Gerard Gilbert
Gerard Gilbert is a television writer and feature writer for The Independent.
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Southcliffe writer Tony Grisoni interview: 'This is not about Dunblane'
03 August 2013 06:45 PM
Gerard Gilbert meets Tony Grisoni, the writer of a devastating new drama about the effect of a mass shooting upon a small community
'I love what I do': Justin Fletcher's Mr Tumble shows have won him Baftas, famous fans and an MBE
03 August 2013 12:00 AM
Johnny Depp and Simon Pegg are fans of Fletcher's shows - and so are thousands of CBeebies viewers. Gerard Gilbert meets the king of children's TV
Television choices: Absorbing and muted drama Southcliffe takes apart a killer's motives
02 August 2013 07:00 PM
Southcliffe
'Most people still see me as a bit of a lad': David Baddiel returns to stand-up comedy
27 July 2013 12:00 AM
He swapped the fame of Fantasy Football, 'Three Lions' and arena comedy gigs for a quiet life writing books and raising kids. So what has tempted David Baddiel back behind the mic?
Television choices: Channel 4's The Mill is a different class of costume drama
26 July 2013 07:00 PM
TV pick of the week: The Mill
TV review: Why Don't You Speak English? Channel 4
24 July 2013 09:25 AM
Imagine – Woody Allen: a Documentary, BBC1
Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood's star-crossed lovers return
19 July 2013 07:00 PM
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor couldn't live with each other, and couldn't live without each other. Now Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West are playing them in a TV drama. The duo tell Gerard Gilbert how they channelled the superstar couple
Television choices: Carter and West deliver an affair to remember in Burton and Taylor
19 July 2013 07:00 PM
TV pick of the week: Burton and Taylor
The Apprentice 2013 TV review: Leah Totton beats Luisa Zissman
17 July 2013 10:01 PM
Spoiler alert: Final episode reviewed as Lord Sugar chooses between a doctor’s plan for a nationwide chain of Botox bars or a cake-making business
Rory Kinnear: 'Me, as Doctor Who? I've never even watched it'
10 July 2013 12:00 AM
Despite the hype, Rory Kinnear will not be the new Time Lord. But with starring roles in BBC comedy Count Arthur Strong and an unmissable new Channel 4 drama, his TV future looks bright. Gerard Gilbert meets him
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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