The Latest Breaking News from Mark Gatiss

Martin Freeman undergoes dramatic transformation for new BBC drama

Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss has adapted the Dickensian classic for BBC

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Martin Freeman and Jim Broadbent to star in Dickensian Ghost Story For Christmas

The actors will appear in The Bride’s Chamber, based on Dickens’ 1857 short story The Ghost In The Bride’s Chamber.

Evening Standard · Oct 5

Bunker review – Cruz and Bardem just can’t dig Florian Zeller’s shallow thriller out of a hole

An architect (Javier Bardem) alienates his book editor wife (Penélope Cruz) when he agrees to build a luxurious bunker for a tech billionaire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8

‘If you try to fix Holmes, you’ll get your arse handed to you’: do we really need another Sherlock remake?

Rafe Spall will play Conan Doyle’s super sleuth in a huge new drama next year. While some fans fear ‘Sherlock fatigue’, others – including Steven Moffat – insist he will always make great telly

The Guardian - UK · May 26

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui review – Mark Gatiss terrifies as Brecht’s fascistic cauliflower racketeer

Gatiss is part Hitler, part Scrooge, part Trump in Seán Linnen’s circus-like production for the RSC

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

Mark Gatiss: ‘There’s a narrative telling us that Nigel Farage will be PM – but look at the people opposed to him’

INTERVIEW: The writer and actor of ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Doctor Who’ fame is playing a character modelled on Adolf Hitler in a Bertolt Brecht revival at the RSC. He speaks to Louis Chilton about politics, television, fascism, and the future

The Independent UK · Apr 21

‘It’s the same rhetoric today – really frightening’: Mark Gatiss and Placebo on reviving Brecht’s brutal Hitler satire

In these turbulent times, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui has never been more vital, and returns to the stage starring the Sherlock star and with music by the alt-rockers. But, they say, they don’t just want to preach to the choir

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3

41 Years Later, The Oldest Sci-Fi Series Faces A Weird Recurring Problem

How big can 'Doctor Who' get? Here's why Mark Gatiss says the 'Star Wars' comparison is always wrong.

Inverse · Feb 5

Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company

Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title role

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

The Room in the Tower: A Ghost Story for Christmas review – Tobias Menzies is perfect in Mark Gatiss’s spooky tale

The understated lead in this year’s creepy festive drama is ideal for the whispered dread it drips with. Be warned, though: it verges on horror – young kids may well be terrified

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025