Sir Keir Starmer was asked by a female caller to LBC whether Izzard, who uses the pronouns she/her, would be able to go on an all-women’s shortlist. Two weeks ago, 60-year-old Izzard announced a plan to stand as a Labour candidate in the Sheffield Central constituency at the next general election. If a Labour government ever comes to power, frighteningly, it now seems that it could. In the eyes of the BBC, at least, although not in mine and not, you can bet, in the minds of the majority of viewers who were about to tune in.īack then, I didn’t realise that querying whether Eddie Izzard counted as a woman panellist on Question Time might one day get me arrested. Did a pink beret and matching lippy really qualify Eddie Izzard to be a female panellist? Did anyone seriously think that someone who lacked all of the key milestones and experiences of a woman’s life (not to mention the matching female genitalia) was qualified to take one of only two places reserved for a woman? Astonishingly, the answer was, clearly, yes. “Once Eddie agreed to do it we stopped looking for another woman.” I asked the producer when the other woman panellist would be arriving. Nigel Farage was there in a natty velvet-collared check coat, comedian Eddie Izzard sported a pink beret and there was a Tory Transport minister among the rest. Besides, it was hardly controversial to expect half the human race to occupy a third of one current affairs panel.Īnyway, I got to Brighton and was sitting in the green room where all that night’s guests were assembling. A dash of oestrogen dilutes the gamey testosterone with which our political class is so richly imbued. It was just that, in the past, I had always much preferred shows when there was another member of my sex taking part. In retrospect, I was being a bit feeble I was a big girl and I could hold my own. “Yes, of course, don’t worry,” came the reply. Knowing how much of a cage-fight such occasions can be, I asked the producer if there would be another woman on the panel. Without giving further details, Izzard told film industry website Variety: "It's wonderful to be able to reimagine this classic story in a modern way."ĭirector Joe Stephenson praised Izzard as "an extraordinary and versatile actress" and added: "I can't wait to bring this suspenseful take on the iconic classic to life.Shortly before the Brexit referendum, I was invited to appear on Question Time.
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The comedian stars alongside Scott Chambers ( Patrick) in the update of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel, with the young actor playing a new assistant who must work to prevent the manic alter-ego Hyde from destroying Jekyll's life. Meanwhile, Izzard has been filming an updated version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, playing Dr Nina Jekyll in the UK production.
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Nathan Stewart-Jarrett ( Misfits) was revealed as taking the lead role of Joe when the show was announced last year, and the cast is rounded out with Kirby Howell-Baptiste ( The Good Place, Barry), Niamh Algar ( Pure, The Bisexual), Ned Dennehy ( Good Omens), Kevin Vidal ( Kim's Convenience), Kamel El Basha and newcomer Tara Abboud.Ĭulprits is one of three UK original series currently in production for Disney+, alongside the superhero sitcom Extraordinary from Emma Moran ( Have I Got News For You), starring Máiréad Tyer and featuring Derry Girls' Siobáhn McSweeney, The Real McCoy's Robbie Gee and comedian Luke Rollason, as well as Sally Wainwright's period drama The Ballad Of Renegade Nell.Ĭulprits is produced by Morenike Williams ( Delicious) and executive produced by Stephen Garrett ( Rory Bremner, Who Else?) for his production company Character 7 and executive produced for Disney+ by Johanna Devereaux. One of the streaming giant's first UK original series, the heist series from J Blakeson ( I Care A Lot) features former Bond girl Arterton as Dianne, a member of a criminal gang targeted one-by-one by a killer after each went their separate ways.
Eddie Izzard and Gemma Arterton have joined the cast of Disney+'s darkly comic thriller Culprits, with production beginning this week.
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