Dame Judi Dench appeared to sign up to BBC2’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III after actor Benedict Cumberbatch asked her on stage during this year’s Hay Festival, “Would you like to be in Richard III with me?” And with her casting officially announced...
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From left: Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Mark Williams and Jennifer Saunders in Blandings Photograph: Aiden Monaghan/BBC/Mammoth Screen NI Limited When the BBC brings Blandings Castle and its inhabitants to the screen tomorrow, another skirmish in the...
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Benedict Cumberbatch is making a habit of getting wet for charity. Last time it was in a series of increasingly ridiculous Ice Bucket Challenges that eventually saw the Sherlock star stripping off his underpants and getting into the shower. This time...
Read moreUnionists say that jobs will be lost in the broadcasting industry and with them the opportunity to make quality, new Scottish programmes. Holyrood says that a new Scottish Broadcasting Company will work closely with the BBC, protect jobs and use a new...
Read moreActor Greg Wise and former Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay will feature among the cast. Jones' debut won the Costa First Novel Award in 2008 and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, now known as the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. Filming...
Read moreBenedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won best actor and best supporting actor in a mini-series, although neither was at the ceremony. Steven Moffat also won best writing in a mini-series for the final episode of Sherlock's third season. (...) The main...
Read moreJoanna Vanderham has been cast in BBC One's The Go-Between , which will form part of its season of classic 20th century literature. Vanderham, who has appeared in The Paradise, Dancing On The Edge and Banished, will play Marian Maudsley in the film. She...
Read moreBen Vanstone adapts coming-of-age story Cider With Rosie gets BBC One adaption for season of classic 20th-century literature. Adapted by Ben Vanstone (The Borrowers, Merlin) from Laurie Lee‘s classic novel, the 90-minute film from Origin Pictures is a...
Read moreDirector-General of the BBC, Tony Hall, today defended the Licence Fee that funds the Corporation and rejected claims that the broadcaster should consider moving to a subscription or advertising model, saying that such changes would prevent the BBC from...
Read moreThe Borgias star Holliday Grainger is to play the lead in a new BBC1 adaptation of DH Lawrence’s raunchy classic Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Grainger, who played Lucrezia Borgia in Showtime’s Jeremy Irons-fronted TV saga, will play the part of Constance...
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