Preview: In the company of a secret star

The flight from Ilford

Schooling in Oxford accents

Clown of town and gown

New Revue and Old Vic

West End calling, screen testing

Surprises with Olivier at the National

Romance with the new Lunts

The prime of Miss Maggie Smith

Prickly pain in Private lives

Canada home and dry

Salvation in Stratford, Stoppard and Virginia Woolf

Best of British pork and Palin

Millamant, Poliakoff and Poppy Cocteau

A toast to the Bard with Levin and Lettice

Alone without God

Tales of ageing, innocence and experience

Secrets and lies in Yorkshire and Italy

Onstage with Albee, Bennett and Hare

TV specials for the lady from Dubuque

Goodbye Hollywood, hello British comedy

Harry Potter and Downton Abbey

Late flowering of marigolds around the van

Overview: In old glory and new celebrity.