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Welcome to Hans Matheson Online, an unofficial website dedicated to providing respectful and accurate information for fans of Hans Matheson, and those wanting to find out more about this talented actor.
This site strives to offer the most comprehensive information available about Hans' projects, and "an extensive library of photography".
HEARSAY - Latest News
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Hans will play Alec D'Urberville in the forthcoming BBC production of Thomas Hardy's novel, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles". Gemma Arterton takes the title role of Tess. It will be screened on the BBC in September 2008
The Tudors - Series Two
Hans plays Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the second series of Showtime's hit series "The Tudors".
Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays the lead role of Henry V111. Filming on Season Three is currently happening in Ireland. We await information as to whether Archbishop Cranmer returns in Season Three
Bathory
A feature movie about Countess Elizabeth Bathory starring Anna Friel as the Countess and directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
Hans plays the role of Caravaggio, who in this version is rumoured to have been Bathory's lover.
Updates
Last Updated July 18th, 2008Bathory has opened in cinemas in Slovakia and the Czech Republic after its premiere at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. You can read some reviews in English here. Screen Daily, Hollywood Reporter and The Prague Post. The Bathory Official Site has a few articles posted and , thanks to a translation by Branya, we have learned that Jakubisko was recently in the US doing further post-production. So hope remains that there may be some international release.
There are also some post production and behind the scenes interviews with Hans and Anna Friel here and here. More at You Tube. Thanks to Lynette and Jelena for the heads-up
May 31st, 2008
The Tudors Gallery has been updated with the latest batch of screen caps, thanks to the tireless Gigi. Don't forget the finale to The Tudors coming up this weekend. Next we await news of the DVD release. Season Three commences filming in Ireland and will cover the next two queens, Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves. Will Archbishop Cranmer return? We'll let you know as soon as we do!
May 18th, 2008
Screen captures on the 1995 episode of The Bill, Still Waters, featuring a very youthful Hans, have now been posted. Thanks to Alan for providing the details.
Zita has provided us with some captures of the Making of The Virgin Queen from the DVD, featuring a short interview with Hans.
Cranmer continues to make a couple of appearances in each episode of The Tudors. Keep checking the Tudors Gallery as I hope to update it with more screen captures very soon.
May 11th, 2008
Thanks to out latest affiliate, Gemma Arterton Online, we have some behind the scenes pictures of Hans and Gemma on location for "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles", coming to the BBC in September, 2008. Click here and here
Meanwhile, "The Tudors" continues on Showtime in the U.S.A., and this week' episode apparently has his secret wife anxious tomake her prescence felt.
April 26th, 2008
Our latest update has the most recent screencaps from Episode Four of The Tudors and screencaps from one of Hans' earliest appearances in The Bill. Many thanks to Gigi and to Alan for info about "The Bill" Now we can claim to have pictures from every known project, making Hans Matheson Online as comprehensive a resource as you will find anywhere online.
Our fanart page has been updated with some fabulous wallpapers by Star. We welcome your contributions. And, as always, don't forget to stop by the Forum let us know your thoughts, or drop a note in the Guestbook.
April 14th, 2008
Season Two of the Tudors is well underway on Showtime and episode three saw our Cranmer deliver a sermon in Latin! Screen captures from the first two episodes are now in our new Tudors gallery. Hopefully, we'll have some screen captures of episode three for you soon.
Meanwhile, filming of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles is underway. Recently scenes were filmed in Corsham, Wiltshire, UK with locations in Dorset to follow.
March 18th, 2007
Just as the premiere of "The Tudors" second season approaches on March 30, comes the exciting news that Hans will co-star in a forthcoming BBC production of the Thomas Hardy novel, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".
Further information can be found here,
here,
and here. The lead role of Tess will be played by Gemma Arterton, who is the new Bond girl in the forthcoming "Quantam of Solace" movie and "next Keira Knightley", so that should generate some publicity.
Hans will play Alec d'Urberville, who seduces Tess. Filming starts late March on location in the West Counties with a planned screening on BBC1 in September, 2008.
Prior to its screening on March 30th, Showtime has been showing episodes one and two of "The Tudors" to selected guests of Sheraton hotels and to its VIP and On Demand viewers. Some screen caps from these two episodes are now in our brand new Tudors gallery.
February 1st, 2008
Big update! First, the news that Showtime have released a video clip with footage of Hans as Thomas Cranmer, looking quite the part! Look here .
I've spent the last two days of my vacation doing a massive overhaul of the site. Lots of obsolete links removed, a general clean up of coding and mostly on minor pages where no-one ever goes. But we are all ready for any increase in traffic when "the Tudors" airs on SHowtime from the 30th March.
I've also updated the Bathory Gallery with some new pics, thanks to Michaela.
And more Wycliffe screen captures than you'll ever need have been uploaded. Thanks to Starkiller for the Wycliffe recording.
January 25th, 2008
I hope everyone had a Happy New Year and that 2008 brings good things to us all.
With "The Tudors" and "Bathory" due for release in 2008, it should be a busy time for the site and to get things started,
we have a number of updates and changes, hopefully the first of many. I've updated the Bathory gallery with better quality pics and a couple of new ones. And the main gallery has had a revamp and I've added the latest "Hans in kilt" picture!.
Thanks to Starkiller and hans_stills, the Hans Matheson Icontest at Live Journal, we have some new graphics for the site. First up, a design by Mary Cathy. More to come.
December 29th, 2007
Mojo will be screened on BBC4 and BBC4 Freeview (No doubt Brit viewers know the difference) early in the New Year. US viewers will be able to catch The Mists of Avalon on TNT and Half Light is still getting the occasional airing on Sky TV in Britain. Check your local guides.
December 27th, 2007
Bathory premiere has been changed again, to July 2008. Details, for those who can read Czech, or is it Slovak? here .
The theme song from the soundtrack, performed by Katka Knechtová, is available on You Tube. The trailer is also again on Youtube.
Thanks to Zita, we now have an interesting translation of the March article from Vasarnap, in Hungarian. Interesting stuff.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to and supported the site over 2007. I wish everyone a peaceful and happy new year and look forward to an interesting year in 2008.
November 4th, 2007
The Bathory trailer has been deleted from Youtube, as have many videos.They've obviously had a huge clean up. You can view the trailer as a Flash file at this site. Click on the tiny llittle underlined Flash at the top of the page.
October 27, 2007
"The Tudors" is currently screening in the UK on BBC2 and in Canada and Ireland. The good news for Hans fans is that the BBC have purchased the rights to the second series of "The Tudors", to be screened in 2008.
September 15th, 2007
Uk viewers can indulge in "The Virgin Queen" this Sunday 16th Septemberr as the UKTV History station run back to back episodes all day.
It's now apparent that the release of Bathory has been deferred until January 2007.
Details here. Problems with the sound is given as the official reason.
August 18th, 2007
At last, the news we've been waiting for. Hans is playing the role of Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
in the second series of the TV series "The Tudors". it will screen in 2008. More details as they come to hand; it's all kind of 'unofficial' at the moment but I thought you would like to know. Thanks to Michael for the heads-up.