Shane Meadows: ‘For many years I didn’t remember it… but it caused me a lifetime of anguish’

The director speaks for the first time about the horrific episode from his childhood that inspired his new TV drama The Virtues

Chernobyl’s Jared Harris: My wife can’t believe how I keep getting bumped off!

From Mad Men to The Crown, the actor is used to big exits. As new disaster drama Chernobyl launches, he talks about cover-ups, climate change shame – and his hellraising dad Richard

Dallas star Ken Kercheval dies at 83

Actor played hapless Cliff Barnes and appeared in numerous films and TV shows

Chimerica’s Cherry Jones: ‘Everything progressive in America has been trampled on’

Jones has played nuns, poets and even the US president in 24 ... while working with problematic men. ‘If we condemn by instinct, we’re on a slippery slope,’ she says

​Alessandro Nivola: ​’It’s been nice picking through my dad’s experiences for the Sopranos film​’

The American actor on playing a rabbi, jet ski racing with Robert De Niro and exploring his Italian-American heritage

Sandy Ratcliff obituary

Actor who found fame as Sue Osman in the BBC series EastEnders

What’s the next Game of Thrones? All the contenders for fantasy TV’s crown

The saga of the Seven Kingdoms may be bowing out, but it has opened the floodgates. Here’s your guide to the next big heroes

Crushed by a giant cheese: 10 of the greatest celebrity moments on Midsomer Murders

As the 20th series starts, who can forget Henry Cavill being bitten by a fox or Orlando Bloom being jabbed with a pitchfork?

Daniel Mays: ‘You’re not getting a Liam Neeson soundbite out of me’

The Essex-born actor, who stars in new film Fisherman’s Friends, says he is firmly in the non-racist camp, and doesn’t want to kill anyone. What else does he have to say?

Richard Gere conquered theatre and cinema … can he now score a TV hit?

Writer Tom Rob Smith tells of ‘wooing’ actor for state-of-the-nation BBC series MotherFatherSon

Anna Paquin: ‘I’ve had some horrific experiences’

After 27 years in the movies, the X-Men and True Blood star is sick of having to work extra hard and be extra nice simply because she is a woman

When the kissing stopped: why did Britain turn its back on black TV?

It was sharp, hard-hitting and streets ahead of America. Why did the powerhouse that was black TV drama lose its way? We speak to its trailblazers

James Gandolfini’s son cast as young Tony Soprano in prequel movie

Michael Gandolfini will appear as a younger version of the New Jersey mobster in David Chase-penned film The Many Saints of Newark

How Ramsay Street became Mulholland Drive: is Neighbours channelling David Lynch?

First, Jim Robinson made a surreal appearance from beyond the grave. Then, Raymond Renshaw arrived in Erinsborough, bringing with him the spirit of Evil Cooper

Roma victory at Critics’ Choice awards strengthens Oscar hopes

Alfonso Cuarón’s drama picks up four awards, while The Americans and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel dominate the TV section with three each