Miranda's Tom Ellis and Beauty and the Beast's Chris Egan also star in the pilot for the modern mythical drama for American network ABC

Coogan and Moore star in the Henry James adaptation as a couple fighting over their six-year-old daughter Maisie

"Poliakoff is a polarising figure on British television. But he is vital because he makes us think..."

The Watchmen actor will play papal secretary Bernd Koch in a pilot for the upcoming thriller directed by Ridley Scott

"Nobody gives a s**t what a boring old fart I am now, or what a raging alcoholic I was. It's nobody's business. It's a disease, it affects millions"

Over 4 million tuned in for the documentary, which eclipsed the first episode of Stephen Poliakoff's new period drama Dancing on the Edge on BBC2

Stephen Poliakoff's new drama stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Angel Coulby, John Goodman, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Anthony Head and Jenna-Louise Coleman

"There was this time just a few years before Hitler and the World War II when the elite were mingling with black musicians and inviting them into their homes"

Angel Coulby, Joanna Vanderham, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Goode star in Stephen Poliakoff's first major drama series on BBC2

"I've started a list of British actors I'd love to work with, so I'm going to try and tick them off by the end of my career!"