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Rolf Harris to receive BAFTA fellowship

TV Gossip

2 May 2012

Rolf Harris is to receive a BAFTA fellowship. The 82-year-old broadcaster, musician and artist is "thrilled" to be receiving the organisation's highest award for his "outstanding and exceptional contribution to television". He said: "I'm hugely…

War Horse

War Horse

Unashamedly sentimental cinema from Spielberg

(4 stars)5 Jan 2012

(12A) 146m As War Horse begins, with soaring shots of rolling English hills and a sweeping John Williams overture, director Steven Spielberg sends a clear message: settle down for some large-canvas, unashamedly romanticised, old-fashioned big-screen…

Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson says Blackadder five could happen

TV Gossip

3 Oct 2011

Rowan Atkinson has hinted there could be a fifth series of 'Blackadder'. The actor - who played Edmund Blackadder in different historical periods - has revealed there have been discussions about resurrecting the comedy series, which last aired in…

'Doctor Who' actor Matt Smith

Richard Curtis' family Who

TV Gossip

3 Jun 2010

Richard Curtis' children helped him write his forthcoming 'Doctor Who' episode. The 'Blackadder' creator revealed that plotting the storyline - which will feature the Doctor (Matt Smith) encountering the artist Vincent Van Gogh - took over his whole…

Richard Curtis

Interview - Richard Curtis

2 Apr 2009

Richard Curtis’s pirate radio romp The Boat That Rocked could be seen as a step into new territory for the Love Actually director, as it is noticeably free of his two main preoccupations up to this point: romantic love and Hugh Grant. But according to…

The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

(2 stars)2 Apr 2009

COMEDY/DRAMA Richard Curtis’ return to the big screen after six years back working in television is not as rockin’ as it is rolling, loose, baggy and freewheeling. It feels like a very long musical montage with little structure or direction. Some…

The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

13 Mar 2008

If there is still such a thing as ‘appointment television’ in this multi-channel age, The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is it. The adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith’s much- loved novel arrives on the small screen this fortnight thanks to a wealth of…

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