British Independent Film Awards, Merlin UK, La Soiree, BBC Radio.

MAC Cosmetics has issued a press release regarding sponsorship of the British Independent Film Awards, which will take place on 5 December. Andrea Riseborough (nominee for Best Actress) and Ruth Wilson will have their make up for the event applied by MAC artists.

Hugh Bonneville, a patron of the medical aid agency Merlin, recently went to Liberia as part of the Times Christmas Appeal. He has written an article in the Times about his trip. 

Guests at the Christmas soiree at La Soiree included Hayley Atwell, Benedict Cumberbatch and Steven Berkoff.

Rosamund Pike interview from the LA Times in which she discusses Barney's Version and Made in Dagenham.

Andrea Riseborough and Hayley Atwell have been profiled in an article from Indie Wire, "On the Rise: 15 Actresses We Expect Great Things From".

BBC Radio

• Alex Jennings and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in the Afternoon Play The People's Princess {repeat}
• Roger Allam, Elliot Cowan and Elizabeth McGovern star in the Drama on 3 Gilead
• Simon Russell Beale reads De Profundis by Oscar Wilde {repeat}