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[12/07/21 - 08:04 AM]
Acorn TV Sets Premiere Date for Powerful and Award-Winning Film "Help"
"Help," which recently won the Rose d'Or Award for Best Drama, premieres Monday, January 31 on Acorn TV.

[via press release from Acorn TV]

ACORN TV SETS PREMIERE DATE FOR POWERFUL AND AWARD-WINNING FILM "HELP"

Compelling Drama, Featuring Scintillating Performances by Emmy(R) Winner Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, Debuts Exclusively on Acorn TV on Monday, January 31

Four Stars: "The fantastic performances of Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham were at the center of a film that brimmed with humanity" - The Telegraph

Four Stars: "One of the most evocative and harrowing depictions of recent history we have yet seen" - The Guardian

Five Stars: "It is rare that a TV drama manages to be agonizing and compelling; unbearable yet utterly immersive. Help was such a drama" - The Times

Four Stars: "The drama shines a light on a community that didn't get enough credit for their work last year, emphasized even further by the seminal performances of Graham and Comer" - The Radio Times

New York, NY - December 7, 2021 - In the film Help, young care worker, Sarah (Emmy(R) winner Jodie Comer, Killing Eve, Free Guy), forms an unlikely bond with nursing home resident, Tony (Stephen Graham, The North Water, Line of Duty), living with young onset dementia. But when the Covid-19 pandemic hits, her character and their relationship are put to the test under horrifying circumstances. Help, which recently won the Rose d'Or Award for Best Drama, premieres Monday, January 31 on Acorn TV. See below for a personal note from the writer Jack Thorne, explaining how the film came to be.

Sarah (Comer) has few qualifications and prospects in life, but she finds confidence, unexpectedly, working as a care assistant in a nursing home. She has a special talent for looking after the residents; in particular Tony (Graham), who is only 47, but has early onset dementia which causes him moments of confusion and aggression that the other members of staff find hard to handle. They begin to build a real bond, but everything Sarah has gained is thrown into doubt with the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic. Sarah and her colleagues have to fight tooth and nail, ill equipped, and badly lead by an overwhelmed manager (Ian Hart, The Terror, The Last Kingdom) to try to protect the residents. Confronted with the grim and imminent reality of losing Tony, Sarah may have to go to extreme measures to save her friend.

Written by BAFTA winner Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes, His Dark Materials) and directed by Marc Munden (The Third Day, The Secret Garden), the drama Help also stars Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey, Three Girls).

It's executive produced by Beth Willis (Doctor Who, Eric & Ernie), George Faber (Collateral, The White Queen), Christopher Moll (Lady Macbeth, Apostasy), as well as Thorne, Munden, Graham, and Comer. Help is a Forge Production, in association with One Shoe Films and Liverpool Film Office for Channel 4 Television. All3Media handles the international distribution.

Statement from the Writer - Jack Thorne

Help was written in extreme anger about the state of care - not just in the UK but around the world - and the lack of priority it was given around the world. Too many disabled people died in the pandemic because their needs weren't prioritized. It was also written as a love song, to the care industry, my mom was a carer and I saw firsthand the beautiful effort she put in to looking after her clients and residents. An underpaid job, that is vital in our times, and those that kept going into those homes, despite of the risk to themselves, and despite the poor pay, are our true heroes.

Doing research for this was a process unlike any other. I've written bleak stories before, but very few when the temperature of the room was still so hot. There is no doubt that many carers and residents are still struggling with shielding and with PTSD and I do think TV - that vital empathy box in the corner of the room - can help to shed light on this, and hopefully lead to an increased focus on the needs of the care home.

It started as a provocation from Stephen Graham, write something for me and Jodie, write something about Liverpool. As it grew so we all took authorship of it, and we all grew together, inspired by the firsthand stories we were hearing. I am immensely proud of what we all made.

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About Acorn TV

AMC Networks' Acorn TV is North America's largest streaming service specializing in premium British and international television. Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library of revered mysteries, dramas, and comedies - all commercial-free. Acorn TV's recent slate is comprised of critically acclaimed commissioned and original series including popular New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), acclaimed Irish crime thriller Bloodlands (James Nesbitt, co-executive produced by Jed Mercurio), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl (Kerry Godliman), Emmy(R)-nominated Queens of Mystery, Kiwi romantic comedy Under the Vines, British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), and the hit Miss Fisher spinoff Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries, to name a few. Upcoming Acorn TV Original Series include UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough), Darby and Joan (Bryan Brown, Greta Scacchi) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen), A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo), all 22 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders, highly-rated drama The Nest, and groundbreaking period drama A Suitable Boy, among others. "glorious streaming service... an essential must-have" - The Hollywood Reporter "Netflix for the Anglophile" - NPR Acorn TV is available for $5.99/month or $59.99/year. Facebook: OfficialAcornTV - Twitter: @AcornTV - Instagram: @Acorn_tv





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