Timothy Spall

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The Pale Blue Eye review – baffled, beardy Christian Bale in gruesome murder yarn
Set in 1830, a mildly ridiculous plot sends a haunted Bale to investigate the gothic killing of a military cadet

Peter Bradshaw

22, Dec, 2022 @5:00 PM

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Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’
The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

As told to Rich Pelley

08, Sep, 2022 @2:00 PM

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It Snows in Benidorm review – Timothy Spall is the bright spot in overcast drama
Spall plays an amateur meteorologist searching for his missing brother on the Costa Blanca in Isabel Croixet’s glacial mood piece

Wendy Ide

04, Sep, 2022 @11:00 AM

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It Snows in Benidorm review – Timothy Spall soldiers on through sunshine
Story of weary office drone dragged from Manchester to the Costa Blanca after his brother goes missing aims for life-affirming, gets patience-trying

Mike McCahill

31, Aug, 2022 @8:00 AM

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Post your questions for Timothy Spall
Ahead of the release of thriller It Snows in Benidorm, the actor is taking your questions on his life, career and bizarre way of making tea

Rich Pelley

25, Aug, 2022 @2:41 PM

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Martin McKeand obituary
Producer of the 1980s TV comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and the controversial drama-documentary Death of a Princess

Anthony Hayward

16, Feb, 2022 @1:07 PM

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The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica review – Tim Spall as oddball architect
Spall plays an eccentric architect hired to design a tomb for the the eponymous aristocrat, in writer-director Daniel Graham’s homage to Peter Greenaway

Mike McCahill

17, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM

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Spencer review – Princess Diana’s disastrous marriage makes a magnificent farce
Kristen Stewart’s entirely compelling Di has no escape from the dress-up game of monarchy in Pablo Larraín’s unreverential movie

Xan Brooks

03, Sep, 2021 @2:15 PM

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Timothy Spall’s teenage obsessions: ‘For my art A-level I nailed up apples covered in pubic hair’
The actor on studying with the Sex Pistols, being in a Bowie tribute act, the appeal of Roxy Music, the help of teachers and the power of surrealism

As told to Rich Pelley

02, Sep, 2021 @1:17 PM

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The Last Bus review – going nowhere fast with Timothy Spall
Spall plays a widower taking his wife’s ashes the length of Britain by bus in this lumbering drama

Simran Hans

29, Aug, 2021 @11:30 AM

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Spencer: first trailer shows Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
The film, set to premiere at the Venice film festival, takes a look at a weekend in the life of Diana from Jackie director Pablo Larraín

Benjamin Lee

26, Aug, 2021 @4:56 PM

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The Last Bus review – a cliche-packed vehicle for Timothy Spall
A widower takes a nostalgic journey from John o’Groats to Land’s End using his free bus pass in a well-acted but overly sentimental film

Peter Bradshaw

26, Aug, 2021 @10:00 AM

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