''Press'' is a six-part British television drama series first aired on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
on 6 September 2018. Created and written by
Mike Bartlett, the series depicts two rival British newspapers and the lives of their senior employees. It was broadcast in the United States in October 2019 and December 2020 – January 2021.
The series was cancelled after one series. However, it was remade in India as ''
The Broken News
The Broken News is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language web-series directed by Vinay Waikul on ZEE5 starring Jaideep Ahlawat, Sonali Bendre, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Jay Upadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Taaruk Raina, Aakash Khurana and Kiran Kumar. It is a rema ...
'' in 2022.
Cast
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Charlotte Riley
Charlotte Frances Riley (born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in '' Easy Virtue'' (2008) and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of ''Wuthering Heights'' (2009).
Early life and education ...
as Holly Evans, news editor of ''The Herald''
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Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin (born Benedict John Greenwood; 31 July 1969)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in films, including '' The Truth About Cats & Dogs' ...
as Duncan Allen, editor of ''The Post''
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Priyanga Burford as Amina Chaudury, editor of ''The Herald''
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Paapa Essiedu
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (; born 11 June 1990) is an English actor. For his performance in the miniseries ''I May Destroy You'' (2020), he received Primetime Emmy and British Academy Television Award nominations. He won the 2016 Ian Charleson Award ...
as Ed Washburn, reporter at ''The Post''
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Al Weaver
Alexander Paul Weaver (born 3 January 1981) is an English actor and writer, best known for his role as curate Leonard Finch in the ITV series ''Grantchester'' (2014-present).
Background
Weaver was born in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton i ...
as James Edwards, investigative reporter at ''The Herald''
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Ellie Kendrick
Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (born 8 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010 revived ''Upstairs Downstairs'', and Meera ...
as Leona Manning-Lynd, reporter at ''The Herald''
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Genevieve Barr
Genevieve Barr (born 12 December 1985)Dehn, Georgia ', 24 June 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2010. is an English actor and writer of stage and screen. She played the lead role in the BBC award-winning series '' The Silence''. Havin ...
as Charlotte Evans, Features Editor at ''The Herald''
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Brendan Cowell
Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, playwright, and director.
Early life and education
Cowell was born in Sydney and grew up in the beachside suburb of Cronulla. He credits his mother and high school drama teacher with encouraging him to e ...
as Peter Langly, deputy editor of ''The Herald''
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Shane Zaza
Shane Zaza is a British actor.
Biography
He went to Headlands School in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire where he first started acting. He lived a short walk to his school and was a very active child. Shane appeared as the lead actor at ...
as Raz Kane, news editor of ''The Post''
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Susannah Wise
Susannah Walker Wise is an English people, English television and stage Actor, actress.
Life and career
She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the Briti ...
as Wendy Bolt, a columnist
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David Suchet
Sir David Courtney Suchet''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor known for his work on British stage and television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television serial '' Oppenh ...
as George Emmerson, chairman and CEO of Worldwide News, owners of ''The Post''
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Elliot Levey
Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) is an Olivier award winning actor.
Career
Olivier award winner for the role of Herr Shultz in Cabaret.known for his work in British Theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Th ...
as Matthew Harper, the
Prime Minister
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Dominic Rowan
Dominic Rowan (born 17 June 1971) is an English television, film and theatre actor. He played CPS prosecutor Jacob Thorne in the ITV crime drama '' Law and Order: UK'' and Tom Mitford in the Channel 4 drama series ''North Square''. Rowan has al ...
as Joshua West,
business tycoon
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Allison McKenzie
Allison McKenzie is a Scottish TMA Awards nominated actress from Glasgow. As a youngster she went to The Mitchell Theatre for Youth and discovered her love of acting. She fulfilled a childhood ambition when she worked with the Royal Shakespear ...
as Kelly, journalist at ''The Post''
Episodes
Reception
The review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, gave Press a rating of 95%. Sophie Gilbert of ''
The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' called it "fascinating" and "periodically clunky."
Journalists were not impressed with the show,
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, ...
calling it "less realistic than Star Trek." Sean O'Grady of ''
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'' characterised it as "too cliché-ridden, its characters two-dimensional stereotypes, floating around like dead fish in a tank." ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
's'' Sam Wollaston gave it three stars, but called its picture of the industry "20 years out of date."
Indian adaptation
BBC Studios India produced a
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
language remake, written by Bartlett and Sambit Mishra, for streaming service
ZEE5
ZEE5 is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, run by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Androi ...
. It stars
Jaideep Ahlawat
Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He completed his graduation from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2008. After completing his education, he headed Mumbai, to pursue his dreams to become an act ...
,
Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She did modelling assignments prior to making her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for Ne ...
,
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Shriya Pilgaonkar is an Indian actress, director, producer, and stage performer. She is the daughter of actors Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar.
Early life
Shriya is the only child of famed Marathi actors Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar. As a ...
,
Indraneil Sengupta
Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, and a model living in Kolkata since 2004.
Career
Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which John Abraham was the winner. He modelled for designer Rohit Bal ...
, Taaruk Raina,
Aakash Khurana and
Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar (born as Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''.
Personal life
Kumar co ...
.
''The Broken News'' began streaming on 10 June 2022.
References
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2018 British television series debuts
2018 British television series endings
2010s British drama television series
2010s British television miniseries
BBC television dramas
BBC television miniseries
English-language television shows
Television series by BBC Studios
Television shows set in England
Television shows scored by Natalie Holt