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Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’

The actor answers your questions on working with her dog, becoming a dame, Harry Potter, and making televisual history in The Singing Detective

The Guardian - UK

Kenith Trodd obituary

Television producer whose long-running partnership with Dennis Potter resulted in landmark drama serials including Pennies from Heaven and The Singing Detective

The Guardian - UK

Another World by Melvyn Bragg review – portrait of the broadcaster as a young man

Leaving behind Cumbria for Oxford in the late 1950s, Bragg navigates class and culture in a world on the brink of change

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The Great Gambon: Hilarious tales of a much-loved great

Milly Ellis’s book is not a conventional biography – its atmosphere is of the stories people tell each other at a wake

Evening Standard

Play for Today review – Channel 5 has turned wildly influential TV drama into banal pantomime

This revival of the classic BBC drama strand is utterly lacking in the innovative spirit of the original. The next Dennis Potter might be out there somewhere … but they certainly aren’t here

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Lloyd review: on Dennis Potter’s trail through an enchanted forest of film

The artist’s exhaustive engagement with the singular playwright leads us through landmark shows via midair screens, cat-videos and lunch with Richard E Grant

The Guardian - UK

Play for Today is back – nine ways Channel 5 can make it as successful as the original

Between 1970 and 1984, BBC1’s experimental drama strand Play for Today created what is now regarded as classic British drama. It launched myriad acting careers and showcased high-calibre writing in plays such as Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party and Blue Remembered Hills, Dennis Potter’s acclaimed play about lost youth. It was…

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Space, stadiums, poses and prizes: the best art and architecture of autumn 2025

The season’s standouts include mighty Picassos, mesmerising mushrooms, the visions of Kerry James Marshall, the combat photography of Lee Miller – and a return trip to space

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Martin Cruz Smith

Novelist best known for Gorky Park and the series of thrillers that followed featuring the Soviet detective Arkady Renko

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Ed Atkins review – a harrowing medley of spiders, sinkholes and death

Using CGI-avatars, racks of opera costumes and a film starring Toby Jones, the artist explores the proximity of his own mortality – and ours

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‘They were all talking about dying, but they were telling us how to live’

In this weekend’s magazine: Sven-Göran Eriksson and others with terminal illnesses give Simon Hattenstone their life advice

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‘The quality of the writing was clear as a bell’: the astonishing talent of Dennis Potter

The trailblazing dramatist, who died in 1994 at 59, was celebrated for his extraordinary creativity, but also had work banned by the BBC. His peers discuss his legacy – and that extraordinary final interview

The Guardian - UK

JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe lead tributes to Harry Potter star Michael Gambon

The Dublin-born star found a legion of new fans in recent years after starring in six of the eight Harry Potter films.

The Independent UK

Sir Michael Gambon obituary

Versatile actor with a magnificent presence who starred in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films

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From The Singing Detective to Top Gear: Michael Gambon’s colourful TV career

After years of playing second fiddle, the actor’s incredible turn in Dennis Potter’s drama brought him international fame – and many, many more roles. He even got to showcase his cavalier driving

France 24

Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 82

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 82.

Chicago Sun-Times

Actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies, dies at 82

Although the Potter role raised Gambon’s international profile and introduced him to a new generation of fans, he had long been recognized as one of Britain’s leading actors.

The Times of India

Michael Gambon passes away at 82: Harry Potter handle remembers him for his 'humour, kindness and grace'

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight "Harry Potter" films, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 82. A statement by his family, issued by his publicist, said he died following "a bout of…

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Ken Westbury obituary

Cinematographer who played a key role in bringing a dreamlike quality to many scenes in the BBC drama Pennies from Heaven

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Dennis Potter script discovered that casts new light on The Singing Detective

Unknown work The Last Television play found in writer’s archive features scenes that later appeared in BBC series

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Alison Steadman: ‘We filmed the sex scene in the New Forest, so it was quite prickly’

The actor on working with Dennis Potter, channelling real life in Abigail’s Party and a groundbreaking lesbian snog

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Pulled! A timeline of TV taken off air

Move over Match of the Day … here’s a look at the most contentious shows that have had to be cancelled, featuring giant pickled penises, melting eyeballs – and footage Thatcher forced the police to seize

The Guardian - UK

Piers Haggard obituary

Film and television director whose work included the BBC’s 1978 Dennis Potter series Pennies From Heaven

The Guardian - UK

Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

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Melvyn Bragg: ‘My daughter conducted my marriage service’

The writer and broadcaster, 82, talks about his childhood, Dennis Potter, writing and why he didn’t think he was good enough for the House of Lords

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