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Crossing The Border is a brilliant new 4-part drama by Peter Kosminsky ("Wolf Hall"; "The Promise"; "Britz"; "The Government Inspector') for Channel 4.

This is a drama about the Islamic State – and the British men and women who travel to Syria to join it. It isn’t about radicalisation. It starts on the Turkish border. It’s about life in the Caliphate – why some Brits might choose to go there, what happens to them while they’re there and why some of them might decide to leave and try to get home.

It’s fiction – but based on a year of intensive research.

We are not looking for highly experienced stage school kids. We are looking for natural, appealing and charismatic London teenagers with good energy who can rise to the challenge of playing a...

At public school he threw a chair through a window. At Oxford he took on the black-tie brigade. Now Riz Ahmed is ready to shake up the film industry. But first he puts us right on a few things

Riz Ahmed is talking so fast, I can't keep up. He has opinions on everything, and he hurls them at you so enthusiastically, so ferociously, that before long you feel battered. Within seconds, he has taken me on a global tour of his favourite cities. New York? "It's become so gentrified that it's lacking in soul." London? "The most gloriously eclectic city in the world." Tokyo? "Everyone's beautiful, everything's futuristic, but it's ethnically homogeneous."

Then he's on to his theory about why London has such a thriving indie arts scene (because the mainstream is so establishment), why Mo Farah represents all that's great about Britain, the impact of cuts in arts funding for disadvantaged inner-city kids…...

British director Peter Kosminsky (Britz, The Government Inspector) spent over a decade researching his latest masterpiece, and it shows. The Promise (Sunday, on Channel 4 at 9pm) is smart and thorough four-part, dual-era drama set in post-war Palestine and modern-day Israel.

In the first episode, gap year student Erin (Claire Foy) helps her mum clear out her dying grandfather.s house. Erin finds a dusty...  More >>...

Angelic lawyers, comedy producers and aliens all feature on the box this year - plus new series from Martin Scorsese and the creators of The Wire

Outcasts

Can BBC1 pull off a big new sci-fi series? A top-notch cast, including Hermione Norris, Liam Cunningham, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson and Jamie Bamber, gives them a fighting chance. These pioneers leave their old lives behind in order to establish a new future on the planet Carpathia.

BBC1, coming soon.

Episodes

What happens when a UK comedy is picked up by a Us network? Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan play British writers whisked off to La, while Matt LeBlanc stars as a desperate-for-a-new-hit Matt LeBlanc. The writing comes courtesy of David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You).

BBC2, January.

Boardwalk Empire

The launch of Sky's new Atlantic channel provokes mixed emotions: it has meant Mad Men disappearing from the BBC, but...

Part 3: From Kick-Ass to new digital technology

Kick-ass

Meet the new class of slacker superheroes

Although 2009 was notably free of Super- and Spider-Men, with only the underwhelming Watchmen to fill the gap, 2010 sees the return of the comic-book hero big time, but with a sneaky twist: next year's crop don't have a single superpower between them. First out of the gate is Matthew Vaughn's scabrous Kick-Ass, adapted from Mark Millar's graphic novel, about a teenage boy (played by Aaron Johnson), who dreams of being a masked vigilante and winds up crossing paths with real-life caped crusaders Big Daddy (Nic Cage) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz), a ferocious, foul-mouthed father-and-daughter double act. Following that comes Edgar Wright's long-awaited Hot Fuzz follow-up Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, based on a series of comics by Bryan Lee O'Malley and starring Michael Cera as a lovelorn slacker who has to defeat...

Shifty is an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London.

The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shifty’s life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up.

As his long time friend Chris, confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he’s heading fast towards.

Boasting convincing performances from a cast of rising stars including Riz Ahmed (‘Dead Set’, ‘Britz’) and Daniel Mays (‘Atonement’ & ‘Vera Drake’). Shifty also stars Jason Flemyng and Francesca Annis.

Disc 1 Extra Features:

- Commentary with Writer/Director Eran Creevy...

Riz Ahmed (Britz, Dead Set) takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London. The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shiftys life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up. As his long time friend Chris, played by Daniel Mays (The Bank Job, Plus One), confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future hes heading fast towards.

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There’s been some great buzz around Eran Creevy’s debut feature since it screened at the London Film Festival last year, and it’s getting a theatrical release in the UK on 24th April through Metrodome. An urban thriller centred on a London crack dealer, this has some potential, with a story based on events the director witnessed growing up and a strong cast of up and coming talent.

Riz Ahmed (Britz, Dead Set) takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London. The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shifty’s life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good,...

From the same micro-budget backers that helped bring us the much talked about Mum & Dad comes a film that covers 24 hours in the life of a charismatic Muslim crack dealer. "Riz Ahmed (Britz, The Road to Guantanamo) takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London. The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shifty’s life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, played by Jason Flemyng (Stardust, Layer Cake), intent on setting him up. As his long time friend Chris, played by Daniel Mays (The Bank Job, Atonement), confronts the dark past he left behind him,...