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
Sky UK boosts original content as it takes on streaming rivals
Exclusive: TV company aims to be releasing a new film every week by 2022, with 30 due this year
Noel Clarke: ‘Would I play Doctor Who? There’s a conversation to be had’
He has played a pivotal role in bringing black drama to British screens – but Noel Clarke must still battle for recognition. As his hit cop show Bulletproof returns, he talks about fighting prejudice, returning to the Tardis – and saying no to America
The week in TV: The Pembrokeshire Murders; The Great Pottery Throw Down and more
A real-life crime drama reveals the plod of police work, kiln beats cake as a crafty contest returns, and Bollywood comes under the harshest spotlight
The stop-start year that kept TV drama on a cliffhanger
It took months to find ways to shoot productions safely. The plot twist? There will be a shortage of new shows – then a glut
James Cosmo: ‘My friend said: They’re going to drink beer out of your skull’
After his brutal demise on Game of Thrones, the veteran Scottish actor is back in crime drama The Bay. Is he the baddie?
‘I saw him as an animal’: Tahar Rahim on playing a real-life serial killer
Charles Sobhraj brutally murdered at least 10 backpackers in south-east Asia. Did Tahar Rahim worry about glamorising the murderer in slick new TV drama The Serpent?
Barbara Windsor was funny, vivid, feisty … but I saw her vulnerable side
The EastEnders and Carry On star had hidden depths, as I found when while researching her remarkable life story