Richard Wilson News

It's slightly alarming when Richard Wilson grins. The 73-year-old actor's baleful, bald head seems split in half by the sudden slash of teeth.

A major new exhibition celebrating 40 years of Scottish theatre opens this weekend.

AS well as playing Merlin's kindly mentor in the hit BBC series, Richard Wilson is fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing Malvolio, which means, writes James Rampton , he is far too happy to ever use that catchphrase THERE is a corner of France that is forever Britain.

THE fascinating childhood of a 97-year-old artist whose paintings were bought by LS Lowry and actor Richard Wilson is told in a new book.

The character of Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson, in the comedy series One Foot In The Grave embraced the spirit of grumpiness OK it might not be much fun to be around grumpy people, as the long-suffering wife of Victor Meldrew would no doubt agree.

Squaring the circle of Twelfth Night is no easy task. Modern audiences are aware that, like a number of Shakespearea TMs other plays, its resolution leaves a number of loose ends that suggest no little unpleasantness in a notional Act VI; yet almost all attempts to acknowledge this in the playa TMs staging create more awkwardness than they solve, ...

In an age when many TV shows seem to feature a chef waxing lyrical about the art of cooking, there's a good bet that without Keith Floyd, many of them would never have made it on to TV in the first place.

CELEBRATED Shakespeare actor Antony Sher and TV star Stephanie Street are among the famous names heading to The Crucible theatre's first season after its massive refurbishment.

The RSC come to London in December with Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night at the Duke of York's Theatre followed in February by Dunsinane by David Greig and The Gods Weep by Dennis Kelly at Hampstead Theatre.

TV comedy actor Richard Wilson has agreed to become an associate director of Sheffield Theatres and will direct a play at the Crucible next year.

TV comedy actor Richard Wilson has agreed to become an associate director of Sheffield Theatres and will direct a play at the Crucible next year.

The BBC's Merlin managed to conjure up some magic before it hit UK television screens last year.

Catch up on the most popular stories on the BBC Scotland news website. MONDAY 3 AUGUST Saving the gems of the Stone Age The BBC's Lorna Gordon visits Skara Brae in Orkney, one of the best preserved Stone Age villages in Europe, which is in a constant battle to save it from coastal erosion.

Cult TV series Tutti Frutti is being released on DVD on Monday, for the first time since it was made in 1987.

ONE Foot In The Grave star Richard Wilson is one of the new faces set to lead Sheffield Theatres into an exciting new future.

International supermodel Nadine Willis and her beau Christopher Wilson said their 'I dos' at Breezes Runaway Bay Resort and Golf View Hotel in St Ann yesterday.

ONE Foot in the Grave star Richard Wilson is to present a controversial documentary about DEATH.

Here is what 2 Entertain have coming to UK DVD in August... 3rd August 2009 Jam and Jerusalem Series 2 - 15.65 RRP - Written by Jennifer Saunders, this comedy series follows the continuing exploits of ex-practice nurse Sal Vine and the memorable - and not a little eccentric - members of the local Guild.

With a letter from his mother revealing his innate ability to practice magic, Merlin arrives in the city of Camelot to find Gaius , the Court Physician.

Funeral services for William O'Neal Richardson, 88, of West Columbia will be held 1p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home.