Brenda Blethyn OBE, chats to Lara Kilner about life after Vera , her acting regret and why now, more than ever, the idea of retiring is far from her mind…

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I lived in Walsall when I was growing up and I still go back to see my dad, who’s in his 90s. It was a bustling place, there was a thriving market life. Every Saturday, me and my mates would walk thro

The Silent Witness star on her famous family and mischievous mutts

I was pretty shocked by my latest Emmerdale storyline. I knew that something was going to go badly wrong for Moira beforehand, but I wasn’t expecting that she was actually going to be framed for doubl

She’s been bringing the sunshine into our living rooms as Home And Away’s Marilyn Chambers since the late 1980s. And although she’s created one of soap’s most-loved characters, actress Emily Symons ra