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Lennie James says he stopped talking when he was a child after his mother died

Known for Mr Loverman and The Walking Dead, the actor opened up about his childhood and living in a children’s home with his brother.

Evening Standard

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 5-11 include Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, rapper Cardi B and actor-screenwriter Matt Damon

The Independent UK

Mayor of Kingstown season 4: everything we know so far about the hit Paramount+ show's return

Mayor of Kingstown season 4 will arrive on Paramount+ in October. Here's everything we know so far from release date, trailer, predicted cast, plot rumors and more.

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It's official: a new James Bond will return to screen in 2026

But the new Mr Bond may not be who you expected

The best dressed on the Bafta TV Awards red carpet

From Danny Dyer sporting a slick black suit to Billie Piper in a punk-inspired Vivienne Westwood gown – here are the best looks from Sunday night’s event

The Independent UK

Danny Dyer’s uncensored TV Baftas speech revealed after it was cut from broadcast

The EastEnders icon scooped the award for his role as Lee in Sky’s Mr Bigstuff but a toned-down version of his speech aired on BBC One

Evening Standard

Blue Lights and Industry win big at TV Baftas – on a night full of surprises

‘The Traitors’ did not win a single award in a ceremony that served up plenty of unexpected victories and unprepared speeches

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‘Danny Dyer deserved nothing!’ The biggest mistakes from the 2025 TV Bafta awards

Many incredible actors and veritable masterpieces took home awards … and then there was Danny Dyer. Look, everyone loves him – but there is no way he should have won for that show

The Guardian - UK

‘It spoke to the nation’ – Mr Bates vs the Post Office wins big at Bafta TV awards

The show is called ‘public service television at its best’, while Marisa Abela and Lennie James are among other winners

The Guardian - UK

Marisa Abela and Lennie James win Baftas as Post Office drama picks up two awards

The ceremony was hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.

Evening Standard

‘We have so many talented black British actors who had to leave in order to work’: Sharon D Clarke on typecasting, industry tensions, and the truthfulness of Mr Loverman

As part of a Bafta TV special, the best actor nominated star talks about institutional racism, the remarks that made Cressida Dick look like a ‘fool’, and how Bernardine Evaristo’s coming out story reflected her own

The Guardian - UK

Lennie James admits The Walking Dead was so intense he had to start taking CBD oil to stop ‘night terrors’

‘I would quite often wake up shouting in the midst of a night terror,’ said actor

The Independent UK

Lennie James' Walking Dead experience prompted 'vivid and lucid dreams'

Lennie James has revealed that 'The Walking Dead' caused him to suffer night terrors.

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‘There’s a battle going on for the soul of America’: actor Lennie James on political turmoil, zombie terrors and being a black Brit in the US

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor and Walking Dead regular on bringing Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel Mr Loverman to the small screen, and splitting his time between London and LA

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The End review – post-apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is catastrophically self-indulgent

In their luxury bunker, the ultra-wealthy last survivors of a global disaster break into song – to sometimes painful effect – in Joshua Oppenheimer’s bloated if visually stunning debut fiction feature

Evening Standard

The End review: all down to the bunker for Joshua Oppenheimer’s bananas, post-apocalyptic musical

3/5 Tilda Swinton and George MacKay lead the shaky singalong in a strange tale that could have been a masterpiece

The Independent UK

The End is a chilling climate apocalypse story stretched over the bones of an MGM musical

4/5 Acclaimed documentarian behind ‘The Act of Killing’ Joshua Oppenheimer turns his hand to fiction for this socially charged musical

The Guardian - UK

Our readers on their pick of 2024’s best films, music, TV shows and podcasts

From sci-fi epics to investigate deep-dives, the Guide readers have their say on the year’s finest culture

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2024’s TV heroes on their unmissable cultural picks of the year

2024 IN REVIEW: Some of the best stars to grace our televisions this year, from Katherine Parkinson to Lennie James, single out their favourite shows, films, music and cultural moments of the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #161: Mr Loverman breaks new ground in golden age of Black British TV

In this week’s newsletter: Once deemed ‘too niche’ for telly, the adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel signals an exciting chapter for diverse, imaginative shows

The Guardian - UK

‘Beautiful, bittersweet’: black gay men respond to BBC’s Mr Loverman

Rare depiction of love between two elderly black men stirs emotions and realisations among its audience

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Mr Loverman star Lennie James: ‘At the heart of this story is such a complex man!’

Lennie James on playing the lead in a six-part BBC adaptation of author Bernadine Evaristo's novel Mr Loverman.

The Guardian - UK

Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lennie James shines in Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman

In this nuanced adaptation, an elderly married man tries to keep his gay relationship under wraps. Plus, Mark Strong guest stars in The Penguin. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

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