News about Paul McGann

If you're looking for some brilliant TV shows to watch this weekend, look no further. From a highly unusual music documentary about a star whose career is threatened by a neurological disease to a quick-fire newsroom satire that becomes darker and twistier, there is something to suit every taste. Our critics have picked out the must-watch movies, as well as laugh-out-loud comedy shows and series. Read on to find the perfect show to get your teeth into this weekend.

With mesmerising blue-grey eyes, high cheekbones and sensuous lips, Vivian MacKerrell was easily one of the best-looking students to enroll at London 's Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama in the autumn of 1964. But what caught classmate Bruce Robinson's eye during one fencing lesson was the smoke curling out from behind his face mask as he parried his opponent's thrusts while puffing casually on a Gauloises cigarette. 'That really amused me,' recalled Robinson, later to become famous as the writer and director of Withnail And I, the hit 1987 film starring Richard E Grant and Paul McGann as two failed thespians who spend a weekend at the Cumbrian cottage owned by Withnail's lecherous Uncle Monty.

The 1953 Silver Wraith (pictured) features in the famous scene in which Richard E Grant and Paul McGann drunkenly terrorise the elderly patrons of a Penrith tearoom in the 1987 British black comedy. Before they can be arrested for accosting the tea shop's proprietor, the pair are spirited away in the Rolls by Uncle Monty, played by the late Harry Potter star Richard Griffiths.

MARMION – PATRICK MARMION: Without question, Bruce Robinson's stage version of his bittersweet 1987 cult film is the show I'm looking forward to most in 2024. But can any actors come close to Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann as the down-at-heel sps looking for jobs at the end of the 1960s? And who dares fill the enormous trousers of Richard Griffiths' Uncle Monty? Thank God it's Robinson who wrote the book and comedy maestro Sean Foley directing. Pray that they retain the soundtrack, and wish luck to those charged with firing off some of the finest zingers ever ('We've gone on holiday by mistake!'

After leaving one Doctor out of its Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebration, the BBC was left wishing it would go back in time yesterday. After a BBC Breakfast article omitted Paul McGann, the man who appeared in the eighth Doctor, fans of the long-running sci-fi series chastised the corporation. In the 1996 television film that began with him resurrecting from his predecessor, Sylvester McCoy, the Liverpudlian actor, who was also known for his role in cult film Withnail and I.

Doctor Who fans were treated to a rare glimpse of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson as the event's 60th anniversary in a new trailer. Paul McGann, the show's debutant, narrated a montage of clips from the show's past and looks forward to the future with a preview of the two new stars. In a Christmas Special next month, Ncuti will make his debut as the titular Time Lord alongside Millie, who will portray The Doctor's companion Ruby on Sunday.

The pub is often described as a staple of British culture, whether it be enjoying a Sunday roast, soaking up the sun with a newly poured pint, or watching the footy with a group of mates. And this fondness in film isn't amiss, with some on screen characters often depicted in scenes in their favorite watering holes. Although their names are often invented for the sake of fiction, some of our favorite fictional pubs are actually anything but. Here are a few of the most popular bars in the silver screen world that you should actually drink in. But can you guess the blockbuster that they featured in?

On Sunday, Doctor Who returned from Jodie Whittaker's final outing. And the episode was jam packed with actors from the show's past who brought the actress' time in the role to an end in epic style. During the dramatic finale, the Time Lord came face to face with many familiar faces, including her own, including Peter Davison, 71, David Bradley, 80, and Sylvester McCoy, 79.

RICHARD E. GRANT: Honouring my wife's edict became my New Year's resolution and mantra. Joan's guiding pings across my cranium as I progress toward the canyon of grief. Joan died in September 2021 and, two months later, I returned to South Africa to visit my 90-year-old mother, whom I hadn't seen in any other way than via Skype. I was ecstatic to see her on such feisty form a 12-hour flight later. Still enjoying bridge, reading five novels a week, and preparing summaries for a book store. All the electricity has been mistakenly cut off by a plumber who cut the wrong pipe, and it has been off for two days, she says. I'm recommending that we book into a hotel nearby before the electricity is reconnected as her back-up generator has now run out.