When Terry Pratchett died in March this year at the age of 66, he was celebrated globally not only for his colossally popular Discworld novels but also his fight against the stigma of dementia, of which he had a rare form.
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Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Tim Parry from British charity Alzheimer's Research UK said that the late author had transformed attitudes towards the disease.
"Terry Pratchett has played a huge role in just bringing it to people's attention and beginning to change the language towards the idea that we actually may be able to fight these diseases," Read More...
A regular audience of six million watched the ribald antics of flatmates Linda (Kathy Burke) and Tom (James Dreyfus) at the end of the 1990s - but Gimme Gimme Gimme's writer Jonathan Harvey doubts the series could ever have been made in 2015.
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Asked in the new issue of Radio Times about whether the sitcom (which was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2001) will ever return, Harvey says: "I came up with an idea about four years ago for a new house-share sitcom that I knew was the best thing I'd written comedy-wise since Gimme Gimme Gimme. Read More...
There's no stripping this time round. Instead, the spin-off series seeks to show what has happened to everyone and how present day issues are impacting them all. As per the synopsis: "The comedy-drama will uncover what happened to the gang after they put their kit back on, exploring their brighter, sillier and more desperate moments.
It will also highlight how the fiercely funny world of these working-class heroes – still residing in Sheffield – has changed in the intervening decades. Read More...
