Dame Judi Dench to appear in a Countryfile Shakespeare special, celebrating the playwright's affinity with the British countryside.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, a former Vietnamese refugee, has won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. He told the BBC people have nothing to fear from refugees.

BBC Radio 1 is to strengthen its focus on homegrown talent, following a review of the station's distinctiveness.

Shirley Temple's 9.54-carat blue diamond ring fails to sell at a New York auction, where it had been expected to fetch $25-35m.

Missing children's author Helen Bailey's disappearance is "totally out of character", her friend says.

Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, completes giving her evidence in a defamation case filed by seven women accusing the comedian of sexual assault.

The Everyman Theatre in Liverpool is to get a new resident company of actors for the first time in 25 years.

Sir David Attenborough's early natural history films are to be be shown in colour for the first time to mark the broadcaster's 90th birthday.