Danny Boyle

Yesterday review

A hopeless songwriter wakes up to find he's the only person who can remember the Fab Four's hits in a wacky, winning comedy directed by Danny Boyle.

Review: Yesterday

Yesterday has all the ingredients to be the feel-good movie of the year.

Yesterday review

Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis and The Beatles make for a surprisingly infectious comedy.

Movie review - Yesterday (2019)

Although it might be difficult to judge the staying power of Yesterday, especially when viewing it through the prism of Curtis' biggest hits of 15 - 20 years ago, it is undeniably a fun ride.

Yesterday review: a feel-good Britcom

Suspend your disbelief, Yesterday is a stylish musical medley with buckets of charm.

Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis developing new movie

Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis might not appear to be the most likely collaborators, but they are aiming to work together on an untitled new movie that combines comedy and music.

Danny Boyle's filming a Beatles musical

Powerhouse film-makers Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis are joining forces to make a picture built around the music of The Beatles.

Radio Times review

The stars of Steve Jobs, the Danny Boyle film about the co-founder of Apple that closed the recent London Film Festival, are on Graham's sofa this evening. It's unlikely that we'll see a repeat of Michael Fassbender's wonderfully cool dance to Blurred Lines that he did when he was on the show with his X Men co-stars 18 months ago - unless it happens to be a favourite tune of Kate Winslet's, too. Also on the bill is Brooklyn star Julie Walters - a regular guest on the show because she is always such terrific value - as well as rapper 50 Cent.

The cachet of its creators - Danny Boyle, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain - meant the pilot of this Met police comedy-drama premiered to much hype in February. Yet its ambitious scope - all the way down from the upper echelons of the force to the terminally bored on-the-ground teams - and odd tone (as cynical as a satire, but never ridiculous enough to be properly funny) meant it was hard to love. Those are things that still blight this first series proper, but its makers are, hopefully, playing the long game.

The title of this show is Jamaican English slang for police officer... just in case you were wondering.

And there's plenty else that will have viewers scratching their heads here, too.

It's both a serious drama about coppers, corruption and crime in the capital, and a whip-smart comedy written by Peep Show's Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

A feature-length pilot directed by Danny Boyle aired earlier this year.

"It's fabulous that it is now getting a full series," says James Nesbitt, who plays Commissioner Richard Miller.

"I loved the character and the writing.

"I also knew it was going to go to interesting places so I didn't hesitate for a minute to sign up for a whole series."

In the opener, Richard declares, "London is safe, Big Ben's on time, all is well", to his PR executive Liz Garvey (played by screenwriter and film producer Brit Marling).

He then has to deal with a riot in a youth offender's unit caused by the failings of the institution's private security company.

Nothing is as it seems.