Joan Allen: ‘Acting’s like tennis. You bring your game’
Adulterous housewives, CIA bosses – Joan Allen has played them all with consummate skill. Now, in Stephen King adaptation Lisey’s Story, she’s turned her hand to visceral horror
Olivia Williams: ‘I’ve been close enough to stardom to see how horrifying it is’
As she prepares to star in The Nevers, an eerie TV drama about supernatural Victorian women, the actor talks about fame, cancer – and squaring up to Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense
‘We had a therapist on set’ – William Jackson Harper on The Underground Railroad
The Good Place star plays a free man helping slaves to escape in Barry Jenkins’ epic series. The actor talks about the trauma of re-enacting such violent times – and the need to face up to history
‘It feels radical about women’: Nancy Mitford hits BBC One’s Sunday night slot
In The Pursuit of Love, Mitford explored shellshock, abuse and xenophobia ... but in a funny way, says director Emily Mortimer
Will they, won’t they?: Line of Duty ‘Flemson’ dynamic draws in fans
Show has turned UK into nation of detectives, not least to dissect Kate Fleming and Jo Davidson’s relationship
Downton Abbey film sequel set for Christmas 2021 release
A followup to the 2019 film is currently in production, with Dominic West, Hugh Dancy and Laura Haddock joining returning cast members
‘Olivier was jealous of me’: TV drama pioneer Derek Granger at 100
On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his ‘turbulent’ relationship with one of the acting world’s greats
Helen McCrory: engaging, enthralling, always magnetically watchable
The exquisitely talented actor shone at playing complex, intelligent women with a seemingly effortless skill
‘We needed to rescue the nation from despair’: culture’s year of Covid
Comedians went virtual, Ai Weiwei went to Portugal – and Bake Off pledged the show would go on. In the first of a two-part series, cultural figures look back on a year that shook their industry
Kelly Macdonald: ‘I’m beyond sex scenes now. I just play detectives’
She shot to fame in Trainspotting, and has starred in Gosford Park, Boardwalk Empire and even as a Disney princess. So why did the Scottish actor panic about her new role in Line Of Duty?
Nicola Pagett obituary
Stage and screen actor best known for playing Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV series Upstairs, Downstairs
The Terror review – an icy chiller with echoes of our present
Starring Ciaran Hinds and Jared Harris, this horror-filled reimagining of John Franklin’s ill-fated Arctic expedition is unlikely to terrify you – although it certainly feels timely
Golden Globes 2021: who will win – and who should win – the TV categories
Under renewed scrutiny over diversity and ethics, the 2021 Golden Globes appears poised to reward the Netflix megahits The Queen’s Gambit and The Crown
‘People want imperfection’: Hiam Abbass on Succession, Ramy and playing complex women
She is all calm as enigmatic Marcia Roy in the media-dynasty saga, but as the Egyptian-American mother in the award-winning comedy, she’s a hoot. The Palestinian actor examines her many-layered roles
Money spent on film and TV production in UK down 21% in 2020
Investment in high-end TV shows overtook that of film for first time, according to BFI figures