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With seven rounds testing your knowledge of memoirs, anniversaries and books and TV series - and much more - this years literary quiz is just the challenge youre looking for. Good luck!

With his laidback style and down-to-earth humour, Parkinson was an amiable but penetrating interviewer, becoming the British chatshow host against whom all others have been measured.

Sometimes, the TV show is actually as good as the book it's based on. Here are ten of the best adaptations you can watch on the small screen.

Fans were thrilled to see Bernard Cribbins honoured during the In Memoriam section at the Bafta TV Awards 2023.

From cozy British dramas to compelling murder mysteries, here's the best of what's aired on PBS Masterpiece.

From cozy British dramas to compelling murder mysteries, here's the best of what's aired on PBS Masterpiece.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Harry and Meghans Netflix mischief increases the pressure on King Charles to retaliate: might he remove his sons KCVO?

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Queen Mother biographer William Shawcross leaps to the defence of Susan Hussey insisting she isnt racist, adding: The attacks on her are totally unfair.

He also produced Granada’s World In Action and early episodes of Coronation Street where he encouraged an earthier dramatic style

A TV pioneer who produced Coronation Street has died at the age of 101.