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Erin Doherty didn’t expect to be scared of a boy almost two decades her junior. The 32-year-old actor has made a career playing formidable women; often enigmatic characters projecting a certain toughness, a sense of gradually fraying invulnerability. She was a young Princess Anne in The Crown. An unhinged internet stalker in the BBC’s Chloe. And, most recently, the notorious gang leader …
Siobhan Finneran reckons she’s “not very good with dates”. But she can remember exactly what she was doing the morning after the first episode of Happy Valley’s final season aired – because she ended up having to do an accidental victory lap of one of the North West’s least glamorous locations. “It was at the start …
Oh, how Netflix has been crying out for a series like Adolescence. Over the past few years, the company that kicked off last decade’s great “streaming revolution” has entered a qualitative nosedive. The content has kept coming, thick, fast and predictable; despite huge budgets and a ream of big-name stars, however, critical successes have been few and far between. …
The Liverpudlian star of ‘Time’ and ‘A Thousand Blows’ takes on his first leading role in BBC drama ‘This City Is Ours’. He tells Katie Rosseinsky about playing villains, filming on home turf and why his friend Stephen Graham is a ‘saving grace’ for working-class performers When James Nelson-Joyce was in his first year of drama school, …
A primary school teacher downed a bottle of wine and turned up to work drunk and reeking of alcohol. Ashley Atkin, 38, had glazed eyes and was unsteady on her feet as she prepared for an awards ceremony at Horn’s Mill Primary in Helsby, Cheshire. The incident occurred on the morning October 20 2023, when …
Listeners have said they ‘won’t be tuning in’ to Hits Radio after Leanne Campbell’s breakfast show is axed. Hits Radio, formerly Radio City, will stop broadcasting the show this summer as it is set to be replaced by a national programme. Leanne Campbell, who has co-hosted breakfast on Radio City and Hits Radio for more than …
Gogglebox star Dave Griffiths has been flooded with supported as he announced his retirement from his day job. The armchair critic is renowned for his role on the popular Channel 4 programme. He regularly invites viewers to commentate on the week’s best TV, alongside his wife Shirley Griffiths. The couple joined the show in 2015 and have …
Coronation Street star Colson Smith celebrated with co-stars last week as he filmed in final scenes on the ITV soap. After 13 years playing the role of Craig Tinker, the actor revealed in January the character would be leaving the Cobbles. Former and current Coronation Street stars gathered for a farewell party after Colson’s last day on set last …
Former Emmerdale heartthrob Ryan Hawley, known for his iconic role as Robert Sugden, has completely transformed for a brand new part, leaving fans barely able to recognise him from his days in the Dales. The 39-year-old actor, who graced our screens on ITV’s beloved soap from 2014 to 2019 after taking the baton from Karl …
Kevin McCloud’s journey with Grand Designs is a true underdog story, as producers initially doubted he was the right fit for the show. When Grand Designs was first proposed to Talkback Thames in the late 90s, Channel 4 bosses were sceptical about Kevin’s presenting chops. “They said, ‘don’t mind the format, don’t like the title …