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The Great Train Robbery: First Look
“THIS is not just a robbery. This is an attack on the very cornerstone of England.” The Great Train Robbery is a new two-part BBC1 drama which tells the story of the crime of the century from both...
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Coronation Street Reveal: Tony Warren
IT was quite a day at the reveal of the new Coronation Street set at Trafford Wharf. The exterior lot has been upscaled and the Street itself is now wide enough for two cars to pass. But otherwise it...
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Lucan: Interviews
Rory Kinnear as Lord Lucan. “THERE are an awful lot of things that are plausible and just a few things that are probable.” Rory Kinnear talking to me about new two-part ITV drama Lucan, which tells a...
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Coronation Street Reveal: Sue Nicholls
“PEOPLE come, people go. And the Street goes on. “The Street is the star. That’s how it should be.” One of the other real stars of the Coronation Street Trafford Wharf reveal was another national...
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Hebburn: A Good Room
The 2013 Christmas Special. Eeeeeeeeeh! I could not let 2013 pass without a special mention for my comedy of the year – Hebburn. Shamefully ignored in last week’s British Comedy Awards, the first BBC2...
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The Bletchley Circle 2: Interviews
“I gather there was a lot of excitement online. “We trended on Twitter as #ladynerds – which I love. “Bletchley and these girls represent everything that is brilliant about Britain. “They’re...
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Line Of Duty 2
“IT’S the most full on thing I’ve ever done.” Keeley Hawes speaking tonight about being “waterboarded” in the second series of Line Of Duty. Not quite the infamous torture technique. But struggling to...
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Farewell Roger Lloyd Pack
As Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley 1994. The death of Roger Lloyd Pack last night is a great loss. He will, of course, be remembered in headlines as Trigger in Only Fools And Horses and Owen in The...
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Mr Selfridge 2: Interviews
JEREMY Piven has plenty in store for viewers when he returns tonight in Mr Selfridge. I was delighted to be asked by ITV to write the cast interviews for this 10-part second series. Having also done...
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Coronation Street: A Moving Story
Opening the new Coronation Street “lot”. “IT’S going to be hard to walk through that door for the last time. “I will cry. I know I will.” Veteran actress Barbara Knox is not the only one to shed a tear...
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In The Flesh 2: The Power of Drama
Dominic Mitchell and Luke Newberry (Kieren) at today’s launch. IN The Flesh creator and writer Dominic Mitchell told a story today about the power of drama. He spoke at this morning’s London press...
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A Poet In New York: Tom Hollander
The London preview screening. “WE all know people who have stood too close to the fire and have died. “It happened to Philip Seymour Hoffman very recently.” Tom Hollander reflecting after last night’s...
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Coronation Street: Les Dennis
“I know what it feels like, that violation when somebody has been in your house.” Les Dennis makes his Coronation Street debut next Monday (March 24) as opportunistic thief Michael Rodwell. Having...
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Endeavour 2: Q&A
THE latest TV puzzle starts with a crossword. Plus a flashback to the young detective being shot at the end of the last story. Endeavour returns to ITV on Sunday for a second series of the Inspector...
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The Crimson Field: Q&A
“SAVING lives, to save their own.” The Crimson Field begins on BBC1 at 9pm next Sunday (April 6). A six episode drama series about volunteer British nurses at a field hospital in northern France. Part...
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Jamaica Inn: Q&A
Jessica Brown Findlay as Mary Yellan. “THERE’S nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.” Jessica Brown Findlay is mean, moody and muddy as Mary Yellan in a terrific three-part...
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Prey: Interviews
“IT was a very physical role, lots of running, hanging off bridges and climbing fences, hard work. “But I must say I absolutely loved it.” John Simm talking about his lead role as Det Sgt Marcus...
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From There To Here: Q&A
“WE nearly died in there. Doesn’t it make you think?” Daniel Cotton (Philip Glenister) asks the question of his father Samuel (Bernard Hill) in From There To Here. The three part BBC1 drama, written...
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Happy Valley: Sarah Lancashire
Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood. “I’LL make a note of the fact that you apologised profusely…in tears.” Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in tonight’s Happy Valley episode three. (BBC1...
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Quirke
“IT was just like getting a fantastic present. “It’s so rare to find a crime book that’s so beautifully written and so rich and deep and complex.” Screenwriter Andrew Davies talking about adapting...
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