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Betty! A Sort of Musical review – fitfully funny take on the life of Betty Boothroyd

Co-writer Maxine Peake stars as an am-dram actor playing the former Commons speaker in Sarah Frankcom’s end-of-the-pier-style production

The Guardian - UK

Review: Betty! A Sort of Musical at Royal Exchange

Paying tribute to an iconic parliamentarian, this Maxine Peake musical is a pantomime for adults with an interest in politics

Manchester Evening News

Betty! A Sort of Musical review – Maxine Peake brings Boothroyd’s story to the stage

A slightly wonky meta structure involving a team of amdram actors muddles this show about the former MP but it has abundant charm

The Guardian - UK

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Channel 5 viewers 'switch off' as Soham murders drama 'makes Maxine Carr a victim'

Maxine, the Channel 5 drama about the Soham murders, aired its first episode on Monday evening with Jemma Carlton as Carr

Daily Mirror

Actress playing Maxine Carr in Soham murders drama shares 'difficult, dark' experience

Newcomer Jemma Carlton plays Carr in Channel 5’s Maxine, opposite Line of Duty actor Scott Reid as killer Ian Huntley.

Daily Record

'I wanted to play Maxine Carr - I did everything to get in head of UK's most hated woman'

Actress Jemma Carlton, who portrays Maxine Carr in an upcoming Channel 5 drama about the Soham murders, recalls filming some tough scenes being a 'really difficult and dark thing' to do

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Corbyn and TV stars join as hundreds march in Manchester to commemorate Peterloo Massacre

Julie Hesmondhalgh and Maxine Peake were also among those who gave speeches

Manchester Evening News

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BBC Dinnerladies cast now over 20 years on - Corrie favourite, Hollywood fame, tragic death and addiction troubles

The BBC comedy ran for two series between 1998 to 2000

Manchester Evening News

The best TV of 2022 so far

From the raw, masterfully-scripted realism of The Responder to the exquisite return of Gentleman Jack, here are the year’s television highlights up to now

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?

A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades

The Guardian - UK

Where the Early Doors cast are 20 years on - from Duffy to The Grapes' landlord

From roles in the Harry Potter series to stints on Strictly Come Dancing, the cast of Early Doors have remained busy

Manchester Evening News

TV tonight: the troubling story of ‘Gazzamania’ explored in BBC documentary

The first of a two-part documentary begins with the footballer’s rise to the top. Plus: Minnie the Minx is featured in Secrets of the Museum. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

From Andy Burnham and Maxine Peake to Irvine Welsh - south Manchester bar brings back star-studded DJ event

The Unabombers and Jeff Hordley are heading down

Manchester Evening News

Dune to All the Old Knives: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Denis Villeneuve turns Frank Herbert’s novel into a sumptuous space opera with Timothée Chalamet as the archetypal hero, while Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine get tangled up in Janus Metz’s stylish spy thriller

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Daily Record

Where the Shameless cast are now - from Hollywood fame to cocaine scandal

Daily Mirror

Where Shameless cast are now - cocaine scandal to sad divorce and £18m cosmetics empire

The Channel 4 comedy drama first premiered in the UK in 2004, before it came to an end in 2013 and there has since been a hugely successful US spin-off of the show, which stars William H Macy

Bristol Post

BBC Rules of the Game's Maxine Peake issues career update ahead of series finale

The actress has become a familiar face on TV over the last few weeks

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