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Robert James-Collier & Charlie Hardwick join Ackley Bridge

Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Charlie Hardwick (Emmerdale) are joining the teaching staff at Ackley Bridge College and are bound to ruffle some feathers. With the school being taken over by The Valley Trust it’s a new era with deputy head teacher Martin Evershed (Robert James-Collier) and

16 Jan 19 Video

Hunted Ep 2 Clip

Play video Royal Marine Matt Mason is heading to Abergavenny, but the cyber team have cracked his route and three teams of Hunters are already lying in wait. Hunted episode 2, Thursday, 9pm, Channel 4

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with author Rose Cartwright

Channel 4’s new series, Pure, is based on your book, which deals with your experiences of Pure O. Can you explain what that is? Pure O is just a nickname for a certain manifestation of OCD. Most people think that OCD is to do with cleanliness or order or germs – actually it’s a really wide-ranging

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Joe Cole (Charlie)

Can you tell us a little about Pure? It’s based on Rose Cartwright’s memoir. She has a condition called ‘Pure O’, which is a form of OCD whereby you have intrusive thoughts that makes your life very difficult to live in a normal sense; in her case, intrusive sexual thoughts. She went through various

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Charly Clive (Marnie)

Explain a bit about the show, what’s the story? Pure is about a young woman called Marnie who has a type of OCD which is known as Pure O, which means that she experiences unwanted, intrusive thoughts. Hers are of a sexual nature. It’s about her coming to London to start a new life for herself, and

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Anthony Welsh (Joe)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? Pure is based on the memoir of Rose Cartwright, and her dealing with her OCD. It’s adapted from her memoir, but it’s not an exact portrayal of her story, it’s not the exact events but it’s very much based on the mental health issues that Rose

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Niamh Algar (Amber)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? Pure is based on Rose’s Cartwright’s memoir and is centred on a character called Marnie who is suffering from this obsessive compulsive disorder which is nicknamed Pure O, where she suffers from intrusive thoughts that are often sexual. The

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Kiran Sonia Sawar (Shereen)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? It’s the story of a young woman trying to figure out young adult life whilst suffering from a form of OCD called Pure O but not knowing that it’s what she has. She’s trying to figure out life whilst suffering from an extreme mental disorder. You

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with writer Kirstie Swain

Tell us where the genesis of this project came from? Roanna Benn (executive producer) and Jen Kenwood (producer) from Drama Republic came to me with the book. I read it and said “fuck” out loud loads of times because it really resonated with me. There were a lot of things in Rose’s experience that