John Blow

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | John Blow

Here are some of the TV highlights coming up in the next week from Saturday, May 24, including programmes on Ellie Simmonds, Jane Austen, Walking with Dinosaurs and the Power of Parker. The Last Anniversary (Saturday 24/05/2025, BBC One, 9pm & 9.50pm)Words by Richard JonesYou may not instantly recognise her name, unless you’re an avid reader of domestic thriller novels. But if you appreciate good TV dramas, there’s a fair chance that you’ll have seen a show with Liane Moriarty’s name attached it.

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | John Blow

Growing up in Yorkshire, actor George Rainsford couldn’t have failed to notice the power of storytelling. As a boy he lived in Holmfirth – bang in Last of the Summer Wine territory – and also caught the performing bug at school in the region. After years on television, he has recently returned to his roots in theatre, appearing as DSI Roy Grace in the latest stage adaptation of Peter James’s books, Picture You Dead, a whodunnit which is appearing in Sheffield and Bradford over the coming weeks.

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | John Blow

Independent book shops have a special place in hearts of many committed readers and come to be a trusted source of recommendations. These enthusiasts should keep an eye out for the Indie Book Awards – as it’s the only such event in which authors and illustrators are voted for and judged by such establishments.

3 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | John Blow

An unknowing visitor to National Portrait Gallery, so abundantly stocked with canvases showing the great and the good, could easily wander by without taking much notice of the only surviving group portrait of three famous sisters, Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë. Television presenter Anita Rani, born and raised in Bradford near to the former Brontë home in Haworth, is very familiar with the image painted by their troubled brother Branwell.

3 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | John Blow

Elly Fiorentini has had the fortune, during her 40 years working for the BBC, to have met, interviewed or even just caught a brief, real life glimpse of people known across the whole world. But as a York native who still lives and works in the city, it is the local figures with whom she has built the closest connections.