In an episode airing this coming season, Bart will encounter Diggs (Radcliffe), a strange older boy with a passion for falconry, among other things. “Diggs is a combination of Holden Caulfield, Finny from A Separate Peace and the kids in Lord of the Flies — only a little more screwed up,” executive producer Al Jean tells EW.

Why did the producers bring him back? “I had the pleasure of meeting him after one of his performances in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and he is one of the people who actually listens to Simpsons DVD commentaries,” quips Jean. “Also, he was terrific.”

Today:

Bartley Bear has plans to celebrate Demelza's 15th birthday with some special friends.

Daniel Radcliffe popped in to chat about his latest play, The Cripple of Inishmaan , but we couldn't let him leave without facing the world famous Capital Breakfast show interrogation!

Susan: Hey, Daniel!

Dan: Hey, Susan!

Susan: So, you’re headed back to the West End, rehearsing The Cripple of Inishmaan, preparing for a 12-week limited engagement as part of The Grandage Season. Here’s the question on everybody’s mind: Are you still sorting your own laundry these days?

Dan: [laughing] Yes, that is what the world wants to know!

I’m finding it difficult to imagine a Frankenstein movie with Daniel Radcliffe as Igor, what kind of tone does Frankenstein have?
Yeah, good. That’s a good thing. It’s not a comedy. My version to Frankenstein is a tribute to a few different things, the themes are about friendship and the idea that by working together and combining our resources and personalities we end up doing a form of soft science where we can create things we would never have been able to do on our own. But when you do this chemistry, this chemistry between people, you end up with a lot of volatile reactions that can spin you out and send you in different directions, to forgive a hackneyed term, it can start fires between people, and a lot of fires get started in this script.

It’s also about science and the idea that science is good and genius is good and important and we shouldn’t hide from the future, which is a new message for Frankentstein, because generally Frankenstein is a much more “don’t tamper in the realm of God”. This has almost the opposite message. It’s all about human achievement. It’s tremendously action-packed. It’s very dialogue-heavy. I think it has some of the best dialogue I’ve ever written. It’s very hearfelt. I would compare it most directly to the movie The Social Network, in terms of tone, in terms of look, if you added action and romance to The Social Network. Also, before you shun Radcliffe as Igor, what you don’t know Igor’s role in this script and Igor might not be who you think he is.

I wish I had Dan Radcliffe's eyelashes.
— Matt Edmondson (@MattEdmondson) 9 juni 2013

Daniel Radcliffe plays the title role in the first major London revival since 1996. Martin McDonagh's comic masterpiece examines an ordinary coming of age in extraordinary circumstances, confirming his position as one of the most original Irish voices to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century.

"For the past decade, we have known and loved him as a boy wizard, but in the last few years we've come to realise just how talented he is"

"Thank you very much, I did feel for Ronnie Corbett earlier. Thank you GLAMOUR, this is very, very surreal. And thank you to GLAMOUR to being very, very supportive of my career… I'd also like to say thank you as Kanye West was a previous recipient of this award, so I now have something in common with Kanye West, which I would never have predicted."