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Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Channel 5 launches new challenge show inspired by iconic Eddie Murphy film
The new show has a retro feel to it 'for more than one reason' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EDDIE MURPHY's Eighties movie Trading Places is the inspiration for a new TV project. The Channel 5 show has the same name and will see two people with very different lifestyles have to walk in one another's shoes. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Eddie Murphy alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places Credit: Alamy So you might end up watching a banker try his hand at farming, or a violinist become a lorry driver, or a ballerina ditch their tights in favour of working on an oil rig. It is based on the story at the heart of comedy Trading Places, which sees Eddie's down-and-out character Billy Ray Valentine trade positions with upper-class stock broker Louis Winthorpe, played by Dan Aykroyd. Meanwhile, snobbish Louis becomes a street hustler and pals with local hooker, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. A TV insider said: 'While this has strong echoes of the 1983 movie, it has a retro feel to it for more than one reason. "The new project definitely has a whiff of Channel 4's Wife Swap or Faking It, which were hugely successful in the Nineties and Noughties. 'Though this does take things to higher level, as there is an implied amount of competition given that it's two people trying to excel in the other's field of expertise.' But the experience goes much further than their nine-to-five job. The participants will live in one another's houses, take over their hobbies, and even socialise with their friends and families. They will even have to follow the other's sleep routines — and neither has the faintest idea what the other does for a living before they start filming the show. DAMIAN'S GALAXY OF STARS ACTING royalty DamiaN Lewis brought together a galaxy of stars for the launch of Lightroom's Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs. I was on Wife Swap - what the other woman said when she went through my fridge left me reeling The attraction, in King's Cross London, is a new immersive experience that takes visitors back to prehistoric times, 66 million years ago. 3 Damian Lewis with celeb pal Billie Piper Credit: Getty 3 GMB host Kate Garraway was one of a string of Damian's famous pals to attend Credit: Getty Damian, who played Henry VIII in the BBC's Wolf Hall dramas, lends his dulcet tones to proceedings as the narrator. But at the official launch he was also playing host to a string of famous pals including Billie Piper and GMB host Kate Garraway. Other big names attending included Kay Burley, Anita Rani, Charlotte Ritchie and Matt Johnson. The prehistoric world was brought vividly to life through Lightroom's cutting-edge 360-degree projection technology – and all to the sound of a score by Hanz Zimmer. LIAM'S GIFT TO SINGERS NICOLE SCHERZINGER has told how co-star Liam Payne would put in extra hours behind the scenes of Building The Band to help the wannabes. The late singer is also a judge and mentor on the Netflix talent show that launched yesterday. It was filmed prior to his shock death last October. Nicole, who was a guest judge on The X Factor in 2010 when Liam found fame with One Direction, said of his time on Building The Band: 'He was in his happy place coming full circle, having started out in a similar situation on a talent reality show, and then having the global success that he has had, and then to be able to give back and to mentor bands. 'He put in the extra hours to work with these bands even off screen. 'He was giving back and that's one of his gifts.' AMY SET FOR LAST LAUGH THE first comedian primed to join a new star-studded cast of Jimmy Carr's Last One Laughing is Amy Gledhill She has been snapped up by Prime Video for the second series of the hit comedy show, which drops next year. Jimmy is back to host the show challenging ten of the UK's funniest people enter a room for a six-hour battle of wills - where the last one to laugh is crowned the winner. Amy will follow in the footsteps of Bob Mortimer, Daisy May Cooper and Joe Lycett who featured in the first outing. An insider told The Sun: 'Amy is not massively known as yet, but she's a rising star who has already achieved acclaimed success at the UK National Comedy Awards and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 'Last One Laughing is the perfect opportunity to show off her talent - and help catapult her onto the worldwide stage.' ROSE'S THRILLER GROWS ITV has commissioned a second series of thriller Code of Silence which stars Rose Ayling-Ellie. The first, six part series was widely acclaimed when it aired on ITV1 and ITVX in May and June and the first episode consolidated with 7.5m viewers In particularly, people tuning in were impressed by it putting a deaf character, Alison, at the heart of the action. Former EastEnders and Strictly winner Rose, who plays the key role, said: 'I'm so proud that Code of Silence has been recommissioned. 'The response to the first series has been incredible, and it means so much to be part of a drama that not only keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, but also puts a Deaf character at the heart of the story. 'I'm really excited to see where Alison's journey goes next and to be working again with the wonderful cast, crew and creative team behind the show.' A NEW trailer has dropped for series two of Netflix hit Wednesday, and it suggests Jenna Ortega's eponymous lead is in grave danger. During one of her psychic visions, she learns her best friend Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) will die and it is her fault. It lands on August 6. NETFLIX's longest-running unscripted series Queer Eye has been canned. The lifestyle show followed the Fab Five – experts in fashion, design, relationships, grooming and interiors – as they made over willing its 2018 debut more than 90 episodes have been aired.
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Channel 5 launches new challenge show inspired by iconic Eddie Murphy film
EDDIE MURPHY's Eighties movie Trading Places is the inspiration for a new TV project. The Channel 5 show has the same name and will see two people with very different lifestyles have to walk in one another's shoes. 3 Eddie Murphy alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places Credit: Alamy So you might end up watching a banker try his hand at farming, or a violinist become a lorry driver, or a ballerina ditch their tights in favour of working on an oil rig. It is based on the story at the heart of comedy Trading Places, which sees Eddie's down-and-out character Billy Ray Valentine trade positions with upper-class stock broker Louis Winthorpe, played by Dan Aykroyd. Meanwhile, snobbish Louis becomes a street hustler and pals with local hooker, played by A TV insider said: 'While this has strong echoes of the 1983 movie, it has a retro feel to it for more than one reason. Read more on Channel 5 "The new project definitely has a whiff of Channel 4's Wife Swap or Faking It, which were hugely successful in the Nineties and Noughties. 'Though this does take things to higher level, as there is an implied amount of competition given that it's two people trying to excel in the other's field of expertise.' But the experience goes much further than their nine-to-five job. The participants will live in one another's houses, take over their hobbies, and even socialise with their friends and families. Most read in News TV They will even have to follow the other's sleep routines — and neither has the faintest idea what the other does for a living before they start filming the show. DAMIAN'S GALAXY OF STARS ACTING royalty DamiaN Lewis brought together a galaxy of stars for the launch of Lightroom's Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs. I was on Wife Swap - what the other woman said when she went through my fridge left me reeling The attraction, in King's Cross London, is a new immersive experience that takes visitors back to prehistoric times, 66 million years ago. 3 Damian Lewis with celeb pal Billie Piper Credit: Getty 3 GMB host Kate Garraway was one of a string of Damian's famous pals to attend Credit: Getty Damian, who played Henry VIII in the BBC's Wolf Hall dramas, lends his dulcet tones to proceedings as the narrator. But at the official launch he was also playing host to a string of famous pals including Other big names attending included Kay Burley, Anita Rani, Charlotte Ritchie and Matt Johnson. The prehistoric world was brought vividly to life through Lightroom's cutting-edge 360-degree projection technology – and all to the sound of a score by Hanz Zimmer. LIAM'S GIFT TO SINGERS NICOLE SCHERZINGER has told how co-star Liam Payne would put in extra hours behind the scenes of Building The Band to help the wannabes. The late singer is also a judge and mentor on the Netflix talent show that launched yesterday. It was filmed prior to his shock death last October. Nicole, who was a guest judge on The X Factor in 2010 when Liam found fame with One Direction, said of his time on Building The Band: 'He was in his happy place coming full circle, having started out in a similar situation on a talent reality show, and then having the global success that he has had, and then to be able to give back and to mentor bands. 'He put in the extra hours to work with these bands even off screen. 'He was giving back and that's one of his gifts.' AMY SET FOR LAST LAUGH THE first comedian primed to join a new star-studded cast of Jimmy Carr's Last One Laughing is Amy Gledhill She has been snapped up by Prime Video for the second series of the hit comedy show, which drops next year. Jimmy is back to host the show challenging ten of the UK's funniest people enter a room for a six-hour battle of wills - where the last one to laugh is crowned the winner. Amy will follow in the footsteps of Bob Mortimer, An insider told The Sun: 'Amy is not massively known as yet, but she's a rising star who has already achieved acclaimed success at the UK National Comedy Awards and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 'Last One Laughing is the perfect opportunity to show off her talent - and help catapult her onto the worldwide stage.' ROSE'S THRILLER GROWS ITV has commissioned a second series of thriller Code of Silence which stars Rose Ayling-Ellie. The first, six part series was widely acclaimed when it aired on ITV1 and ITVX in May and June and the first episode consolidated with 7.5m viewers In particularly, people tuning in were impressed by it putting a deaf character, Alison, at the heart of the action. Former EastEnders and Strictly winner Rose, who plays the key role, said: 'I'm so proud that Code of Silence has been recommissioned. 'The response to the first series has been incredible, and it means so much to be part of a drama that not only keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, but also puts a Deaf character at the heart of the story. 'I'm really excited to see where Alison's journey goes next and to be working again with the wonderful cast, crew and creative team behind the show.' A NEW trailer has dropped for series two of Netflix hit Wednesday, and it suggests During one of her psychic visions, she learns her best friend Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) will die and it is her fault. It lands on August 6. NETFLIX's longest-running unscripted series Queer Eye has been canned. The lifestyle show followed the Fab Five – experts in fashion, design, relationships, grooming and interiors – as they made over willing its 2018 debut more than 90 episodes have been aired.
Time Out
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs
This King's Cross Lightroom now has surely the weirdest repertoire of any venue in London, possibly the world. With an oeuvre based around massive megabit projection-based immersive films, its shows so far have been a David Hockney exhibition, a Tom Hanks-narrated film about the moon landings, a Vogue documentary and a visualiser for Coldplay's upcoming album. It's such a random collection of concepts that it's hard to say there was or is anything 'missing' from the extremely esoteric selection of bases covered. But certainly, as the school summer holidays roll around it's very welcome to see it add an overtly child-friendly show to its roster. Bar a short Coldplay break, Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs will play daily at Lightroom from now until at least the end of October half-term. It is, as you would imagine, a dinosaur documentary. And indeed, if the name rings a specific bell it's because it's culled from the David Attenborough-narrated Apple TV series of the same name. It's quite the remix, though: Attenborough is out, and Damian Lewis is in, delivering a slightly melodramatic voiceover that lacks Sir David's colossal gravitas but is, nonetheless, absolutely fine. Presumably Attenborough is absent because he's very busy and very old, because while the film reuses several of the more spectacular setpieces from the TV series, it's sufficiently different that repurposing the old narration would be a stretch. Any child with any degree of fondness for the mesozoic era will surely have a great time Essentially the 50-minute experience is sub-divided into six mini documentaries, which have a wealth of high-quality pre-existing CGI to draw upon, supplemented by new bits that add an agreeable educational aspect. A bit where life-sized dinosaurs are projected on the walls and audience members are invited to come up and stand next to them undoubtedly lacks the astronomical production values of the bits from the TV show, but it is also really, really fun. And of course, it's not like we're just sitting there watching it on a big telly: it's thrilling to see battling dreadnoughtus, courting tyrannosaurs, and sweet baby sauropods at huge, almost overwhelming scale. There's a particularly impressive scene where a trio of crafty velociraptors pick their way down some cliffs to ambush some nesting pterosaurs – the pack's murderous journey spirals its way around the walls of the room until they encounter their prey. It obviously doesn't hurt that it's genuinely tremendous CGI, that stands up to being blown up to giant scale (it's far better than the BBC's recent second season of Walking with Dinosaurs). Basically, it looks great, it sounds great, and it's pretty informative, and any child with any degree of fondness for the mesozoic era will surely have a great time whether or not they've seen the original docs. The standard caveat with Lightroom is that it's expensive: although kids' tickets are cheaper than adult ones and there's a small family discount, a family of four is probably looking at something like £80 for a one-hour film (though as child tickets are cheaper it's better value proportionally if only one adult goes). Is this reasonable? I'm always suspicious of stuff aimed at children where accompanying adults have to pay more. That said, the film has been created specially for the venue, and higher-than-the-cinema prices are surely inevitable. Prehistoric Planet
Leader Live
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Actor Damian Lewis to narrate new immersive dinosaur experience
Lewis will lend his voice to the new immersive Lightroom experience in collaboration with Apple TV+, in which he will guide audiences on an adventure from 66 million years ago to the present day. In a new immersive experience at the Lightroom venue in King's Cross, London, audiences can expect to see 360 degree projections of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures brought to life, from ammonites to mosasaurs, and adalatheriums to Tyrannosaurus Rex. Lewis, known for TV series Homeland, said: 'Dinosaurs are one of those topics that holds timeless appeal for all sorts of audiences — there is such an incredible depth to this project both educationally and as a spectacular story to tell of the greatest creatures ever to walk on our planet. 'I'm so excited to play a part in telling that story and inviting audiences into Prehistoric Planet like never before. 'And doing it at Lightroom, with its amazing immersive space and unparalleled capabilities to transport people back in time and into jungles, deserts, canyons or oceans, is such a brilliant opportunity. 'Where else are you going to get to sidle up next to a life-size, living in its natural habitat?' The experience will allow viewers to view the dinosaurs at an 'awe-inspiring scale' and travel alongside them through volcanoes, soaring skies and deep seas. Lightroom chief executive Richard Slaney said: 'We're absolutely thrilled to have the incredible Damian Lewis join Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs. 'His voice is recognised the world over with its magnetic presence — full of drama, nuance and emotional connection — which is exactly what this story needs. 'With Damian guiding the experience, audiences are sure to feel fully transported as they embark on an epic adventure to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth…' Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs, a new immersive experience by Lightroom in collaboration with Apple TV+, narrated by Damian Lewis, opens on July 9. Audiences can book tickets with Lightroom for the experience.
South Wales Guardian
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Actor Damian Lewis to narrate new immersive dinosaur experience
Lewis will lend his voice to the new immersive Lightroom experience in collaboration with Apple TV+, in which he will guide audiences on an adventure from 66 million years ago to the present day. In a new immersive experience at the Lightroom venue in King's Cross, London, audiences can expect to see 360 degree projections of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures brought to life, from ammonites to mosasaurs, and adalatheriums to Tyrannosaurus Rex. Lewis, known for TV series Homeland, said: 'Dinosaurs are one of those topics that holds timeless appeal for all sorts of audiences — there is such an incredible depth to this project both educationally and as a spectacular story to tell of the greatest creatures ever to walk on our planet. 'I'm so excited to play a part in telling that story and inviting audiences into Prehistoric Planet like never before. 'And doing it at Lightroom, with its amazing immersive space and unparalleled capabilities to transport people back in time and into jungles, deserts, canyons or oceans, is such a brilliant opportunity. 'Where else are you going to get to sidle up next to a life-size, living in its natural habitat?' The experience will allow viewers to view the dinosaurs at an 'awe-inspiring scale' and travel alongside them through volcanoes, soaring skies and deep seas. Lightroom chief executive Richard Slaney said: 'We're absolutely thrilled to have the incredible Damian Lewis join Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs. 'His voice is recognised the world over with its magnetic presence — full of drama, nuance and emotional connection — which is exactly what this story needs. 'With Damian guiding the experience, audiences are sure to feel fully transported as they embark on an epic adventure to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth…' Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs, a new immersive experience by Lightroom in collaboration with Apple TV+, narrated by Damian Lewis, opens on July 9. Audiences can book tickets with Lightroom for the experience.
