#kiell smith-bynoe

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Ghosts | series 1 episodes + dates they first aired

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That's the sort of thing I do! I would say that!

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Was there a throw at all?

Bonus:

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The first time two Taskmaster contestants in the same series (Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Mae Martin) have played the love interest for a contestant (Charlotte Ritchie) in a previous series. That’s 20% 40% of the panel who have kissed Charlotte! Thanks to @estravven for pointing out my shitty math. 😂

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Now you don't have to imagine how this task would go with the song, because I edited...and now I feel tempted to do this o the other songs too...and also put different songs too

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Without the income from the gatehouse, even with functions, it's gonna be tight.

MIKE COOPER & ALISON COOPER BBC Ghosts | 5.01: Fools

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[ID: Five screencaps from Taskmaster, of the contestants with several rubber bands stretched around their heads. Kiell Smith-Bynoe's bands stretch across his eyes and nose, squashing his nose and ears. Mae Martin's bands are criss-crossed under their nose, squashing their mouth and cheeks. Jenny Eclair cleverly stretches the bands under her chin, avoiding her face. Frankie Boyle puts the bands on over his glasses, as Alex Horne, with his nose thoroughly squashed by bands, says, "Oh, yeah. That's a good idea." Ivo Graham has put the bands mainly over his eyelids and can no longer see. End ID.]

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'...Mr. Arnold is tempted into the ball by a Doctor Who Annual and is playing the theme in the music shop scene – are you a fan of Doctor Who in real life? And what was it like making those jokes and references in front of the Tenth Doctor David Tennant?

“I’ve always dipped in and out of Doctor Who over the years since Sylvestor McCoy, who was doing it when I first became aware of it when I was growing up. Even if you’re not a fan it’s one of those shows you can’t really get away from, so doing that particular scene in front of David was really fun, and of course Douglas had directed Doctor Who as well. Apart from the amusing situation of two supposed Doctor Who fans talking about Doctor Who without realising they’re in the company of a Doctor Who, I also seem to remember Michael being the one to suggest that he would deliver his “due to problems at the BBC” line directly to David.

Oh, and I think it was actually my idea to grab the annual off the harpsichord before joining the queue behind Crowley at the end of the ballroom scene (which we’d shot weeks earlier at this point). When we were blocking it out and rehearsing I knew I had to leave my position and get to the front for my “surrender the angle” line, and then later it just felt like I wouldn’t leave without the annual so I ran back through everyone to grab it. Nobody seemed to have a problem with me doing that so I just carried on doing it when we shot it! I do remember it being a fun set with Douglas and the team being very open to suggestions.”

How did you balance filming both Good Omens and BBC Ghosts at the same time?

“Luckily both shows were a joy to work on, and everyone seems to know about both of them. We were shooting them in early 2022 and I also had a little part in an ITV drama called ‘Stonehouse’, starring Matthew Macfadyen. I usually never know when I’m working next so to have three great TV jobs at once was very unusual. There was all this date juggling and I actually almost had to turn down Ghosts due to clashes. Luckily both shows had to move some dates so it worked out. But yes, I spent two weeks up in Scotland shooting all that Good Omens ballroom stuff, then I came back down to London to do Ghosts, knowing I’d be back up to shoot my scenes in the music shop in a couple of weeks. Now, when I found out who was playing my wife in Ghosts I couldn’t believe it: Caroline Sheen – Michael Sheen’s cousin! She was amazing and that was another great set in general. I say “set”, but it’s all filmed in that house which surprised me. I’d worked with Kiell [Smith-Bynoe] and Jim [Howick] before, and Charlotte [Ritchie] was in the Good Omens radio play a few years ago and a big fan of the book. Charlotte’s very musical of course and we got talking about my folding keyboard I had for practising my Good Omens stuff, and she ended up setting it up in the house for us to have a play on!

Now, when we’d shot all our internal scenes there was this big storm forecast, and our external scenes were scheduled for the day of the storm, so that had to be moved into the next week. It meant I ended up shooting those scenes outside the house, then going straight back up to Scotland to shoot the Good Omens music shop scene the next day! When I mentioned to Michael I’d just worked with Caroline he said “ooh she’s in Ghosts is she!” and revealed that she’d texted him about me which was rather surreal. Then later after the Ghosts wrap party Kiell gave me a part in his Channel 4 Blap, so at the time I felt like I was killing it career wise, but the industry quietened a bit after that and my workload eased off over the year so I was in my overdraft by November.”

What are your plans for the future – can we expect to see you in something else soon?

“This year, after a bit of a quiet start, I was very fortunate to work on a Disney+ show called Rivals which stars… David Tennant! I think I’m allowed to say my character is called Brian, and I shot five episodes so that was another really amazing job, and great to work with David again (I told him he must be my good luck charm, although I hope he’s not sick of me). That should be out at some point in late 2024. Other than that I’ve filmed a few other bits I presume will be out next year, one of which is called Truelove on Channel 4 which actually looks really good. That starts early January. Of course now Season 3 of Good Omens has been greenlit, I would love Neil and the gang to have me back on that… but I can only keep my fingers crossed!”

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Kiell signed my painting!!

[6B Pencil & watercolour]

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the more i watch kiell on taskmaster the more convinced i am that the idiots just gave him a rough script for ghosts and let him improvise the rest

[mywingsareonwheels]

I get very pissed off very easily by media representations of different-gender couples (especially those who at least seem to be pretty het). I mean, there isn't *enough* queer rep Gods know, not by a billion miles. But you know how depressing and shallow so much het romance onscreen can be? Especially, it has to be said, in sitcoms?

Anyway. I'm queer as fuck but seeing good quality het romance rep still makes me happy. And in this spirit I want to share my absolute adoration of Alison and Mike Cooper in Ghosts. They have their ups and downs but they are strong together, and tackle pretty intense challenges with so much guts. They love and they *like* each other, and are patient and forgiving with each other most of the time. They enjoy each other's company, and they listen to each other, and when one or both fuck up they end up talking to each other and reconciling well. They are both deeply kind and compassionate people, good to their friends (both living and dead!!). Mike's acceptance of Alison's connections with the ghosts just warms my heart so much. Alison's (and the ghosts'!!) attempts to include him even though he can't see or hear them ditto.

And they share one single braincell (which honestly is great in itself, because the "the woman is the sensible adult and the man is a manchild" trope is so exhausting and somehow both misogynist and misandrist all at once). I think Alison has the braincell rather more of the time, but when she hands it to Mike she does so by throwing it at him with great force and then does something so extremely ridiculous and childish that we are just left in awe. ;-)

I love them both enormously, and Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe play them with such charm. There are any number of reasons why I recommend Ghosts as a show, but "married het couple who actually like each other" is definitely one of them.

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The Ghosts Comic Relief sketch featuring Kylie Minogue is back!

Following a COVID related issue for the original 2022 air date, it was decided the sketch was not to take place. But now it's back for Red Nose Day 2023!

The sketch can be seen live on Friday 17th March on BBC One.

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Kiell impersonating the other contestants during the glass filling task.

[thomasthorne69]

LADS WHAT THE FUCK OH MY GOD. Okay so this post will really only come as a shock to the very small number of people who are in both the DHMIS and BBC Ghosts fandoms but did you know that Kiell Smith-Bynoe who plays Mike in Ghosts also plays Saturdavid in DHMIS???????????????? Like what??? He sounds completely different as Saturdavid compared to his normal voice I would never have guessed that in a million years.

THESE TWO ARE THE SAME MF????

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Alex and his dance moves