Hugh Bonneville

IN THE late 1960s and early 1970s, a wave of permissiveness irrevocably altered the cultural landscape. In Britain, a clash of ideologies was symbolised by two titanic personalities: conservative morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse and her nemesis, the BBC's director-general, Sir... ... Full Article

PUT Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters and Alun Armstrong in a room together and it's hard to go wrong. Add the life story of one of Britain's most controversial morals campaigners - produced with classic BBC flair - and you have... ... Full Article

New BBC One drama Hunter made a reasonable start in the ratings last night, according to early figures. The two-part crime drama, a follow-up to the 2007 series Five Days starring Hugh Bonneville, averaged 5.4m (20.8%) in the 9pm hour. ... Full Article

A drama involving terrorism and kidnap is coming to BBC One in January. Hunter is a two-part police thriller starring Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer as detective team Barclay and Foster, who first appeared on our screens in the series... ... Full Article

In England, she came to personify resistance to loosening boundaries of taste on the airwaves and an ardent defender of morals and decency. Mary Whitehouse took on the BBC for its free use of the word "bloody" in its programs... ... Full Article

With a mildly rude song giving its ironic all on the soundtrack, a comfortable-looking middle-aged lady rides a bike with a basket along a provincial English street, looking like a benign version of Miss Gulch from The Wizard of Oz. ... Full Article