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Merlin to be axed after five years - but epic two-part finale planned
Monday 26 November 2012
The family show has 'run its natural course' according to actor Colin Morgan
Actor Anthony Bate dies aged 84
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Actor Anthony Bate, best known for his role in the BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and a familiar face of TV drama during his five decade career, has died at the age of 84.
Album: Behzod Abduraimov, Prokofiev, Liszt & Saint-Saëns (Decca)
Saturday 09 June 2012
The young Uzbeki pianist Behzod Abduraimov won the 2009 London International Piano Competition, gaining praise for characteristics that are clear on this debut programme, with interpretations of Prokofiev, Liszt and Saint-Saëns.
One winner scoops £4.4m Lotto prize
Sunday 27 November 2011
One lucky winner scooped Saturday's Lotto jackpot of £4.4 million, Camelot said.
Anne Penketh: Life without terror threats, serial betrayal and Harry
Friday 12 August 2011
I got the call only minutes after I purchased the DVD of series nine to take back to America with me. The BBC had canned my favourite TV series. Spooks is dead.
DVD: Animal Kingdom, Optimum (For rental & retail)
Sunday 10 July 2011
This Australian revenge drama's opening scene is revealing: 17-year-old J watches TV, while his mother lies next to him, dead from an overdose.
DVD: Animal Kingdom (18)
Friday 08 July 2011
Smurf, Jacki Weaver's sly, unhinged Melbourne mobster, suggests that her son, Andrew "Pope" Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), should start taking his pills again. I should say so.
TV star Janet 'Mrs Thatcher' Brown dies at age of 87
Saturday 28 May 2011
The actress Janet Brown, who became a television star for her impersonation of Baroness Thatcher in the 1980s, has died aged 87.
The Shadow Line: When shots in the dark are right on target
Wednesday 04 May 2011
Hugo Blick's new conspiracy thriller, The Shadow Line, promises to be a classic of the genre, says Gerard Gilbert
DVD: The Green Hornet (12)
Friday 29 April 2011
The Green Hornet joins Hudson Hawk, Batman and Robin and The Avengers as one of the all-time, big-budget action duds.
Midsomer's producer to step down over race row
Thursday 24 March 2011
The producer of Midsomer Murders, who controversially claimed that the drama was the "last bastion of Englishness", has stepped down .
Midsomer Murders producer Brian True-May 'will step down'
Wednesday 23 March 2011
The producer of Midsomer Murders who sparked a race row has apologised and will step down from the show after "the current production run".
The Troubled Man, By Henning Mankell
Sunday 20 March 2011
Inspector Morose – the depressive detective Kurt Wallander – mounts what the author says will be his final investigation
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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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