‘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

Barbara Windsor, star of Carry On films and EastEnders, dies at 83

Husband says ‘final weeks were typical of how she lived … full of humour, drama and a fighting spirit’

The week in TV: Waterhole; The Undoing; Inside Cinema, Raised by Wolves; Red, White and Blue

Chris Packham and Ella Al-Shamahi make a top team on the BBC’s enthralling African stakeout. Elsewhere, dramas great and small…

Helena Bonham Carter says The Crown should stress to viewers it’s a drama

Actor who plays Princess Margaret adds her voice to calls for Netflix to add a disclaimer

Uncle Frank review – fervent family drama from writer of American Beauty

Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis star in Alan Ball’s film about a bookish teenager, her academic uncle and his not entirely inner demons

Covid’s $325m hit to Australian TV and film industry ‘unprecedented’

Screen Australia says sector was set for record year when pandemic struck, forcing widespread closures, while full economic cost won’t be known for years

We Are Who We Are review – Luca Guadagnino’s teen drama burns slowly

The Call Me By Your Name director’s debut TV outing is beautifully shot and languorously paced, but it might need an energy boost if we are to stick with its angsty protagonist