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items: The rule of three
items: 'Make it more Scooby-Doo!'
items: Derry Girls creator talks new Netflix show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: "You can't separate us from what's happened here"
items: Caution be damned
items: Michael Palin talks returning to acting in new comedy from The Office legend – and how he approaches old age
items: The life of Brian
items: 'It looked an impossible task'
items: Alan Carr and Amanda Holden talk secret to their 20-year friendship – and why she won't do Celebrity Traitors
items: Meet the cast of Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
items: 'She's a force to be reckoned with'
items: 'Sex? It's on the table for ever'
items: Agatha Christie's Seven Dials star Helena Bonham Carter: "I've always wanted to play Marple"
items: Agatha Christie's Seven Dials star Mia McKenna-Bruce talks "bundle of energy" character, The Beatles biopics, and beginnings with EastEnders and Tracy Beaker
items: Dawn French reveals why she had to star in new comedy Can You Keep a Secret and talks sitcom's emotive real-life inspiration
items: 10 Questions with Erin Doherty
items: Adolescence's Erin Doherty talks Doctor Who speculation - and whether she'd return for a second run of Netflix hit
items: Horsing around on set
items: 10 Questions with Jeff Goldblum
items: Wicked star Jeff Goldblum dishes on working with "sex god" Jonathan Bailey and reacts to Netflix's Kaos cancellation
items: 'You know who the bad guy is all along'
items: 'It really pops with Jack'
items: 'I watched Psycho with my baby'
items: Jack Whitehall talks his dark new psychopath role and his plans for an all-new sitcom
items: Rest in peace?
items: Daisy May and Charlie Cooper rule out a This Country return – and reveal ghostly encounters
items: Aimee Lou Wood and Film Club cast unveil their favourite films of all time - here's why you have to watch them
items: ‘I didn't like people finding me funny’
items: Aimee Lou Wood reveals how debut writing project Film Club helped her embrace her neurodivergence
items: Ten Questions with Eve Myles
items: Torchwood favourite Eve Myles explains why her new role in The Guest was “absolutely terrifying”

The rule of three
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creator: Emma Cox
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Lisa McGee’s new leading ladies had chemistry from the start
encoded: Add How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to your watchlist Actors Caoilfhionn Dunne (Dara), Sinéad Keenan (Robyn) and Roisin Gallagher (Saoirse) on the Irish invasion, creating best-friend chemistry, and what they’d tell their 16-year-old selves... What drew you to this show? Roisin I heard through the grapevine that Lisa was writing something new, and I was like, “Great, how can I get a part?” Caoilfhionn You hear the name Lisa McGee, you know it’s going to be good. Also, I was a bit tired of being paid to cry, so comedy was appealing. Sinéad I’m lucky enough to have worked with Lisa a couple of times. You don’t say no to her. This show is bonkers — I guffawed every day. You play old friends — how did you create that chemistry? Sinéad The moment we met to read together, it was an instant feeling of, “This is going to work”. Caoilfhionn The shoot was intense, so it was like a bootcamp, but for six months. Roisin You’re buckled into a rollercoaster: you just keep going and it’s probably a bit of Stockholm Syndrome. We spent so much time together that you get that familial vibe quickly. Can you describe your characters? Roisin Saoirse’s this brilliant, creative whirlwind of a woman who deals with things right in front of her but forgets she has a fiancé somewhere back in London. Sinéad Robyn’s perpetually stressed, highly strung, aggressive. But if you dig deep enough, there’s a good heart there. Caoilfhionn Dara’s often afraid, but very loyal. She’s childlike in her optimism and her desire for goodness. Do you identify with your characters? Sinéad I have two boys and we’ve got a touch of hormones coming in now, which is quite something. I love them dearly, of course, but I can relate to Robyn’s stress. I think it’s nice to see a mother stressed out. You often see perfection on screen, which doesn’t exist in my life. Roisin I did have a chuckle when I read about Saoirse banging on about living in London, a place where they understand the difference between a flat white a…

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'Make it more Scooby-Doo!'
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creator: Emma Cox
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description: Following her Bafta-winning Derry Girls, Lisa McGee is pivoting to something a bit creepier – but with friends, laughter and fun at its core
encoded: Add How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to your watchlist If you ever catch an Irish brunette staring as you argue with friends, beware: it might be Lisa McGee, and she might write you into her next comedy. McGee’s huge hit Derry Girls, about a group of teenagers growing up during the Troubles, hit the mark with viewers thanks to its precise and hilarious observations about the way family and friends often talk to each other. And while writing her new series, which also follows a group of bickering pals, McGee admits she takes a lot of inspiration from real life. “I love watching people argue,” she says. “I have a group of close friends from school and when we go away together, I just listen. The arguments are unbelievably funny.” While McGee changes and embellishes the real-life stories she hears – and usually asks permission – she admits getting into trouble once when she forgot to tell a friend she was pinching her story about a family feud. “My friend was like, ‘Lisa, what the hell?’ But I just go, ‘Well, you shouldn’t tell me’. Everyone knows it’s all up for grabs, my mum especially. You can see it dawning on her as she’s telling me a story and she’ll go, ‘Don’t you dare’. With my mum – tough. I’ll use it anyway.” Her new series, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, has the same DNA as Derry Girls but is edgier, according to McGee. And that’s not the only difference – rather than a six-part sitcom this is an eight-part thriller going out on Netflix, which means a bigger budget than Derry Girls had on Channel 4. The plot revolves around three schoolfriends now in their 30s – Saoirse, Dara and Robyn – who discover their fourth friend has died suddenly. They haven’t seen Greta since school and when they go to her wake, they realise the cause of her death may not be all it seems. Soon, they’ve stumbled into investigating what really happened while facing up to their own past lives – and lies. The idea came to 45-year-old McGee when she visited her old school in Derry, …

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Derry Girls creator talks new Netflix show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: "You can't separate us from what's happened here"
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date: 2026-02-09T17:00:45.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: Following her BAFTA-winning Derry Girls, Lisa McGee is pivoting to something a bit creepier – but with friends, laughter and fun at its core.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. If you ever catch an Irish brunette staring as you argue with friends, beware: it might be Lisa McGee, and she might write you into her next comedy. McGee’s huge hit Derry Girls, about a group of teenagers growing up during the Troubles, hit the mark with viewers thanks to its precise and hilarious observations about the way family and friends often talk to each other. And while writing her new series, which also follows a group of bickering pals, McGee admits she takes a lot of inspiration from real life. “I love watching people argue,” she says. “I have a group of close friends from school and when we go away together, I just listen. The arguments are unbelievably funny.” While McGee changes and embellishes the real-life stories she hears – and usually asks permission – she admits getting into trouble once when she forgot to tell a friend she was pinching her story about a family feud. “My friend was like, ‘Lisa, what the hell?’ But I just go, ‘Well, you shouldn’t tell me’. Everyone knows it’s all up for grabs, my mum especially. You can see it dawning on her as she’s telling me a story and she’ll go, ‘Don’t you dare’. With my mum – tough. I’ll use it anyway.” Her new series, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, has the same DNA as Derry Girls but is edgier, according to McGee. And that’s not the only difference – rather than a six-part sitcom this is an eight-part thriller going out on Netflix, which means a bigger budget than Derry Girls had on Channel 4. View oEmbed on the source website The plot revolves around three school friends now in their 30s – Saoirse, Dara and Robyn – who discover their fourth friend has died suddenly. They haven’t seen Greta since school and when they go to her wake, they realise the cause of her death may not be all it seems. Soon, they’ve stumbled into investigating what really happened while facing up to their own past lives – and lies. The idea came to 45-year-old McGee when she v…

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Caution be damned
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date: 2026-02-04T15:51:12.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Michael Palin couldn’t resist Small Prophets
encoded: Add Small Prophets to your watchlist You don’t act much these days. What made you want to play Michael’s dad Brian? Travelling and writing books take up most of my time. I really enjoy acting. I’ve done A Fish Called Wanda, The Death of Stalin and GBH, which were wonderful, but they don’t come along often. What Mackenzie writes is very special. I enjoy his humour, his understanding of people. There was no question of saying, “No, I can’t do this, I’m busy travelling.” Brian lives in a care home and is the first elderly person you’ve played. Did you have any reservations? I found playing this part fine. He’s old and forgetful but able to interpret extraordinary text and put old bits of machinery together again. He’s definitely not the archetype in a care home. I wouldn’t like to just be in a chair, dribbling away, and then you die. As you get older, you do forget the most obvious things — names, places — I sometimes find that tricky. But if I’m going filming in Venezuela, say, I’ll know everything about Venezuela for a bit. My children keep saying, “Careful, careful,” but they’re being overcautious. In the show, Brian is not cautious and likes doing mad things, like trying to ride a motorbike aged nearly 90. Do you think that’s quite true for a lot of people of your generation? I was lucky to grow up in a period where being young was great — which my parents’ generation couldn’t because they’d been embroiled in two world wars. After university in the 60s, it was the Beatles, Mary Quant, Pete and Dud, and Spike Milligan. You could do anything. There was no real censorship, not to the degree there is now. In Monty Python we could write what we wanted. Now you’d have to be more careful. We just thought, let’s be silly. The way that Mackenzie writes is quite Pythonic because it’s understated. The best humour is done without a smile. When people take themselves absolutely seriously, that makes me laugh more. That’s what Python was all about: the absurd things that we all …

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Michael Palin talks returning to acting in new comedy from The Office legend – and how he approaches old age
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date: 2026-02-02T17:00:37.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: Sir Michael Palin couldn’t resist Small Prophets.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. You don’t act much these days. What made you want to play Michael’s dad Brian in Small Prophets? Travelling and writing books take up most of my time. I really enjoy acting. I’ve done A Fish Called Wanda, The Death of Stalin and GBH, which were wonderful, but they don’t come along often. What Mackenzie writes is very special. I enjoy his humour, his understanding of people. There was no question of saying, “No, I can’t do this, I’m busy travelling.” Brian lives in a care home and is the first elderly person you’ve played. Did you have any reservations? I found playing this part fine. He’s old and forgetful but able to interpret extraordinary text and put old bits of machinery together again. He’s definitely not the archetype in a care home. I wouldn’t like to just be in a chair, dribbling away, and then you die. As you get older, you do forget the most obvious things — names, places — I sometimes find that tricky. But if I’m going filming in Venezuela, say, I’ll know everything about Venezuela for a bit. My children keep saying, “Careful, careful,” but they’re being overcautious. In the show, Brian is not cautious and likes doing mad things, like trying to ride a motorbike aged nearly 90. Do you think that’s quite true for a lot of people of your generation? I was lucky to grow up in a period where being young was great — which my parents’ generation couldn’t because they’d been embroiled in two world wars. After university in the 60s, it was the Beatles, Mary Quant, Pete and Dud, and Spike Milligan. You could do anything. There was no real censorship, not to the degree there is now. In Monty Python we could write what we wanted. Now you’d have to be more careful. We just thought, let’s be silly. The way that Mackenzie writes is quite Pythonic because it’s understated. The best humour is done without a smile. When people take themselves absolutely seriously, that makes me laugh more. That’s what Python was all abo…

The life of Brian
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creator: Emma Cox
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Michael Palin and Mackenzie Crook team up for new series, Small Prophets
encoded: Sir Michael Palin’s latest role is playing an elderly man living in a care home. But don’t be fooled: his character, Brian, is far from a typical resident. In Small Prophets, a new BBC Two comedy written by Mackenzie Crook, Brian believes he can solve the mysterious disappearance of his son Michael’s girlfriend with the help of homunculi, spirits grown in jars. You read that correctly. Brian was given a recipe for homunculi on his travels in Egypt years ago, and now wants to pass on the knowledge. “Brian’s an eccentric pensioner, but he’s done an awful lot in his life,” says Palin. “Though he’s in a care home, his room is like a wonderful museum. “Mackenzie’s writing is hilarious, but he also knows when to get more serious. With Small Prophets, he’s dealing in a world which is fairly fantastical, and he’s got to make that world convincing.” Small Prophets has similar elements — a sense of magic sitting alongside the banal — to Crook’s previous hits, Worzel Gummidge and Detectorists. But there is one big difference. “I’d always wanted to write something about a hoarder, and I liked the idea of a lonely man wanting answers to a mystery,” Crook tells RT. “I’ve done lots of stuff in rural settings, but I’m from suburban Kent, and I find the curtain-twitching fascinating.” Crook wrote central character Michael for his pal Pearce Quigley after casting him as Russell in Detectorists. “Detectorists was brilliant,” Quigley says. “That was Mackenzie’s soul on the screen. When he said he wanted to write this for me, I couldn’t believe it.” “This is essentially a show about lonely people,” adds co-star Lauren Patel, who plays Michael’s DIY store colleague Kacey. “Kacey’s stuck, forgetting what she once dreamt of. She’s lost her sparkle. Then she meets Michael and is intrigued…” Small Prophets is coming soon to BBC Two

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'It looked an impossible task'
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creator: Emma Cox
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description: Best friends Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are old hands at renovating properties abroad – but how did they cope with a crumbling wreck in Corfu?
encoded: Add Amanda and Alan's Greek Job to your watchlist Interviewing people “off the telly” is rarely how you’d imagine: celebrities are frequently more serious or less friendly than you might expect. Happily, however, I can report that Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are everything you could possibly hope for in the flesh. They’re finishing off lunch when I walk in, and there’s an irresistible atmosphere from the off, with roars of laughter, outraged screams and overlapping answers. It’s clear why they’re best friends, and why their chemistry makes such good telly on their overseas renovation show: with a third series, Greek Job, currently on our screens. “We’re the same people,” says Carr. “People ask if we really get along, but I couldn’t do this show if we didn’t. We’re filming in 40° heat, and she’s trying to put up hideous wallpaper and a disco ball. We have to get on. I hate putting that bloody jumpsuit on. I like the fun bits: the drinking, dancing, lighting candles, fluffing cushions. But whenever we’re doing something less fun she’s like, ‘Come on Alan, we can do it’. You couldn't do this with a Debbie Downer.” Holden adds, “We’ve been friends for 20 years, but we’ve become closer in the last eight. He has no ego. He might have to stop for a cup of tea now and again, but that’s his biggest demand. We read each other well. There are moments when we’re quiet, when we’re nuts, tired, happy.” Carr interjects, sparking another of Holden’s trademark cackles, “There are even moments when we’re sober, although I can’t remember any!” Each series sees the pair given a rundown property to renovate. The latest is in Corfu, a favourite holiday destination for Holden who loves the family-friendly vibe for her teenage daughters Lexie and Holly – and the fact they do “huge measures” in local bars. Their hearts sank when they first saw the building, though: a wreck with crumbling walls and ceiling, and a waste pipe running through the living space. “It was the first time we wanted t…

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Alan Carr and Amanda Holden talk secret to their 20-year friendship – and why she won't do Celebrity Traitors
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date: 2026-01-12T17:00:55.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Entertainment
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: Best friends Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are old hands at renovating properties abroad – but how did they cope with a crumbling wreck in Corfu?
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Interviewing people “off the telly” is rarely how you’d imagine: celebrities are frequently more serious or less friendly than you might expect. Happily, however, I can report that Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are everything you could possibly hope for in the flesh. They’re finishing off lunch when I walk in, and there’s an irresistible atmosphere from the off, with roars of laughter, outraged screams and overlapping answers. It’s clear why they’re best friends, and why their chemistry makes such good telly on their overseas renovation show: with a third series, Greek Job, currently on our screens. “We’re the same people,” says Carr. “People ask if we really get along, but I couldn’t do this show if we didn’t. We’re filming in 40° heat, and she’s trying to put up hideous wallpaper and a disco ball. We have to get on. I hate putting that bloody jumpsuit on. I like the fun bits: the drinking, dancing, lighting candles, fluffing cushions. But whenever we’re doing something less fun she’s like, ‘Come on Alan, we can do it’. You couldn't do this with a Debbie Downer.” Holden adds, “We’ve been friends for 20 years, but we’ve become closer in the last eight. He has no ego. He might have to stop for a cup of tea now and again, but that’s his biggest demand. We read each other well. There are moments when we’re quiet, when we’re nuts, tired, happy.” Carr interjects, sparking another of Holden’s trademark cackles, “There are even moments when we’re sober, although I can’t remember any!” Each series sees the pair given a rundown property to renovate. The latest is in Corfu, a favourite holiday destination for Holden who loves the family-friendly vibe for her teenage daughters Lexie and Holly – and the fact they do “huge measures” in local bars. Their hearts sank when they first saw the building, though: a wreck with crumbling walls and ceiling, and a waste pipe running through the living space. “It was the first time we wante…

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Meet the cast of Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
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description: Writer/producer Chris Chibnall and stars Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman and Edward Bluemel on what we can expect from Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
encoded: Add Agatha Christie's Seven Dials to your watchlist 'I find Christie fascinating – why would somebody write so much about how to kill?' Helena Bonham Carter plays Lady Caterham Why did you want to take this role? I’m a fan of Agatha Christie, and of Chris Chibnall. The story is witty, fun and has lots of energy. There were changes to the book with permission from the Christie estate, but it retains the mood and has some ingenious twists. It almost out-Agathas Agatha. Who do you play? Bundle’s mother, Lady Caterham. She’s in a deep well of despair and grief and loss but she’s also very funny. I love her pretend absent-mindedness, which gets her off the hook in lots of situations. She pretends she’s impractical and useless, and she hates people. She wants a moat to keep everyone out. All she can really cope with is her dog who, by the way, was one of the best dogs I’ve ever worked with. What do you love about Christie? I’ve always wanted to play Marple, who’s a great heroine. The first film I remember was Death on the Nile, which was beautiful and full of famous people, and felt very exotic. But Christie was prolific – the best-selling author of all time – and wrote so many lesser-known books. I find her fascinating – why would somebody write so much about how to kill? She was a nurse in the war and learnt all about poison, which is a feminine way to kill if you don’t have much strength. Then after her husband left her, she met a much younger man who was an archaeologist and that informed her later books, set in Egypt and so on, because she travelled with him. He was digging, and she was digging in a different way. You always find some empathy with her murderers because they’re doing it from a place of pain. Do you have a favourite parlour game? We play a giant version of Cluedo on family holidays. Everyone pulls a piece of paper out of a hat. One person is the murderer and they get an object and a location – so it might be the swimming pool and a flipper – and they h…

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'She's a force to be reckoned with'
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creator: Emma Cox
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description: From Billy Elliot and Tracy Beaker to Baftas and Agatha Christie, bundle of energy Mia McKenna-Bruce is taking the lead
encoded: Add Agatha Christie's Seven Dials to your watchlist She stands at just five foot tall, but actor Mia McKenna-Bruce fills a room with her effervescent energy. It’s little wonder she was cast as Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent (described by Christie as a “spirited, modern It Girl” and a “bright young thing”) in Netflix’s new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel The Seven Dials Mystery. “It’s all in the name – she’s a bundle of energy, a force to be reckoned with,” McKenna-Bruce explains of her character. “She doesn’t take no for an answer but she probes with charm and a smile on her face. “I’m completely shocked this story has only been adapted once before. Maybe it’s because we’re only now diving more into female-led narratives. Everyone falls in love with Bundle, she’s such a ray of sunshine.” McKenna-Bruce leads a starry cast in the three-part thriller, which has been adapted by Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who boss Chris Chibnall. The story, set in 1925, begins with a murder at a lavish country party. Unhappy with the police investigation into the death of her friend Gerry, Bundle decides to do some digging herself, which leads her into a murky world of espionage. “It’s different to what we’ve seen before, but it still clings on to the things people love about Christie,” says McKenna-Bruce. “We’ve got the classic scene where all the suspects are in a room and Superintendent Battle is unpicking it all and revealing the killer. “It’s got the dark side to keep you hooked constantly, but it’s set in the roaring 20s and has this young, fresh, glitzy vibe. Visually, it’s stunning and, for me, watching it made me want to jump into that world, despite all the death!” Certainly, she’d be in good company if she did so. Bundle’s mother, Lady Caterham, is played by Helena Bonham Carter, while Martin Freeman is Superintendent Battle, and McKenna-Bruce says that both A-listers were a joy to work with. “Helena called us ‘the psychic sisters’ because we got on so well, and M…

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'Sex? It's on the table for ever'
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creator: Emma Cox
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subject: App features
description: Dawn French and Mark Heap team up for a sitcom that deals with Parkinson’s disease, insurance fraud and intimacy in later life…
encoded: Add Can You Keep a Secret? to your watchlist Dawn French was adamant she didn’t want to star in another sitcom. Adamant. So, when her old friend Paul Mayhew-Archer, the co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley, asked her to star in his son Simon’s first sitcom, her heart sank. “Good sitcoms are as rare as hen’s teeth,” she says. “I honestly didn’t even want to read it, but Paul is very charming and he’s unsung in many ways. All the credit seems to go to Richard Curtis, but they definitely co-wrote Vicar and he was a very valuable part of it. So, I thought I’d have to reply and be kind about declining this script.” It may not have helped that French first met Simon as an 11-year-old who’d accompanied his dad to a Vicar read-through. But since then Simon has become a producer, making the award-winning This Country starring Charlie and Daisy May Cooper. Meanwhile, Paul has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/01/032MMEXH8-copy-c2fc97c.jpg" width="2333" height="1555" alt="Paul Mayhew-Archer and Simon Mayhew-Archer wearing suits and smiling to camera" title="Paul Mayhew-Archer and Simon Mayhew-Archer pose for photographers upon arrival for the Parkinson's UK Big Comedy Shake Up gala event, at a central London hotel, Thursday, Sept 27, 2018. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)" /> That diagnosis was the inspiration for Simon’s first script, Can You Keep a Secret?, a sitcom about a Parkinson’s sufferer called William who – through a set of farcical circumstances – is accidentally declared dead. His wife Debbie decides to keep up the pretence to claim money on their life insurance, and what unfolds is a six-part comedy about the family battling to keep their secret from a set of eccentric neighbours in the cosy village where they live. “I read it and I thought, actually, this is fantastic,” French says. “It’s about an oddball family who pull off a massive crime, but that’s almost by-the-by. Simon’s largely…

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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials star Helena Bonham Carter: "I've always wanted to play Marple"
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date: 2026-01-07T08:00:27.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Bonham Carter spoke with Radio Times magazine about her new Netflix series.
encoded: New Netflix series Agatha Christie's Seven Dials marks the streamer's first time taking on the beloved crime writer's work, with Chris Chibnall scripting the three-parter. Set in 1925, the series stars Mia McKenna-Bruce as Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent, who becomes an amateur sleuth when a practical joke at a lavish country house party appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. The series also stars Martin Freeman as Superintendent Battle, while Helena Bonham Carter plays Bundle's mother, Lady Caterham. Bonham Carter spoke with Radio Times magazine ahead of the series airing, and revealed why she was drawn to the series, her love of Christie and one of her most famous creations, Miss Marple, and her Cluedo-centric family holidays. This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Why did you want to take this role? I’m a fan of Agatha Christie, and of Chris Chibnall. The story is witty, fun and has lots of energy. There were changes to the book with permission from the Christie estate, but it retains the mood and has some ingenious twists. It almost out-Agathas Agatha. Who do you play? Bundle’s mother, Lady Caterham. She’s in a deep well of despair and grief and loss but she’s also very funny. I love her pretend absent-mindedness, which gets her off the hook in lots of situations. She pretends she’s impractical and useless, and she hates people. She wants a moat to keep everyone out. All she can really cope with is her dog who, by the way, was one of the best dogs I’ve ever worked with. What do you love about Christie? I’ve always wanted to play Marple, who’s a great heroine. The first film I remember was Death on the Nile, which was beautiful and full of famous people, and felt very exotic. But Christie was prolific – the best-selling author of all time – and wrote so many lesser-known books. I find her fascinating – why would somebody write so much about how to kill? She was a nurse in the war and learnt all about poison, which is a feminine way to kill if …

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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials star Mia McKenna-Bruce talks "bundle of energy" character, The Beatles biopics, and beginnings with EastEnders and Tracy Beaker
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date: 2026-01-05T17:01:00.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
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description: From Billy Elliot and Tracy Beaker to Baftas and Agatha Christie, Mia McKenna-Bruce is taking the lead.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. She stands at just five foot tall, but actor Mia McKenna-Bruce fills a room with her effervescent energy. It’s little wonder she was cast as Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent (described by Christie as a “spirited, modern It Girl” and a “bright young thing”) in Netflix’s new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel The Seven Dials Mystery. “It’s all in the name – she’s a bundle of energy, a force to be reckoned with,” McKenna-Bruce explains of her character. “She doesn’t take no for an answer but she probes with charm and a smile on her face. “I’m completely shocked this story has only been adapted once before. Maybe it’s because we’re only now diving more into female-led narratives. Everyone falls in love with Bundle, she’s such a ray of sunshine.” McKenna-Bruce leads a starry cast in the three-part thriller, which has been adapted by Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who boss Chris Chibnall. The story, set in 1925, begins with a murder at a lavish country party. Unhappy with the police investigation into the death of her friend Gerry, Bundle decides to do some digging herself, which leads her into a murky world of espionage. “It’s different to what we’ve seen before, but it still clings on to the things people love about Christie,” says McKenna-Bruce. “We’ve got the classic scene where all the suspects are in a room and Superintendent Battle is unpicking it all and revealing the killer. It’s got the dark side to keep you hooked constantly, but it’s set in the roaring 20s and has this young, fresh, glitzy vibe. Visually, it’s stunning and, for me, watching it made me want to jump into that world, despite all the death!” Certainly, she’d be in good company if she did so. Bundle’s mother, Lady Caterham, is played by Helena Bonham Carter, while Martin Freeman is Superintendent Battle, and McKenna-Bruce says that both A-listers were a joy to work with. “Helena called us ‘the psychic sisters’ because we got on so well, and M…

Dawn French reveals why she had to star in new comedy Can You Keep a Secret and talks sitcom's emotive real-life inspiration
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description: Dawn French and Mark Heap team up for a sitcom that deals with Parkinson’s disease, insurance fraud and intimacy in later life…
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Dawn French was adamant she didn’t want to star in another sitcom. Adamant. So, when her old friend Paul Mayhew-Archer, the co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley, asked her to star in his son Simon’s first sitcom, her heart sank. “Good sitcoms are as rare as hen’s teeth,” she says. “I honestly didn’t even want to read it, but Paul is very charming and he’s unsung in many ways. All the credit seems to go to Richard Curtis, but they definitely co-wrote Vicar and he was a very valuable part of it. So, I thought I’d have to reply and be kind about declining this script.” It may not have helped that French first met Simon as an 11-year-old who’d accompanied his dad to a Vicar read-through. But since then Simon has become a producer, making the award-winning This Country starring Charlie and Daisy May Cooper. Meanwhile, Paul has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. That diagnosis was the inspiration for Simon’s first script, Can You Keep a Secret?, a sitcom about a Parkinson’s sufferer called William who – through a set of farcical circumstances – is accidentally declared dead. His wife Debbie decides to keep up the pretence to claim money on their life insurance, and what unfolds is a six-part comedy about the family battling to keep their secret from a set of eccentric neighbours in the cosy village where they live. View oEmbed on the source website “I read it and I thought, actually, this is fantastic,” French says. “It’s about an oddball family who pull off a massive crime, but that’s almost by-the-by. Simon’s largely writing about his dad, who is cheerful and funny about having Parkinson’s, which is a devastating disease. “I loved how small Simon’s script was. It’s about this little family, and I could see Simon’s heart in it, all the love for his mum and dad, and the craziness of what real families are like, how ugly and awkward they can be.” So she agreed to play Debbie, and was thrilled when Friday Night Dinner a…

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10 Questions with Erin Doherty
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encoded: Add A Thousand Blows to your watchlist She came to prominence as a young Princess Anne in The Crown and as a wannabe influencer in Chloe, and hit the big time, winning an Emmy award as well as a Golden Globe nomination, for her role as a social worker in the acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence. Now Erin Doherty is returning to our screens in series two of the Disney+ period drama A Thousand Blows in which she plays cockney thief Mary opposite Stephen Graham’s bareknuckle boxer Sugar. But despite her high hit rate, why is she happy to spend months out of work — and how does she feel about going viral on social media? You won an Emmy for your performance in Adolescence, but your acceptance speech had to be bleeped when you told the audience they were “all ****ing stunning”. How did that go down at home? I really tried not to swear but it just came out! I got back to the hotel and FaceTimed my sister to show her my award. We were both screaming, then my mum said, “You did swear, though.” So if I win anything again, I’ll shout out my mum and say sorry. Did you expect Adolescence to be such a huge hit? In my head, it was just going to be another phenomenal Stephen Graham thing. That man has made such gorgeous shows that haven’t exploded in America. He’s led by British culture and he wants to speak to the working classes about what’s happening here. I only filmed for three weeks and it was brilliant but I never thought, “This will be a defining moment of my life.” Your CV isn’t that long: are you choosy about the roles that you pick? If it doesn’t feel right, I don’t do it. I won’t just go, “Sure, that’d be a nice way to spend my time.” I can spend six months without work, and sometimes it’s scary, but I’d much rather do things that I’m deeply passionate about, or I’d feel a bit of a fraud. I’ve learnt to love it. How lucky am I that I get time in between projects? Creatively, the silence in between characters is useful to build momentum for the next one. I’ll watch peopl…

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Adolescence's Erin Doherty talks Doctor Who speculation - and whether she'd return for a second run of Netflix hit
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description: She’s reuniting with Stephen Graham following Adolescence’s success – but what about those Doctor Who rumours?
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. She came to prominence as a young Princess Anne in The Crown and as a wannabe influencer in Chloe, and hit the big time, winning an Emmy award as well as a Golden Globe nomination, for her role as a social worker in the acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence. Now Erin Doherty is returning to our screens in series two of the Disney+ period drama A Thousand Blows in which she plays cockney thief Mary opposite Stephen Graham’s bareknuckle boxer Sugar. But despite her high hit rate, why is she happy to spend months out of work – and how does she feel about going viral on social media? You won an Emmy for your performance in Adolescence, but your acceptance speech had to be bleeped when you told the audience they were “all f**king stunning”. How did that go down at home? I really tried not to swear but it just came out! I got back to the hotel and FaceTimed my sister to show her my award. We were both screaming, then my mum said, “You did swear, though.” So if I win anything again, I’ll shout out my mum and say sorry. Did you expect Adolescence to be such a huge hit? In my head, it was just going to be another phenomenal Stephen Graham thing. That man has made such gorgeous shows that haven’t exploded in America. He’s led by British culture and he wants to speak to the working classes about what’s happening here. I only filmed for three weeks and it was brilliant but I never thought, “This will be a defining moment of my life.” Your CV isn’t that long: are you choosy about the roles that you pick? If it doesn’t feel right, I don’t do it. I won’t just go, “Sure, that’d be a nice way to spend my time.” I can spend six months without work, and sometimes it’s scary, but I’d much rather do things that I’m deeply passionate about, or I’d feel a bit of a fraud. I’ve learnt to love it. How lucky am I that I get time in between projects? Creatively, the silence in between characters is useful to build momentum for the next one. I’…

Horsing around on set
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encoded: Add A Thousand Blows to your watchlist. Series 2 will be available on Disney+ from 9 January 2026 A Thousand Blows, set in Victorian east London, is a lavish production involving dozens of supporting artists, not to mention horse-drawn carriages and tightly choreographed bare-knuckle boxing scenes. So you might expect executive producer Hannah Walters to have found the shoot for series two stressful. But she insists that being on set with her husband Stephen Graham, who plays boxer Sugar Goodson, and Erin Doherty, who plays Mary Carr, the head of a band of female thieves dubbed the 40 Elephants, was full of laughter. “Steve and I work together a lot and he says I do the grown-up stuff,” she says. “But when I’m on set, the grown-up stuff can wait. I want us all to skip into work.” Walters had the idea for A Thousand Blows after seeing a picture of the third lead character, Hezekiah Moscow, played by Malachi Kirby. “The picture was mesmerising,” she recalls, “so I delved into the history of this guy who’d come to England from Jamaica to be a lion tamer. Then we discovered the Goodson brothers and the Elephants, who also lived in that world. “I wanted Steven Knight to write it — my Steve had worked with him on Peaky Blinders and other things, so it was a match made in heaven,” says Walters, who also stars as a thief called Eliza Moody. A Thousand Blows is one of a string of successes for Matriarch, the production company Walters and Graham run together, which also made Adolescence and Boiling Point. “It’s been a nonstop rollercoaster, a glorious one that we’ve not wanted to get off. But Steve and I are very good at looking at each other and going, ‘We’ve done it, kid.’ It’s a happy marriage and a happy working marriage, and we’re very thankful for it all.”

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10 Questions with Jeff Goldblum
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description: The star of Wicked: For Good on tickling the ivories, sobbing in the cinema — and why he loves us Brits
encoded: Add Wicked: For Good to your watchlist Known for starring in blockbusters such as Jurassic Park, The Fly and Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum’s latest role sees him playing one of the most famous characters in film: the Wizard of Oz. He first appeared as the charlatan using smoke and mirrors to rule the Emerald City in last year’s Oscar-winning movie Wicked, an origin story based on the West End and Broadway musical. Now, Goldblum is reprising his role for the sequel Wicked: for Good. Were you a fan of the original 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, or the theatrical version of Wicked, before getting this role? That movie has slayed me since I was a kid. Those songs, and the way Judy Garland sings them: she was so gifted. It’s a foundational fairy tale, and there’s something about that phrase, “There’s no place like home” – which maybe means your subconscious life, or your dream life – it grabs the heck out of me. I saw the Broadway show 20 years ago and I was already mushy just seeing the pictures in the lobby. By the end, I was a mess. You have a fantastic set piece in the new film, singing and dancing with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who play Elphaba and Glinda. Was that fun to do? So much fun. I’ve seen a lot of movies made of musicals, and you can really go wrong, but with that number the thrill of a stage show is mashed with cinematic, naturalistic acting and storytelling in a way that I’ve never seen before. The fans will go wild for it, but also I think it has a degree of difficulty – as they say in Olympic gymnastics – that may be underappreciated. Were you nervous about performing with two hugely successful professional singers? There’s a responsibility and some nerves. Everybody cares so much about this phenomenon of a show. It wasn’t the easiest thing to make into a movie, but they found something that hit the bullseye, and people love it so much, so I was very conscientious. I’m always bushy-tailed about acting, but on this one especially, you really don’t…

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Wicked star Jeff Goldblum dishes on working with "sex god" Jonathan Bailey and reacts to Netflix's Kaos cancellation
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encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Known for starring in blockbusters such as Jurassic Park, The Fly and Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum’s latest role sees him playing one of the most famous characters in film: the Wizard of Oz. He first appeared as the charlatan using smoke and mirrors to rule the Emerald City in last year’s Oscar-winning movie Wicked, an origin story based on the West End and Broadway musical. Now, Goldblum is reprising his role for the sequel Wicked: For Good. Were you a fan of the original 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, or the theatrical version of Wicked, before getting this role? That movie has slayed me since I was a kid. Those songs, and the way Judy Garland sings them: she was so gifted. It’s a foundational fairy tale, and there’s something about that phrase, “There’s no place like home” – which maybe means your subconscious life, or your dream life – it grabs the heck out of me. I saw the Broadway show 20 years ago and I was already mushy just seeing the pictures in the lobby. By the end, I was a mess. You have a fantastic set piece in the new film, singing and dancing with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who play Elphaba and Glinda. Was that fun to do? So much fun. I’ve seen a lot of movies made of musicals, and you can really go wrong, but with that number the thrill of a stage show is mashed with cinematic, naturalistic acting and storytelling in a way that I’ve never seen before. The fans will go wild for it, but also I think it has a degree of difficulty –as they say in Olympic gymnastics – that may be underappreciated. Were you nervous about performing with two hugely successful professional singers? There’s a responsibility and some nerves. Everybody cares so much about this phenomenon of a show. It wasn’t the easiest thing to make into a movie, but they found something that hit the bullseye, and people love it so much, so I was very conscientious. I’m always bushy-tailed about acting, but on this one especially, you…

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'You know who the bad guy is all along'
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description: David Duchovny plays a family man under threat in Malice. But it wasn’t just the script that drew him to the role…
encoded: Add Malice to your watchlist X-Files and Californication star David Duchovny might seem an odd on-screen pairing with UK comedian Jack Whitehall — but the Hollywood stalwart is a bit of an Anglophile, especially when it comes to TV and British jokes. “People don’t expect me to be as sarcastic as I am,” he says. “I’m more deadpan than most English people. I love British humour and television.” Beyond that, he would have originally said he was drawn to the part of Tanner patriarch Jamie for the usual actorly reasons — a great script, the concept, so on and so forth, darling. But now, he’s ready to come clean. “I’d be lying if I said coming to Greece wasn’t part of the reason, because I’ve never been here,” he admits. “Greece has figured prominently in my thinking my entire life. I loved Greek mythology as a kid; it’s the whole basis of Western civilization, thought, literature, poetry and music. But I also liked that the script was kind of a Ripley, where you know who the bad guy is all along, but the thrill is wondering when he’s going to get caught.” Interestingly, Duchovny was also drawing on his own experiences to play the part, having had a real-life male nanny — not a psychopath, he’s keen to emphasise — to care for his children. “Having a manny is a different dynamic,” he says. “Our manny was super macho, so it was like having a competitor in the house, and that’s what this is. “It’s fascinating. We invite these strangers into our lives in the most vulnerable sense by asking them to take care of our children. There have been horror movies about that, so it’s ripe for that interesting psychological treatment.”

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'It really pops with Jack'
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encoded: Add Malice to your watchlist Malice writer James Wood is best known for creating Rev, the award-winning BBC comedy starring Tom Hollander as a vicar in a deprived parish in east London. On that project, he worked closely with Hollander to create the part of Adam Smallbone — similarly, he wrote Malice with Jack Whitehall very much in mind. “I loved writing Rev for Tom,” says Wood. “We’d go and meet priests together. If you’re with the right person and your sensibilities match, it’s a lovely way to work. “I’ve always enjoyed building a role with and for a particular actor and in Malice Jack was involved in some of the early script meetings. “After we had the idea of a psychopathic manny, we all thought Jack was perfect because he’s charming and funny and would entertain your kids. And wouldn’t it be entertaining to see Jack play a sociopath?” <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/Jack-Whitehall-Malice-0603219.jpg" width="1909" height="1273" alt="Two men stand facing each other in a tense confrontation inside a modern, softly lit room. One man, wearing a blue polo shirt, leans slightly against the wall while speaking; the other, in a light green collared shirt, listens intently. The setting features neutral décor, wicker furniture, and a large window in the background." title="Malice" /> Given that Whitehall is best known for stand-up, was Wood worried about whether audiences would buy him as a terrifying presence in a psychological drama? “There’s a rich tradition of comedy performers playing against type,” he says. “Robin Williams did it incredibly well, as did Peter Sellers. The trick is to make something that feels emotionally honest, but entertaining and fresh. “There’s a version of Malice that could have had an established drama star playing Adam, and it would have been good, but with Jack I think it really pops. Also, there’s something about our era that loves stories about liars, whether it be The Tinder Swindler, Baby Rei…

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'I watched Psycho with my baby'
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encoded: Add Malice to your watchlist For most parents, having a child involves a soundtrack of nursery rhymes, CBeebies and soothing music. But while comedian Jack Whitehall was bonding with newborn daughter Elsie, he was also preparing to play the psychopathic male nanny to a super-rich family in the thriller Malice. That’s not in the baby books. It led to an odd juxtaposition at home with his fiancée Roxy Horner, as he researched characters who are outwardly charming before revealing themselves to be dangerously insane. “The run-up to rehearsals was a strange time,” he explains. “I was in this blissful bubble with the baby but also trying to prepare for this part. “One day Roxy came down and I was watching Psycho with Elsie. She was probably a bit young to be watching Anthony Perkins doing his thing but she was tiny, so I got away with it! “About two weeks after Elsie was born, James [Wood, the show’s writer] brought me a book about a French serial killer, along with some flowers – ‘That’s a lovely baby, congratulations, here’s a story about a man who kills his entire family.’ That was my reading material during the first month of fatherhood.” And his preparation extended beyond reading and watching films. In Malice, the Tanner family, headed by Jamie and Nat (David Duchovny and Carice van Houten) fall for Adam’s charms when they meet him at their holiday home in Greece and, as such, Whitehall had to learn to cook, mix cocktails, dance and swim convincingly. “Adam’s very good at everything, and that’s been one of the major challenges!” Whitehall laughs. “I’m used to playing quite incapable characters, which is much easier.” As the series unfolds, it becomes clear that Adam isn’t what he first appears to be and, for reasons that don’t become clear until the final episode, he is determined to infiltrate and destroy the family. For Whitehall, 37, playing a charismatic villain was a dream role. Born to parents Michael, a theatre agent, and Hilary, an actor, and having Nigel H…

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Jack Whitehall talks his dark new psychopath role and his plans for an all-new sitcom
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description: Jack Whitehall swaps baby bottles for bloodcurdling thrills as he plays a charmingly unhinged nanny in Malice — a dark new twist on family life.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. For most parents, having a child involves a soundtrack of nursery rhymes, CBeebies and soothing music. But while comedian Jack Whitehall was bonding with newborn daughter Elsie, he was also preparing to play the psychopathic male nanny to a super-rich family in the thriller Malice. That’s not in the baby books. It led to an odd juxtaposition at home with his fiancée Roxy Horner, as he researched characters who are outwardly charming before revealing themselves to be dangerously insane. "The run-up to rehearsals was a strange time," he explains. "I was in this blissful bubble with the baby but also trying to prepare for this part. "One day Roxy came down and I was watching Psycho with Elsie. She was probably a bit young to be watching Anthony Perkins doing his thing but she was tiny, so I got away with it! "About two weeks after Elsie was born, James [Wood, the show’s writer] brought me a book about a French serial killer, along with some flowers – 'That’s a lovely baby, congratulations, here’s a story about a man who kills his entire family.' That was my reading material during the first month of fatherhood." And his preparation extended beyond reading and watching films. In Malice, the Tanner family, headed by Jamie and Nat (David Duchovny and Carice van Houten) fall for Adam’s charms when they meet him at their holiday home in Greece and, as such, Whitehall had to learn to cook, mix cocktails, dance and swim convincingly. "Adam’s very good at everything, and that’s been one of the major challenges!" Whitehall laughs. "I’m used to playing quite incapable characters, which is much easier." As the series unfolds, it becomes clear that Adam isn’t what he first appears to be and, for reasons that don’t become clear until the final episode, he is determined to infiltrate and destroy the family. For Whitehall, 37, playing a charismatic villain was a dream role. Born to parents Michael, a theatre agent, and Hilary, an a…

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Rest in peace?
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description: Daisy May and Charlie Cooper slept in the UK’s most haunted buildings looking for ghosts – and made a scary discovery…
encoded: Add Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's NightWatch to your watchlist Siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper shot to fame when they wrote and starred in the award-winning BBC Three sitcom, This Country, based on their childhood growing up in a slightly boring Gloucestershire village. Since then, Charlie has made a series called Myth Country, in which he explores folklore around the UK, while Daisy co-wrote and starred in award-winning sitcom Am I Being Unreasonable? as well as acting with Hollywood royalty like Tilda Swinton and Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield. Now, the Coopers have reunited for a six-part ghost-hunting series called NightWatch, where they stay at haunted locations in the hope of seeing something paranormal. RT caught up with them to talk about things that go bump in the night, sibling rivalry, and why there can never be another series of This Country. Why did you want to make this new show together? CHARLIE So much of This Country was just us trying to make each other laugh. It’s been five years since then, and we’ve got five kids between us now, so it’s been nice to reconnect. In Myth Country, Charlie, there’s a running joke about Daisy being flaky… DAISY MAY Is that what you say? CHARLIE Oh, come on, as if you’re not flaky! DAISY MAY Yeah, I know, but I didn’t know you mentioned that in the show. But how funny that I haven’t even watched it. I left BBC Three in 2018 and you’re still there! C You’re so arrogant and vile. Oops, I didn’t mean to start an argument. I just wanted to know if Charlie was the driving force behind the new show, and if you had to pin Daisy down to do it? D He was the driving force, but only because they wouldn’t have given him a series on his own. I’m doing stuff in the States now, but I said I’d come back to help him out. C What’s beautiful about this series is you don’t have to write a script. She’s the laziest person on planet Earth, so that was the only way to entice her – all she had to do was turn up,…

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Daisy May and Charlie Cooper rule out a This Country return – and reveal ghostly encounters
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description: Daisy May and Charlie Cooper slept in the UK’s most haunted buildings looking for ghosts – and made a scary discovery…
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper shot to fame when they wrote and starred in the award-winning BBC Three sitcom, This Country, based on their childhood growing up in a slightly boring Gloucestershire village. Since then, Charlie has made a series called Myth Country, in which he explores folklore around the UK, while Daisy co-wrote and starred in award-winning sitcom Am I Being Unreasonable? as well as acting with Hollywood royalty like Tilda Swinton and Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield. Now, the Coopers have reunited for a six-part ghost-hunting series called NightWatch, where they stay at haunted locations in the hope of seeing something paranormal. RT caught up with them to talk about things that go bump in the night, sibling rivalry, and why there can never be another series of This Country. Why did you want to make this new show together? CHARLIE So much of This Country was just us trying to make each other laugh. It’s been five years since then, and we’ve got five kids between us now, so it’s been nice to reconnect. In Myth Country, Charlie, there’s a running joke about Daisy being flaky… DAISY MAY Is that what you say? CHARLIE Oh, come on, as if you’re not flaky! DAISY MAY Yeah, I know, but I didn’t know you mentioned that in the show. But how funny that I haven’t even watched it. I left BBC Three in 2018 and you’re still there! C You’re so arrogant and vile. Oops, I didn’t mean to start an argument. I just wanted to know if Charlie was the driving force behind the new show, and if you had to pin Daisy down to do it? D He was the driving force, but only because they wouldn’t have given him a series on his own. I’m doing stuff in the States now, but I said I’d come back to help him out. C What’s beautiful about this series is you don’t have to write a script. She’s the laziest person on planet Earth, so that was the only way to entice her – all she had to do was turn up, and even t…

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Aimee Lou Wood and Film Club cast unveil their favourite films of all time - here's why you have to watch them
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date: 2025-10-06T14:21:42.000Z
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description: From Broadcast News to Amélie...
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Film Club creators Aimee Lou Wood and Ralph Davies and their co-star Nabhaan Rizwan reveal their favourite flicks. Aimee Lou Wood Broadcast News When you’re a young woman, you think you have to dilute your intelligence – watching Holly Hunter being cleverer than the boys but with loads of humility, blew me away. I realised that as a woman, you can be opinionated, outspoken, a bit gnarly and still be a delight. Moonstruck I have a tattoo of a moon from this movie. The moon is a big symbol in my life. I just couldn’t believe how good Cher was in this film. The Color Purple My mum used to love putting on a classic movie at the weekend, and The Color Purple is one of the first I remember. Whoopi Goldberg blew me away. It’s one of the first movies where I remember properly sobbing: it broke my heart and reverberated in me for weeks. It’s a Wonderful Life I watch it every single Christmas and it never gets old. I love A Christmas Carol too: anything where someone sees the parallel lives they could have had. And although I’ve seen these films dozens of times, I have the same rules as Evie in Film Club – everyone has to put their phones away. If anyone gets their phone out, it truly upsets me. Bridesmaids I love comedy: a belly laugh is the best thing in the world. But I think you have to understand tragedy to know what comedy is because they’re closely linked. For example, I’m obsessed with Olivia Colman, who did a lot of comedy early on in her career, but I always saw some sadness in it. Then she did her first serious film, Tyrannosaur, and that was the most heart-wrenching film ever. Bridesmaids is the exception to my “no talking” rule, because me and my friends have seen it 62 times and it’s not heavy, so we can chat through that a bit if we want to. Ralph Davis Gladiator This is the earliest film I remember watching, aged five, and it was the most enthralling cinematic experience. It became family bonding time. I los…

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‘I didn't like people finding me funny’
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creator: Emma Cox
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description: Described as quirky all her life, it’s taken a Bafta, an Emmy nomination and her own new BBC series for Aimee Lou Wood to embrace her wonderful weirdness
encoded: Add Film Club to your watchlist "This is like a rom-com!” squeals Aimee Lou Wood. “ We’ve spoken loads over the phone, and now we get to meet! It’s like a Meg Ryan movie.” I’m meeting Sex Education and The White Lotus star Wood in a London hotel, having only ever interviewed her remotely thanks to her back-to-back filming schedule. And it quickly becomes apparent that to the effervescent actress, everything is comparable to a romantic comedy – it’s how she has always lived, seeing herself through the lens of heroines ranging from the aforementioned Ryan, through to Cathy from Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Now Wood, 31, has poured her heart and soul into her debut writing project, the gorgeously original BBC sitcom Film Club, about a young woman called Evie who has a breakdown and refuses to leave her mum’s house, only venturing to the garage once a week to put on a themed film club where she and her best friend Noa dress up as the characters while trying to work out if their feelings for each other are romantic or platonic. Film Club isn’t wholly autobiographical, Wood says. But she definitely shares traits with Evie, and squeals again when I say it reminded me of 1998’s Little Voice, in which Jane Horrocks plays a shy woman who comes to life when impersonating Hollywood stars. “Oh my God, I’m so glad you said that!” says Wood. “Growing up, Little Voice was my dream part. I was always doing impressions. I was very shy, but in private I’d be talking to myself, and dressing up in wigs and creating my own little mini universe. It gave me calm. “I didn’t even know what my real voice was because I’d be constantly doing accents and different voices. I would sing my thoughts; I found it easier to express myself that way. All of a sudden I could talk to people and find friends. It’s how I learned to express myself.” Earlier this year, Wood revealed she has been diagnosed with ADHD and is undergoing further tests to see if she is autistic. She says now, “When I watched Fi…

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Aimee Lou Wood reveals how debut writing project Film Club helped her embrace her neurodivergence
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date: 2025-09-29T20:00:02.000Z
creator: Emma Cox
subject: Comedy
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description: Described as quirky all her life, it’s taken a Bafta, an Emmy nomination and her own new BBC series for Aimee Lou Wood to embrace her wonderful weirdness.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. “This is like a rom-com!” squeals Aimee Lou Wood. “We’ve spoken loads over the phone, and now we get to meet! It’s like a Meg Ryan movie.” I’m meeting Sex Education and The White Lotus star Wood in a London hotel, having only ever interviewed her remotely thanks to her back-to-back filming schedule. And it quickly becomes apparent that to the effervescent actress, everything is comparable to a romantic comedy – it’s how she has always lived, seeing herself through the lens of heroines ranging from the aforementioned Ryan, through to Cathy from Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Now Wood, 31, has poured her heart and soul into her debut writing project, the gorgeously original BBC sitcom Film Club, about a young woman called Evie who has a breakdown and refuses to leave her mum’s house, only venturing to the garage once a week to put on a themed film club where she and her best friend Noa dress up as the characters while trying to work out if their feelings for each other are romantic or platonic. Film Club isn’t wholly autobiographical, Wood says. But she definitely shares traits with Evie, and squeals again when I say it reminded me of 1998’s Little Voice, in which Jane Horrocks plays a shy woman who comes to life when impersonating Hollywood stars. “Oh my God, I’m so glad you said that!” says Wood. “Growing up, Little Voice was my dream part. I was always doing impressions. I was very shy, but in private I’d be talking to myself, and dressing up in wigs and creating my own little mini universe. It gave me calm. “I didn’t even know what my real voice was because I’d be constantly doing accents and different voices. I would sing my thoughts; I found it easier to express myself that way. All of a sudden I could talk to people and find friends. It’s how I learned to express myself.” Earlier this year, Wood revealed she has been diagnosed with ADHD and is undergoing further tests to see if she is autistic. She says now…

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Ten Questions with Eve Myles
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description: The Keeping Faith star had to grapple with fake nails and fabulous fashion to play posh in her new thriller
encoded: Add The Guest to your watchlist Born on a council estate in Powys, Wales, Eve Myles hit the big time as Gwen Cooper in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. Since then, she’s had roles in dramas like acclaimed crime series Keeping Faith, for which she learnt Welsh, and the thriller Hijack. Now she’s taking on what she says is her most daunting role yet in BBC thriller The Guest, where she plays a rich, mysterious woman called Fran, who takes a working-class cleaner called Ria (played by Gabrielle Creevy) under her wing. So Eve, how did you come to join The Guest? The scripts were sent to me 40 minutes before I was due to see the great Taylor Swift with my daughters. I looked like I’d face-planted a bowl of glitter, I had a pink “Taylor” T-shirt on, the girls were ready to go, then this script dropped and I thought, “I’m holding something special here.” Taylor put on the greatest show ever, but in my head all I could think about was going home to read the script. You play a very rich, posh woman — what was that like? Absolutely terrifying. The director sent me an image of Fran’s house and I went, “Are you kidding me?” It’s the most beautiful building I’ve ever walked into. It used to be a zoo, then a nunnery, and it’s never been used as a filming location before, so that was incredibly intimidating. Do you know anyone like Fran? No! I don’t know this world. I’m the person in the bushes with the binoculars going, “Ooh, look at that car. Oh, my God, what’s she eating tonight – she’s got a Marks & Spencer’s spread.” It was a whole new world, but I had to embrace it because I wanted people to believe I was Fran. She has a fabulous wardrobe… I know. When I turned up, I was like, “Oh, my God, how do you even wear this – have I got it on back to front or upside down?” It wasn’t dark colours, either; it was creams and golds and champagne colours, which felt so exposing. Then there’s the hair and the damn nails. The swearing that went on in this house because I couldn’t do up my…

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Torchwood favourite Eve Myles explains why her new role in The Guest was “absolutely terrifying”
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date: 2025-08-25T23:01:31.000Z
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description: The Keeping Faith star had to grapple with fake nails and fabulous fashion to play posh in her new thriller.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Born on a council estate in Powys, Wales, Eve Myles hit the big time as Gwen Cooper in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. Since then, she’s had roles in dramas like acclaimed crime series Keeping Faith, for which she learnt Welsh, and the thriller Hijack. Now she’s taking on what she says is her most daunting role yet in BBC thriller The Guest, where she plays a rich, mysterious woman called Fran, who takes a working-class cleaner called Ria (played by Gabrielle Creevy) under her wing. So Eve, how did you come to join The Guest? The scripts were sent to me 40 minutes before I was due to see the great Taylor Swift with my daughters. I looked like I’d face-planted a bowl of glitter, I had a pink “Taylor” T-shirt on, the girls were ready to go, then this script dropped and I thought, “I’m holding something special here.” Taylor put on the greatest show ever, but in my head all I could think about was going home to read the script. You play a very rich, posh woman – what was that like? Absolutely terrifying. The director sent me an image of Fran’s house and I went, “Are you kidding me?” It’s the most beautiful building I’ve ever walked into. It used to be a zoo, then a nunnery, and it’s never been used as a filming location before, so that was incredibly intimidating. Do you know anyone like Fran? No! I don’t know this world. I’m the person in the bushes with the binoculars going, “Ooh, look at that car. Oh, my God, what’s she eating tonight – she’s got a Marks & Spencer’s spread.” It was a whole new world, but I had to embrace it because I wanted people to believe I was Fran. She has a fabulous wardrobe… I know. When I turned up, I was like, “Oh, my God, how do you even wear this – have I got it on back to front or upside down?” It wasn’t dark colours, either; it was creams and golds and champagne colours, which felt so exposing. Then there’s the hair and the damn nails. The swearing that went on in this house becaus…

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