Q&A

Q&A/PREVIEW: Tip Toe starring Russell T Davies, Alan Cumming & David Morrissey at BFI Southbank

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

WHEN?: Monday 18 May 2026, show airs on Channel 4 from Sunday 31 May 2026

Writer Davies may be best known for Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin but his new Channel Four drama Tip Toe is his 1st thriller, with a political edge and opens with Cumming’s Leo apparently hanging by his neck in a noose from a lamp post on a Manchester street.

  • Read on for reasons including how Tip Toe promises to be a wild ride although we’ve no idea where it goes next
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FILM OF THE MONTH/Q&A: Rose Of Nevada starring George MacKay and Callum Turner with Mark Jenkin (April 2026)

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Thursday 23 April, at BFI Southbank, opens 24 April 2026 FILM RUNTIME: 114 minutes

How would you feel if you went back in time 30 years and your partner and your child were no longer there but a couple who thought you were their lost son were pleased at your return?

  • Read on for reasons including how this mystery of fishermen seemingly lost in time could be just the film to catch
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Q&A and PREVIEW: Idris Elba on 100 Streets

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WORTH A LOOK?: *****

WHERE: BFI

WHEN: 8/11, out 11/11

Idris Elba didn’t need to be in small independent film 100 Streets, which he stars in and produces, but it was the writing that convinced him.

  • Read on for reasons including former rugby player Martin Offiah’s question from the audience

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