Tom Cullen

I liked it, I've got to say.

And that kind of the fish out of water... going to the posh life like from Brideshead to Saltburn it's fertile ground isn't it and yeah so we're flashing backwards and forwards as you say we're going right back to when Martin I think he must win a scholarship or something to this posh boarding school but you know he lives quite a sort of working class life with his mum played by Joanna Scanlan but he's packed off to this boarding school and yeah is befriended by ben played by tom cullen who and who takes him to stay at his lavish you know country pile and uh ben's mum is a kind of an alcoholic his dad loves hunting and shooting it's all that kind of stuff i in a way i kind of preferred the flashback stuff to be honest but yes we've all been to those parties haven't we hannah where there's Lots of Tory politicians.

And the theme is Victorian Freak Show.

We've all been to those parties, haven't we? So, yeah, that is the party of the title.

We start, as always, on Friday night with TV and three either sequels, prequels or adaptations, as is the fashion these days.

Firstly, based on the bestselling novel by Elizabeth Day, The Party stars Luke Evans and Tom Cullen in a dark tale of friendship, privilege and buried grudges.

It's in five parts and it airs on Virgin Media One and streaming on Virgin Media Play.

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yeah similar it's great acting it looks great for all of the blood that's in it it's done in a very funny way and I appreciate that but yeah three when you get to the end it's very much three

OK, finally, based on Elizabeth Day's bestselling novel, The Party, is a dark psychological thriller about friendship, privilege and the dangerous power of secrets.

It stars Luke Evans, Tom Cullen and Sarah Soleimani.

It begins with an exclusive gathering amongst Britain's elite before peeling back years of resentment.

Yes, it is, and crucially as well, Luke Evans is gay, so I think it's really great that a gay actor is playing a gay role.

Of course, for decades we had straight actors playing gay roles, and I think that was really important to Luke to be asked to, to play it opposite Tom Cullen.

Elizabeth Day has said that she felt she was kind of experiencing the outsider perspective that runs through the novel because...

And I didn't really know this, actually.

I missed you already.

Um, until next time." And then even Tom Cullen's there.

Hero.

Oh, Tom Cullen.

What a guy.

And look at that.

Ah.

Tom Cullen, eat that.

So this one is The Party on ITV, which is a five-part drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Day.

It stars Luke Evans as a journalist shaped by his lifelong friendship with a wealthy and charismatic politician, played by Tom Cullen.

It's all set at a party where things go wrong, and someone ends up getting shot.

Here's a clip from the second episode when they discuss how to compose themselves at an upcoming event.

Um, this is a, about a party that happens.

It's a very flamboyant party.

Um, there's a much a focus on a kind of is it friendship or is it more? What does this really mean between Luke Evans as a journalist and Tom Cullen as a charismatic politician? Um, it seems, uh, that there's a leadership battle within the Conservative Party, and Tom, um, Tom's character throws his hat into the ring.

They do that amazing, um, superhero power when somebody turns on the TV, and it happens to be the news report of, um-