Lennie James is a successful English actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He was born in Nottingham on October 11, 1965. He began his career in the television and film industries as a writer in the late 1980s. His first appearance on screen was in three episodes of a television series called ‘The Baptist’ in 1991.Since then, he has had a prolific career in television and appeared in over 20 movies. Some of the films for which he is best-known include ‘Blade Runner 2049’, ‘Les Misérables’, and ‘Snatch’. He is currently known for his portrayal of Mr. Glen Boyle in the Sky
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- 10/20/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Sky 1 called time on medical thriller Critical earlier this year - and now star Lennie James has argued that the real-time drama was poorly served by the channel.
James - now a regular on The Walking Dead - had made time in his schedule to shoot a second series of Critical, before Sky announced the show's cancellation in the summer.
"I would've loved to have gone back and done another series," he told Digital Spy. "The show is something I'm immensely proud of. I had a huge amount of fun doing it.
"I think it was a show that may well have taken Sky by surprise, but I do think that it warranted being supported more by Sky, and being given the second chance, but what else am I going to say?"
James said that Critical - from award-winning writer Jed Mercurio - was "trying something different" and needed a different sort of promotion.
James - now a regular on The Walking Dead - had made time in his schedule to shoot a second series of Critical, before Sky announced the show's cancellation in the summer.
"I would've loved to have gone back and done another series," he told Digital Spy. "The show is something I'm immensely proud of. I had a huge amount of fun doing it.
"I think it was a show that may well have taken Sky by surprise, but I do think that it warranted being supported more by Sky, and being given the second chance, but what else am I going to say?"
James said that Critical - from award-winning writer Jed Mercurio - was "trying something different" and needed a different sort of promotion.
- 10/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Sky1 has called time on its fast-paced medical series Critical.
Lennie James fronted the drama as the head of a major trauma unit, tasked with treating seriously-wounded patients.
Critical aired 13 episodes between February and May - pulling in a series average of 192,000 viewers - but will not be back for a second series.
"We are really proud of the acclaim Critical received and its ground-breaking achievements in the production of TV medical drama," Sky1 said in a statement. "We would like to thank Jed Mercurio, the team at Hat Trick Productions and all our cast."
The show was created by Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio, with each episode unfolding in real time as Glen Boyle (James) and his team worked to save their latest patient.
Back in May, Kimberley Nixon - who played Dr Harry Bennett-Edwardes - told Digital Spy that there was "huge hope" for a second series of Critical.
Lennie James fronted the drama as the head of a major trauma unit, tasked with treating seriously-wounded patients.
Critical aired 13 episodes between February and May - pulling in a series average of 192,000 viewers - but will not be back for a second series.
"We are really proud of the acclaim Critical received and its ground-breaking achievements in the production of TV medical drama," Sky1 said in a statement. "We would like to thank Jed Mercurio, the team at Hat Trick Productions and all our cast."
The show was created by Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio, with each episode unfolding in real time as Glen Boyle (James) and his team worked to save their latest patient.
Back in May, Kimberley Nixon - who played Dr Harry Bennett-Edwardes - told Digital Spy that there was "huge hope" for a second series of Critical.
- 7/15/2015
- Digital Spy
Is Critical coming back to Sky1? Series star Kimberley Nixon has confirmed there's "huge hope" for a second series.
Nixon - who plays Harry Bennett-Edwardes on the medical drama - told Digital Spy that there has been "talk" of shooting more episodes in 2016.
"I'm not sure if it's coming back for a second series," she said. "I think there's definitely a huge hope for it.
"More than anything, the set cost a fortune - so there was talk of doing another series, mainly to get their money's worth, really!"
Nixon revealed that she'd like to see her "rookie" character become tougher and more ruthless if the show were to continue.
"In the first series, Harry's such a rookie - very much the nervous new girl," she said. "But we used to joke that by series 15, she'd be [like Lennie James's character] Glen Boyle. She'd be hardened - don't f**k with her!"
Critical...
Nixon - who plays Harry Bennett-Edwardes on the medical drama - told Digital Spy that there has been "talk" of shooting more episodes in 2016.
"I'm not sure if it's coming back for a second series," she said. "I think there's definitely a huge hope for it.
"More than anything, the set cost a fortune - so there was talk of doing another series, mainly to get their money's worth, really!"
Nixon revealed that she'd like to see her "rookie" character become tougher and more ruthless if the show were to continue.
"In the first series, Harry's such a rookie - very much the nervous new girl," she said. "But we used to joke that by series 15, she'd be [like Lennie James's character] Glen Boyle. She'd be hardened - don't f**k with her!"
Critical...
- 5/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Big Brother: Timebomb: Channel 5, 9pm
It's back - and this time with a ticking timebomb theme which promises to probe housemates' past, present and future!
Emma Willis is once more on hosting duties, introducing a new batch of housemates who'll be spending the foreseeable in a swanky '60s-style pad.
Empire: E4, 9pm
The red-hot Us drama continues - and in episode three, the Lyons get a taste of what their lives might have been like had Lucious (Terrence Howard) never hit the big time.
Meanwhile, trouble is brewing for Hakeem (Bryshere Y Gray) and Tiana (Serayah) as another woman comes between them.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
It's the penultimate outing for Sky1's glossy, gory, high-adrenaline medical thriller starring Lennie James as trauma specialist Glen Boyle.
In episode 12, the team hits the road to treat victims of a traffic accident, while Glen makes a shock announcement.
Penny Dreadful: Sky Atlantic,...
It's back - and this time with a ticking timebomb theme which promises to probe housemates' past, present and future!
Emma Willis is once more on hosting duties, introducing a new batch of housemates who'll be spending the foreseeable in a swanky '60s-style pad.
Empire: E4, 9pm
The red-hot Us drama continues - and in episode three, the Lyons get a taste of what their lives might have been like had Lucious (Terrence Howard) never hit the big time.
Meanwhile, trouble is brewing for Hakeem (Bryshere Y Gray) and Tiana (Serayah) as another woman comes between them.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
It's the penultimate outing for Sky1's glossy, gory, high-adrenaline medical thriller starring Lennie James as trauma specialist Glen Boyle.
In episode 12, the team hits the road to treat victims of a traffic accident, while Glen makes a shock announcement.
Penny Dreadful: Sky Atlantic,...
- 5/12/2015
- Digital Spy
The Flash: Sky1, 8pm
Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) must retrace his own footsteps after being transported back in time, as the Us superhero series continues.
Time displacement isn't the only threat faced by The Flash either, as Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) return to stir up trouble.
Ordinary Lies: BBC One, 9pm
Former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay takes centre stage in tonight's episode of the drama, which focuses on Kathy - an unhappily-married woman.
Embarking on an affair with estate agent Niall (Edward MacLiam), Kathy is soon faced with a difficult moral conundrum.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
If you have a strong stomach, Sky1's adrenaline-fuelled medical drama Critical is recommended viewing.
Tonight, Glen Boyle (Lennie James) and his team face a fresh crisis when a woman attempts suicide in the hospital.
Nurse: BBC Two, 10pm
Paul Whitehouse's thoughtful comedy -...
Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) must retrace his own footsteps after being transported back in time, as the Us superhero series continues.
Time displacement isn't the only threat faced by The Flash either, as Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) return to stir up trouble.
Ordinary Lies: BBC One, 9pm
Former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay takes centre stage in tonight's episode of the drama, which focuses on Kathy - an unhappily-married woman.
Embarking on an affair with estate agent Niall (Edward MacLiam), Kathy is soon faced with a difficult moral conundrum.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
If you have a strong stomach, Sky1's adrenaline-fuelled medical drama Critical is recommended viewing.
Tonight, Glen Boyle (Lennie James) and his team face a fresh crisis when a woman attempts suicide in the hospital.
Nurse: BBC Two, 10pm
Paul Whitehouse's thoughtful comedy -...
- 3/31/2015
- Digital Spy
The Flash: Sky1, 8pm
Barry discovers how Caitlin's fiancé Ronnie Raymond became the metahuman Firestorm - but can he stop the volatile Ronnie from going nuclear?
Meanwhile, Joe reaches out to Cisco for help investigating Nora Allen's murder and together the pair make a stunning discovery.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
If the series premiere of Critical last week left you feeling short-changed, give tonight's episode - which sees lead Lennie James make his debut proper - a go.
There's more high-tension, no-holds-barred medical thrills when James's war veteran Glen Boyle takes control of the trauma centre, just in time to treat a woman with a fence post impaled through her face.
Drugs Live: Cannabis on Trial: Channel 4, 10pm
The controversial Drugs Live returns, with volunteers taking part in a six-month trial to examine the effects of two forms of cannabis - skunk and hash.
Important scientific research or an...
Barry discovers how Caitlin's fiancé Ronnie Raymond became the metahuman Firestorm - but can he stop the volatile Ronnie from going nuclear?
Meanwhile, Joe reaches out to Cisco for help investigating Nora Allen's murder and together the pair make a stunning discovery.
Critical: Sky1, 9pm
If the series premiere of Critical last week left you feeling short-changed, give tonight's episode - which sees lead Lennie James make his debut proper - a go.
There's more high-tension, no-holds-barred medical thrills when James's war veteran Glen Boyle takes control of the trauma centre, just in time to treat a woman with a fence post impaled through her face.
Drugs Live: Cannabis on Trial: Channel 4, 10pm
The controversial Drugs Live returns, with volunteers taking part in a six-month trial to examine the effects of two forms of cannabis - skunk and hash.
Important scientific research or an...
- 3/3/2015
- Digital Spy
Anyone who watched the last series of Line of Duty on BBC One will know that Jed Mercurio knows how to write compelling drama, and now he's returning to the medical genre with Critical, a 13-part series set in the trauma unit of a London hospital.
Explaining the thought process behind the show, Mercurio says that he wanted to "push the boundaries" of the genre further than ever before. He enjoyed huge success with his previous attempts, Bodies and Cardiac Arrest, so what can he do this time that he hasn't already tried?
Within the opening two minutes, it's clear that Critical is a very different beast to Mercurio's previous work, and most other contemporary medical dramas. With the presence of a 24-style countdown clock, each episode takes place during a trauma patient's "golden hour" – when it really is a case of life or death.
Critical has also been described...
Explaining the thought process behind the show, Mercurio says that he wanted to "push the boundaries" of the genre further than ever before. He enjoyed huge success with his previous attempts, Bodies and Cardiac Arrest, so what can he do this time that he hasn't already tried?
Within the opening two minutes, it's clear that Critical is a very different beast to Mercurio's previous work, and most other contemporary medical dramas. With the presence of a 24-style countdown clock, each episode takes place during a trauma patient's "golden hour" – when it really is a case of life or death.
Critical has also been described...
- 2/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Sky1 has confirmed the launch date for new series Critical.
The medical drama will premiere on the channel on Tuesday, February 24.
The 13-part series is told in real-time like 24 and focuses on a hospital's trauma unit.
The series is written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio and reunites him with actor Lennie James, who stars as trauma consultant Glen Boyle.
The show also stars Catherine Walker (Strike Back), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat).
The Critical cast is completed by Neve McIntosh, Prasanna Puwanarajah, John MacMillan, Ellen Thomas, Mali Harries, Paul Bazely, Danny Kirrane, Peter Sullivan, Emma Fryer, Orion Lee and Juliet Oldfield.
Critical is Mercurio's first medical drama since his work on Bodies in 2006. He also wrote Cardiac Arrest for the BBC between 1994 and 1996.
The medical drama will premiere on the channel on Tuesday, February 24.
The 13-part series is told in real-time like 24 and focuses on a hospital's trauma unit.
The series is written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio and reunites him with actor Lennie James, who stars as trauma consultant Glen Boyle.
The show also stars Catherine Walker (Strike Back), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat).
The Critical cast is completed by Neve McIntosh, Prasanna Puwanarajah, John MacMillan, Ellen Thomas, Mali Harries, Paul Bazely, Danny Kirrane, Peter Sullivan, Emma Fryer, Orion Lee and Juliet Oldfield.
Critical is Mercurio's first medical drama since his work on Bodies in 2006. He also wrote Cardiac Arrest for the BBC between 1994 and 1996.
- 2/5/2015
- Digital Spy
2015 is just around the corner, and already it's looking like next year might outdo the past 12 months when it comes to top quality TV comedy and drama.
There's plenty of old favourites returning to the schedules - more on that tomorrow (December 31) - but also a ton of exciting new shows heading your way.
Digital Spy has picked out just a few of the best - here's what you can't afford to miss in the New Year... the 15 most thrilling new shows for 2015.
1. Daredevil - Netflix
Launching Marvel's immensely exciting collaboration with Netflix is Daredevil, which will star Boardwalk Empire actor Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer gifted with extrasensory perception who fights injustice as a costumed vigilante.
Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Vincent D'Onofrio will also star in the comic book adaptation, which has Spartacus supremo Steven S DeKnight on board as showrunner and will release...
There's plenty of old favourites returning to the schedules - more on that tomorrow (December 31) - but also a ton of exciting new shows heading your way.
Digital Spy has picked out just a few of the best - here's what you can't afford to miss in the New Year... the 15 most thrilling new shows for 2015.
1. Daredevil - Netflix
Launching Marvel's immensely exciting collaboration with Netflix is Daredevil, which will star Boardwalk Empire actor Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer gifted with extrasensory perception who fights injustice as a costumed vigilante.
Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Vincent D'Onofrio will also star in the comic book adaptation, which has Spartacus supremo Steven S DeKnight on board as showrunner and will release...
- 12/30/2014
- Digital Spy
From the writer of "Line of Duty" comes the brand new Sky (UK network) drama titled "Critical" starring Lennie James (who also starred in "Line of Duty," during its first season), Claire Skinner and Kimberley Nixon. "Critical" is described as one story, in one place, in one hour - a real-time medical and emotional roller-coaster ride in which every second counts during the most life-threatening hour of a patient's treatment. Lennie James (who Stateside audiences may most recognize from "The Walking Dead") leads an ensemble cast, playing trauma consultant Glen Boyle in what will be a 13-part series set in a...
- 12/15/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
From the writer of Line of Duty comes the brand new Sky (UK network) drama titled Critical starring Lennie James (who also starred in Line of Duty, during its first season), Claire Skinner and Kimberley Nixon. Critical is described as one story, in one place, in one hour - a real-time medical and emotional roller-coaster ride in which every second counts during the most life-threatening hour of a patient's treatment. Lennie James (who Stateside audiences may most recognize from The Walking Dead) leads an ensemble cast, playing trauma consultant Glen Boyle in what will be a 13-part series set in a state-of-the-art major trauma center, which treats only the most gravely ill...
- 4/10/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Lennie James has signed up to star in Sky1's new medical drama Critical.
The Line of Duty star has been cast as trauma consultant Glen Boyle in the ensemble drama, which takes place in real-time over each one-hour episode.
Strike Back actress Catherine Walker will play trauma registrar Fiona Lomas, while Outnumbered's Claire Skinner will appear as trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport.
Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon has signed up to play junior doctor 'Harry' Bennett-Edwardes.
Created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio, the 13-part series, set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, will focus on a different story during each episode.
The drama will follow the team of medical professionals as they make knife-edge decisions that could mean the difference between whether a patient lives or dies.
Mercurio said: "Sky has given the Critical team a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the most realistic and thrilling medical drama.
The Line of Duty star has been cast as trauma consultant Glen Boyle in the ensemble drama, which takes place in real-time over each one-hour episode.
Strike Back actress Catherine Walker will play trauma registrar Fiona Lomas, while Outnumbered's Claire Skinner will appear as trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport.
Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon has signed up to play junior doctor 'Harry' Bennett-Edwardes.
Created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio, the 13-part series, set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, will focus on a different story during each episode.
The drama will follow the team of medical professionals as they make knife-edge decisions that could mean the difference between whether a patient lives or dies.
Mercurio said: "Sky has given the Critical team a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the most realistic and thrilling medical drama.
- 1/27/2014
- Digital Spy
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