The Latest Breaking News from Ruth Wilson

Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson will portray the lead roles in the new BBC and Amazon series

Amazon Studios show A Very Royal Scandal will also star Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis

Andrew Scott collected the Best Actor award while British director Sam Mendes received special honour

Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan share best actress award on glittering night celebrating the best of the London stage

George Kay’s Yorkshire Ripper drama tries to subvert expectations; Matt Hancock goes commando; the murder of Jill Dando still haunts; and Bake Off newbie Alison Hammond is the icing on the cake

The late Irish icon gave permission for the show to use The Magdalene Song before it had even begun filming

The late singer gave the track to the producers of The Woman in the Wall, a powerful BBC series about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

A blazing Ruth Wilson elevates a turbulent drama about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries; Hockney and Bragg make a classy double act; and a female revenge fantasy goes to the dark side

“The Woman in the Wall’s title did not seduce me,” said Carol Midgley in The Times: plonking the words “woman” or “girl” in the title of novels and adaptations became fashionable some while ago (“The Girl on the Train”, “The Woman in the Window”, etc.), and it now grates. Yet…