Netflix's new £60-million drama Marco Polo is released on Friday (12th December) and set to be filled with martial arts, battle scenes and dramatic backdrops.
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Filmed in a jungle in Malaysia, the deserts of Kazakhstan and along the canals of Venice, it stars unknown actor Lorenzo Richelmy as the explorer, who set off on foot along the Silk Road to discover Asia nearly 800 years ago.
British actor Benedict Wong (Prometheus) also has a leading role as the great Mogol ruler Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis Khan), who meets Polo on his journey and invites him to court. Read More...
Martin Freeman has praised his Office co-star and creator Ricky Gervais, saying that the writer made him laugh more than anyone else while they were filming the hit BBC comedy.
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Freeman, who has gone on to land major TV roles as John Watson in Sherlock and in US drama Fargo, earned his big break playing the lovelorn Tim Canterbury at Wernham Hogg Paper Company and said he knew the project was going to be a success because of Gervais and co-creator Stephen Merchant's writing. Read More...
Matt Baker has been revealing more details about his personal documentary series, Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales.
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The four-part More4 programme follows the former One Show presenter at a stressful time in his life, as his mother's health prompted him to uproot his wife and children from their home in Hertfordshire, and move to the Durham Dales to support his parents.
In an interview in the new issue of Radio Times, Baker remembers the moment everything changed, in July 2020, when he received a phone call from his father. Read More...
