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Martin Compston reveals new look for DS Arnott in Line of Duty series five
Line of Duty fans, prepare for a shock: DS Arnott will appear with a beard when series five returns in 2019. Speaking to RadioTimes.com for his new film Mary Queen of Scots, actor Martin Compston...
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Manhunt detective Colin Sutton: ‘I think about victims – I try not to think...
Colin Sutton is the retired Metropolitan Police detective who headed up the inquiry which led to the conviction of serial killer Levi Bellfield. Thanks to the tenacity of DCI Sutton and his team,...
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Channel 4 to air controversial new Michael Jackson documentary
Channel 4 is facing a backlash from the family of Michael Jackson for a new documentary which is understood to make fresh allegations about the late pop star. The broadcaster has commissioned Leaving...
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Urban Myths series three to dramatise real-life Joan Collins court case
Sky anthology series Urban Myths has offered a delightfully surreal spin on true life celebrity stories, with episodes involving the likes of Agatha Christie, Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson....
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Cold Feet’s James Nesbitt: womanising Adam was becoming ‘unlikable’
Is Adam losing his mojo? The first episode of Cold Feet series eight saw James Nesbitt’s roguish Northern Irishman facing some hard home truths. He had spent much of the episode trying to woo Gemma...
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The Cold Feet cast react to THAT kiss between Adam and Karen
The five remaining cast members of Cold Feet have been playing their roles for more than 20 years now – so it’s not a surprise that they feel ownership of their characters. And it is clear that they...
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Channel 4 to make The Tiger Who Came to Tea for Christmas 2019
Children will be in for a treat next Christmas with a new animation of Judith Kerr’s classic 1968 picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Lupus Films, the makers of previous C4 animations The Snowman...
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BBC announces Planet Earth for plants and new global series fronted by David...
The BBC is hoping to make stars of the Earth’s planet kingdom with its next big natural history series, Green Planet. Described by the Corporation as “Planet Earth from the perspective of plants” the...
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Age Before Beauty will not be returning for series 2
“Promise you will come back,” said Robson Green’s character Teddy to his new love Bel in the series one finale of BBC1 drama Age Before Beauty. Sadly for fans, that promise will never be fulfilled –...
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John Humphrys on leaving Today: “I should have gone years ago”
Today presenter John Humphrys has confirmed that he will leave the Radio 4 current affairs flagship in the autumn after more than three decades – and admits he should have gone “years ago”. In his...
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BBC Radio 1 breakfast show listening figures rise under new host Greg James
Greg James has added 300,000 listeners to the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show since taking over from previous presenter Nick Grimshaw. The DJ and presenter has seen Radio 1 breakfast show listening figures...
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Aha! Watch the first trailer for Alan Partridge’s return to the BBC
Someone rather familiar has slipped out of his Pringle jumper and golfing slacks and put on a proper suit and tie and bright green shirt for his return to the BBC. Yup, it’s Steve Coogan’s Alan...
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The BBC lines up Planet Earth III for 2022
The BBC has commissioned a third series of its landmark natural history programme Planet Earth, describing the commission as “the most ambitious natural history landmark ever undertaken by the BBC”....
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Alan Partridge is like David Cameron says Steve Coogan: ‘He tries to be on...
Alan Partridge has been on radio and TV for around a quarter of a century – and according to his creator Steve Coogan, he has moved with the times. Honest. As Partridge prepares to make a heralded...
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Poldark could return in later years with Ross “in his 40s”
The fifth series of Poldark airing in the summer of 2019 will be the last – or will it? Having called time on Aidan Turner’s brooding hero for now, writer Debbie Horsfield and producer Karen Thrussell...
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Poldark star Luke Norris teases more trouble ahead for Dwight and Caroline in...
Poldark is a drama that specialises in mischievous people coming between its most popular couples. Eleanor Tomlinson’s Demelza faced the ongoing threat of Elizabeth, her husband Ross Poldark’s first...
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Cold Feet ends with a death and high drama – but will it return for another...
**WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR COLD FEET’S SERIES EIGHT FINALE** Cold Feet ended its eighth series with high drama – and one death – but will it return for another series? There are...
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Vanity Fair’s Gwyneth Hughes is writing a new drama about Jack the Ripper’s...
Vanity Fair scriptwriter Gwyneth Hughes is writing a TV series based on a study of the forgotten victims of Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper. The writer of ITV’s recent adaptation of William...
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Dawn French to star as a village gossip in new ITV drama Glass Houses
The Vicar of Dibley star and Comic Relief veteran Dawn French is to play a dangerous village gossip in new ITV drama Glass Houses. Her character Maggie Connors is a busybody who gives an indiscreet...
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ITV boss hints at Victoria series 3 UK timing
The third series of Victoria is already airing in America – but British fans won’t have to wait too long for their next dose of the ITV historical drama starring Jenna Coleman as the eponymous Queen....
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When does BBC Scotland launch? How can I watch? What programmes will air?
In February the BBC is launching a dedicated Scottish television channel with a new daily hour-long news programme and bespoke drama, arts and entertainment coverage. The new channel, called BBC...
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What time is True Detective series 3 on TV? What is it about, and who is in...
Nic Pizzolatto’s anthology crime series True Detective is back for a third series, with Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff heading up a brand new cast. Here’s everything you need to know about it… Is...
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Killing Eve and A Very English Scandal win big at Broadcasting Press Guild...
Killing Eve has earned yet more major awards ahead of its highly anticipated second series. The BBC drama was voted Best Drama Series and its star Jodie Comer was named best actress at the...
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Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell review: Cold Feet’s Robert Bathurst is a funny and...
The Coach and Horses, the famous West End boozer associated with many a dewlapped patron, legendary drinking session, Private Eye lunch and also, of course, down-at-heel Spectator journalist Jeffrey...
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Catching up with the cast of 63 Up
Back in 1964, Granada TV assembled 20 boys and girls from all walks of life for a series about growing up in the UK. Among the earliest scenes to be filmed were sequences of the seven-year-olds...
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Nicholas Hytner’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge Theatre is...
Does A Midsummer Night’s Dream need tinkering with? Director Nicholas Hytner seems to think so in the veteran’s first stab at Shakespeare’s play of sylvan love-play, fairy magic and the potentially...
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The best podcasts of 2019 – and who the hosts love listening to…
It’s getting to that point of the year where we look back with misty eyes on the best stuff from the past 12 months. As part of this process, we spoke to the hosts of some of 2019’s best podcasts to...
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How Mrs Brown’s Boys took over the comedy world
It was the middle of 2009. I was in the office of senior BBC comedy executive Mark Freeland and my gaze alighted on a poster on the wall. It featured a strange looking woman in her living room with...
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VE Day Facts: rogue royals, bargain bunting and fiery street parties
The first Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was on May 8th 1945, officially ending World War II in Europe. On Monday May 7th at 2.41am, German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document in...
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Jack Thorne on how true National Treasure is: ‘I wrote it to understand...
Jack Thorne’s Channel 4 drama National Treasure – originally aired in 2016 – is about a fictional faded entertainer called Paul Finchley (played by Robbie Coltrane) accused of grotesque historic...
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