Phil will be talking to Al Senter about his role in This House, plus about his career more generally, at the National Theatre on 23 October:

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/70926/platforms/in-conversation-with-philip-glenister.html

Tickets go on sale next month. There will also be an opportunity for members of the audience to ask questions.

Phil Glenister will be appearing in a new play at the National Theatre this autumn. He will appear in This House at the Cottesloe from 18 September until 1 December. Co-stars include Phil Daniels and Julian Wadham.

The play is by new writer James Graham and directed by Jeremy Herrin. Tickets go on sale next month.

Here is the blurb from the NT website:

"Let those on the continent cooperate and hug and kiss each other on the ruddy cheek. Here in Britain, one party governs and we get things done.

1974. The UK faces economic crisis and a hung parliament. In a culture hostile to cooperation, it’s a period when votes are won or lost by one, when there are fist fights in the bars and when sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their vote.

It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and the building creaks under idiosyncrasies and arcane traditions.

A minority government? No one with any sense or gumption gives you more than a matter of weeks.

You’re gonna fall, and fast, and hard. So start finding things to land on. Now.

Set in the engine rooms of Westminster, James Graham’s This House strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes: the whips who roll up their sleeves and on occasion bend the rules to shepherd and coerce a diverse chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

This country is being kept alive on aspirin when what it needs is electric bloody shock therapy."

I am very very VERY excited about this!

The lovely people at the Momentum charity have released a new fundraising video - with Phil providing the introduction and the voiceover.

http://moment-um.org/videos

Phil will be supporting their annual golf day in June - and www.railwayarms.com will be getting involved with fundraising for the event. More soon!

Thanks to Ian Wylie (http://lifeofwylie.com) for letting us know that Phil will be featured in forthcoming BBC4 documentary, Tales of Television Centre.

The programme airs at 9pm on Thursday 17 May.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h266w

Phil has signed up for the Greatest Show in the Galaxy event in Peterborough, UK on 13 May. He will be reunited with Ashes co-stars Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster and Montserrat Lombard.

All the details can be found here:

http://www.trebleaceevents.co.uk/events/the-greatest-show-in-the-galaxy.html

Harper Collins has confirmed the third in a series of Life On Mars novels. Authored by Tom Graham, the electronic book versions are currently available for pre-order. More details on other formats will be announced shortly.

http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/77967/life-on-mars-borstal-slags-epub-edition-tom-graham-9780007472598

I see that several papers have reviewed Bel Ami.  None I read mentioned Philip's character, or the actor.  Drat.  The general opinion was that Pattinson was out of his depth, the female actors did very well, and that the story arc was weak. I fear they may have killed off Philip (Forestier) too soon to get the top ratings. I found the reviews courtesy of Google - there are too many to link here but they are easy to find.

Has anyone seen the film yet?

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Samples and zip file here @ enchantedfleur

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Phil talks Bel Ami, growing older, being healthier (!) and the possibility of doing more theatre:

http://www.mailonsunday.ie/tvshowbiz/article-2115399/Philip-Glenister-playing-Parisian-journalist-Bel-Ami.html