3 articles from 2008
23 July 2008 1:18 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
A cast of respected British actors will play Margaret Thatcher's allies and deserters in an upcoming BBC Two drama charting her political downfall. Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars) has been cast as her loyal husband Denis, James Fox (A Passage To India) as foreign policy advisor Charles Powell and Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great and Small) as Willie Whitelaw. Others appearing include Philip Jackson (Poirot) as chief press secretary Bernard Ingham, Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean) as Ken Clarke and Oliver Cotton (The Commander) as Michael Heseltine. (more)
By Dave West
7 May 2008 2:27 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
A star-studded cast has been announced for Andrew Davies’s upcoming adaptation of the Dickens novel Little Dorrit.
Newcomer Claire Foy (Being Human) will play the title role of Amy Dorrit in the BBC Drama Productions series, with Tom Courtenay as her father.
Vicar of Dibley star James Fleet and Hotel Babylon's Emma Pierson will be Amy's jovial uncle and flighty elder sister respectively.
The supporting cast includes Amanda Redman, Andy Serkis, Robert Hardy and Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones, while Mackenzie . . .
Beth Hilton
16 March 2008 7:33 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Harry Potter star Robert Hardy delighted young fans in Portsmouth, England - after agreeing to appear in a local school play.
The 82-year-old actor, who plays Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the boy wizard's big-screen adventures, signed up for the role of God in a production of opera Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood).
Hardy was asked to appear in the play at Portsmouth Grammar School by headmaster James Priory last year, and was delighted to accept the offer.
He says, "I was first approached about the play last year and I jumped at the chance to come and work with the children."
3 articles from 2008