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Sky and MAMA Youth Project launch digital media training scheme in Manchester

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The programme aims to tackle inequality in the digital sector, targeting 18-30 year olds who may have had limited educational and employment options, giving them the experience they need to open doors in the digital media sphere.

Successful applicants will work at Licklemor Productions gaining valuable hands-on experience in digital content creation. Participants will also learn CV tailoring skills and interview techniques, and receive career mentorship and peer networking opportunities. 

Oscar winner honoured at RTS Republic of Ireland Awards

Belfast actor James Martin was awarded the Outstanding Newcomer prize at the RTS Republic of Ireland Awards (Gradaim RTS) in late March. Martin starred in the Oscar-winning short film An Irish Goodbye in which he played the bereaved brother Lorcan.

Gogglebox Ireland, shown on Virgin Media Television, was named the Factual Entertainment winner for the second year running.

The Drama prize went to another Virgin Media show (a co-commission with ITV), Redemption, a crime series set in Dublin starring Paula Malcomson.

Dreamland's depiction of female relationships and messy lives in Margate

Freema Agyeman and Lily Allen in an embrace

If there’s one town that’s been dubbed “up-and-coming” for the past few years, it’s Margate. Now, it offers a vibrant setting for the vivacious family at the centre of Dreamland.

In keeping with the hallmark of Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan’s production company, Merman, it’s a sharply observed comedy-drama about the female experience in all its forms.

COBRA returns for third series with Jane Horrocks as the new Defence Secretary

 Victoria Hamilton, Robert Carlyle and Jane Horrocks in COBRA: Rebellion (Credit: Sky)

Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, played by Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time), is back again to tackle more crises in Number 10 for a third series of COBRA: Rebellion.

Natural disasters, corrupt arms dealers and nefarious corporate security firms take centre stage in this instalment of political peril, with Jane Horrocks (Bloods, Absolutely Fabulous) joining the cast as the new populist Defence Secretary, Victoria Dalton. 

Sky and Peacock partner for thrilling new original drama based on The Day of the Jackal

Originally a novel by Frederick Forsyth, the TV series will be inspired by the novel and 1973 film adaptation.

The original drama will stay true to the novel and film, but further explore the tricky anti-hero at the heart of the story. 

The drama follows a professional assassin who is given a contract by a French dissident paramilitary organisation to kill the French president. 

A high stakes cat and mouse game will see the characters travel around the world in a geo-political landscape that represents our turbulent times. 

Sheridan Smith’s new comedy Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything gets first look trailer

Sheridan Smith sits smiling inside a restaurant

Smith plays Rosie Molloy, a woman who is addicted to everything: smoking, alcohol, Terry’s Chocolate Oranges, Xanax, Adderall, caffeine and anything else she can get her hands on. 

After Molloy thoroughly embarrasses herself at her brother Joey’s wedding, she finds herself in the hospital and vows to give up on everything. 

Trying to balance her father’s poor health and the fear that she will lose her job, Molloy realises that her addictions are running everything: her friendships, family and work. 

Next-generation techs at the RTS Young Technologist of the Year Award 2022

Dock10’s Andrew Ware was announced as the runner-up at a special central London event in July, hosted by digital executive producer Muki Kulhan. Ware receives the Coffey Award for Excellence in Technology. 

Wright, a graduate of the Mama Youth Project, is a user support specialist at Sky and has worked on Formula 1 and Premier League football. Chappell-Seetayah started his career at the BBC on its broadcast engineering degree apprenticeship. 

Sky commissions new drama Munich Games

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High stakes political thriller Munich Games follows two agents, one Israeli and one German, who must come together to prevent a terrorist attack from occurring 50 years after the Munich Massacre.

The thriller starts in 2022 at a peaceful football match that has been organised between a German and Israeli team to mark the 1972 terrorist attack and honour the victims.