Fiona Shaw: ‘I got to Hollywood at 28 and they said: You’re very old’
The thrilling star of stage continues her TV takeover. As she joins mercilessly dark drama Baptiste, Shaw talks about Fleabag, American burnout – and marriage as a cure for chaos
James Norton: ‘I try to present myself as friendly and people see something darker’
After playing psychopaths and priests, the actor is starring in an almost unbearably tragic role. He discusses bullies, broodiness and blockbusters
The Many Saints of Newark: first trailer for Sopranos prequel arrives
Film prequel to the landmark series, starring James Gandolfini’s son Michael as the young mobster, has revealed its first trailer
TV tonight: the civil rights lawyer elected Philadelphia’s top lawman
Storyville’s eight-part series examines the US’s devastating incarceration rates. Plus: Bake Off: The Professionals sets the teams a carrot-shaped test. Here’s what to watch this evening
The week in TV: Time; Fred and Rose West; Lupin; Statue Wars – review
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham excel in a grim prison drama, and the mayor of Bristol takes centre stage in a documentary about the city’s 2020 BLM protests.
Kate Winslet shows there’s more to middle age than a saggy belly
Mare of Easttown would have been just another whodunnit without the rich detail of an older woman’s story, says Gaby Hinsliff
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