Issue Week 17 - 2017 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEFrom the editorKeeley Hawes isn’t just another actor having a moment. In 2016 she was at her mesmerising best in more hit series than many actors enjoy in an entire career. She shone in the demanding dramas The Missing and Line of Duty, Shakespeare’s Hollow Crown and the family saga The Durrells.Good actors can dazzle in great roles. But Keeley has proved she can turn very different parts into something remarkable. As Lindsay Denton in Line of Duty she was hypnotic as a stressed shell of a burnt-out copper. But as Louisa in The Durrells she brings warmth, wit and charm to sun-kissed Sunday-night escapism. It’s the mark of a true television great. Read our interview with her on page 14.BSME Editors’ Editor 2016RTeditor@radiotimes.com…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEFrom the editorKeeley Hawes isn’t just another actor having a moment. In 2016 she was at her mesmerising best in more hit series than many actors enjoy in an entire career. She shone in the demanding dramas The Missing and Line of Duty, Shakespeare’s Hollow Crown and the family saga The Durrells. Good actors can dazzle in great roles. But Keeley has proved she can turn very different parts into something remarkable. As Lindsay Denton in Line of Duty she was hypnotic as a stressed shell of a burnt-out copper. But as Louisa in The Durrells she brings warmth, wit and charm to sun-kissed Sunday-night escapism. It’s the mark of a true television great. Read our interview with her on page 14. BSME Editors’ Editor 2016 RTeditor@radiotimes.com…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING… JOAN BAKEWELL ‘I’ve been watching Prime Suspect 1973 and Broadchurch,” says the presenter, who is inteviewed on page 120. “They are detective stories full of intrigue that take my mind off the world’s problems.’ SIMON BARNES ‘MasterChef is holding me in its annual grip of iron,” says our sports columnist. “And as for sport, cricket’s Indian Premier League tells us it’s the most important thing ever to happen on Earth – and you can’t argue with facts like that.’ WHAT WE’VE LEARNT THIS WEEK ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, might feel like a modern phenomenon, but Rory Bremner discovers this is far from the case. In the 1840s German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffman wrote children’s stories based on his patients, including one about a boy, Fidgety Philip,…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING…JOAN BAKEWELL‘I’ve been watching Prime Suspect 1973 and Broadchurch,” says the presenter, who is inteviewed on page 120. “They are detective stories full of intrigue that take my mind off the world’s problems.’SIMON BARNES‘MasterChef is holding me in its annual grip of iron,” says our sports columnist. “And as for sport, cricket’s Indian Premier League tells us it’s the most important thing ever to happen on Earth – and you can’t argue with facts like that.’WHAT WE’VE LEARNT THIS WEEKADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, might feel like a modern phenomenon, but Rory Bremner discovers this is far from the case. In the 1840s German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffman wrote children’s stories based on his patients, including one about a boy, Fidgety Philip, who wouldn’t pay attention in class.…1 min

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