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David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production

Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago

The Guardian - UK

Why are Hollywood stars lining up to appear in a play they know nothing about?

Toby Jones, Frances McDormand and Mike Myers are some of those who have appeared alongside Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree, despite never having seen the script before. As the play celebrates its 20th anniversary, past performers explain its strange appeal

The Guardian - UK

ITV awarded top Bafta honour for ‘changing hearts and minds’ with Mr Bates vs the Post Office

The public impact of the real-life drama will be rewarded at the Bafta TV Awards

The Independent UK

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Toby Jones’s next campaign? Misinformation, and a huge immersive theatre show

Meera Syal also to star in London production reflecting producer’s experience of censorship in Georgia

The Guardian - UK

'Independent film is almost dead': MPs call for urgent action to save British film and TV

MPs warn that the UK’s film and TV industry is in crisis, with independent production collapsing under the weight of streaming giants - and call for urgent government action to protect British stories, jobs, and talent.

Euronews

Ed Atkins at Tate Britain review: welcome to a video horror show, with laughs

5/5 Ed Atkins is best known for his video art but as this exhibition shows he is an artist seeking to say the unsayable with heavy - but also very funny - work

Evening Standard

Mr Burton review – Toby Jones excels as Richard Burton’s inspirational teacher in drab biopic

Jones plays the schoolmaster who spotted the Welsh actor’s raw potential in Marc Evans’s sluggish drama

The Guardian - UK

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Ed Atkins review – a portrait of the artist in turmoil

From digital avatars in limbo or distress to a poignant reliving of his father’s last days, the artist seeks to ‘reimagine life’s chaos’

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton

Toby Jones plays the spaniel-eyed schoolmaster setting Harry Lawtey’s needy young pupil on course for haughty international stardom

The Guardian - UK

‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to nail that voice

The Guardian - UK

Hollywood star Toby Jones: The movie industry is a very seductive world

Toby Jones has insisted that he doesn't have any regrets about following in his parents' footsteps.

BANG Premier

‘A beloved figure’: Welsh village ready for tourists as Richard Burton biopic opens

Events planned in Pontrhydyfen for centenary of actor’s birth, as many recall his visits home with Elizabeth Taylor

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s Baby Reindeer leads the way at Bafta TV nominations

ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Apple TV+’s Slow Horses are also nominated.

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Evening Standard

Bafta TV Awards: Netflix’s Baby Reindeer leads the nominations alongside Rivals and Slow Horses

Over 130 shows nominated for this year's BaftaTV Awards, hosted by Alan Cumming in May

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Toby Jones 'upset' by focus on his appearance

Actor Toby Jones has admitted he used to get "upset" by the focus on his appearance after starting out in the entertainment industry - but he refuses to become "distracted by it".

The Independent UK

‘Hardest Geezer’ is back on the road as he embarks on run across New Zealand

Russ Cook previously raised more than £1 million by running the length of Africa.

Evening Standard

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story on ITV review: a riveting portrayal of a monstrous miscarriage of justice

4/5 Toby Jones is on characteristically excellent form as the doomed Ruth’s barrister in ITV’s latest true crime series

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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story review – the sad, shocking tale of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Lucy Boynton and Toby Jones’s outstanding performances meet beautifully claustrophobic cinematography in this tale of a young mother sentenced to death for killing her violent lover

The Independent UK

A Cruel Love’s true story of Britain’s last executed woman will make you shudder – and sympathise

4/5 Was the last British woman to be executed a victim of misogyny and snobbery? ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ makes her case

Evening Standard

A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

Evening Standard

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office leads Broadcasting Press Guild Awards nominees

The TV drama, which shone a light on a miscarriage of justice, has been nominated in the best drama series category.

Evening Standard

Actress Lucy Boynton says society has become ‘desensitised’ to domestic violence

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will air on ITV1 at 9pm on March 5.

The Independent UK

Harrison Ford gives two-word response to Indiana Jones box office flop

Fifth film in series lost Disney an estimated £114m

Evening Standard

David Tennant roasted for looking like 'all three Top Gear hosts' in new ITV drama

The actor himself sued the News Of The World in 2017 over phone hacking

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