Liz Taylor and Richard Burton reunited in BBC4 drama about last performance

Biopic of film stars' tempestuous relationship stars Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter in last of BBC channel's big dramas

David Simon: ‘I don’t want anybody in jail for using drugs’

The creator of TV's The Wire will take part in an Observer debate on the war on drugs later this month. He talks to Andrew Anthony

2013 – a year of prequels, sequels and reboots

Marina Hyde: This period of economic hardship hasn't brought about the predicted burst of creativity – instead it's More of the Same

Television producer Tony Garnett: ‘I’m only interested in love and politics’

Maggie Brown: As the BFI celebrates his 50 years' work, the man behind Cathy Come Home reveals the tragedy that changed his world

The Measure: what’s hot and what’s not

Thumbs up: Zara, Little Mix (yes, really) and Adam Driver. Boo hiss: Off-the-peg shirts, Great Gatsby fashion and macaroons

Martin and Gary Kemp: ‘We complement each other’

They went from being new romantics in Spandau Ballet to playing London gangsters in the film The Krays. Now they are about to appear on TV together again. Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp tell Nick Duerden about their enduring relationship

Falklands on film: how broadcasters have handled Margaret Thatcher’s war

BBC and ITV enraged the government with early portrayals of the conflict but it is being supplanted by recent conflicts

Mad Men and Harry Potter stars return in A Young Doctor’s Notebook

Daniel Radcliffe and John Hamm to appear in second series of Sky Arts drama based on the Russian novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. By Maggie Brown

Spooks: we don’t need a film version

Stuart Heritage: Spooks was a great TV series that ran for a decade – what more is there to tell? This trend for turning TV shows into movies needs to stop

On my radar: Park Chan-wook

The South Korean writer, director and producer behind the popular Vengeance trilogy tells Corinne Jones about his cultural highlights

Baftas shine for BBC, but honours go to ITV’s Mr Selfridge

Film awards event draws biggest TV audience for a decade, but Jeremy Piven drama attracts more viewers. By John Plunkett

Top of the Lake – first look review

Jane Campion's return to high-end TV film-making sees Elisabeth Moss play a big city detective back in her home town, where she's assigned a chilling case of child abuse