Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the second part of the Worricker trilogy, Turks & Caicos directed by David Hare and starring Bill Nighy as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker, alongside Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original music is composed by Paul Englishby (An Englishby, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) who previously scored Hare’s Page Eight. The composer also scored the final part in the trilogy, Salting the Battlefield. Turks & Caicos premieres tonight as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series and Salting the Battlefield will air next Sunday, November 15. Visit the official PBS website to learn more about the movies.
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Paul Englishby Scoring BBC’s ‘The Great Train Robbery’
Paul Englishby has recently recorded his score for the upcoming BBC mini-series The Great Train Robbery. The two-part movie written by Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Camelot) centers the most infamous heist in British history, involving the fleecing of the Royal Mail train in 1963 by a team of thieves that made off with millions of dollars. The first part, A Robber’s Tale, directed by Julian Jarrold (The Girl) and starring Luke Evans, Jack Roth, Neil Maskell, Paul Anderson, Martin Compston,Del Synnott and Jack Gordon tells the story from the robbers’ point of view. The second part, A Copper’s Tale, directed by James Strong (United, Broadchurch) and starring Jim Broadbent, Robert Glenister,Tom Chambers, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Beard, James Wilby and James Fox follows the detective charged with bringing the robbers to justice.