It’s been a long time coming. Ever since Yosser Hughes strode onto the screen in 1982 and into television drama history, with his brilliant, heartbreaking catchphrase “Gizza job”, people have been...
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There’s nothing like a bit of sun to lift the spirits. So, as Spring arrives, it feels there couldn’t be a better time for Mary Poppins to fly into Manchester and blow away any last wisps of winter...
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It is 1997. A train leaves Scotland bound for London. On board, John Josana, a journalist, is reading a book about Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for many years). The train is...
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Abigail’s Party was first staged as a play in 1977, and then later screened on television to great acclaim. The play was as much of its time as the Cinzano adverts with Leonard Rossiter and Joan...
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Carmel Thomason
Cathy Crabb
Martin Thomasson
Lorraine Worsley-Carter