Film 2016 - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The Big Short, Our Brand in Crisis, The Assassin
Claudia is joined by Mark Cousins for a look at films including 'The Big Short', 'Our Brand in Crisis' and 'The Assassin'.
Youth, Boston, Spotlight, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Claudia and Danny are joined by Camilla Long to review the latest movies coming out this week. Films featured are 'Youth', 'Boston', 'Spotlight' and '13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'.
Dad's Army, Trumbo, A Bigger Splash
Claudia Winkleman, Danny Leigh and Robbie Collin review this week's film releases, featuring a look at 'Dad's Army', 'Trumbo' and 'A Bigger Splash'.
Zoolander 2, Deadpool, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by Rhianna Dhillon to review 'Zoolander 2', 'Deadpool' and 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'.
Triple Nine, Bone Tomahawk, Freeheld
Danny is joined by Antonia Quirke and Ashley Clark who review this weeks new releases, including 'Triple Nine', 'Bone Tomahawk' and 'Freeheld'.
Oscars, Grimsby, Secret in Their Eyes
Claudia and Danny were joined by Peter Bradshaw to look at the runners and riders for this week's Oscars ceremony. Plus a look at the films 'Grimsby' and 'Secret in Their Eyes'.
Haill Caesar and Truth
Claudia and Danny were joined by Tim Robey to look at the latest comedy, Hail Caesar and Cate Blanchett's Truth.
Nocturnal Animals, The Light Between Oceans, La La Land
Film 2016 returns hosted by a new line-up of guest presenters. This week, Zoe Ball is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Ellen E Jones. On tonight's agenda is fashion guru Tom Ford's dark thriller Nocturnal Animals and classic weepie The Light Between Oceans, starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Plus hotshot young director Damien Chazelle reveals why his new film La La Land just had to be a musical.
Arrival, A Hundred Streets
Actor, comedian and film geek Ben Bailey Smith takes the reins of Film 2016 to review sci-fi blockbuster Arrival, starring Amy Adams, and British drama A Hundred Streets. And screenwriter Paul Schrader remembers Taxi Driver, 40 years on. Ben is joined on the sofa by Danny Leigh and Grace Dent.
Beasts and Where to Find Them, Dog Eat Dog
In the Film 2016 hot seat this week is Mariella Frostrup. She's joined by critics Danny Leigh and Tim Robey to review the latest JK Rowling adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne, and Dog Eat Dog, a crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe.
A United Kingdom, Allied, Paterson
Journalist Camilla Long is joined by by Danny Leigh and Rhianna Dhillon to review epic period drama A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, Brad Pitt in wartime thriller Allied, and actor Adam Driver talks about how he had to learn to drive a bus in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson.
Sully, Chi-Raq, Bleed for This
Taking charge of Film 2016 this week is comedian and film fan Paul Merton. He is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Kate Muir to review Clint Eastwood's tense plane drama Sully, starring Tom Hanks, Spike Lee's innovative Chi-Raq, and Miles Teller stars as a world champion boxer in Bleed for This. Plus, legendary director Paul Verhoeven talks sex and sci-fi.
Snowden, The Birth of a Nation, Office Christmas Party
Movie news, reviews and interviews. Hosting is DJ and film fan extraordinaire Edith Bowman. She is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Peter Bradshaw to chat about Oliver Stone's latest Snowden, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the errant cyber leaker, controversial slavery drama The Birth of a Nation and - ready the eggnog - it's the Film Show's first Christmas movie of the season, Office Christmas Party starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Silence, A Monster Calls, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea
Antonia Quirke hosts the Christmas edition of Film 2016, ably assisted by critics Danny Leigh and Ashley Clark. Top of their to-do list is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story starring Felicity Jones as a rebellion soldier charged with taking on the Empire. They also take a look at some of the best films coming out over the Christmas break, including Martin Scorsese's Silence starring Adam Driver, modern fairy tale A Monster Calls and Oscar favourites LA musical La La Land and family drama Manchester by the Sea.
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Sight Unseen
Homicide detective Tess Avery is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. Reluctant to accept help, Tess uses an assistance app and connects with Sunny Patel, a professional seeing-eye guide and agoraphobe living 3,000 miles away. Haunted by the unsolved cases she left behind, Tess uses a hidden camera and earpiece, while Sunny remotely steers Tess through life's obstacles -- and crimes -- as the two challenge preconceptions about ability, trust and where to draw the line.
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is an Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase.
Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation. As The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999, "in defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.
The Traitors
Set in a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands and based on the wildly popular Dutch series of the same name, 5-time Emmy-nominated Alan Cumming plays host to twenty larger-than-life personalities (including reality A-listers and America's best game players) who come together to complete a series of challenges with the objective of earning a cash prize of up to $250,000. The catch? Three of the contestants coined "the traitors" will devise a plan to steal the prize from the other contestants coined "the faithful".
Hell's Kitchen
In Hell's Kitchen, aspiring chefs are put through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.
