Next UK government must not treat arts as ‘bloodsucker’, says Timothy Spall
‘It’s great!’ Rafe Spall on having a baby with his co-star in Trying, the infertility sitcom
March 2024
The Crown leads in 2024 Bafta TV nominations
The final series of Peter Morgan’s royal drama earns eight awards nominations, followed by Black Mirror on seven
February 2024
Wicked Little Letters review – a depressing, obvious, clunky waste of a stellar cast
Any wider comment on the strange, sad nature of the scandal this film is based on is sidestepped in favour of broad laughs and superficiality
December 2023
2023 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 9 – The Sixth Commandment
This flawless drama sees Timothy Spall put in the best performance of his career. It is a masterclass in respectful true-crime TV that rewrites the rules of the entire genre
September 2023
Bolan’s Shoes review – Timothy Spall and Leanne Best add class to trauma drama
First look review
Wicked Little Letters review – foul-mouthed farce wastes Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley
July 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Bear; The Sixth Commandment; Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?; University Challenge – review
TV review
The Sixth Commandment review – as immaculate a piece of TV as you will ever see
December 2022
The Pale Blue Eye review – baffled, beardy Christian Bale in gruesome murder yarn
Set in 1830, a mildly ridiculous plot sends a haunted Bale to investigate the gothic killing of a military cadet
September 2022
The reader interview
Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’
It Snows in Benidorm review – Timothy Spall is the bright spot in overcast drama
August 2022
It Snows in Benidorm review – Timothy Spall soldiers on through sunshine
The reader interview
Post your questions for Timothy Spall
February 2022
Martin McKeand obituary
Producer of the 1980s TV comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and the controversial drama-documentary Death of a Princess
September 2021
The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica review – Tim Spall as oddball architect
Spall plays an eccentric architect hired to design a tomb for the the eponymous aristocrat, in writer-director Daniel Graham’s homage to Peter Greenaway
Spencer review – Princess Diana’s disastrous marriage makes a magnificent farce
Kristen Stewart’s entirely compelling Di has no escape from the dress-up game of monarchy in Pablo Larraín’s unreverential movie
Teenage kicks
Timothy Spall’s teenage obsessions: ‘For my art A-level I nailed up apples covered in pubic hair’
The actor on studying with the Sex Pistols, being in a Bowie tribute act, the appeal of Roxy Music, the help of teachers and the power of surrealism
August 2021
The Last Bus review – going nowhere fast with Timothy Spall
Spencer: first trailer shows Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
