On the front line

11 MARCH

Having bid farewell to Vera’s old mac, Brenda Blethyn is embracing power-dressing as Emma Harte, the formidable tycoon at the heart of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novels

Holliday Grainger is back as Rachel Carey, who has a new mission. Promoted to Acting Commander of Counter Terrorism Command, Rachel’s job is to restore the public’s trust in surveillance technology. B

Call the Midwife writer Heidi Thomas on creating one of TV’s most enduring hits – and bidding farewell to Poplar... for now

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Following her cancer recovery, actor Alex Kingston found poise and purpose on Strictly Come Dancing . Now, with a new ITV political thriller on the way, she tells Alicia Lansom why she’s joyfully embracing everything that life has to offer