New tickets on sale for Rowan Atkinson, Lee Mack, Freida Pinto and many more stars at t…

Due to overwhelming demand, we are selling more tickets for all events at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival, where you can catch Rowan Atkinson on the reinvention of Maigret, Lee Mack and Barry Cryer debating comedy, and Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay premiering Guerrilla, to name but a few. Other highlights include a look back at the making of Sir David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II and a masterclass in How to Become a Social Media Star with food and fitness gurus Joe Wicks and the Hemsley Sisters, while the star-studded bill also features Dame Maggie Smith*, Aidan Turner, Jenna Coleman, Charlie Brooker, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Michael Palin, Julie Walters and Keeley Hawes .

Sherlock voted favourite ever BBC TV character

The iconic character of Sherlock, from the hit TV series of the same name, has been voted the most popular television character from the BBC by international audiences. Sold internationally to 240 territories by BBC Worldwide, the thrilling and contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle stories from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss has won numerous awards and become a global phenomenon.