Tom Adams obituary
Actor best known for his role in The Great Escape who became a stalwart of TV drama
Despite the CIA report, TV and film will still revel in torture
Once the hallmark of the villain, torture became a hero’s tool 40 years ago – and since then it’s been a frequent ingredient in popular entertainment
Great television is about collaboration – that includes the director
Charles Sturridge, director of Brideshead Revisited, Dates and The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency responds to Mark Lawson’s blog on why television will never be a director’s medium
Matthew Bourne: why I love Angela Lansbury
Matthew Bourne: ‘Acting is tough and she’s the real thing – she’s 89 and still looking forward’
Glen Larson obituary
TV writer and producer behind drama series such as Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, Magnum PI and Quincy
Netflix confirms epic drama The Crown, about No 10 and Buckingham Palace
Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, and Billy Elliot’s Stephen Daldry, team up for broadcaster’s first UK production. By John Plunkett
Warren Clarke obituary
Actor best known as a gruff, hard-drinking detective in the TV series Dalziel and Pascoe
Warren Clarke: a life in clips
The Dalziel and Pascoe, Clockwork Orange and Red Riding actor has died age 67. Here, Stuart Heritage remembers his finest on-screen moments
Jenny McCrindle obituary
Versatile actor who stood out in the BBC drama Looking After Jo Jo
Best in show: your favourite canine TV faces
As Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine’s new sitcom Puppy Love comes to BBC4, Michael Hogan looks at dog stars down the decades
American Gigolo: gear up for the TV remake
Media Monkey: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Parmamount TV developing series based on 1980s classic that starred Richard Gere
Gotham: holding out for a hero
Alfred’s an ex-Marine, a cat burglar is stealing milk, and a rookie cop is after a double murderer … Richard Vine on Gotham, the neo-noir pulp TV show that imagines the city before Batman
Gone Girl review – David Fincher thrills with portrait of love gone wrong
Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck are today’s Bergman and Boyer in a twisted tale of murder, misogyny and love gone wrong, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cinema chains may boycott Netflix’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel
Companies owning more than half the US’s Imax screens angered by decision to release film simultaneously in cinemas and streaming online
The new Brit pack: UK actors storm LA
Watch out, Hollywood, the Brits are in demand. And leading the charge are Kaya Scodelario, Holliday Grainger and Suki Waterhouse. Abigail Radnor meets them