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Damian Lewis Attends Charles Finch x CHANEL Pre-BAFTA Dinner

Swanky Soiree

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 18, 2023

Fresh off The Alps, Damian was back at his old stomping ground as he mingled with the guests at the Charles Finch x CHANEL pre-BAFTA dinner party in London on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 5 Hertford Street, ahead of Sunday’s ceremony. Also attending the event was Angela Bassett, Ruth Wilson, Minnie Driver, Gwendoline Christie, Sir Patrick Stewart, Andrew Scott, Taron Egerton, Sir Bob Geldof, Regé-Jean Page, Austin Butler, Felicity Jones, Lily James, Jenna Coleman, Alexa Chung, Ellie Bamber, Hayley Atwell and host Richard E. Grant. View more photos in our Gallery here.

Source: Daily Mail

Categories Broadcast Media Charity Helen Personal and Family Life Philanthropy

Damian and Helen on Magic/Scala Radio for a Good Cause – Sept 30, 2020

Bauer Stations to Support The Prince’s Trust

by Staff | RadioToday UK | September 30, 2020

UPDATE: Listen here

On Tuesday 13th October, actor and producer, Damian Lewis, best known for his appearances in Band of Brothers, Billions and Homeland, joined Simon Mayo to speak about his experiences as an Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust.

“To work with a charity that was targeting very specifically young people in this country, and grabbing them at the point where they might take a wrong turning, or might have just taken a wrong turning, but, it’s still an opportunity to steer them back on the right course, was brilliant.”

Lewis also spoke of Leon McGhie, who was awarded the Prince’s Trust Homesense Young Achiever award in 2019, who had his head turned through gang culture, and had been stabbed 5 times. “He approached the Prince’s Trust, took on their course which is called Team, not realising that the course was delivered by the MET police, and he turned his life around.”

Source:  Planet Radio

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Damian Reads ‘Words’ by WB Yeats – Feb 12, 2018

Rebel With a Cause: WB Yeats Read by the Stars

by BBC Arts and Books Features | February 12, 2018

Watch 10 fantastic Yeats poems performed by stars including Damian Lewis, Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson and Noel Gallagher. Listen to Bob Geldof tonight at 19:15 on to hear him discuss his documentary on W.B. Yeats.

William Butler Yeats’s writing was an integral part of the Irish Literary Revival, which had a huge influence on those who took part in the Easter Rising of 1916. With his film A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on W.B. Yeats. finally coming to DVD, the Irish star discusses the poet with Front Row.

In Easter week of 1916, the course of Irish history was irrevocably changed as a result of an uprising by the Irish people against British occupation. In this programme originally broadcast on BBC Four, Geldof examines the life and work of Yeats, one of the 20th century’s greatest poets. BBC Arts was granted exclusive access to extended readings from the programme, which you can enjoy below, featuring Bill Nighy, Sting, Dominic West, Damian Lewis and Richard E. Grant.

Read the rest of the original article at BBC Arts – Broadcast Programming.

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