‘We could have had good fun a few decades ago’: Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant on sex scenes, parties and theatre
The actors are working together for the first time ever, in Noël Coward’s comedy Hay Fever. Backstage, there’s no stopping their tales of skinny-dipping, fat-shaming and warring co-starsRichard E Grant: Despite our vast combined vintage, our paths have…
‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’
She lit up Sherlock, made a brutal exit from House of the Dragon and now she’s back in the hard-hitting Belfast-set police drama. Will she have to stuff a chopping board into her flak jacket this time round?Sharp eyes save lives. That’s the mantra of the…
Eva Longoria: Searching for France review – this lovely travel show radiates charm
It’s light stuff with more than a touch of Emily in Paris to it, but the actor’s latest travelogue has enough passion to make it highly endearing TV‘I’m Eva Longoria and I’m a SERIOUS Francophile!” So begins each instalment of the actor’s Gallic…
Are Mitchell and Webb the baddies now? It’s not quite that simple | Brian Logan
The deletion of 11 old sketches from BBC’s iPlayer has angered culture warriors and raises questions about how society has changed “Are we the baddies?”, asked the comedy double act Mitchell and Webb in their most famous sketch, in which two uniformed SS…
Rapper and actor Eve looks back: ‘I was the only girl in the boardroom in major label meetings – that Philly girl had to come out’
The Grammy-winning artist on destroying egos in school, the dealers who looked out for her, and learning from early failureBorn Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia in 1978, rapper Eve released her debut album, Let There Be Eve … Ruff Ryders’ First Lady,…
I spent a full hour watching Trump TV. It’s a digital pathway to hell | Dave Schilling
The streaming channel was full of the president’s vanity and myopia. It was also deeply, deeply dullAre you currently at an airport? Strapped to a hospital bed, with various tubes protruding from your body? Maybe you’re on a treadmill or visiting an…
Break Clause: two lovers flatshare during a breakup – and it makes for totally refreshing TV
They sign a rental contract, and then their relationship immediately collapses. This funny comedy-drama from Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote tackles real life in a way most sitcoms daren’tI’ve been at more than one party where a stranger has told me…
The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland
The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human lifeFor an hour or two this week, I’ve been in the company of people whose lives I’ve seen unfold, almost…
From shocking cruelty to the reason Claudia hid in a bush: 10 things you need to know about The Celebrity Traitors
Meltdowns, more contestants, Ross Kemp being ‘the daddy’: read on for our guide to the return of TV’s best reality gameshowPrepare to become obsessed with famous people backstabbing and betraying one another in a Scottish castle. Yes, autumn is upon us,…
‘I’d strip for £100!’ Dominic West and Sienna Miller on nudity, narcissism and their juicy new show War
The stars are no strangers to public scrutiny of their most intimate relationships – but they’ve never experienced anything like this. They talk about playing a famous divorcing couple, and how money makes things revoltingIn a London hotel room, Dominic…