Update : 27 January 2012
Josh Bolt has posted this photo on his twitter page – its from one of the locations used for the farm set on this show.
Update : 30 January 2012
We now hear via Josh Bolt on Twitter that Nicola’s been having fun with the sheep on the farm location where she’s filming Antony & Cleopatra. Click on the pic below to see a larger image.
Update : 1 February 2012
The cast have started to do interviews with the print media. TV Choice (@TVChoice) have shared these two photos on Twitter. Nicola’s looking fabulous! (As usual, click on each image to view a larger pic.)
Update : 4 February 2012
Dean Andrews (@deanoandrews), one of the male leads of this show, has just tweeted that he thinks that the producers may change the name of the show to something else, and if that happens, he will “shout it out wen[sic] the time comes”.
The existing title is certainly intriguing and has sent some fans back to the Shakespeare play, looking for possible parallels and reasons why this title was chosen. Assuming that the writer and producers had good reason to start off with this title, I hope they keep it because any alternative they come up with may not sound as interesting.
Update : 13 February 2012
The Live Oop North website has posted 26 photos of Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi filming in Carleton in Craven, near Skipton which you can view HERE. Even though Nicola does not appear in these photos, they’re still interesting pics as they show cast and crew hard at work setting up and filming a scene. The photos were taken on Sunday, 12 February 2012.
Update : 16 February 2012
There is a brief article in the Huddersfield Daily Examiner about this show being filmed on location in Marsden. Nicola is mentioned as a cast member but does not appear in the photo which accompanied the article.
@JoshBolt has tweeted that they’re now filming episode 4. @tonygardner has tweeted that the show will be on UK TV screens soon though no date was mentioned. Elsewhere a minor cast member has indicated that the show could be on UK TV screens as soon as April, though that seems unlikely if filming will continue up to and including March. Whilst a “romcom” such as this show may not require a lot of post production work, it is still unlikely that a show which just finished filming in March would be on TV screens in April.
Update : 16 March 2012
Actor/musician Roger Rowley (@GodDamnRowley on Twitter) has posted a short video on his Facebook page showing how some special effects work was done on the set of Antony & Cleopatra. Nicola appears very briefly at one stage (at around the 0:34 mark), clapping madly after the shot was completed. She clearly enjoys every aspect of her work as an actress! 😀
Update : 20 March 2012
Tony Gardner (@tonygardner) has tweeted about a new guest star for this show.
Update : 21 March 2012
TV & Satellite Week (@TVSatelliteWeek) just tweeted :
Here’s a couple of tweets from Josh Bolt (@joshbolt) today :
So for Josh Bolt, Nicola has gone from “Nicola Walker”, to “Nic Walker” to now “Nick Walker”. Interesting …
Update : 3 April 2012
Via Google Alerts, we see several regional UK newspapers with a small piece about a house on Douglas Road, Bacup which will be used as the house for Dean Andrews’s character.Try the Bolton News, or the Lancashire Telegraph.
Six degrees
Tony Gardner was also in episode 201 of The Big Town All Stars [Audio] where he played Paul, the high school sweetheart of Lorelei, Nicola’s character.
Sarah Lancashire was also in Oliver Twist [TV] though she did not have any scenes with Nicola in that series.
Continue reading updates and other information about the show, under its new name, Last Tango in Halifax HERE.
Order from Amazon UK
The region 2 DVD of this show will be released on 15 October 2012. If you click on the DVD image below, you will be taken to Amazon UK’s website where they tell you that the DVD is now scheduled for release on 31 December 2012.
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(first page, bottom) The young man on the right of the image is Edward Ashley (16) not Josh Bolt, and the one on the left is Louis Greatorex and they are both Tony Gardners on-screen sons.
I look forward to the release in August, class acting!
It’ll be interesting to see Nicola act in such a different role, one focused on family relationships… as you say, this couldn’t be further from Spooks in which if you work for Section D then you basically don’t have any kind of life outside of it. It’ll be different too to see Nicola in a series set outside of London – definitely one to watch with interest.
Fan-flippin’-tastic!
Hah! Can’t believe that I left Derek Jacobi off my list as he has been a personal favorite for eons.
Sounds like a substantial and pivotal role for NW too, which makes it all the better.
Thanks for hunting this down.
“Fan-flippin’-tastic” indeed. Now if only the BBC would make up its mind as to whether “Antony” has an “h” in his name or not, we can stop having to change the artwork with each new press release!
This sounds interesting! Thank you!
Not a scholar as much as an appreciator of Shakespeare, but I’ll take a whack at ideas re: title:
1. Maybe it’s a character reference, e.g. in the Shakespeare play, Cleopatra is passionate and stormy and Anthony is stoic and pragmatic – albeit completely beguiled. I am sure we have all noticed that the main characters names “Alan & Celia” have an alliterative connection with “Antony & Cleopatra” so this is my best guess.
2. Perhaps it’s a structural in that, like the Shakespeare play, they move back and forth a lot between austere “Rome/his life” and sensual “Alexandria/her life”?
3. It could be thematic, e.g. major themes of the play are personal perspective, ambiguity and obstruction.
4. Hopefully, it isn’t a plot reference b/c I am not sure how many of us would “buy” death by asp in this day and age. 😉 ;D But beware, A&C is a tragedy!
Of course, it all those ideas will probably come to naught!
Great suggestions. Personally, I’d go for your “1”. 🙂
I’d be most interested in knowing which actor/actress they’ll cast as Alan & Celia.
Surely if they started filming, they must have them cast? Hmmm…British actors & actress’ in their 70’s… Dame Judi? Claire Bloom? Eileen Atkins? Julie Christie? Pauline Collins? Wendy Craig? Sheila Hancock? Penelope Keith? Julia MacKenzie? Maggie Smith? Anthony Hopkins? Sean Connery? Brian Blessed? Michael Caine? Richard Briers? Ian McKellan? Terence Stamp? Patrick Godfrey? So many wonderful ones to choose from!
Yes, but many of these may be beyond the budget for a 6×60 TV drama. Those two would have to be pretty strong actor/actress in order to hold them own against the stellar cast which they’re assembling to act as the relatives/baggage.
Hah! NW as “The Baggage.” Had to giggle at that one a little. She’d still be FAB-ulous! 😉
I agree that most I listed are too expensive. I was just dreaming a bit. There are so many more much lower profile actors-of-a-certain-age out there, it will indeed be very interesting to see who is cast in those roles. But, you know, it hasn’t been below the likes of a Maggie Smith, Dame Judi or Eileen Atkins to work for a BBC telly salary. Although Judi Dench would smack a little too much of “As Time Goes By.”
Also, am I correct in thinking that the statement “At this stage, it is unclear how big a role is this for Nicola” means that it is unknown if this a recurring role or a guest spot?
Yep, no info yet as to whether Nicola will appear in all 6 eps or just one or two. No doubt, one or more cast members will find it extremely difficult to stop talking about this project on Twitter so I’m sure we’ll hear more about this show in the weeks to come. I’d love to see Nicola get a role as “Ms Bossyboots”, a character which is the polar opposite from Ruth E. 😀
Cannot wait for new shows and films with Nicola. Hope this part is a big one! 🙂