The penultimate episode of the series, ‘Prey’ is a thrilling, nail-biting and heart-rending episode, both in terms of looming physical danger and the revelation of emotional wounds. I had the good fortune to be present at an afternoon of shooting… Read More…
After last week’s tribute to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, one would be forgiven for hoping Arcadia was a literary reference to Evelyn Waugh or Tom Stoppard, but this episode is a cleverly constructed drama that stands on its own,… Read More…
When last we ventured out in Oxford with boys from Cowley Road Police Station, their prospects were looking singularly bleak. The villains may have lain defeated but there was little triumph to be had. Not with Thursday fighting for his… Read More…
Roger Allam has had a hectic year: starring in two films, a TV series and a play, amongst other things. We caught up with him during the run of his latest play, The Moderate Soprano, to ask him some questions…
Roger Allam has just finished playing John Christie, the founder of Glyndebourne opera house, in The Moderate Soprano. Christie was a quite extraordinary man with very passionate opinions about opera: Wagner he found sublime while deeming Mozart ‘samey.’ In this, the first of two interviews, we wanted to find out just how much actor and character might agree…