McAvoy toyed with the idea of the Catholic priesthood as a child but, when he was 16, a visit to the school by actor David Hayman sparked an interest in acting. Hayman offered him a part in his film The Near Room (1995) but despite enjoying the experience McAvoy didn't seriously consider acting as a career, although he did continue to act as a member of PACE Youth Theatre. He applied instead to the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was also offered a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD).
He took the place at the RSAMD (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and, when he graduated in 2000, he moved to London. He had already made a couple of TV appearances by this time and continued to get a steady stream of TV and movie work until he came to attention of the British public in 2004 playing car thief Steve McBride in the successful UK TV series Shameless (2004) and then to the rest of the world in 2005 as Mr Tumnus, the faun, in Disney's adaptation of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). In The Last King of Scotland (2006) McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin, played by Forest Whitaker. McAvoy's career breakthrough came in Atonement (2007), Joe Wright's 2007 adaption of Ian McEwan's novel.
Since then, McAvoy has taken on theatre roles, starring in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (directed by Jamie Lloyd), which launched the first Trafalgar Transformed season in London's West End and earned him an Olivier award nomination for Best Actor. In January 2015, McAvoy returned to the Trafalgar Studios stage to play Jack Gurney, the delusional 14th Earl of Gurney who believes he is Jesus, in the first revival of Peter Barnes's satire 'The Ruling Class', a role for which he was subsequently awarded the London Evening Standard Theatre Award's Best Actor.
On screen, McAvoy has appeared as corrupt cop Bruce Robertson in Filth (2013), a part for which he received a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor, a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, a London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actor of the Year and an Empire Award for Best Actor. More recently, he reprised his role as Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019). He began his depiction of Kevin Wendell Crumb, also known as The Horde, a man with an extreme case of dissociative identity disorder in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Split (2016) and continued it in the sequel, Glass (2019). Also in 2019, he played Bill Denbrough in It Chapter Two (2019), the horror sequel to It (2017).
McAvoy and Jamie Lloyd look set to continue their collaboration in December 2019, with a production of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, London. The project has been on the cards as long ago as 2017, when McAvoy posted a picture of him reading the script and wearing a false nose.Lord Asriel- Actress
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Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat from Glasgow. After training at the Drama Centre London, Helen began her career on stage in the UK and won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress Award for her performance in the National Theatre's "Blood Wedding" and the Ian Charleson award for classical acting for playing "Rose Trelawney" in "Trelawney of the Wells." Helen's theatre work continued to win her critical praise and a large fan base through such work as the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Les Enfant du Paradis" opposite Joseph Fiennes, Rupert Graves and James Purefoy. At the Almeida Theatre, her productions included "The Triumph of Love" opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and the radical verse production, "Five Gold Rings," opposite Damian Lewis.
Helen also worked extensively at the Donmar Warehouse playing lead roles in "How I Learnt to Drive," "Old Times" directed by Roger Michel, and in Sam Mendes' farewell double bill of "Twelfth Night" and "Uncle Vanya" (a triumph in both London and New York). For her performance in "Twelfth Night," Helen was nominated for the Evening Standard Best Actress Award, and the New York Drama Desk Awards. She also founded the production company "The Public" with Michael Sheen, producing new work at the Liverpool Everyman, The Ambassadors and the Donmar (in which she also starred).
With over twenty productions under her belt, Mike Coveney recently wrote "We celebrate the careers of great actors Olivier, Ashcroft, Richardson, Gielgud, Dench, the Redgraves, Gambon, Walter, Sher, Russell Beale and McCrory."
On the small screen, Helen's first television film, Karl Francis' Streetlife (1995) with Rhys Ifans, won her the Welsh BAFTA, Monte Carlo Best Actress Award and the Royal Television Society's Best Actress Award, for her extraordinary performance as "Jo." The Edinburgh Film Festival wrote "simply the best performance this year." She went on to win Critics Circle Best Actress Award for her role as the barrister "Rose Fitzgerald" in the Channel 4 series North Square (2000), having been previously nominated for her performance in The Fragile Heart (1996). Helen showed diversity as an actress, appearing in comedies such as Lucky Jim (2003) with Stephen Tompkinson or Dead Gorgeous (2002) with Fay Ripley, as well as dramas such as Joe Wright's The Last King (2003) (for which she was nominated for the LA Television Awards) and Anna Karenina (2000).
Helen McCrory died on 16 April, 2021, in London, of cancer. She was 52, and was survived by her husband Damian Lewis and their two children.Stelmaria- Actress
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Ruth Wilson, born on 13 January 1982, is an English actress. She is known for her performances in Suburban Shootout (2006), Jane Eyre (2006), and as "Alice Morgan" in the BBC-TV psychological crime drama, Luther (2010), since 2010. She has also appeared in Anna Karenina (2012), The Lone Ranger (2013), and Saving Mr. Banks (2013). In 2014, she had a voice role in the film, Locke (2013), and began a starring role in the Showtime series, The Affair (2014).Marisa Coulter- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
James Cosmo was born on 24 May 1948 in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Braveheart (1995), Troy (2004) and Highlander (1986). He has been married to Annie Harris since 24 May 2000.Farder Coram- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Clarke Peters was born on 7 April 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wire (2002), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He is married to Penny. They have one child. He was previously married to Janine Martyne.Dr. Carne- Actor
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Joi Johannsson is an awarded Nordic actor born and raised in Iceland. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Hartford, Connecticut in 1994 with a B.A degree in Theatre and Cinematic Arts.
Joi made his acting debut in 1986 in an international TV mini series called Nonni and Manni. Since then he has appeared in over 40 international films and TV productions. The most recent being Fortitude 2 (UK) where he joins an international cast lead by Dennis Quaid. Other major roles/productions include Clint Eastwoods Flag of Our Fathers (USA) and a lead in Baltasar Kormakurs (Everest, Two Guns) The Deep (Iceland) (Ten Edda Awards and garnered recognition by the Nordic Council, European Film Awards, the Göteborg Film Festival, Les Arcs European Film Festival, and the Mar del Plata Film Festival.) Joi also can be seen in a leading role in the TV mini series The Lava Field (Iceland), a big role in the Danish film The Shamer's Daughter and lead opposite Franka Potente in the German films: Solveig Karlsdottir - The Death in Westfjords and Death of the Elf Woman.
Joi is a multi talented performer and is equally versed in comedy and drama. He is extremely good at languages and has a perfect American and British accent. He speaks German and the Scandinavian languages. He does not speak Finnish. Joi has almost 50 theatre productions under his belt in the USA and Iceland. His credits include Leontes in A Winters Tale, Woof in Hair, Ginger in Jerusalem, Stanley in One Man, Two Guvnors, Man 1 in 39 Steps and Alex in Certified Male. He can now be seen in Icelandic Sagas - The Greatest Hits.
Joi has hosted, produced and written over 200 TV episodes and 150 radio shows.
Latest project was a role in the TV series The Mayor (Iceland) that just finished shooting. Former mayor of Reykjavik, comedian Jon Gnarr writes and stars in the series.
Joi's next premieres are "The Oath" by Baltasar Kormakur September 9th and "The Death in Westfjords" and "The Death of the Elf Woman" on the German TV station ARD in October.
Joi will be presenting his film "The Death in Westfjords" at the Oldenburg Filmfestival in Germany in September.Iorek Byrnison- Actor
- Producer
Lucian Msamati was born on 5 March 1976 in the UK. He is an actor and producer, known for See How They Run (2022), The International (2009) and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008).John Faa- Actress
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Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress, born on 8 October 1970 in Southall, London. Her parents, Brendan and Mary (née Doherty), are from Donegal, Ireland. Her father worked as a painter and decorator and her mother worked in a shoe shop.
She first came to the attention of the British public for her role as Margaret in The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and as Fiona Gallagher in the successful TV series Shameless (2004), where she met her future husband, James McAvoy. She went on to play Queen Elizabeth I opposite Tom Hardy's Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in the four-part miniseries The Virgin Queen (2005).
In Nowhere Boy (2009), Duff played John Lennon's mother, Julia, a role for which she won British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played Violet Miller in Suffragette (2015), a working-class woman who introduces Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan) to the fight for women's rights in east London. "Violet is extraordinary, she's a firebrand - a tornado that comes into Maud's life and changes it forever. I found her thrilling," says Duff. In 2017, she will appear as Hyzenthlay in a new BBC animated miniseries of Watership Down.
Duff has also taken on many theatre roles, including Joan of Arc in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" in 2007 and Alma Rattenbury in Terence Rattigan's "Cause Célèbre" at The Old Vic, London in 2011.
She has been married to McAvoy since 11 November 2006. They have one child, a son named Brendan after Duff's father. On 13 May 2016, Duff and McAvoy announced their decision to divorce.Ma Costa- Ruta Gedmintas was born on 23 August 1983 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for A Street Cat Named Bob (2016), The Strain (2014) and The Lost Samaritan (2008).Serafina Pekkala
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- Composer
- Music Department
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the first incarnation of "In the Heights" his sophomore year at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Off-Broadway, "In The Heights" received nine Drama Desk nominations, including best music, best lyrics, and it won the award for outstanding ensemble performance; received the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for best musical; received the Obie Award for outstanding music and lyrics; received a Theater World Award for outstanding debut Performance and the Clarence Derwent Award both for Mr. Miranda's performance. He is the recipient of the 2007 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. He has appeared on The Sopranos (1999) and Sex and the City (1998), House (2004), and The Electric Company (2006). He is also a co-founding member of Freestyle Love Supreme, a hip-hop comedy group that tours comedy festivals all over the world.Lee Scoresby- Roger Parslow
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Ariyon Bakare is a British actor, writer and director who has been working across film, television and theatre since graduating from Drama Centre London.
Ariyon Bakare grew up in the East End of London and brought up by his Nigerian father. He moved to NYC at a very young age to study dance but abandoned his dreams at the age of twenty-one after realizing how short lived a dancer's life can be. He then went on to study at the HB studios and took classes with the late great Uta Hagen before attending the prestigious Drama Centre of London where he studied - under the guidance of Yat Malgren and Christopher Fettes, two of the great theatre and actor pedagogues of the UK.
After attending Drama Centre he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was nominated for an Ian Charlestown award for his performance In ION.
Ariyon's past film credits include Daniel Espinosa's sci-fi film Life (2017), starring as scientist 'Hugh Derry' the role of 'Blue Four' in Rogue One, 'Greeghan' in the Wachowski's 'Jupiter Ascending', Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight', 'Happy Ever Afters', 'Full Firearms', 'Soul of a Spy', 'The Secret Laughter of Women' and 'After The Rain'.
Ariyon is best known for his extensive and varied television work. His earliest leading credit was 'Mehuru' in BAFTA nominated BBC mini-series 'A Respectable Trade'. Also for the BBC, Ariyon starred as 'Stephen Black' in 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell' and as jazz band manager 'Wesley' in Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe nominated 'Dancing on the Edge'. Ariyon also played the lead role of 'Olaudah Equiano' in BBC television movie 'The Extraordinary Equiano'. Ariyon has recently wrapped on the second series of BBC/HBO's 'His Dark Materials a and Amazon's Carnival Row.Lord Boreal- Amir Wilson was born on 6 February 2004 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Secret Garden (2020) and The Kid Who Would Be King (2019).Will Parry
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Kahleen Crawford was born in 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is a casting director, known for I, Daniel Blake (2016), Living (2022) and All of Us Strangers (2023). She has been married to Steven Cree since 29 May 2016.casting director #1- Cinematographer
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Robbie Ryan is an Irish cinematographer. He is best known for his work in Fish Tank (2009), Slow West (2015), American Honey (2016) and The Favourite (2018) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
Ryan has already work in more than 90 projects as an Cinematographer, including feature length, short films, commercials, and music videos.cinematographer- Editor
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Originally from London, Niven Howie is now a member of the prestigious honorary society of motion picture editors, American Cinema Editors.
Before moving to the US in the early 2000s, Niven was established as one of London's premier editors for high-end commercials, music videos and film. He had cut more than 400 such projects including Sting's Grammy Award winning Ten Summoners' Tales, several MTV Videos of the Year and many award- winning commercials.
He had also worked on a string of projects with legendary Director Julien Temple that included the feature film Bullet starring Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur & Ted Levine and three long form, ground breaking, iconic feature documentaries: The Filth and The Fury, Glastonbury (nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival) and Joe Strummer: The Truth is Unwritten.
He also edited other British film & TV hits including The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy, Pandaemonium, The Hole, Tube Tales, The Raven and Model's Close Up, the latter being directed by the world-famous photographer, David Bailey.
It was Niven's 1998 edit of the award-winning film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels for director Guy Ritchie that earned him his first BAFTA nomination and brought him to the attention of Hollywood.
Since his arrival in the US, he has edited a large number of iconic films including Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil: 3,4&5, Death Race, Step Up: All In, among many others.
As well as his 1988 BAFTA nomination, he was also nominated for an EMMY Award in 2002 for his work on Paul McCartney's Back in the US and in 2019 he was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru nomination for his work on the pilot episodes of BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials.
In 2020 Niven edited two episodes of the hugely successful series Shadow and Bone for Netflix and he is shortly to embark on series 2.editor- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Lorne Balfe was born on 23 February 1976 in Inverness, Scotland, UK. He is a composer, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and The Dark Knight (2008).music score- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Art Director
Kate Beckly is known for Black Mirror (2011), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and His Dark Materials (2019).set decorator- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Caroline McCall was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. She is known for Downton Abbey (2010), His Dark Materials (2019) and Will (2017).costume designer- Make-Up Department
Ivana Primorac is known for Barbie (2023), Darkest Hour (2017) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007).hair and makeup designer- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Paul Dolan is known for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Outside the Wire (2021) and The Current War (2017).concept art- Sound Department
Dillon Bennett was born in London, England, UK. He is known for Captain Phillips (2013), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) and Alien: Covenant (2017).supervising sound editor- Visual Effects
Robert Harrington is known for His Dark Materials (2019), Black Mirror (2011) and The Shapeshifter (2015).visual effects supervisor- Visual Effects
Neil Weatherley is known for The Martian (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Children of Men (2006).CG supervisor- Visual Effects
- Animation Department
- Special Effects
Stuart M. Ellis is known for The Little Mermaid (2023), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and RoboCop (2014).animation director- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Actor
Piers Wenger was born on 29 June 1972 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for How I Live Now (2013), Housewife, 49 (2005) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).executive producer- Producer
- Location Management
- Production Manager
Laurie Borg was born on 22 August 1961 in Buckrose, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a producer and production manager, known for Black Mirror (2011), The Four Feathers (2002) and Sense and Sensibility (1995). He has been married to Michele Martinaud since 1995.producer- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Jack Thorne was born on 6 December 1978 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Wonder (2017), National Treasure (2016) and The Aeronauts (2019). He is married to Rachel Mason.writer- Director
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British born producer director and writer Dawn Shadforth created some of music video's most iconic imagery and received many awards for her work in music before moving into drama. Since then Shadforth's short film "The Big Day" won the BIFA for Best British Short Film at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards and she's been nominated for two BAFTAs in 2019 for Breakthrough talent for "Trust" episode "Silencio" and in 2021 for Best Mini-Series for "Adult Material". "Adult Material" received 5 BAFTA nominations in total.
Dawn Shadforth was born in Billericay, Essex, England, the daughter of a pharmacist and a ceramicist. She earned a 1st Class Hons Degree in Fine Art - Sculpture from Sheffield Hallam University.
Shadforth was originally a fine artist. Alongside her fine art practice she developed skills and interest in filmmaking creating video drama campaign pieces for an activist theatre groups in Sheffield. At the same time she started making low budget music videos for small independent dance labels in the North of England and New York, including Warp Records, 10 Denk and an early video for the band Moloko. In 1991 Shadforth won the Whitworth Young Contemporaries Award in 1991 for a fine art installation piece exhibited in Manchester and Sheffield.
Transitioning from a multi-media artist to music-video and television in 1995, Shadforth directed "The Friend's Tale", a 10-minute docudrama for Channel 4's Battered Britain series. Around the same time she directed "The Seven Year Glitch", an experimental film documenting the Warp Records seven-year anniversary tour. This was screened at Onedotzero in London, United Kingdom and Sónar in Barcelona, Spain.
An enduring fascination with electronic music and house music runs deep through Shadforth's work and dance has been a constant theme in the evolution of her work. In 1996, Shadforth directed a music video for the track "Hush" by house legend Kurtis Mantronik and featuring a cameo by Todd Terry. The video was filmed in Brooklyn in New York City and Sheffield.
In 1997, Shadforth's music video for Sheffield band All Seeing I's single Tthe Beat Goes On" won for Best Dance Video at the 1998 Muzik Video Awards and for Best New Director and Best Editing at the 1998 Creative Art & Design Awards. In 1999 Shadforth's video for Garbage's "Special" was awarded Visionary Video at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.
In 2000, Shadforth made the Kylie Minogue video "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" The video features Minogue in a computer generated futuristic city. The video is credited with making the song a number one hit worldwide. The exposure from the video quickly made Shadforth a "must have" director, and the film has been widely mimicked and parodied. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was so suggestive and idea-rich that it provided the source material for "Words & Music", a sprawling 2004 tome on music and hyper-consumption by British journalist Paul Morley. The video won best Director, best editing and best Video at the 2001 CAD Awards.
Shadforth also directed the award-winning promo film for "The Importance Of Being Idle" which went on to win the award for Best Video of 2005 at the NME Awards
In 2010 Shadforth was given the prestigious Icon Award at UK Music Video Awards.
In 2016 the disco epic "Lights" by Hurts and 80's infused "Old Skool by Metronomy featuring Sharon Horgan were nominated for 6 awards collectively at the UKMVA's. "Lights" by Hurts also won Shadforth a special achievement award at the 2015 1:4 Awards.
In 2017 Shadforth directed "The Big Day", a short film written by Kellie Smith produced by Michelle Eastwood. The film went on to win the British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best British Short Film at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards.
Her acclaimed work on long-form TV drama includes "Trust" in 2017 following lead director Danny Boyle the show starred Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank and Luca Marinelli. Shadforth was nominated for Breakthrough Talent at the 2018 BAFTA Awards for her Episode 5 entitled "Silencio".
In 2018 she followed Oscar winning director Tom Hooper with her work on the adaptation of Phillip Pullman's saga "His Dark Materials". The mini-series "Adult Material" in 2019 was written by playwright Lucy Kirkwood, for Channel 4 and Netflix. The show starred Hayley Squires and featured Rupert Everett. It garnered rave reviews and was nominated for five BAFTA awards in 2021 including Best Miniseries. Squires won an International Emmy for her performance in the show.
Shadforth followed this with "Mood", written by Nicôle Lecky for BBC Worldwide and AMC in 2021, shot in East London during the pandemic. The show combines fantasy music sequences with comedy drama and was critically very well received.
In 2022 directed all episodes of a Christmas special of "I Hate Suzie Too", the show created by Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble and produced by Badwolf for Sky Atlantic which was received to universal acclaim and 5 star reviews.director