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Richard Attenborough

July 2024

  • Storyville: Inheriting the Castle.

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    TV tonight: the maid who inherited a castle she is not allowed to sell

    A fascinating documentary details the conundrum Justina faces when she is bequeathed the property she has worked in all her life. Plus: lifesaving surgeons at work. Here’s what to watch this evening

August 2023

  • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern and Sam Neill in Jurassic Park (1993).

    Jurassic Park review – Steven Spielberg’s meaty dino-fest is as delicious as ever

    The classic movie’s unforgettable performances and CGI effects remain glorious 30 years after its original release

June 2023

  • Original Film Title: JURASSIC PARK. English Title: JURASSIC PARK. Film Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG. Year: 1993. Stars: RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH; JEFF GOLDBLUM; LAURA DERN; SAM NEILL. Credit: AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL / CLOSE, MURRAY / Album<br>P0GYK1 Original Film Title: JURASSIC PARK. English Title: JURASSIC PARK. Film Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG. Year: 1993. Stars: RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH; JEFF GOLDBLUM; LAURA DERN; SAM NEILL. Credit: AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL / CLOSE, MURRAY / Album

    Jurassic Park at 30: Spielberg’s sleek blockbuster remains a grave warning

    The director’s frightening and frenetic adventure is an ever-relevant example of hubris and the danger of greedy industrialism

April 2022

  • Derry Girls – one of Channel 4’s hits

    Lord Attenborough’s son says he would be ‘turning in his grave’ at Channel 4 sale

    Exclusive: Michael Attenborough says late chair was promised by new Ofcom chief Michael Grade he would oppose privatisation

June 2020

  • Sir Ben Kingsley as Gandhi, centre, with Roshan Seth as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Alyque Padamsee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

    The classic film I've never seen
    I've never seen … Gandhi

    Richard Attenborough’s epic, starring Ben Kingsley as a speechifying version of the Indian independence hero, takes some breathtaking liberties with history

December 2019

  • Richard Attenborough, John Briley and Ben Kingsley holding the Golden Globes they won for Gandhi. The film also won eight Oscars

    John Briley obituary

    Award-winning screenwriter who worked with Richard Attenborough on Gandhi and Cry Freedom

September 2016

  • A photograph of Pablo Picasso and a selection of ceramics owned by Lord and Lady Attenborough.

    Richard Attenborough's beloved Picasso ceramics to go on sale

    Late actor-director’s son Michael recalls how items were acquired over five decades during annual holidays to France

June 2016

  • Edna Tromans, Simon Brooker's mother

    Stanley Kubrick ruined my childhood: my mum, the Hollywood publicist

    Simon Booker recalls his unconventional upbringing with his mother who was a glamorous film publicist in the Mad Men era

January 2016

  • Sheila Sim with Sgt John Sweet and Dennis Price

    Sheila Sim obituary

    Actor who starred as Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap with her husband, Richard Attenborough

December 2015

  • Ben Kingsley as Gandhi

    How Anthony Hopkins could have played Gandhi had Richard Attenborough got his way

    Letters: Imagine what might have been the tempest unleashed had Attenborough got his way, years before Ben Kingsley was even a gleam in his eye, and snared Hopkins to play the title role of Gandhi

November 2015

  • Agatha Christie is presented with a mousetrap by Richard Attenborough (right) and John Mills in honour of her long-running play, 1958.

    From the Guardian archive
    The Mousetrap opens in London

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    Saeed Jaffrey: nine essential performances

March 2015

  • Sir David Attenborough arrives for a memorial service for his brother Sir Richard Attenborough, at Westminster Abbey.

    Sir Richard Attenborough service attracts stars of film, TV and theatre

    Sir David Attenborough leads tributes to brother who died last year, as Sir Ben Kingsley and Lord Puttnam also make readings at memorial

February 2015

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    Baftas pay tribute to Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall and more

  • Spot the difference … the Bafta best film contenders all also feature in the Oscars best picture list.

    Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most

September 2014

  • Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock, 1947.

    Letter: Richard Attenborough was one of nature's gentlemen

    Brian Baxter writes: Years ago I was commissioned by BBC radio to write, narrate and conduct the interviews for a two-hour programme about Graham Greene's screen credits

August 2014

  • Indian movie director Satyajit Ray (1921-92): Richard Attenborough was principal patron of the found

    Richard Attenborough and Satyajit Ray

  • Richard Attenborough watches Chelsea play Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in 2003. Photograph: Ph

    Memories of Richard Attenborough

  • Richard Attenborough on the set of Closing the Ring (2007), his final film as director, which starred Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine

    Richard Attenborough: tributes paid to 'the quintessence of kindness'

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Richard Attenborough remembered at 2014 Emmys – video

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