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A View from the Chair (Season 2 Episode 6 of 13): David is forced to review his attitudes to his work. The Main Chance airs on Talking Pictures TV at 2:00 AM, Monday 18 December.

Michael Blakemore, the Australian-born director, who has died aged 95, made his name in London with his premieres of plays by Peter Nichols; he cemented his reputation by staging the majority of plays by Michael Frayn and – in a long-lived career that spanned half a century – became identified as a director with a meticulous eye, a potent feel for the theatrical and a sure touch in the commercial sector.

Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen

A roundup of news from the waste and recycling industry, featuring updates from the Welsh Government and the Environment Agency.

A former director has been handed a community sentence and ordered to pay £4,000 costs after admitting to a major breach of environmental…

The Shakespearean actor John Harwood, who trained in Hampstead, has died at the age of 84 after many years on stage and screen. After being…

The Shakespearean actor John Harwood, who trained in Hampstead, has died at the age of 84 after many years on stage and screen. After being…

At 88, Britain’s greatest actress is as mischievous as ever. She talks to Jonathan Dean about Shakespeare, love, loss and the afternoon she saw a ghost. In...

Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FC

According to Dame Judi Dench in her new book, which dances with brilliance and mischief, Shakespeare wasnt academic - he was saucier than Confessions Of A Window Cleaner.