Popular BBC drama Ballykissangel is to be axed at the end ... and plan to replace it with new shows starring former EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer and the Royle Family's Ricky Tomlinson.

Actress Dervla Kirwan, 29, leapt to fame in her role as Assumpta in Ballykissangel. Born in Dublin, the youngest of three sisters, she was brought up in an agricultural community and fed an ...