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Writer Adam Kay and star Ben Whishaw on their unflinching new series, which captures the mental impact on staff of death, crises and underfunding
Nearly 50 years after its posthumous publication, the seminal same-sex love story is still resonant in a new audiobook
Russell T Davies’ drama makes a good case for the Jeremy Thorpe affair as the ‘trial of the century’
The audience is a key element in Nicholas Hytner’s thrilling production
Superior sequel features terrific slapstick and a very funny turn from Hugh Grant
Ben Whishaw gives a spellbinding performance as a billionaire on a spiritual mission
Oscar Wilde’s incarceration is at the heart of a new multi-disciplinary Artangel project
A biography of Evelyn Waugh re-examines his colourful love life and questionable war record
Like the whale at its centre, it dazzles with its scale, but the greater part of the horrific story is, however, left submerged
Ivo van Hove pulls off an inspired reimagining of a theatrical classic
Ron Howard directs this vivid whaling story about the true events that inspired Moby-Dick
The filmmaker’s skewed visions have made him one of Europe’s most intriguing talents
Sarah Gavron’s film focuses on an east London laundry worker drawn into the battle for the ballot
Ben Whishaw and Bertie Carvel star in a gender-bending but authentic adaptation of the Greek tragedy
Hugh Bonneville has merry adventures with a CGI bear
An elegant minor-key British drama about an elderly Chinese widow
Ben Whishaw is mesmerising in this revival of Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play
Anna Chancellor, star of ‘The Hour’ and immortalised as Duckface in ‘Four Weddings’, retraces the West Country landscapes of her childhood
This week’s new film releases reviewed: ‘Skyfall’, ‘Elena’, ‘Sister’, ‘Room 237’ and ‘Halloween’
Historical detail, rather than being an enemy of drama, can be one of its most valuable resources
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