Sir Ian McKellen’s call for the BBC to commission more TV adaptations of stage plays appears to have been successful. At the BFI screening of his recent TV drama The Dresser, McKellen asked the Corporation to adapt more stage works. “I can’t recommend...
Read moreTV’s new teatime drama series Jekyll and Hyde, which pops up between the rugby and The X Factor on Sunday night, represents a big bet on the growing popularity of fantasy drama to attract viewers young and old. Using the lure of a famous phrase and Robert...
Read moreITV’s has refused to bow to pressure to move its teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde to a later slot after the watershed, despite more than 500 complaints about violent scenes in the broadcast on Sunday evening. The drama, shown at 6:30pm, featured scenes of...
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Charlie Higson’s Jekyll and Hyde comes to ITV tonight, and it’s a fun romp through a 1930s-set episodic version of the story with a good cast and some pleasingly dark themes. What it also is, however, is an attempt to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle...
Read moreThe list of celebrities supporting the BBC as it faces government cuts continues to grow, and now James McAvoy has followed his X-Men co-star Ian McKellen in expressing his belief in the value of the Corporation, as he returns for a new Radio 4 drama....
Read moreGovernment will regret its attempts to clip the wings of the Corporation during the ongoing charter renewal process. The BBC, says McKellen, is “one of the great glories of this country”. “Everybody’s worried," said the Lord of the Rings star. "I cannot...
Read moreWe're only two months away now from the 90-minute Sherlock Christmas special and Amanda Abbington is bursting to talk about the film, which appears to show our heroes in Victorian dress. But of course she can't. She admits, though, that it has been hard...
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