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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Stephen Arnell: How Bob Fosse’s legacy is being re-examined in the age of #MeToo by Stephen Arnell

With regular revivals of his stage musicals such as Chicago, Pippin and Sweet Charity, the work of groundbreaking theatremaker Bob Fosse has

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Stephen Arnell: TV is increasingly looking to the stage in the arms race for drama by Stephen Arnell

It may be premature to hail a renaissance of stage plays on television. But with the news that BBC2’s Performance Live strand

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Stephen Arnell: Commissioning Skinner and co as first-time playwrights is an own goal for the BBC by Stephen Arnell

BBC Arts’ decision to launch first-time playwright initiative, ‘Debut’, to create work for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, was something of a PR

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Stephen Arnell: Life after Ben Stephenson won’t be so bad for the BBC by Stephen Arnell

After a seven-year stint in charge of BBC Drama, Ben Stephenson departs later this year to join JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Stephen Arnell: Why is no one panicking about ITV’s ratings crash? by Stephen Arnell

ITV has been having a difficult 2015. With the odd exception, such as the currently on-form (but ageing) Britiain’s Got Talent and

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