Cheltenham Literature Festival

7 things you might not know about The Archers

Mary Beard: history on TV has undergone a “revolution”

Sir Terry Wogan: “If this country ever allows the BBC to be diminished, we will regret it”

Andrew Marr says “Bring it on!” to head-to head with Robert Peston but questions “strange logic” of rumoured Sunday morning scheduling clash

Andrew Marr: “I know perfectly well the trap the BBC is being set”

See Nigella Lawson, Sue Perkins and Melvyn Bragg at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Nigella Lawson, Ronnie Wood, Sue Perkins and Nick Clegg join Cheltenham Literature Festival

Robert Peston is developing his late wife’s novel for TV

Hilary Mantel hints at publication date for final Thomas Cromwell novel

Rowan Williams: I’d like more “equipped, sophisticated spokespeople” in religious broadcasting

Salman Rushdie: I’ve written a new novel

The best superhero movie – according to the comic book writers

Sarah Parish: Working on W1A was like “going to the electric chair”

Richard Curtis: My next film’s completely different to anything I’ve done before – and in Portuguese

Educating Essex’s Mr Drew takes on the government