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‘The dream is to be a standup, but everyone who knows me says: Please don’t’ – Riz Ahmed on chaos, comedy, and defying categorisation

His multi-hyphenate career has made him one of Britain’s most versatile recognisable stars – but hasn’t stopped him facing some seriously awkward moments…

The Guardian - UK

One to Watch: Aasiya Shah on starring in Riz Ahmed's Bait

Aasiya Shah is heading for big things following the professionally and personally transformative experience of working on the new series Bait

Evening Standard

Oscar-nominated actor says he was given supermarket ban after shoplifting accusation

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Riz Ahmed recalls being banned from Tesco after starring in Venom

Actor, 43, had just starred in Marvel film ‘Venom’ at the time

The Independent UK

Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed first three guest hosts of UK Saturday Night Live

British version of the topical US comedy show will air live on Sky One and will be written in the week before broadcast

The Guardian - UK

Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed named as first hosts of Saturday Night Live UK

Fey, who was previously the head writer and lead cast member on the sketch show’s US version, will host the UK series’ first episode on March 21

The Independent UK

Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed named as first UK Saturday Night Live hosts

The 75-minute show will broadcast weekly with a different host and musical act each episode.

Evening Standard

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Amazon Prime Video in March 2026: 5 best new additions to watch

These are the shows and movies you can't miss

New on Prime Video in March 2026 — top picks and all the new movies and shows to watch

Our guide to all the new movies and shows coming to Prime Video in March 2026, including a new crime drama with Nicole Kidman, "Invincible" season 4, and more.

Tom’s Guide

Jessie Buckley and Teyana Taylor bring drama to the Bafta red carpet

Jessie Buckley donned an electric blue Grecian-style gown to walk the red carpet.

Evening Standard

Baftas 2026: Emma Stone leads stars in daring red carpet fashion

Celebrities descended on London’s Royal Albert Hall in risque designs for the Baftas.

The Independent UK

‘Hamlet’ Review: A Smart Adaptation That Sparks but Doesn’t Catch

South Asians love adding a bit of subcontinental flavor to everything. It’s mostly food and drink we do this to, like mixing baked beans with diced onions and cumin seeds, or spicing tea with cinnamon and fennel and cardamom. But now Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed has injected some spice…

The Mary Sue

Is this love? Don’t be Heathcliff and Cathy – what you should watch, read and play this week

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a loose (very loose) adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel. The film is, as the director has attested, the intense, “unhinged”, gothic story she remembers reading as a 14-year-old. As such, it is full of imagined passages and heightened romance and violence. It’s truly Fennellian in…

The Conversation

Meet the A-Teams: London's new power couples

The capital is a nexus of dynamic duopolies, from the old guard of the Beckhams to Brat-ish newcomers Charli xcx, Dua Lipa and their other halves. By Claudia Cockerell, Joe Bromley and Maddy Mussen

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The Independent UK

Paddington star praises Guy Ritchie’s multitasking skills as director

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Downton Abbey star opens up on working with ‘proper multi-tasker’ Guy Ritchie

Hugh Bonneville remained tight-lipped about appearing in the next series of Ritchie’s Netflix crime drama The Gentlemen

Evening Standard

Hugh Bonneville: Guy Ritchie is a ‘proper multi-tasker’

The Downton Abbey star also told ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show that audiences should not expect to see him in another Paddington film.

The Conversation

Riz Ahmed’s British south-Asian Hamlet is a moody tale of grief and shady family business

For Shakespeare’s Hamlet “the world is out of joint”. In screen writer Michael Lesslie’s collage of Shakespeare’s play, directed by Aneil Karia, Riz Ahmed’s intense, grief-wrecked Hamlet pays a high price as he tries to “set it right” in a corrupt corporate world.

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The Guardian - UK

Hamlet review – Riz Ahmed’s tortured prince drives chilling modern take through London’s streets

Timothy Spall and Art Malik co-star in Aneil Karia’s intelligent and stark retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, set in the world of shady family business

Evening Standard

‘Culture is something that we all share’: Riz Ahmed on his South Asian Hamlet

Ahmed says he hopes this version of Hamlet is accessible to everyone.

Total Film

Hamlet stars Riz Ahmed and Morfydd Clark on their "urgent and exciting" Shakespeare adaptation "We brought this visceral first-person energy to it"

Big Screen Spotlight | In a big year for the Bard, the latest adaptation of Hamlet is doing things differently

Total Film

Tom Cruise movie Digger is “nothing like that experience I've ever had before” according to Rogue One star Riz Ahmed

"The energy he has and the positivity is crazy."

Tom’s Guide

5 best Netflix thriller movies with a twist you must stream this weekend

Netflix offers plenty of thriller movies with twists you'll never see coming, and these are my (spoiler-free) top picks to watch right now.

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Tom Cruise's nine-figure movie budget

Tom Cruise's new movie Digger - the upcoming Alejandro G. Iñárritu black comedy - reportedly has a nine-figure budget.

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5 best thriller movies of 2025, ranked

It's been a fantastic year for new thriller movies, and I'm picking out the best ones I've seen in 2025, including "Relay," "Black Bag" and more.

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