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Idris Elba wins Golden Globe for Luther

Posted on January 16, 2012 by neil

Congratulations to Idris, who today won a Golden Globe for his stunning performance as DCI John Luther. Winning best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the 2012 Golden Globes, Idris was up against Hugh Bonneville, (Downton Abbey), William Hurt, (Too Big to Fail), Bill Nighy, (Page Eight), and Dominic [...]

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Idris is nominated for a Golden Globe for Luther

Posted on December 16, 2011 by neil

Congratulations to Idris, whose spectacular performance as DCI John Luther has once again been recognized with a Golden Globe nomination. Idris has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture for his role in Luther Series 2. Golden Globe winners will be announced on January 15. Visit the [...]

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Neil Cross is one of Variety’s 10 screenwriters to watch

Posted on December 7, 2011 by neil

Neil has been included in Variety magazine’s prestigious list of “10 Screenwriters to Watch” for 2011. The US film industry magazine publishes the list each year. Its feature on the list in the December 2 issue begins: “There is no set path to bigscreen success, and Variety‘s list of scribes poised for a breakthrough proves [...]

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Vote for Luther at the National Television Awards

Posted on October 14, 2011 by neil

Luther is up for two awards at Britain’s biggest awards show. The show has been nominated in the Best Drama category, and Idris Elba for Best Male Performance. The National Television Awards are decided by the public vote. Click through here to vote online. Voting on the longlist closes on October 17. The awards are [...]

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Idris takes Dagger at Crime Thriller Awards

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Congratultaions again to Idris for winning the Best Actor Dagger at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards in London on Friday. Other nominees for the category were: • Lars Mikkelsen for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC4) • Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (HBO, Sky Atlantic) • Jason Isaacs for Case Histories (Ruby Films, BBC One) • [...]

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Luther returns to US television

Posted on September 29, 2011 by neil

Series 2 of Luther premiered on BBC America last night (10pm/9c). Read about it here. Get more info on the BBC  America website here.

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True Stories Told Live: award-winning writers lay down pens for fundraiser

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Neil and six other award-winning writers will lay down their pens and step away from their laptops to tell stories the old-fashioned way to raise funds for the Book Council in its first True Stories Told Live event for Wellington. The New Zealand Book Council’s True Stories Told Live events have been exhilarating and entertaining [...]

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Luther to return for Series 3

Posted on September 20, 2011 by neil

Luther will return to BBC One in 2012 for a third series. Click here for more details. Check the BBC’s Luther Facebook page for further updates.

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Idris and Luther recognised at Primetime Emmys

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Congratulations to Luther star Idris Elba, who was recognised at yesterday’s Primetime Emmys with two award nominations. Idris was nominated for the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role in Luther, which screened on BBC America in the United States. At last night’s ceremony, the award went to Barry [...]

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An Evening with Neil Cross – fundraiser

Posted on May 23, 2011 by neil

Wellingtonians can chat with Neil about the world of top TV drama, crime fiction and Hollywood scriptwriting this Wednesday at a special fundraising evening for Crofton Downs Primary School. Neil will be sharing his experiences as a novelist and former lead writer of the hit BBC show Spooks, the creation and development of BBC’s award-winning [...]

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