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Tea With Judi Dench review – the most touching TV you’ll watch all Christmas (plus a sweary parrot)

She’s such a great interviewer that this chat with Kenneth Branagh feels like it deserves an entire series. It’s relentlessly charming – and hugely moving when they talk about Dame Judi’s late husband

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TV tonight: Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh and a potty-mouthed parrot

The much-loved actors (and old friends) reminisce over a cuppa. Plus: a peek behind the scenes at the papal conclave. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Acting legend blames social media for ‘marked lack of interest in the arts’

The 91-year-old actress was speaking ahead of the release of Sky Arts’ Tea With Judi Dench

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Judi Dench says social media has led to a ‘marked lack of interest in the arts’

The actress said she worried young people would not benefit from the theatre in the way previous generations had.

Evening Standard

Christmas unwrapped! Your bumper festive TV guide 2025

From Judi Dench’s very naughty tea with Kenneth Branagh to the Peep Show Bake Off special – including Olivia Colman! – here’s your definitive guide to the best holiday viewing. Bring it on

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Judi Dench says she ‘can’t remember what I’m doing tomorrow’ but can still recite Shakespeare

The actor has said she is increasingly facing problems with her memory as well as failing eyesight, struggling to remember appointments or see faces

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These Book-to-Screen Adaptations, Like Annihilation, Were Wildly Misunderstood — And That’s What Makes Them Brilliant

These film adaptations refused to color inside the lines.

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Lily James: ‘Every time I watch Alien, I go... my God, that’s my grandma!’

INTERVIEW: The star of ‘Baby Driver’, ‘The Iron Claw’ and ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ now plays a woman fleeing constant surveillance in the thriller ‘Relay’. She talks to Adam White about losing her privacy in the public eye, the time she boasted about her lineage to impress Edgar…

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I’m just Ken: why is Kenneth Branagh narrating Anthony Hopkins’s memoir?

You might think the audiobook of the acting legend’s autobiography should be read by the acting legend himself. But apparently he wasn’t right for the part

The Guardian - UK

What Have I Done? by Ben Elton review – a curious mixture of insight and rampaging ego

The Young Ones and Blackadder creator is sharp on the workings of the comedy industry – and not shy about listing his celebrity admirers

The Guardian - UK

25 Years Later, The Iconic Shakespeare Revenge Epic Gets A Visceral Remix

Riz Ahmed delivers a career-best performance in the visceral crime-thriller remix of Shakespeare's classic tragedy.

Inverse

Voices: Why Kenneth Branagh’s return to Stratford-upon-Avon is the best thing to happen to my hometown in years

COMMENT: Kenneth Branagh coming to the RSC for the first time in more than three decades could be just what my failing hometown needs to stop its decline, says Georgina Fuller

The Independent UK

Sir Kenneth Branagh: We have to work harder to earn the audience’s attention

The Oppenheimer star made his first appearance with the Royal Shakespeare Company aged 23 in the 1984 production of Henry V.

Evening Standard

Sir Kenneth Branagh hails arts as a 'British super-power'

Sir Kenneth Branagh wants more money to be invested into the arts.

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Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC for The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard

Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov’s classic

Evening Standard

Kenneth Branagh returns to Royal Shakespeare Company for first time in 30 years

Sir Kenneth, best known for Belfast and Hamlet, made his first appearance with the theatre company aged 23 in the 1984 production of Henry V.

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Channing Tatum’s failed Thor audition left him with invaluable acting advice

Actor said director Kenneth Branagh ‘nailed my crutch’

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Channing Tatum unsuccessfully auditioned to play Thor

In a frank chat about his failed attempt to land the role, actor Channing Tatum has admitted he once unsuccessfully auditioned to play Thor.

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Avengers: Doomsday actor Channing Tatum opens up on his failed Thor audition – and the main lesson he learned from the underwhelming experience

The Gambit star has a past with the MCU

Inverse

5 Years Ago, An Iconic Sci-Fi Director Made A Legendarily Divisive Movie

You have to give it to Christopher Nolan: even his duds are worth talking about.

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Emma Thompson jokes she could’ve ‘changed American history’ by saying yes to date with Donald Trump

The now-US President asked Emma Thompson out in 1998, following her divorce from Kenneth Branagh. The celebrated actress recalled the strange moment during a talk at Locarno Film Festival, and joked that she could have “changed the course of American history.”

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Dame Emma Thompson turned down date with Donald Trump

Dame Emma Thompson has revealed she got a phone call from US President Donald Trump asking her out on a date on the same day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was finalised back in 1995.

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Love? Actually, no: Emma Thompson reveals Donald Trump asked her on a date

Actor said Trump phoned her to make the offer on the day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was confirmed in 1998

Evening Standard

Emma Thompson says Donald Trump asked her out on day she divorced Kenneth Branagh

The actress says she was in her trailer when she received a bizarre proposition

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The Devil Wears Prada 2: release date, full cast and everything we know so far about the Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep sequel

A sequel? For spring? Groundbreaking. Here's everything we know so far about The Devil Wears Prada 2, which has dropped its final official trailer.

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