Zany caper follows Jo Hartley as a big-veg enthusiast defending her patch from elaborate ill-doings

Our series exploring the stage origins of hit comedies continues with the cult hospital horror show that scared up audiences to become a fringe sensation

From laughter punches to legendary artists, rock and romance to drama and dance… our writers on culture to light up the months ahead

With her new film Eternal Beauty opening soon, the star of Sightseers, Prevenge and Garth Marenghi remembers the gothic thrill of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, bearded men in Excalibur and the otherworldly Kate Bush

The actor, writer and Prevenge director gorges on the film equivalent of chicken soup – Grease – but also finds comfort in darker places

The veteran actor shines as an ageing word wizard searching for his estranged son in Carl Hunter’s kind-hearted debut

In the British drama The Escape, Gemma Arterton stars as a mother who walks out on her family, unable to cope. It’s one of several new films about parenthood with which many women will empathise

British neo-folk art has seen a renaissance in recent years, and now TV and radio are getting in on the act with psychedelic takes on Albion’s folklore

Two young actors share a London flat, then one of them gets a gig. What ensues is a smart tale of quarterlife crisis and white, middle-class privilege