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Express.co.uk how he plans to spend Christmas with his two children and elderly mother, Elsie, 90.The actor had his two children: Albert, 11 and Esme, 9 with his ex-wife Mischka Eccleston.Express.co.uk caught up with Christopher earlier this month at the Women in Film and TV Awards, as we asked him about his Christmas plans.Planning on a quiet one, Christopher explained: "I am going to see my mum who was 90 this year, she's coming down to London."We will spend time together with my son Albert and my daughter Esme."Christopher has always been close with his mum, with the pair growing a tighter bond after the death of his father in 2012.With his marriage ending in 2016, Christopher suffered a mental breakdown with his mother helping him through it.His doctors told him that there was a severe imbalance in his brain chemistry and he was put on high doses of medication.Christopher even moved back in with his mother after getting out of the psychiatric ward, continuing his recovery while she cared for him.His first UK job from there was to continue his role as Maurice in The A Word, Bowker's BBC drama that centres around a young boy with autism.However, the series means more than that to actor Christopher who credits the show for getting him through his hard times.He told The Sunday Times previously: "I first became ill on The A Word."They saw it and they cared for me."Christopher also admitted that he wrote his book, I Love the Bones Of You for his children: Albert and Esme.He said to the Guardian: "I didn’t want Albert and Esme to ever feel there was anything they couldn’t talk to me about."Not in the way that I felt I couldn’t talk to anybody.

Ellise Shafer For “Doctor Who‘s” more than six-decade history, each lead has had their own uniform of sorts: Tom Baker’s scarves, Christopher Eccleston’s leather jacket and David Tennant’s tie-and-vest combo, for example. But with 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa taking the helm on May 10, the sci-fi series’ fashion is also getting a revamp — instead of having a signature look, Gatwa’s Doctor will consistently change outfits throughout the show.

After months of training tens of thousands of people will take to the streets of the nation's capital to take parts in the famous TCS London Marathon. Sunday's huge race, which is in its 44th year, will see a record 50,000 athletes - from elite runners to charity fundraisers - take on the iconic 26.2-mile route.

British actress Billie Piper shared a memory from her teenage years on The Jonathan Ross Show as she told the host she used to have a smoke with the Spice Girls when she was just 15.

The former Northern Quarter textile warehouse that is now a quirky pub and boutique hotel loved by Christopher Eccleston and Shaun Ryder

True Detective is coming back for a fifth season at HBO.

True Detective: Night County came to an end over the weekend (February 18) after a series of critically acclaimed episodes.The fourth season of the crime drama series, which stars Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Christopher Eccleston and Fiona Shaw, recently set a major new viewing record for HBO following its release on January 14.According to The Wrap, True Detective: Night Country gained 12.7million viewers, making it the show’s most watched season. This record is based on figures from Nielsen and Warner Bros.

J. Kim Murphy “True Detective: Night Country” finished off with a season-high viewership for its finale, drawing 3.2 million across HBO and Max. The Feb.

David Tennant found his way into the nation's hearts as Doctor Who. The Scottish actor has been on screens for more than 20 years.

True Detective: Night Country has set a major viewing record for HBO following its release on January 14.The fourth season of the crime drama series, which stars Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Christopher Eccleston, and Fiona Shaw, just released its penultimate episode, contributing to the new record it holds.According to The Wrap, True Detective: Night Country has gained 12.7million viewers, making it the show’s most watched season. This record is based on figures from Nielsen and Warner Bros.

Christopher Eccleston is opening up about an accusation that an A-List actress made against him while working together.

Selome Hailu Viewership of “True Detective: Night Country” saw a 28% increase with its newest installment on Sunday night. After the season premiered with 2 million viewers last week, Episode 2 reached 2.6 million viewers.

K.J. Yossman “Doctor Who” and “True Detective” star Christopher Eccleston has revealed he was once accused of “copping a feel” by an A-list actor with whom he was shooting a sex scene. Eccleston described the accusation as an “abuse of power.” “I did a sex scene with an A-list actress – not Nicole Kidman, who was brilliant – and she implied, in front of the crew, that I was copping a feel.

Billy Elliot, revealing he found its depiction of the working class “offensive”.The actor, who is well-known for appearing in Doctor Who and is currently starring in True Detective: Night Country, said he was offered the role of the father in the 2000 film, which tells the story of a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet.Speaking to The Independent, Eccleston said he didn’t like the portrayal of Billy’s parents as being against his artistic ambitions, revealing his own parents – a forklift driver and a cleaner – were very supportive of his own aspirations.“[I’m] tired of seeing working-class parents portrayed as being vehemently against their kids going into the arts,” he said. “What was that fucking ballet film everyone went mad for?”“I was offered a meeting to play the father,” Eccleston went on to recall.

Michaela Zee “True Detective: Night Country” brought in over 2 million viewers Sunday night when it dropped its first episode on HBO and Max. The Season 4 premiere of HBO’s crime series “True Detective” showed strong performance, “despite airing alongside a close NFL Wild Card game,” according to Warner Bros. Discovery.

True Detective made a strong return to HBO on Sunday night.

Jodie Foster is stepping out for the premiere of her new show!

Harrelson and McConaughey on Season 1, Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams on Season 2 and Stephen Dorff and Mahershala Ali on Season 3. “True Detective: Night Country” follows Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster, 61) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) as they investigate the unexplained sudden disappearance of eight men who were conducting mysterious scientific studies in a remote research center in the town of Ennis, Alaska. They vanished seemingly in the middle of their daily activities, leaving TVs and lights on.

True Detective. The new season is subtitled ‘Night Country’ and is heading to HBO Max in the US in the new year.

The trailer for True Detective: Night Country has finally arrived!

It’s been four years since “True Detective” aired on HBO, but the series returns for a fourth season, subtitled ‘Night Country’ on January 14, 2024. Creator Nic Pizzolatto couldn’t come to terms with HBO on the direction for a fourth season after season three and then parted ways with the cable channel.

Oliver Twist spin-off series.Eccleston, known for playing the titular role in Russell T. Davies’ 2005 reboot of the classic series, Doctor Who, also played the pickpocketing gang leader in Dodger, a children’s series made for CBBC.The actor, aged 59, has faced criticism for the role due to the character’s repeated description as ‘the Jew’ in the original Charles Dickens text.In an interview with The Guardian, Eccleston shared that when the casting was announced, debate started over whether it was right for a non-Jewish actor like him to play the role.He shared in the interview that in his experience, at least one Jewish actor “noted they didn’t object to non-Jewish people playing Jewish roles, [they would] just like it to be spoken about.“Which I completely agree with.