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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

We rank different iterations of The Crown's characters: from Claire Foy to Emma Corrin, who comes out on top?

Over the seven long years of the hit Netflix show, dozens of actors have stepped up to play our enigmatic royals, but who did it best?

Evening Standard

Sir Michael Gambon dies: his best on screen roles, from Dumbledore to Maigret

The legendary stage actor, known as The Great Gambon, has starred in everything from Doctor Who to Cranford, and from Gosford Park to The King’s Speech over his stellar seven-decade career

Evening Standard

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies cast

Who's in The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies cast? Meet the stars that crop up in this dark BBC comedy-thriller, and who they're playing.

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The Following Events Are Based On A Pack of Lies: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and all about the drama

The Following Events Are Based On A Pack of Lies on BBC1 stars Rebecca Staton, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Derek Jacobi and Romola Garai.

WhatToWatch

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies: who’s playing who in the BBC’s thrilling new con artist show

It’s going to get messy

Evening Standard

OPINION - Groundbreaking legislation has turned into a singular success

Pop the champagne, equal marriage has been a seismic success

Evening Standard

Queen Camilla ditches royal protocol when greeting Joanna Lumley and Judi Dench

Typical protocol is observed by bowing or curtseying when greeting a monarch

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Tory donor Crispin Odey denies the door is shut at close friend’s club

Odey was once described as “a valued member of 5 Hertford Street”

Evening Standard

How to paint a theatrical great: Alexander Newley on his portraits of Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi

In an extract from his book ‘Divining the Human’, artist Alexander Newley takes readers behind the scenes of portrait sittings with great actors

The Independent UK

Gladiator 2: An Updated Cast List For Ridley Scott's High-Profile Sequel, Including Denzel Washington And Pedro Pascal

Ridley Scott's Gladiator sequel is getting its cast together and among the cast is Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn.

Cinemablend

Terrence Hardiman obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor who starred in the BBC children’s TV series The Demon Headmaster

The Guardian - UK

Derek Jacobi: high ticket prices are making theatre ‘elitist’

Veteran actor, awarded Olivier for lifetime achievement, says cost must not prohibit putting ‘bums on seats’

The Guardian - UK

My Neighbour Totoro triumphs at Olivier awards

Adaptation of Studio Ghibli film wins six awards, while Jodie Comer wins for Prima Facie and A Streetcar Named Desire brings Paul Mescal best actor prize

The Guardian - UK

All the world’s a stage – or should be

The people of Britain deserve nothing less than that every town should have its own repertory theatre

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The 100 best TV shows of all time

Here are the greatest TV shows ever made... find out what tops the list.

Daily Mirror

Beloved BBC drama in doubt as actress fears show will not be returning for new series

Actress Anne Reid appears to have suggested that the Last Tango in Halifax has been put on the back burner and won't be returning to screens for series six

The Guardian - UK

Allelujah review – starry but jarring film of Alan Bennett’s hospital play

Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders, Derek Jacobi star in this faithful yet uneven adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Sir Derek Jacobi: ‘The sound and magic of voice are disappearing from theatre’

The acclaimed actor – who is to receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Olivier Awards – says the demise of repertory theatre is putting paid to the vocal prowess

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The Independent UK

‘You can’t sort out the NHS without sorting elderly care’: Richard Eyre on his new geriatric ward film and the government’s state of ‘panic’

The great stage director talks to Louis Chilton about taking on Alan Bennett’s ‘Allelujah’ and the crisis of morality at its heart

The Guardian - UK

Derek Jacobi and Arlene Phillips picked for career-crowning Olivier awards

The actor is to get the lifetime achievement honour and the choreographer the special award at this year’s theatre prizes in April

The Guardian - UK

‘We fetishised being young – it’s just stupid!’: Judi Dench and Richard Eyre on ageing, Covid and saving the NHS

Shot in 2021, a film of Allelujah, Alan Bennett’s 2018 play set on a geriatric ward, is released next month. How relevant does it remain? Its stars, including Jennifer Saunders and Bally Gill, share their thoughts during production – and more than a year later

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve got a feeling I won’t be on stage again’: Derek Jacobi on age, ego, Igglepiggle and unrequited love

Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself as ‘bland and uninteresting’?

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