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The Latest Breaking News from Alan Yentob

Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati and former BBC executive among honours

Gulati has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the cultural industries.

The Independent UK

Parkinson’s community ‘felt left out in the cold’ – Rory Cellan-Jones

The former BBC News journalist announced in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

Evening Standard

‘We had to cut Rik Mayall’s ejaculation scene’: Adrian Edmondson and Ed Bye on Bottom

‘We had wanted to call it My Bottom, so that people at work the next day would say, “Did you see My Bottom on television last night?”’

The Guardian - UK

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Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly review – a harrowing first-person account of a knife attack

The British-Indian writer relives his horrific 2022 stabbing in shocking detail – and opens up about how heading back to the scene of the crime helped him

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly' online from anywhere

"The Satanic Verses" author is now coming to terms with being attacked on stage in the U.S. and how AI has helped him do that — watch online anywhere.

Tom’s Guide

“He wasn’t taken seriously on the London scene because he was into mime and he wasn’t a total hippy”: the turbulent story of David Bowie’s early years

Even superstars have to begin somewhere – and for the young David Bowie it was with a string of flop 1960s singles and a bizarre appearance on the BBC

Louder

Imagine … Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me review – a joyous profile of a blazingly brilliant writer

Riotous interviews! Political rage! Teabags bought in bulk! Alan Yentob delivers an absolute treat of a documentary about a once-in-a-generation talent

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TV tonight: Russell T Davies travels through time with Alan Yentob

The Doctor Who writer reveals his creative inspirations in an affecting documentary. Plus: Jamie Oliver sorts betwixtmas dinners. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Bowie on film: the stories behind 10 classic David Bowie movies

From The Man Who Fell To Earth to The Hunger, this is the best of David Bowie on the big screen

Louder

‘I put them in bed together just to get it over with’ – how we made Jonathan Creek

‘The BBC needed some persuading. Alan Yentob said: “What are we going to do about his hair?”’

The Guardian - UK

Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope and Grit review – the amazing real life story of Shuggie Bain is ruined by Alan Yentob

The Booker-winning author takes a squirming Yentob on a tour of Glasgow, and he couldn’t be more out of his comfort zone. Just wait till they go to a sweet shop!

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: sex addicts, new money and murders … welcome back to the White Lotus hotel

F Murray Abraham and Aubrey Plaza join Mike White’s five-star comedy. Plus, Alan Yentob’s busy and The Walk-In comes to a compelling conclusion. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Leslie Megahey obituary

Director of arts documentaries whose subjects ranged from Orson Welles to 17th-century painters

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: DI Ray; The Staircase; The Dry; Prisoner C33

Parminder Nagra’s spirited DI battles a thicket of social issues; a raked-over US murder is overplayed as drama; and drink addiction fuels a sharp new Irish dramedy

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‘I’m deeply ashamed’: Miriam Margolyes admits to hitting her paralysed mother in emotional confession

‘The thing that really gets to me is that my mother forgave me,’ actor says in BBC documentary episode

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