'Vikings' creator Michael Hirst has revealed that show bosses almost missed getting their leading man Travis Fimmel, because time was running out before they found him.

'Vikings' is the latest chest-beating historical drama to make its way to our screens, from the safe pen of...

'Broadchurch' creator Chris Chibnall has revealed that he was so careful to keep the identity of the murderer secret, he didn't even let his wife in on the answer until 10 days before the final episode went to air.

The...

A few more faces turned up in this week's Episode 2 of 'The Fall', after both serial killer Paul Spector and Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson had a busy night of it.

As feared, Spector (Jamie Dornan) made short work of finishing off solicitor Sally, but a chillingly long time...

It's an unwritten rule that actors never slag off their co-stars in public, but Jason Isaacs, currently starring as Jackson Brodie in 'Case Histories', obviously feels more strongly than most.

Jason Isaacs with his co-star Crunchy - "never again!"

"That f***ing dog," he...

'Broadchurch' star Jodie Whittaker has revealed, because she was so worried that her character Beth Latimer would turn out to be the murderer as well as the grieving mum, writer Chris Chibnall let her into some show secrets long before he shared them with anyone else.

Sunday night saw the return of Jason Isaacs in crowd-pleasing form as Jackson Brodie, the flawed hero of Kate Atkinson's 'Case Histories' series.

Here, like Atkinson's earlier tales, were three intertwining stories - the first a case presented to Jackson, Philip Marlowe style, by a comely lady looking for...

If a film ultimately about emptiness leaves you 142 lavish minutes later feeling thoroughly depleted, does that mean it's a brilliant film? Discuss.

Baz Luhrmann's opulent version of The Great Gatsby is a faithful ode to the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, generally held...

'Big Bang Theory' star Alice Amter, who plays Raj's mother Mrs. Koothrappali, admits that she has found it surreal being surrounded by devoted fans on her return to her native Birmingham.

Amter, who moved to LA more than two decades ago, calls it "seriously trippy, spotting people dressed in...

'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' came here to British screens on Tuesday night, and hit the ground running. 10 minutes in, it felt like we'd never not known the Thompson family, with the pig-tailed munchkin at its centre.

Honey Boo...

Another Monday evening, another intense crime drama - this time 'The Fall', a five-parter with more than one advantage to set it apart from many of its genre.

Gillian Anderson plays Stella Gibson, a hard-edged Met detective drafted in to review a murder enquiry in Belfast where it soon...

Bill Wyman is an affable chap, as you would expect of a wealthy, happily-married rock star, with a big house - with moat - in the country, lots of friends, children, a band of his own still on the road and even his own restaurant still going strong....

Olivia Colman, on the night she made BAFTA history, screened on BBC1, was being fittingly reunited over on the other side with the man who can truthfully be credited her star-maker.

Paddy Considine, the man who cast Colman in 'Tyrannosaur' and showed her full acting chops which...

The many fans of Dan Stevens, particularly when the 'Downton Abbey' star is looking lovelorn, anguished and dressed in an impeccable military jacket from around the 1910s, will be delighted to learn his first post-Downton effort is nearly here, and it finds him looking somewhat familiar.

Tonight sees the finale of the political drama three-parter 'The Politician's Husband', with Aiden Hoynes (David Tennant) and wife Freya (Emily Watson) battling for parliamentary prowess - one for glory, one just for survival.

Last week's shocking episode found Hoynes resorting to desperate measures as he battled...

Alison Moyet despairs of "lazy comparisons" that put her side by side with Adele - "purely for the fact that we were two fat girls singing torch songs. It always happens."

The former Yazoo singer, whose album 'the minutes' has been released to huge plaudits this week, presents...

The director of the documentary film 'The Village at the End of the World' admits that she didn't even realise the power of the story in in her camera, until she was able to have her material translated.

As it is, what started out as an adventure for Sarah...

The many fans of Benedict Cumberbatch - including the ones of the adoring, mostly female, variety, the 'Cumberbitches' as he reluctantly acknowledged to Graham Norton last week - need not fear... their hero has no concerns about overexposure, on screen at least.

"The only thing I fear is...

The boys on ‘Girls’ may have all sorts of trouble dealing with the women in their lives but, in real time, Alex Karpovsky says life could not be sweeter with Lena Dunham at the helm of the hit show.

“I love Lena to death,” says...

'Borgen' star Pilou Asbaek will no doubt disappoint the many fans of Nordic Noir, as he reveals that his character Kasper isn't central to the goings-on in the third and final series of the hit Danish political drama, back on UK screens at the...

Bonnie Tyler is adamant that she won't be disappointed should the worst happen at the Eurovision Song Contest. She's not worried about getting nil points, and swears she'll only be disappointed about one thing.

"If I don't like what I've done, I won't be happy,"...