Waterloo Road, the setting for BBC One’s school based drama, opens for a new 20 episode term later this week following the devastating fire which gutted half the school at the end of the last series.

Suranne Jones discusses her latest role as Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison on license after serving 15 years for the murder of two policemen, in ITV’s major three-part drama, Unforgiven.

JJ Abrams, director, executive producer and co-creator of Lost, Alias and Mission: Impossible III, unveiled 25 minutes of explosive and never-before-seen footage from his upcoming movie Star Trek last week in London for a select audience. We were lucky enough to sit down with the director afterwards and talk about his Trek vision, which he describes as more of a “re-invigoration” than a re-boot.

Just over a month from now Star Trek fans were meant to be rounding off their Christmas with a helping of JJ Abrams's take on the original series, but with the film now set for a May 2009 release we're going to have to make do with this new trailer.

Starring Tom Cruise, Valkyrie is based on an incredible true story from the horrors of World War II. In a country in the grips of evil a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action and assassinate Hitler.