Zoë plays Charlie Hungerford, the whip-smart mother-in-law of recently widowed detective Jim Bergerac, in this reimagining of the classic 80s drama set in Jersey. Season one is streaming on U; season two arrives on U and U&DRAMA on 16 April.

Zoë has joined the cast of this ITV crime drama as Zelda Radclyffe, the quirky aunt of Cambridge professor Jasper Tempest, who helps the police solve challenging murder cases. Season four aired on PBS in the US in 2025 and comes to the UK in 2026, while filming recently finished on season five.

Harlequinade 'is a love affair with the theatre of the past,' Zoë emphasises in new interview

30 October 2015 00:55

London newspaper the Evening Standard has interviewed Zoë about starring in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's productions of All On Her Own and Harlequinade at the West End's Garrick Theatre, praising her as 'a peerless tragedian and comedian'.

Discussing the intriguing, tension-filled monologue All On Her Own, Zoë emphasises that she'd 'never seen anything like it' before. The second part of the Terence Rattigan double bill, Harlequinade, also captured her attention. The comedy about a touring theatre company, she explains, 'is a love affair with the theatre of the past'.

Zoë shares fond memories of the period during which her father, Sam Wanamaker, performed in Stratford with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She recalls him rowing to work and describes herself as 'totally blown away' by the wonderful atmosphere backstage.

Zoë's enthusiasm for theatre clearly remains very strong. She remarks that the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe, which her father built on London's South Bank, is a 'magical space'.

Tickets are available for All On Her Own and Harlequinade, which are currently in previews and receiving hugely positive comments from theatregoers on Twitter (I'm endeavouring to retweet them). Performances are scheduled until 13 January.

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