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Anthony Hayward (born Caversham, Berkshire, on 26 October 1959) is a journalist and the author of more than 20 books, including four biographies.

Now a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, he is a former editor of the Deben Journal, the trade magazine Radio and the consumer magazine New Video Viewer. He was a subeditor on national newspapers before joining the staff on the features desk of TV Times (1985–89), then turning freelance and specialising in w…

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Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home

Deceit, subterfuge, outrage - and that was even before Ken Loach's explosive 1966 TV drama hit the screen. An…

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Claire King: Sport of kings - top actor's horse play

Claire King: Sport of kings - top actor's horse play

Former Emmerdale and Bad Girls star Claire King talks about her lifelong love of horses - the highs and the l…

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Hannah Hauxwell: Yorkshire hill farmer who became a TV star with the documentary Too Long a Winter

Hannah Hauxwell: Yorkshire hill farmer who became a TV star with the documentary Too Long a Winter

Hannah Hauxwell, who has died aged 91, was living a harsh existence as a hill farmer in the Yorkshire Dales, …

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Tony Garnett: Producer of film & TV drama... collaborations with Ken Loach...Cathy Come Home and Kes

Tony Garnett: Producer of film & TV drama... collaborations with Ken Loach...Cathy Come Home and Kes

Tony Garnett, who has died aged 83, was a hugely influential creator of British film and television drama, fr…

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Exclusive: Paula Yates

Exclusive: Paula Yates

EXCLUSIVE: THE FEUD THAT HAUNTS PAULA FROM THE GRAVE Jess Yates's mistress speaks out Anthony Hayward track…

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Kay Mellor: Trailblazing screenwriter hailed for The Syndicate, Band of Gold and Fat Friends

Kay Mellor: Trailblazing screenwriter hailed for The Syndicate, Band of Gold and Fat Friends

Kay Mellor, who has died aged 71, was one of British TV's leading dramatists, with series that reflected the …

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Hayden Panettiere obituary

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By Anthony Hayward Verified
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The actor Hayden Panettiere, who has died suddenly aged 36, won worldwide fame at the age of 17 as the Texas high-school cheerleader Claire Bennet, one of the ordinary people with superhuman powers in the comic-book-style TV series Heroes. Her character has the gift of rapid cellular regeneration – being able to heal in seconds from injuries such as wounds, broken bones and burns. “Think Wolverine from the X-Men – minus the claw,” wrote one critic.
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Cheryl Hall obituary

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Cheryl Hall, who has died aged 76, was an actor best known for her roles in 1970s sitcoms. As Shirley Johnson in Citizen Smith, she was the girlfriend of Wolfie, the would-be revolutionary leading the Tooting Popular Front with the battle cry “power to the people”.
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Bill Oddie obituary

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Bill Oddie, who has died aged 85, was a multi-talented performer who found his greatest comedy success on television with his fellow Cambridge University Footlights members Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden in The Goodies , a sketch show that combined the anarchic elements of Monty Python's Flying Circus with “silly” sight gags. Oddie's self-taught musical skills steered the trio into the charts with his compositions – pastiche rock'n'roll songs such as The Funky Gibbon and Nappy Love .
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