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The Latest Breaking News from Alan Yentob

‘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

Imagine review: Look back on director Stephen Frears’ life and body of work is a must-watch for movie lovers

There are plenty of people who imagine that Imagine (BBC1, Monday) might be better without its presenter and executive producer, Alan Yentob.

Irish Independent

Author Salman Rushdie can only write ‘blankness and junk’ as mental scars of knife attack remain raw

Salman Rushdie has revealed he is suffering from writer’s block and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), in his first interview since his attack on stage in New York last year.

Irish Independent

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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

Jimmy Carr Destroys Art: paintings destroyed by fire – is it any different to what the Nazis did?

This week, comedian Jimmy Carr offered a studio audience the chance to save or condemn to destruction works of art which were controversial either because of the artist who made them (such as Eric Gill, who was posthumously revealed to have been a child abuser) or because the work itself…

Irish Independent

Leslie Megahey obituary

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

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Salman Rushdie and his supporters ‘are to blame for his stabbing’, says Iran

Iran has blamed the stabbing of Salman Rushdie on the author and his supporters as it denied ordering the attack, despite the fatwa that has officially remained in place.

Irish Independent

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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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