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Gavin & Stacey and Abigail's Party star Alison Steadman is to front BBC drama Life from Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett. Steadman is joined by Peter Davison, who starred as the Doctor in the fifth iteration of Doctor Who, Adrian Lester (Riviera), Victoria Hamilton (Doctor Foster) and Rachael Stirling (The Bletchley…

EXCLUSIVE: I, Daniel Blake star Dave Johns and Life Is Sweet and Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman are starring in UK grey-pound comedy-drama 23 Walks, from the producers of Swimming With Men and Carol Morley’s Out Of Blue. The film marks a return to the director’s chair after more than a decade for Wondrous Oblivion…

“For the first time in my life I’m playing myself,” John Cleese said, via satellite, of his starring role in BritBox’s new comedy series Hold the Sunset. Cleese plays the love interest of widow Edith (Alison Steadman), whose retirement plans derail when her son leaves his wife and job and moves back in with…

The Huntman: Winter's War star Sheridan Smith, Abigail's Party star Alison Steadman and Sinead Keenan (Little Boy Blue) are to star in Care, a BBC One drama created by Broken and The Accused creator Jimmy McGovern. Care, a 90-minute drama, will be produced by Colin McKeown's LA Productions for BBC. It will tell the…