Ted Kotcheff obituary
Director whose work ranged from BBC TV’s Play for Today to award-winning drama and Hollywood thrillers
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Jean Marsh obituary
Actor and co-creator of the classic 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs
Tony Nicholls obituary
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Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94
Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard Dreyfuss
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Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite for an ancient Greek yarn, while the dystopian video game adaptation powers up for a second series
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