11 MARCH

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

There are down sides to being the hottest actress on TV

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

The Traitors’ “Lady Muck” would love to be Doctor Who

The Vera star on her glam new role… Spanning six decades, A Woman of Substance, adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, charts the rise of Emma Harte from impoverished maid to the worl