Brian blessed

The booming actor wants a re-match with the current Time Lord after he accidentally knocked him out when filming a mini-series

I haven't done a "Connections" post for a while, and BBC4 has recently given me inspiration for this. I have just finished re-watching the BBC's wonderful 1976 series I, Claudius, based on the novels by Robert Graves - which are in turn based on the (ever so slightly biased) works of Suetonius and Tacitus. I am a bit of an armchair historian, and the Roman Empire has always been of particular interest to me - especially the Julio-Claudian dynasty, who were the Sopranos / Borgias / Lannisters…

Flash Gordon star and animal activist Brian, 81, lost his cool when guests at the 200-strong farmers’ do started shouting and swearing at him

Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats – and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind’s very personal plays

Adbul Arain (pictured) hopes to replace Prince Philip as Cambridge University chancellor and says he wants to stop the city becoming a 'clone' town.

Brian Blessed grew up in a Yorkshire mining village called Goldthorpe. Probert Avenue, which was lined with identical three bedroom houses with bushy front gardens and little back yards.

Prince Vultan: Flash Gordon

Brian Blessed and Elspet Gray in Blackadder. BBC Television. 1983.

King Richard (Brian Blessed)

I aspired to grow to become 'Blessed'.