Spooks moves to big screen – but how successful will it be?

BBC spy drama drew 6 million viewers at its explosive close in 2011 – now the tension mounts again as a film version is released

Ed Stoppard: ‘I’ve got a drawer filled with wires. And I don’t know what any of them do’

The Upstairs Downstairs actor breaks the rules on Twitter and would really like to print a 3-D prosthetic hand

Cate Blanchett attacks media over awards ceremony frock coverage

The Australian actor reiterates her distaste for fashion-focused interviews with female stars on red carpets before awards

Lee Daniels hip-hop drama Empire heading to E4

The acquisition comes after massive ratings success in the US, as well as a chart-topping soundtrack album overseen by Timbaland

BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson joins JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot

Executive responsible for shows including Sherlock, Call the Midwife and Wolf Hall to leave corporation after 11 years

Melanie Lynskey on Togetherness, realism and ‘radical’ nudity

From Heavenly Creatures to HBO’s Togetherness, the New Zealand actor reflects on what 20 years – and Charlie Sheen – have taught her about showbusiness

Ruth Wilson: ‘People know me as my characters. They don’t know me’

Following her Golden Globe-winning turn in US drama The Affair, Ruth Wilson’s forte for playing strong, complex women is helping her handle fame

Viral video chart: House of Cards, Game of Thrones and Christina Aguilera

Frank Underwood gets the Sesame Street treatment, Big Bird does Oscar-winning Birdman and Mary Poppins sings death metal

Why do only women scream when finding bodies in murder dramas?

Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

On my radar: Stephen Graham’s cultural highlights

The Boardwalk Empire actor on the brilliance of The Sopranos, Venice in winter and taking the kids to see Kasabian

Dev Patel: ‘I didn’t know what I was getting myself into’

The global success of Slumdog Millionaire thrust the schoolboy (and his girlfriend Freida Pinto) into the limelight. But has fame been good to him? Seven years on, he talks break-ups, beards and typecasting

DVDs and downloads: The Babadook, Olive Kitteridge, Game of Thrones, The Book of Life and more

Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook may be the finest horror film in a decade. And Frances McDormand hits a career high in Olive Kitteridge