The BBC Films boss looks forward to the Baftas and Peter Morgan's new film - and recalls the challenges of making In the Loop

Jonathan Miller: He prepares for the opening of Donizetti's Elixir of Love, muses on locked-in syndrome and curates a new photographic exhibition

John Lanchester: The journalist and novelist hails the launch of the iPad, but still believes the greatest invention ever was spectacles

John Kampfner: The campaign to change England's hideous libel laws is getting political and deliberately so

My week: Geoff Dyer At last the bestselling novelist discovers where he'd really like to live – in the flat he's just sold

Simon Singh: The noted science writer considers his forthcoming libel action and the campaign to reform England's libel laws

Richard Coles: The former Communard and now a vicar finds that his life is taken over by a dachshund

Victroria Derbyshire: The Five Live presenter finds herself caught up in a gun battle in east Berkshire

The outgoing ITV supremo reflects on the appointment of a new chairman, bemoans the 'brand void' on British television and looks forward to switching off his BlackBerry

Oona King: The MP-turned-diversity campaigner returns to Downing Street and receives an unexpected letter from Michael Portillo

Romola Garai: The star of Emma reflects on love, marriage and why her two-year-old nephew is obsessed with cranes

Luke Johnson: The outgoing Channel 4 chairman plans for his future and looks forward to Halloween trick or treats with his children

Armando Iannucci: The TV producer and presenter finds himself genuinely in the thick of it with Nick Griffin's arrival the BBC

Iain Dale: The leading political blogger on trying – and failing – to become a Tory candidate

Gavin Turk: The Young British Artist on his new show at Tate Modern and his upcoming work with fairy tales

Tony Parsons: The best selling novelist reflects on growing old and the aches, pains and humiliations inflicted by his boxing trainer

Michael Shields: The Liverpool fan recalls how it felt to be freed after four-and-a half-years in prison for a crime he did not commit