Danny Dyer wants to return to theatre – to make his mum happy
Matt Trueman: The EastEnders actor says he wishes to take to the stage again because of his mum: 'She's been to every play I've done'
On my radar: Alan Davies’s cultural highlights
The actor and comedian tells Ben Marshall about a duo who rap about Cornish pasties, a documentary about Israel's security service – and his immersion in Friday Night Lights
Jon Hamm interview: ‘Don Draper is dismal and despicable’
Jon Hamm talks to Tim Adams about working with Daniel Radcliffe, and the legacy of his Mad Men alter ego, whose inner life draws so much on Hamm's own past …
Diane Keaton plans US remake of BBC’s Last Tango in Halifax
The star has acquired the rights to the BBC1 hit about childhood sweethearts rekindling their romance in their 70s
Antonia Bird obituary
Stage, TV and film director motivated by a desire to tell relevant and provocative stories
10 reasons why today’s TV is better than movies
Stuart Heritage: Forget what you've read about cinema's dominance over the small screen. Television has plenty to teach the movies about characterisation, storytelling and breaking new talent
Five things Ben Wheatley could do to Doctor Who
The Sightseers and Kill List director will direct Peter Capaldi in the first two episodes of his stint as Doctor Who. So what might we expect from him, wonders Phelim O'Neill
Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy ‘was meant to be naked’
Media Monkey: Screenwriter reveals he wanted star to strip off for Pride and Prejudice scene – but he was worried about his 'love handles'
The Rosamunde Pilcher trail: why German tourists flock to Cornwall
Lena Jakat: Each year, a quarter of a million Germans come to Cornwall, lured by the books of a British author largely unknown in her own country – and the gorgeous locations in German TV adaptations of her work
Danny Dyer on EastEnders – well, would you Adam and Eve it?
The actor is about to start "a new chapter" in his career – as Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Vic
Lindsay Duncan: ‘I keep thinking of my old person’s railcard’
She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-end. She tells Xan Brooks why she'd love to pack it all in and head for India
Will Masters of Sex be Lizzy Caplan’s big break?
Diane Shipley: The new show about 1970s sex researchers Masters and Johnson gives Caplan her biggest chance yet at the big time
Which 90s movies would you like to see as TV series?
Open thread: Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys joins Fargo and Reality Bites in making the move to the small screen. But which other 90s films would work on TV?
Vera Farmiga on The Conjuring, Bates Motel, maternal angst … and knitting
John Patterson: The Bates Motel star's new movie, The Conjuring, is a spine-chilling story of paranormal phenomena. She talks about belief and scepticism, and the maternal theme that connects her roles