Eclipse airs 26th August

21 August 2010

Eclipse - Richard T Kelly's short story - is scheduled for transmission on Thursday 26th August 2010 on Channel 4 and Channel 4HD.

Part of the Channel 4 "Coming Up" series, Eclipse (formerly entitled Jennifer and prior to that The Home Secretary) stars Andrew Buchan as Ben and Zoë playing the multiple parts of Chloe, Jennifer and "woman".

Eclipse is broadcast on Channel 4 (and Channel 4 HD) on Thursday 26th August 2010 at 23:40 and is repeated on Channel 4+1 on Friday 27th August at 12:40. The programme will also be available on Channel 4's "On Demand" service.

The programme description says:

Ben, played by Andrew Buchan, is captivated by his flighty friend and neighbour Chloe, played by Zoë Tapper, who toys endlessly with his affections, until a chance encounter with her doppelganger, Jennifer, changes the dynamic of their relationship forever.

In Richard's blog, he gives an insight into what his creative influences were and how he came to write the fictional half hour story:

At that London screening Michael Lennox, who directed Eclipse, mentioned that it wasn’t the sort of script he would ordinarily do. Nor was it the sort of script I’d normally write. I think both of us in our own ways have tended thus far to ‘do’ realism, whereas Jennifer/Eclipse was intended unabashedly as a fable based on an outright impossibility.

The project was a highly novel challenge-opportunity, really, in that Michael and I were paired for work before a script was in place. The scenario I initially submitted, entitled The Home Secretary (probably self-explanatory...), ended up looking too dramatically and logistically cumbersome for the half-hour slot. So I quickly wrote up three alternative scenarios, and Jennifer, as it was then, was the one Michael plumped for. The other two were more down-at-heel/'real' in milieu and subject, but then it seemed a solid choice to try out something about sexuality, attraction, physical allurement, albeit rather dark in tone and outcome.

The Channel 4 Coming Up episode guide for this series is here.

Survivors Repeated on BBCHD

22 July 2010

For those that can receive BBCHD in the UK, Survivors Series 1 is being repeated from Tuesday 27th July 2010 at 01:00, Episode 1. The complete first series will then air on consecutive days (with a break over the weekend) concluding with Episode 6 on Tuesday 3rd August at 01:00.

Survivors stars Zoë as Dr Anya Raczynski - full details of both series can be found in the Survivors Section.

Mobo Reviews Baseline

03 July 2010

Vanessa Idika from the MOBO Awards review team reviewed Zoë's film Baseline at it's premiere on 28th June 2010.

The MOBO review has this to say:

In general, ‘Baseline’ is a good effort from director Brendon O’Loughlin and it is great to see a British gangster film delve into deeper issues concerning loyalty and morality whilst maintaining credibility as fundamentally, a gangster movie. It also has a great supporting cast including Zoë Tapper, Dexter Fletcher, Jay Brown and Gemma Atkinson.

You can read the full review on MOBO's Website.

"Reunited" Watched by 3m

02 July 2010

New BBC comedy drama Reunited was watched by just over 3.3m on Wednesday evening, according to overnight viewing figures.

The 60-minute comedy pilot, which was created by the writer of Cold Feet and Life Begins, averaged 3.33m (15.3%) for BBC One from 9pm.

"Reunited" - New Comedy Drama

02 July 2010

Zoë stars as Hannah in a new one-off pilot of a comedy drama written by acclaimed writer Mike Bullen (Cold Feet, Life Begins) called Reunited.

Six former friends, who went their separate ways after university, reunite eight years later. Hannah returns to London when she learns her old flame Martin is getting married, but the group soon realises the distant past may not be so remote as imagined.

Reunited also stars Joseph Millson, Emma Stansfield and Ed Byrne.

This pilot episode airs on BBC1 on Wednesday 30th June 2010 at 22:00 (22:45 for BBC1 Scotland) and is 1 hour long.

More details in the Reunited Section.