Rev Richard Coles: 'Intense grief is the tribute that you pay for the person you’ve lost'

The celebrity vicar, writer and broadcaster talks drama queens, location filming and murder.

The Rev Richard Coles (Matt Crockett/PA)

Showbiz divas are nothing new to writer, broadcaster and retired vicar The Rev Richard Coles, whose first Canon Clement book Murder Before Evensong is currently being adapted for TV.

“I have spent some time around divas. I’ve always been rather fascinated by them.