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O’Farrell’s novel about Shakespeare losing his young son to the plague struck a powerful chord in lockdown. She and Chakrabarti discuss class, place and loss in their theatre adaptation

Marie McManus has been living in the damp-ridden property in Brixton Hill, South London, for the past five years while Lambeth Council fix her family's other home

Dublin matriarch Agnes Brown returned once again, played by Brendan O’Carroll, but some tuning in claimed the episode was ‘unwatchable’.

The hackneyed sitcom tropes and weak lines just don’t work, even with a strong dose of Christmas cheer taken

Fans favourites will be returning alongside O'Carroll, including Jennifer Gibney, Fiona Gibney, Danny O'Carroll and others.

Brendan O'Carroll admitted it was a 'buzz' to think the show has become a Christmas telly staple.

The Dublin star is also happy that the hit comedy show is returning with a full studio audience for the first time since before the Covid pandemic

Her story takes her from the home of culture to the trial of her life

Douglas Stuart is adapting his Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a Glasgow scarred by Thatcherism, for the BBC. Thank heavens for that – the diet of wealth-obssessed TV like ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Crown’ is out of step with life in our cash-squeezed age, writes Jessie Thompson