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Mark Lawson

Mark Lawson is a Guardian writer and broadcaster

July 2024

  • A scene from Glitch

    Glitch review – dynamically delivered drama about the Post Office scandal

    Viewers may be well versed on the Horizon debacle, but this play offers a fresh perspective by focusing on one victim’s story

June 2024

  • Stephen Kunken (Don Pearlman) in Kyoto.

    Kyoto review – 1997 protocol on climate crisis fuels gripping theatre at the RSC

  • Before a fall … Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan in Douglas Is Cancelled.

    ‘And today’s news is … I’m cancelled’: Hugh Bonneville, Alex Kingston and Steven Moffat on their cancel comedy

May 2024

  • Emma Barnett on The Today Programme.

    Emma Barnett on the Today programme review – so chilled John Humphrys will choke on his cornflakes

    Cool, calm and confidently ribbing guests, Barnett will clearly bring a youthful energy to the BBC Radio 4 morning show – even if she did sound like she was on a royal visit to the studio rather than actually working there
  • Ta-da! Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown.

    The Crown to Happy Valley: who will win the TV Baftas … and who should?

    As the biggest night in TV approaches, can Ghost Diana really reign supreme? Will Hannah Waddingham beat Ant and Dec? And will one of the world’s greatest actors get his first gong after almost 40 years?
  • Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff

    ‘Gissa job!’ How Bernard Hill created one of TV’s most tragic and unforgettable characters

    Playing unhinged head-butting Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff made Hill a legend. But, from Titanic to The Lord of the Rings, his entire 50-year career was outstanding

April 2024

  • But can it buy happiness? … Brooke Vincent in a publicity image for The Syndicate.

    Money! Money! Money! How Kay Mellor’s The Syndicate hit the touring jackpot

    The TV show about supermarket workers who win £20m in the lottery has been turned into a touring stage show. Its director Gaynor Faye reveals how she’s channelling the late writer – her mother – for help

March 2024

  • Raffish charisma and hollow cruelty … Declan Conlon as Frank in Faith Healer at the Lyric Hammersmith.

    Faith Healer review – Brian Friel’s classic questions everything we believe

    Rachel O’Riordan’s powerful production explores political, medical and religious faith with a wholly convincing cast
  • David Tennant as Crowley in Good Omens.

    How is this David Tennant’s first ever nomination? The rights and wrongs of the TV Baftas shortlist

    From a long overdue nod for the Good Omens star to high praise for a Netflix show that deserves ‘bad content’ awards for its writing – here are the highs and lows of this year’s picks
  • Andrew Richardson (Astrov) and James Lance (Vanya) in Uncle Vanya at the Orange Tree theatre.

    Uncle Vanya review – Trevor Nunn triumphs with Chekhov’s tragicomedy

    This chamber staging, movingly played by an immaculate ensemble, fits perfectly with the drama’s hothouse of disappointment

February 2024

  • Soaring … Sha Dessi, centre, as Mairead in Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse.

    Cable Street review – dazzling musical portrait of a community against fascism

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – characters mash, worlds invert and flames burst from fingers

  • Steve Wright in the studio in 1980.

    So much more than a DJ, Steve Wright introduced Britain to a new style of talk radio

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  • Ready for a fall – or a drenching … Ian Lavender, second from right, in Dad’s Army.

    ‘Don’t tell him, Pike!’ How Ian Lavender gave Dad’s Army its most adored moment

January 2024

  • Seismic … Toby Jones and Julie Hesmondhalgh in Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

    From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

    Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

December 2023

  • David Tennant in Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

    Sound and fury, signifying something: what made Macbeth so popular in 2023?

  • Theo Wake, one of the three Olivers in Leeds Playhouse’s exemplary new production

    Oliver! review – tunes, glorious tunes and a thrillingly vivid production

November 2023

  • ‘Kept on track only by Flintoff’ … the host before his high-speed crash.

    Farewell, Top Gear! Without Freddie Flintoff, you were always doomed

    The former cricketer was the motoring show’s best presenter in nearly a decade – and possibly the only thing keeping it going. In his absence, the road had rapidly run out
  • A scene from Paul Watson’s The Family

    Paul Watson created reality TV with The Family. Then he got even more controversial

    The 1974 series caused uproar by presenting an ordinary family warts and all, while a portrait of a couple afflicted by Alzheimer’s almost ended the documentary-maker’s career

  • There goes the knighthood! How The Crown blew the palace doors off

    A deluge of royal dramas is now being unleashed on screen and stage – with scant regard for accuracy. Is this The Crown’s legacy? As the lavish hit returns, we look at how it finally destroyed deference
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