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Rowan Atkinson as Chief Inspector Maigret

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Classic sleuth Maigret is back on screens this Easter in a new ITV film starring Rowan Atkinson. Georges Simenon’s French detective appeared in a whopping 75 novels and 28 short stories between 1931 and 1972, and has previously been played by the likes...

Colin Dexter, the author of the Inspector Morse books, has died

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Colin Dexter, the author of the Inspector Morse books, has died aged 86. His publisher announced the news in a statement on Tuesday: “With immense sadness, MacMillan announces the death of Colin Dexter who died peacefully at his home in Oxford this morning.”...

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Here’s the first picture of Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins which has been released ahead of the return of the magical nanny in a new film. Blunt, 33, is replacing Julie Andrews in the title role in the follow-up to the 1964 film, Mary Poppins Returns, which...

My favourite Hitchcock: Rebecca

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"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …" Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of Rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was Hitchcock's first American film, made for David O Selznick and released in...

Five Daphne du Maurier adaptations

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Rebecca 1940, dir Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock knew the du Mauriers well. He worked with Daphne's father, a leading London actor-manager, on a film called Lord Camber's Ladies in 1932. But it was David O Selznick, the Hollywood producer who paid $50,000...

Documentaire sur Daphné Du Maurier - arte

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Independent cinemas in the US to show 1984

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Cinema has a lot to teach us about the world - if we're willing to pay attention. Select independent cinemas in the US will be screening 1984 in protest of Donald Trump, specifically his alleged proposed cuts on cultural institutions, including the entire...

EM Forster's Howards End on BBC1

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Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen and Tracey Ullman will star in the long-awaited adaptation of EM Forster's Howards End on BBC1. The series originally received the green light in December 2015 and was expected to air last year. That was the last we heard...

Outlander series 3 delayed

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Brace yourselves Outlander fans - US network Starz has announced that we're going to have to wait a little longer for series three of the smash hit sci-fi drama because it won't air until September 2017. Advertising That means there'll be a *takes deep...

Sherlock most popular BBC character

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Benedict Cumberbatch has declared himself "honoured" after Sherlock topped a survey to find the world's favourite BBC television character. Advertising Almost a third of viewers worldwide opted for the TV detective, with Doctor Who coming second and Idris...