“In television I was first cast as a cavalry officer because of my name,” he told me when I interviewed him in 2015. He brought an air of entitlement to the PM in Johnny English, the Foreign Minister ...
Poignant and understated, The Jewel in the Crown's account of the decline of the British Raj is one of the high-water marks of 1980s British TV, writes Alexandra Coghlan ...
Foreign Secretary: I don't think I need to tell you how upset the PM is. M: With respect, the PM does have my direct line. Foreign Secretary: And he'd have used it if he wanted to speak to you. I'm ...