Comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry is appointed chancellor of Birmingham City University.

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered suing BBC Radio 4's Today programme for libel, previously secret papers reveal.

Alan Bleasdale's rarely-seen first television work, Early To Bed, is released by the BBC in a collection celebrating his screenwriting.

Veep actor Peter MacNicol has his Emmy nomination withdrawn as the Television Academy rules his performance ineligible.

A live action Pokemon movie is to begin production in 2017, Legendary Entertainment has confirmed.

The Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups series records more than two million copies of sale since its release last October, as nine more titles are announced.

Actress Kirsten Dunst is to direct a new film of Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar starring Dakota Fanning, according to reports.

Comedians, writers, and politicians are to stage a non-stop reading of the Chilcot Report in its 2.6 million word entirety as part of an Edinburgh show.