Shakespearean actor and Tony award winner Ian McDiarmid will be forever etched on the minds of cinema-goers as the evil Senator Palpatine aka Darth Sidious in the Star Wars franchise. He is now stepping into the shoes of the late Ian Richardson to play a school headmaster in the Radio 4 drama series The Pickerskill Reports. The series focuses on a different pupil or former pupil each week - with the young star of Nanny McPhee, Thomas Sangster, among the actors - and their relationship with the charismatic head. Speaking from the Edinburgh Festival where he was taking in some shows, McDiarmid chatted about his own school days, taking a break from acting and his career-defining role in Star...
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