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<p>Alison Steadman: ‘I always wanted to be free to do whatever I wanted’ </p>

Interview

Alison Steadman on Gavin and Stacey, relationships, and ageing

The ‘Gavin and Stacey’ star tells Kate Mossman about her real-life road trip with Larry to Barry, being Robbie Williams’ nan, staying friends with her ex – and a ‘horrible’ encounter with Harvey Weinstein

<p>‘Ahsoka’ seems destined for the same forgettable fate as ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ and ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ </p>

Comment

Star Wars is a mess – and Disney needs more than Ahsoka to fix it

<p>‘When I used to do stand-up earlier on in this country... there was a bit more freedom to be quite vulnerable and personal because people didn’t know who the f*** you were’ </p>

Interview

Comedian Rose Matafeo: ‘They’re politicising my body in a way I don’t’

<p>Tyson Fury in new Netflix series ‘At Home with the Furys’</p>

Comment

Is At Home with the Furys luring men into watching reality TV?

Reviews

Features

<p>The British chat show legend Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88</p>

Tribute

Michael Parkinson defined the British chat show

<p>Corporate creep: Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in ‘Painkiller’</p>

The Moment

How did Painkiller make such a tragic story feel so implausible?

<p>Let’s call it off: Raj Somaiya, Sara Davies and Fred Sirieix, who judge the BBC’s ‘Ultimate Wedding Planner’</p>

Comment

Why is the BBC making such joyless reality TV?

<p>Simon Thomas said it was an ‘honour’ to replace ‘legend’ Jeff Stelling </p>

How ex-Blue Peter host Simon Thomas became Sky TVs football hotshot

Interviews

<p>Turner: ‘There’s some people that I look at that I find attractive. And isn’t that OK?’ </p>

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Aidan Turner on his #MeToo tennis drama and being a sex symbol

<p>‘I knew I had to work hard to be better, to always take chances and always dare to suck and take big swings. I’ve tried never to play it safe’ </p>

Interview

Rebecca Romijn: ‘I wanted to do my trans character justice – and make her as hot as possible’

<p>‘That’s the great thing about America. It is malleable, and that’s what allows us to find a way forward’ </p>

Interview

Wendell Pierce: Why I can’t wait for reunion with cast from The Wire

<p>‘Me and Clea DuVall were, I guess, famous teen actors, but we were never allowed to feel ‘normal’. It was made clear to us that we were broken in some way’ </p>

Interview

Natasha Lyonne: ‘I’m a broad – but that’s been a gift and a curse’

News

<p>Phil Spencer shared this image of his late parents, after they died together in a car crash on their farm in Kent</p>

Phil Spencer pays tribute to parents who died together in car crash

James Garner in 1957 as likeable rogue and cracker-barrel-philosophising cardsharp Bret Maverick

The 12 greatest TV westerns of all time

Mandy Moore leads tributes after Ron Cephas Jones dies aged 66

<p>Abbi Jacobson and A League of Their Own characters</p>

Abbi Jacobson lambasts cancellation of A League of Their Own