As It Happens

The BBC announces a second series of Poldark, based on the 18th Century-set novels of Winston Graham.

The UK government and the British Museum turn down an offer of mediation in their dispute with Greece over the Parthenon sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles.

Michael Sheen is set to play British climber George Mallory on the big screen.

Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Iggy Azalea dominate the long list of Billboard Music Award nominees, stretching across 40 categories.

Neil MacGregor announces he is to step down as director of the British Museum.

Blues guitarist BB King says he is "feeling much better" after being treated in hospital for dehydration.

The rapper settles a lawsuit brought by a paparazzo photographer with a handshake and an apology.

Death in Paradise star Ben Miller is to play a stressed Liberal Democrat campaigner in a "real-time" Channel 4 sitcom broadcast in the run-up to the Election 2015.

Dame Helen Mirren speaks to the BBC about her latest role, in which she plays a woman who battles to claim back a Nazi-stolen Klimt painting.

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is to appear as the guest host of Have I Got News for You later this month.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are among the nominees for this year's Bafta TV awards, with the latter cited for the fourth consecutive year.

The original manuscript of Don McLean's American Pie has sold for $1.2m (£806,000) at a New York auction.

A North Korean defector to the South says he has flown thousands of copies of controversial comedy The Interview over the border by balloon.

Censorship fears after Russian opera director sacked

Helen Mirren goes in search of Nazi-stolen Klimt

US actor James Best, who was best known for his role as bumbling sheriff Rosco P Coltrane on TV show Dukes of Hazzard, dies aged 88.

The latest instalment in the Fast and Furious franchise leaves the competition trailing at the UK and Ireland box office, making more than four times as much as its nearest rival.

The original manuscript of Don McLean's American Pie sells for $1.2m at a New York auction.

Sci-fi favourite Doctor Who will remain on TV for at least another five years, according to its executive producer Steven Moffat.

Police say there is "no need for further action" against Jeremy Clarkson in their Top Gear "fracas" inquiry.