When Adeel Akhtar began his career in the early 2000s ... He’s cosy in a soft black hoodie and fuzzy beard, as he tells me how he used to wish he looked different. Mainly, a little less sleepy.

When Adeel Akhtar began his career in the early 2000s ... He’s cosy in a soft black hoodie and fuzzy beard, as he tells me how he used to wish he looked different. Mainly, a little less sleepy. “I ...

Adeel Akhtar plays defence lawyer Sam Malik in the second season of the hit BBC drama, Showtrial, which returns on Sunday night. Featuring an all-new cast, the series sees a high-profile climate ...

In his twenties, Akhtar was “unemployed for years”; at 30, to reduce living costs, he set up home in a van. “It’s hard to know whether it was simply the difficulty of being an actor,” he ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A second series of Showtrial will be airing on the BBC soon, with Adeel Akhtar and Michael Socha leading the cast. Created and written by ...