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  • Benedict Cumberbatch as ‘Jack the Ripper’

    There are a handful of actors that I would be content to just sit and let them read the phone book. We're talking the likes of Nicola Walker, Suranne Jones, Bill Nighy and, obviously, Benedict Cumberbatch.

  • Gender politics and trial by social media painfully collide in ‘Douglas is Cancelled’

    Douglas is Cancelled is worth keeping an eye on for a number of reasons. One being the outstanding cast that starts with Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Twenty Twelve, W1A), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER), Ben Miles (Coupling, Forsyte Saga, The Crown) and Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and, two, the mind palaces behind the series are acclaimed writer Steven Moffat (Coupling, Sherlock, Dracula) and Sue Vertue's Hartswood Films (Men Behaving Badly, Coupling, Sherlock, Jekyll, Dracula).

  • The challenge of ‘Deconstructing the Beatles’ comes to Public TV

    No matter how much you know about the Beatles, there's a documentary airing on public television stations this month that you do not want to miss. Deconstructing The Beatles guides you, step by step, on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums.

  • Dame Judi Dench’s spot-on rules when acting Shakespeare

    If it wasn’t the case before, I’m now fully convinced that if you looked up the definition of brilliant in the dictionary, there would simply be a photo of Dame Judi Dench. The above pic is from our Summer 2010 interview with Dame Judi Dench for the PBS special, Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen. She […]

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