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© Netflix & Film 4 Pele, Eric Cantona, Vinnie Jones and Ally McCoist have all had a go - some of them more successfully than others. Now Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares' joint directorial debut 'The Kitchen' features the first acting appearance by Ian Wright. The former Arsenal, Crystal Palace and England striker and soccer pundit plays a DJ called Lord Kitchener in a sci-fi film set in a dystopian London. Kitchener broadcasts to the inhabitants of a slum known as The Kitchen populated by Londoners of mostly Afro-Carribbean origin. © Netflix & Film 4 But while Wright's presence will undoubtedly surprise British and Irish audiences, his is a peripheral role in a movie about the importance of community in a society where the gap between the haves and the have nots is massive. Kane Robinson plays Izi, an inhabitant of The Kitchen - a warren of illegally occupied buildings for those unable to afford apartments. Looking like a cross between Hong Kong, Johannesburg a

  © BBC & Stan Do you remember that time Jamie Dornan played someone who thought he was a buzzy bee? ' Wild Mountain Thyme ' anyone? Yeah. That was a real toe curler. Well, buckle up because maybe he should steer clear of projects that smack of paddywackery. © BBC & Stan That's because Series Two of 'The Tourist' is awful. 2022 saw Dornan score a major hit in the UK and Australia with  the first series of the BBC1 and Stan thriller  about an Irish amnesiac being pursued in the Outback while trying to piece together clues about his criminal past. (SPOILER ALERT!!) Series Two finds his character Elliott Stanley and his girlfriend, Danielle MacDonald's Probationary Constable Helen Chambers loved up on a train to Cambodia when she reveals she has been keeping a secret from him. Helen has intercepted a letter from Ireland from someone called Tommy, telling Elliott it's time to find out who he really is. © BBC & Stan A rendezvous is arranged at a lakes

© Amazon Prime Ever wondered what the 'Big Brother' house would have been like if it was populated just by comedians? No?  Neither had I. But Amazon Prime has tried to answer that question anyway with a new comedy show 'LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland'. © Amazon Prime Originally conceived by the Japanese comic Hitoshi Matsumoyo in 2016, the show throws 10 stand-ups together in a 'Big Brother' style living room for six hours with the strict instruction that they are not allowed to laugh, crack a smile or smirk at each other's jokes or anything else. If they do, the first time they falter they get a yellow card warning. The second time, they receive a red card and are out of the game. The comedian who outlasts the others wins. © Amazon Prime Versions have been produced in Mexico, Italy, Iran, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Russia, Nigeria, Colombia and France. And with a UK version reportedly in the works, Amazon has decided to test the waters with an Irish

© Universal Pictures Given the way awards season has gone so far, there was little surprise that ' Oppenheimer ' emerged with an explosion of Oscar nominations this year. However this being the Academy Awards, there were still a few bombshells along the way. After all, how do you account for there being no space in the acting nominations for Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio or Willem Dafoe while their cast mates thrived? There was no love at all for Andrew Haigh's highly regarded ' All of Us Strangers ' or Emerald Fennell's ' Saltburn '. © Warner Bros Pictures What happened to Blitz Bazawule's much hyped musical version of ' The Color Purple ' which picked up only one nomination? Many people's dark horse, Celine Song's ' Past Lives ' got Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay nods but no acting or directing nominations. The early awards season buzz for Todd Haynes' ' May December ' evaporated with only a Best Or

© Channel 4 & Clerkenwell Films Channel 4 drama at its very best is edgy. Its finest miniseries are not afraid to tackle big issues or whip up controversy. Think Alan Bleasdale's ' GBH ,' Simon Moore's ' Traffik ,' Alan Plater and Chris Mullin's ' A Very British Coup ,' Jack Thorne's ' National Treasure ,' Dominic Savage's ' I Am ..' dramas,  Shane Meadows' ' The Virtues ' or Russell T Davies' ' It's A Sin .' These have tackled everything from the international drug trade to homophobia and AIDS, from sexual abuse to manipulation of the left wing. © Channel 4 & Clerkenwell Films 2024 has begun with another Channel 4, drama taking on a huge issue - assisted dying and the treatment of senior citizens. 'Truelove' is the creation of 'End of the F**king World' writer Charlie Lovell and Iain Wetherby and it raises uncomfortable questions. The six part miniseries begins with five fri