Blood, guts and fireballs: the day I took two bullets at Trainspotting’s SFX studio

A stabbing for T2, a blazing station for Hot Fuzz, a bus blown up for The Foreigner … Artem are the go-to pyromaniacs for British films. Our writer gets sliced up and shot at

John Hurt, widely admired stage and screen actor, dies aged 77

Distinctive-voiced actor was Oscar nominated for Midnight Express and the Elephant Man, as well as being the victim of the notorious ‘chestburster’ in Alien

Sky to offer full TV service without a dish for the first time

Pay-TV giant announces landmark move as it reports falling profits due to Premier League rights costs

The Night Manager team to adapt another Le Carré spy classic

After success of hit series, BBC is creating first onscreen adaptation of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold since 1965 film

Why the BBC will struggle to make iPlayer as good as Netflix

Director general Tony Hall says the beloved platform needs reinventing, but budget restraints and public duty stand in the way

BBC iPlayer faces complete overhaul in Tony Hall’s future-proofing plans

Director general will call on staff to ‘reinvent public broadcasting for a new generation’ in order to compete against giants such as Netflix and Amazon

Film and TV ​streaming and downloads overtake DVD sales for first time

Appetite for services from Netflix and Amazon helps total digital video revenue surge almost 23% to £1.3bn in UK last year

Paul Abbott: ‘Shameless became too hysterical. I was glad to see it off’

As No Offence returns to Channel 4, the award-winning scriptwriter talks about former hits, problems with pitching, and State of Play 2

Replay for today: why the remake is making a comeback

In theatre as in film and on television, there is a strong sense of deja vu these days, with revivals and remakes filling our screens

BBC and ITV to launch BritBox on-demand service in US

Broadcasters aim for international Netflix-style platform for British shows such as EastEnders and Silent Witness

The Grand Tour viewing figures are a mystery to us, say show’s stars

Jeremy Clarkson says reports Amazon paid $160m or $250m for three series of the motoring show are ‘nonsense’

Missing iPlayer means your Samsung TV isn’t so smart

The televisions are supposed to offer access to the BBC’s and other channels’ catch-up services, but a licence issue is turning many customers off

We hoped to see more black lives on our screens. Our hopes were dashed

It’s 10 years since the BBC’s visceral drama Shoot the Messenger was screened, but despite initiatives such as Black and British, little has improved

Angela Bassett: ‘Anger doesn’t serve me. If I’m frustrated, I just do better’

From Boyz N the Hood to playing Tina Turner, Angela Bassett has always been a trailblazer. But Close to the Enemy, Stephen Poliakoff’s latest drama about war-ravaged Britain, presented a new type of challenge

Tragic, fascinating, brilliant – life of ‘wild child’ Zelda Fitzgerald revisited

Two films and a TV series out soon portray the life of the jazz-age writer and wife of F Scott Fitzgerald