Mubi's series Apocalypse Now is showing February 29 – April 13, 2020 on Mubi in the United States.Above: ThreadsIn 1959, an interviewer asked a 70-year-old T.S. Eliot whether he would today write his prophecy from 1925’s “The Hollow Men”:This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper. He would not. The interviewer writes that “one reason is that while association of the H-bomb is irrelevant to it, it would today come to everyone’s mind. Another is that [Eliot] is not sure the world will end with either.” Perhaps we’ll face doom with a sigh of relief. Decades of Hollywood sturm-und-drang offer the violent spectacle of our own demise, magnifying latent death wish into popcorn fare. But do we truly crave annihilation, or do we just want something, anything, to change? The more powerless we feel about altering institutions, the more studio-sanctioned societal destruction seems to blare back at us.
- 3/4/2020
- MUBI
Tagline: "The Closest You Ever Want to Come to Nuclear War is...Threads!" Director: Mick Jackson. Writer: Barry Hines. Cast: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May and Nicholas Lane. The original Threads debuted on BBC 2, in 1984. At that time, it was the most popular cable movie to date. In its debut, the film drew over 7 million viewers. The film, from BBC exec' and director Mick Jackson, covered a nuclear exchange between western nations and Russia. The results are truly terrifying. This re-release, through Severn Films, hosts a number of extras, including interviews with the crew. The story itself is a dire look at surviving a nuclear strike. It might be best to succumb to the initial blast. The visuals and the storytelling come across as authentic, thanks to several scientists and consultants. The tone, of the film, is light initially; but, it darkens after the strike. A difficult watch,...
- 3/19/2018
- by [email protected] (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
A whimper or a bang. Does it really matter if we snuff the match with our fingers, or a blast of air from our lungs? And when that bomb drops, is that really it for the human race, or will it “rebuild” as we’re so optimistically told in countless disaster flicks? The correct answers are: “bang” is very bad, and if your idea of “rebuild” is devastating nuclear winters and forlorn dirt crops, build away. This bleaker than bleak view comes courtesy of a legendary and sobering BBC Two TV drama from 1984 called Threads, and Severin Films’ stellar Blu-ray shows a new generation what would really happen in the event of a nuclear attack. Spoiler slert: nothing good. At all.
Directed by Mick Jackson (L.A. Story) from a teleplay by Barry Hines (Kes), Threads aired in September of 1984, pulling in 7 million viewers on its initial showing with a...
Directed by Mick Jackson (L.A. Story) from a teleplay by Barry Hines (Kes), Threads aired in September of 1984, pulling in 7 million viewers on its initial showing with a...
- 2/21/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Hey kids! Learn about the great time we’ll be having if the world powers plunge us into a nuclear winter! This post-atomic horror show traumatized England in 1984, and thanks to the liberal media magnate Ted Turner, even saw some airings in the U.S.. The most extreme prime-time response to Ronald Reagan’s heating up of the Cold War standoff, it remains an honest look at a possible grim future, that rubs our noses in the full consequences of a nuclear exchange.
Threads
Blu-ray
1984 / Color / 1:33 flat 16mm /
117 (112) min. / Street Date February 13, 2018 / 19.99
Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazelgrove, Henry Moxon, June Broughton, Harry Beety, Ruth Holden, Patrick Allen (voice).
Cinematography: Andrew Dunn, Paul Morris
Film Editors: Donna Bickerstaff, Jim Latham
Visual Effects: Graham Brown, Peter Wragg
Written by Barry Hines
Produced and Directed by Mick Jackson
1965’s The War Game by Peter Watkins...
Threads
Blu-ray
1984 / Color / 1:33 flat 16mm /
117 (112) min. / Street Date February 13, 2018 / 19.99
Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazelgrove, Henry Moxon, June Broughton, Harry Beety, Ruth Holden, Patrick Allen (voice).
Cinematography: Andrew Dunn, Paul Morris
Film Editors: Donna Bickerstaff, Jim Latham
Visual Effects: Graham Brown, Peter Wragg
Written by Barry Hines
Produced and Directed by Mick Jackson
1965’s The War Game by Peter Watkins...
- 2/13/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In 1984, a television movie played by the BBC scarred an entire generation. Directed by Mick Jackson (who went on to direct Chattahoochee, The Bodyguard, and Volcano) and written by Barry Hinds, Threads is a docudrama that portrayed the probable after-effects of a nuclear war. This includes the de-evolution of civilization, such as the loss of language, and the horrifying effects of fallout and nuclear winter. Threads stars Reece Dinsdale (Coronation Street), David Brierly (Doctor Who) and Karen Meagher in her debut, as the hapless, working-class Sheffield, England residents who must deal with the nightmare that is nuclear war. Performances are so real that you forget you're watching fiction, which is surely the point in a film like this. A great deal of research with consulting scientists such as Carl Sagan...
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- 1/29/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our fabulous movie calendar...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
- 9/12/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
'Coronation Street' fans have slammed soap bosses after they recycled an actor to play a major new character. Eagle-eyed viewers of the ITV soap took to Twitter to complain after Joe Duttine - who portrayed detective Max Carr in the programme for four months in 2010 - re-appeared on the show last week as Tim Metcalfe, the biological father of adopted 12-year-old schoolgirl Faye Windass (Ellie Leach). Joe became well known as the police officer interrogating Gail Platt (Helen Worth) when she was arrested for murdering husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale). One fan tweeted: ''#Coronation Street seems to be reusing its...
- 1/28/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
'Coronation Street' fans have slammed soap bosses after they recycled an actor to play a major new character. Eagle-eyed viewers of the ITV soap took to Twitter to complain after Joe Duttine - who portrayed detective Max Carr in the programme for four months in 2010 - re-appeared on the show last week as Tim Metcalfe, the biological father of adopted 12-year-old schoolgirl Faye Windass (Ellie Leach). Joe became well known as the police officer interrogating Gail Platt (Helen Worth) when she was arrested for murdering husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale). One fan tweeted: ''#Coronation Street seems to be reusing its...
- 1/25/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
As sure as night follows day, a hit film becomes a franchise. Robert Downey Jr and Guy Ritchie's take on the often-filmed subject plays the titular sleuth as a sort of supernatural mind-reader who favours punching people in slow motion over deductive reasoning. This second outing has almost even less of a right to trade on the Holmes name than the first, but is arguably the better movie – it's still great-looking, slick entertainment.
The supporting cast is more interesting and entertaining too, from Mad Men's Jared Harris's snobbish turn as nemesis Moriarty to Stephen Fry's even more snobbish Mycroft Holmes – who insists on calling his brother "Shirley". It's a more lavish, detailed, camp and fun world.
If you're expecting clever wordplay and thrashing through clues then you're better off with the BBC's Sherlock. This one is all about huge guns and running through exploding forests.
As sure as night follows day, a hit film becomes a franchise. Robert Downey Jr and Guy Ritchie's take on the often-filmed subject plays the titular sleuth as a sort of supernatural mind-reader who favours punching people in slow motion over deductive reasoning. This second outing has almost even less of a right to trade on the Holmes name than the first, but is arguably the better movie – it's still great-looking, slick entertainment.
The supporting cast is more interesting and entertaining too, from Mad Men's Jared Harris's snobbish turn as nemesis Moriarty to Stephen Fry's even more snobbish Mycroft Holmes – who insists on calling his brother "Shirley". It's a more lavish, detailed, camp and fun world.
If you're expecting clever wordplay and thrashing through clues then you're better off with the BBC's Sherlock. This one is all about huge guns and running through exploding forests.
- 5/11/2012
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Phil Davis, the British actor and director, says gritty drama offers escapism from the recession
A corpse is found in a dark London alley: across the body a jester's hat is draped, or maybe there is a charcoal inscription of a tarot symbol, or perhaps the spray-painted tag of an unknown graffiti artist. Something mysterious anyway. For this is British crime drama – the new, macabre style. No more slamming car doors and seedy nightclubs. Popular thriller series such as Whitechapel on ITV or Sherlock on the BBC rely instead on chilling their audiences to the bone. And somewhere, amid the gloom, the increasingly well-known face of Phil Davis often lurks.
Davis, who is a regular in Whitechapel and who played the warped taxi driver in the first series of Sherlock, believes the demand for smart, modern horror is a symptom of the times: "There are two things everybody wants when...
A corpse is found in a dark London alley: across the body a jester's hat is draped, or maybe there is a charcoal inscription of a tarot symbol, or perhaps the spray-painted tag of an unknown graffiti artist. Something mysterious anyway. For this is British crime drama – the new, macabre style. No more slamming car doors and seedy nightclubs. Popular thriller series such as Whitechapel on ITV or Sherlock on the BBC rely instead on chilling their audiences to the bone. And somewhere, amid the gloom, the increasingly well-known face of Phil Davis often lurks.
Davis, who is a regular in Whitechapel and who played the warped taxi driver in the first series of Sherlock, believes the demand for smart, modern horror is a symptom of the times: "There are two things everybody wants when...
- 4/28/2012
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
BBC One has announced that daytime drama Moving On will return for a third run. The series, created by Accused creator Jimmy McGovern, has been renewed for five more stand-alone episodes. Actors lined up for the new run include Waterloo Road's Eva Pope and former Shameless star Dean Lennox Kelly. Reece Dinsdale, known for his role as Joe McIntyre on Coronation Street, will also feature, as will Land Girls actress Christine Bottomley and ex-The Bill actor Paul Usher. BBC Daytime Controller Liam Keelen said: "The reception that the second (more)...
- 1/14/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Jack P. Shepherd can't wait for his character David Platt to be evil again in 'Coronation Street'. Although the actor he has enjoyed seeing a softer side to the TV bad boy, he thinks the angelic turn his alter-ego has taken in recent months is too ''weird''. The 22-year-old star said: ''I'll be glad when this is over and I can go back to being evil. I think it's just weird, personally!'' David's personality has become more pleasant recently, as his mum Gail - played by Helen Worth - is falsely imprisoned for the murder of her husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale). Desperate to get ..
- 5/21/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Tina McIntrye is to attempt suicide in 'Coronation Street'. The character, played by Michelle Keegan, is set to sink into depression as she tries to cope with the death of her father, Joe (Reece Dinsdale), who was knocked into a freezing lake from the deck of his boat in the Lake District weeks ago. Tina will deliberately starve herself as she tries to come to terms with the passing of her father - who fans saw buried this week - and locks herself in her flat. She is only found when her friend Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey) comes to check on her. ..
- 3/18/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Coronation Street's Tina McIntyre reports her step-mother Gail to the police during her father Joe's funeral. The grieving shop worker - whose dad Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) died recently after his life insurance scam went wrong - will lash out at his wife Gail (Helen Worth) whilst they are in church celebrating his life and Tina (Michelle Keegan) will tell officers her step-mum has been lying, Helen explained: ''The funeral is harrowing. Tina can't face it but walks in as Gail is eulogising Joe's life and accuses her of being a liar who covered up her dad's death. Then she marches out, calls ..
- 3/7/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan has revealed that she would like to see Tina McIntyre's mum Anna back on the cobbles. In an interview with Digital Spy, Keegan confirmed that she wants the soap's producers to focus on the pair's strained relationship in a forthcoming storyline. Weatherfield favourite Tina has recently suffered the loss of her dad Joe (Reece Dinsdale) after he died in a boating accident, but Anna - played by Susan Mitchell - has been absent from screens throughout the plot. Keegan explained: "We saw her last about a year and a half ago before Joe came in properly and we know that she and Tina don't really (more)...
- 3/4/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
'Coronation Street's Tracy Barlow is set to frame Gail McIntyre for murder. Tracy (Kate Ford) - who is currently serving a 15-year sentence for murdering her lover Charlie Stubbs in 2007 - is offered the chance of freedom in exchange for extracting a confession from the receptionist, who is accused of killing her husband Joe (Reece Dinsdale). The duo end up sharing a cell when Gail (Helen Worth) is put on remand and she begins to open up to Tracy - who plans to twist her words to secure a murder conviction, even though Joe died in a botched attempt to fake his ..
- 3/3/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
David Platt will have to tell his ex-girlfriend Tina McIntyre her father has died. The reformed bad boy - played by Jack P. Shepherd - has to break the news to his former lover that the body of her dad Joe Platt (Reece Dinsdale), who recently wed his mother Gail (Helen Worth), has been found dead. Michelle Keegan - who plays Tina - said: ''Tina hears the news from David and can't believe it at first. She lashes out in total shock. I think David's pretty upset about everything, too. Although he and Joe had their ups and downs, he was the only ..
- 2/18/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
'Coronation Street's Michelle Keegan cried for weeks after filming her on screen dad's death. The actress was moved to tears by the emotional exit of her character Tina McIntyre's father Joe (Reece Dinsdale), in which he falls off his boat into the freezing waters of the Lake District in an insurance scam attempt which goes wrong. Tina said: ''I've done nothing but cry over the past few weeks, or get depressed. Tina is just in shock and can't believe what's happening. She'll have a void in her life now. ''I had a friend whose parents both passed away. I knew how hurt she ..
- 2/8/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Michelle Keegan has admitted that she is currently dressing down at work for her new emotional Coronation Street storyline. The actress's character Tina McIntyre is about to suffer the loss of her dad Joe (Reece Dinsdale) when an insurance scam he is planning goes tragically wrong. Recent reports claimed that Keegan had been ordered to tone down her tan for the plot, and she has now confirmed that viewers will see a less fashion-conscious Tina in the weeks ahead. She told The Sun: "When you're wearing a lot of black and have no make-up (more)...
- 2/8/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has revealed that her character Gail McIntyre will play a major part in the soap's 50th anniversary episodes. Unlucky-in-love Gail is about to be seen in a new high-profile storyline stemming from the death of husband Joe, played by Reece Dinsdale. When Joe disappears during a holiday to the Lake District in next week's episodes, Gail assumes that he has gone through with a planned insurance scam and starts to cover for his disappearance in the hope that he will return. However, unbeknown to her, Joe has drowned after being knocked overboard on a boat. Speaking to Digital Spy about the long-term impact of the plot, Worth explained: "The whole aftermath (more)...
- 2/5/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has revealed that viewers can expect to see an "interesting" new dynamic between Gail and David Platt in the coming weeks. Worth's alter ego Gail will soon turn to her troubled son for support after her latest husband Joe (Reece Dinsdale) disappears during a holiday in the Lake District. While viewers will be aware that Joe has drowned after falling overboard on a boat, Gail will fear that he has gone through with a planned insurance scam and decides to cover for his absence. Speaking to Digital Spy about how Gail and David (Jack P. Shepherd) subsequently work together as a united front, Worth commented: "Yes, that's a very interesting one - David helping his mum... Nick's used to being the favourite (more)...
- 2/4/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
'Coronation Street's Gail McIntyre will be suspected of murder when her new husband's insurance scam goes wrong. Cash-strapped character Joe McIntyre, played by Reece Dinsdale, will tell his wife about his plan to fake his own death while the couple are enjoying a romantic boat trip in the Lake District over Valentine's Day (14.02.10). According to actress Helen Worth, who plays Gail, Joe believes faking his own death as an insurance scam is the only way out of his financial problems. She explained: ''He says he'll pretend to have drowned while out on the boat, then she'll have to report him missing. Meanwhile ..
- 2/3/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has revealed that she does not expect her character Gail McIntyre to tie the knot for a sixth time. Gail's latest romance takes a fatal twist next week as her husband Joe (Reece Dinsdale) drowns after being knocked overboard in a boating accident at the Lake District. The new plotline comes just one month after Gail and Joe's wedding ceremony and will leave the long-suffering character mourning a lost love once again. In an interview with Digital Spy, Worth expressed surprise after being told that many viewers would like to see Gail find happiness in the future. She replied: "Really? I (more)...
- 2/3/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street actress Helen Worth has revealed that she designed Gail Platt's latest wedding dress. Unlucky-in-love Gail will be seen tying the knot for the fifth time tomorrow after deciding that her long-term happiness lies with partner Joe McIntyre, played by Reece Dinsdale. Speaking to GMTV about the gown Gail wears for her big day, Worth explained: "I loved my wedding dress. Costume were very kind. They let me design it so it was as I (more)...
- 1/7/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has praised the decision to bring her screen son Nick Tilsley back to Weatherfield. Nick returned to the Street before Christmas ahead of mum Gail's wedding to Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale). He had not been seen on screen since 2004. The character is now being played by former Footballers' Wives actor Ben Price, who took over from predecessor Adam Rickitt in the role. Speaking to Digital Spy about the development, Worth commented: "I'm absolutely thrilled! Ben Price is gorgeous, lovely and funny. (more)...
- 1/6/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Helen Worth hopes her 'Coronation Street' character never ends up happily in love. Helen's alter ego, Gail Platt, is about to embark on a doomed marriage - her fourth - to Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale), who has been hiding thousands of pounds of debt from her. Helen reckons she prefers the fact Gail has never settled down into a stable marriage for too long is a positive thing. When asked if she thought Gail will ever be happy in love, Helen replied: ''I hope not because it makes for a much better story if she's not! ''But she's doing very well with ..
- 1/4/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has revealed that her character Gail Platt does not consider herself to be unlucky in love. In an interview with Digital Spy, Worth suggested that the Weatherfield favourite is "fortunate" to have found so many men who have wanted to settle down with her. Gail ties the knot with latest love interest Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) in Friday's episodes of the ITV1 soap. She is currently unaware that her partner owes thousands of pounds to a loan shark. In recent weeks, the mother-of-three has shown that she is happy to press ahead with her wedding plans, despite the fact that her relationships with previous husbands Brian Tilsley, Martin Platt and Richard Hillman all ended badly. Asked if Gail is cursed, Worth replied: "She's doing very well with a fourth husband, actually! Gail doesn't (more)...
- 1/4/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Gail Platt's (Helen Worth) prodigal son Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) returns to the Platt family fold during tonight's screening of Coronation Street. With a new look and a fresh perspective on life, Nick walks back into his mum's life just in time for her wedding to Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale). However, little does Gail know that her mother Audrey (Sue Nicholls) asked him to (more)...
- 12/24/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Joe McIntyre's dramatic Coronation Street death is to be caused by an insurance scam that goes tragically wrong, a report has claimed today. According to The Sun, Gail Platt's troubled partner, played by Reece Dinsdale, decides to disappear on a boating holiday in the Lake District after experiencing a debt crisis which begins to spiral out of control. However, in a surprise twist, it is believed that the painkiller addict ends up losing his life for real when a sail pole knocks him unconscious and into freezing cold water before he can carry out his plan in full. The plotline is expected to share similarities with the real-life case of fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death while out canoeing before turning up alive five years later in December 2007. (more)...
- 11/30/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's former pill addict Joe McIntyre takes the proverbial bull by the horns during tonight's instalment of the Weatherfield soap when he proposes to unlucky-in-love partner Gail Platt. Having refurbished the once-derelict boat which now sits proudly on the Platts' driveway, Joe (Reece Dinsdale) arranges a romantic evening meal. As he builds up to the big moment, he's interrupted numerous times by boiling soup and a phonecall (more)...
- 11/6/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Reece Dinsdale will not be appearing on this year's Strictly Come Dancing, Digital Spy can confirm. Tabloid reports have repeatedly linked the soap star to the BBC One dance competition in the build-up to the seventh series. Rumours first surfaced in July, when it was revealed that Dinsdale was leaving the ITV1 show. However, the 49-year-old's agent has insisted that the reports about him starring on the reality series are completely false. "Reece is definitely not taking part in this year's Strictly," she told Digital Spy. "I don't know where the rumours came from." (more)...
- 8/19/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Tina's (Michelle Keegan) furious that she's lost her bracelet during Friday's Coronation Street and when her father Joe (Reece Dinsdale) admits that her ex David's (Jack P Shepherd) been in the flat, she sees red. Storming out of her new flat, Tina heads across to the Platts' with Joe and Jason (Ryan Thomas). Barging her way past Gail on her own doorstep, Tina makes a beeline for David and confronts him about (more)...
- 8/17/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson has announced that he would be interested in returning to the soap. The actor claimed that his character Martin Platt should make a shock comeback in order to rescue his ex-wife Gail (Helen Worth) from her recent love woes. Gail's current romance with Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) has hit a rocky patch this month due to the kitchen fitter's addiction to painkillers. Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, Wilson explained: (more)...
- 8/17/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's recovering painkiller addict Joe McIntyre is to be killed off in a tragic boating accident, according to a report. The kitchen fitter - played by 50-year-old Reece Dinsdale - will apparently die in a sailing incident towards the end of the year when his boat 'Gailforce' - named after his lover Gail Platt (Helen Worth) - sinks while he's still aboard. A source told The Sun: "There were lots of plans for Joe's character (more)...
- 8/15/2009
- by By Anisa Kadri
- Digital Spy
Reece Dinsdale, who plays Coronation Street’s Joe McIntyre, is reportedly going to be killed off in the soap. The character will die in a sailing incident after Dinsdale rejected a pay rise to avoid becoming typecast, reports The Sun. A source told TV Biz: "There were lots of plans for Joe's character so it was a shame he wanted to leave.
"Now they're going to bump him off dramatically. (more)...
"Now they're going to bump him off dramatically. (more)...
- 8/15/2009
- by By Anisa Kadri
- Digital Spy
Reece Dinsdale, who plays Coronation Street’s Joe McIntyre, is reportedly going to be killed off in the soap. The character will die in a sailing incident after Dinsdale rejected a pay rise to avoid becoming typecast, reports The Sun. A source told TV Biz: "There were lots of plans for Joe's character so it was a shame he wanted to leave.
"Now they're going to bump him off dramatically. (more)...
"Now they're going to bump him off dramatically. (more)...
- 8/15/2009
- by By Anisa Kadri
- Digital Spy
David Platt's viciously attacked by a mystery assailant on Coronation Street at the end of next week, much to the shock of his mother Gail (Helen Worth). Having rubbed Gail's lover Joe (Reece Dinsdale) up the wrong way earlier in the day as well as his ex-girlfriend Tina's (Michelle Keegan) new partner Jason (Ryan Thomas), David still decides to head out alone that night and is jumped as he walks home past his gran Audrey's (Sue (more)...
- 8/11/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
David Platt's viciously attacked by a mystery assailant on Coronation Street at the end of next week, much to the shock of his mother Gail (Helen Worth). Having rubbed Gail's lover Joe (Reece Dinsdale) up the wrong way earlier in the day as well as his ex-girlfriend Tina's (Michelle Keegan) new partner Jason (Ryan Thomas), David still decides to head out alone that night and is jumped as he walks home past his gran Audrey's (Sue (more)...
- 8/11/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street painkiller addict Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) reaches breaking point during tonight's episode of the Manchester soap and breaks into the medical centre in search of pills. His withdrawal symptoms become too much to bear and with Gail's (Helen Worth) surgery keys in hand, he unlocks the doors to the medical centre. However, he hadn't bargained on the burglar alarm alarm being triggered. When the siren begins to sound, Joe returns to his van and retrieves (more)...
- 8/7/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street producers have won praise from doctors for the soap's current painkiller addiction storyline. In recent weeks, viewers have seen Gail Platt's love interest Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) abusing prescription drugs after struggling with a back injury. Experts at The Priory Group, which operates drug and alcohol treatment centres across the country, have now backed the programme's decision to tackle the issue on screen. Dr Ash Kahn told The Sun: "Medication abuse can (more)...
- 8/4/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's unhinged teen David Platt - played by 22-year-old Jack P. Shepherd - steps up the pressure on his mother Gail's (Helen Worth) boyfriend Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) this week, as he capitalises on the knowledge of his painkiller addiction. Having coaxed the truth about Joe's pill problem from Graeme (Craig Gazey) - who also supplied his latest fix - David relies on the old adage 'knowledge is power' to blackmail him in the hope of reconciling with his ex-girlfriend - Joe's daughter Tina (Michelle Keegan). However, with Tina about to buy a house with her new partner Jason (Ryan Thomas), Joe faces an impossible task. "David now has it in his head that Tina listens to what Joe has to say - for instance it was Joe who initially put it into Tina's head that David was a bit of a bad lad and for her to...
- 7/30/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) struggles during tonight's episode as he scrabbles around to raise enough cash to pay David (Jack P. Shepherd) for his next fix of painkillers. With David having doubled the price to £100, Joe resorts to selling his tools to Bill (Peter Armitage) at rock-bottom prices. Joe hands over £20 to David and when the kitchen fitter fails to find a suitable source for the balance, he decides to take £50 from Gail's (Helen Worth) purse. (more)...
- 7/30/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's devious David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) steps up his plot to push Joe McIntrye (Reece Dinsdale) to the edge of desperation during Monday night's episode. Armed with the knowledge that Joe's become reliant on painkillers, David discovers a pot of pills in his van. Pocketing the tablets, David throws the empty pot on Joe's bonfire right in front of him. On returning (more)...
- 7/24/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan has expressed her sadness over her screen father's decision to quit the soap. At the weekend, it was announced that Reece Dinsdale - who plays kitchen fitter Joe McIntyre - is to bow out of the ITV show later this year. Speaking of the news, Keegan, who plays his screen daughter Tina, told Digital Spy at the Inside Soap Awards launch: "I'm really upset, I don't (more)...
- 7/8/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street actor Reece Dinsdale has quit the ITV soap over fears of being typecast. According to the News Of The World, the 49-year-old - who plays kitchen fitter Joe McIntyre - allegedly turned down a pay increase of a third to his existing £100,000-a-year deal. His character's exit in the Weatherfield serial is expected to tie in with the climax of his ongoing drug addiction storyline which sees him die after an overdose of prescription painkillers. A Corrie source told the Sunday tabloid: "Reece has been a massive hit and top brass thought they could strike a long-term deal. He was offered a massive pay rise but he turned it down. Executives were surprised. They wanted him to [stay] but he's wriggled off the hook." A spokesperson for the soap added: "We wish (more)...
- 7/5/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Reece Dinsdale has said that working with Michelle Keegan was the reason he joined Coronation Street. Dinsdale, 49, who plays Joe McIntyre, claimed that he couldn't possibly turn down the chance to team up with the young actress. "The reason I’m in the show is chiefly down to Michelle," he told The Sun. "I was watching it one night and turned to my wife and said, 'That girl playing Tina is unbelievable. She's brilliant.' (more)...
- 3/11/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
With Gary's (Mikey North) trial looming, Len (Conor Ryan) resorts to desperate measures in the hope of saving his nephew from a stint in prison. After tricking Joe into meeting at an abandoned warehouse, Len offers Joe (Reece Dinsdale) a deal - a lucrative kitchen fitting contract in return for him persuading his daughter Tina (Michelle Keegan) to tell (more)...
- 2/23/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
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