When Gregory Doran asked Ian McKellen to play Falstaff for the Royal ... McKellen, an instinctive activist who came out in 1988 in protest against Section 28 and co-founded Stonewall a year ...

A group of leading actors have signed a petition over the BBC's plans to scrap drama on Radio 3. The 20-strong group of actors, which includes Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen and Bill Nighy, wrote ...