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"I’ve definitely mellowed,” admits David Walliams, sipping green tea. “I remember, as a student, being furious about loads of things, but as you get older, you become a little more pragmatic. You’re not just railing against the world all the time.” He...
Read moreIt’s Agatha Christie – David Walliams style. Yes, BBC1 brings the great crime writer back to UK screens with a new drama series starring (and executive-produced by) the Britain’s Got Talent judge and Little Britain star. To say he has camped it up would...
Read moreBBC radio director Helen Boaden has defended Radio 1 and 2 after the Government said the stations lacked 'distinction' and would be under review in the green paper on the BBC. "The BBC’s mission is to entertain as well as to inform and we should challenge...
Read moreTonight, after only four years and five seasons of HBO’s adaptation, Game of Thrones, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are about to catch up and perhaps even pass George R.R. Martin’s telling of his own story. There’s good reason, though, for...
Read moreThere’s a wonderful serendipity about Sadie Jones’s novel The Outcast being adapted for BBC1. She originally wrote it as a screenplay and only turned it into a book after failing to get it made. The novel went on to become a bestseller and win the Costa...
Read moreDaniel Craig, JK Rowling and Sir David Attenborough are among a group of celebrities to sign an open letter to David Cameron, urging the Prime Minister to protect the BBC from cuts. The latest plea to the government in defence of the Corporation states...
Read moreIf you’ve spent many a morning frustrated that you can’t listen to the News Quiz on your commute, then you’re in luck – BBC radio will soon be free for download on tablets, smartphones and other internet devices. Programmes from The Archers to Radio 1’s...
Read moreSadie Jones risked smashing a perfect thing when she signed up to adapt her book The Outcast (BBC1, Sunday) for television. The novel, one of my favourites, bursts with a fragile intensity that, while filmic, seemed unlikely to survive the transition....
Read moreHe is beloved of Poldark fans for playing the good, kind and smouldering Ross Poldark, a man with a penchant for taking his top off. But TV viewers will soon be seeing a different side to Aidan Turner who is to star as a dangerous wrong ‘un in a new BBC...
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