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A report by Alex Farber for The Times of London. Sir Lenny Henry has set up a television drama production company with a former Casualty and EastEnders executive producer to champion shows from under-represented writers and talent. Banijay, the Paris-based production group, has backed Esmerelda, the venture set up by the actor, comedian and writer and by Jon Sen,…

Officials warned people to not enter the James River Monday because heavy rains in Richmond and to the west caused the river to swell to flood stage, peaking at just over 13 feet.

At the start of lockdown, when a potent mix of nursery closure, Zoom ineptitude and Covid confusion made life almost unbearable, Quiz was a beacon of light. It was tense and silly, with wonderful performances that went beyond caricature or impression to round out the show’s Major players (groan) – led by a sheepish and sweaty Matthew Macfadyen. When so much drama is about solving brutal murders, here was a more joyous conundrum: did an upper middle-class nitwit really outsmart a TV juggerna...