Tag: Television & radio
over 2 years ago
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School closures, grieving students and social media slang: Phil Redmond on his plans for Grange H...

At 72, the Brookside creator is returning to his first and greatest creation. He thinks it could teach the government...

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over 2 years ago
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Colin Farrell on making The North Water: ‘It’s a relief that no one died’

Farrell and Stephen Graham star in the gritty new thriller about an 1850s whaling ship. However, the drama wasn’t con...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘I couldn’t talk about her for years’: my godmother, Amy Winehouse

She cooked, watched Countdown and was mentored by the legendary singer. Now, 10 years after her death, Dionne Bromfie...

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about 4 years ago
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Comfort viewing: our favourite shows to rewatch in lockdown

From Tony Soprano’s ever-expanding waistline to Buffy’s student army, 10 writers tell us the TV they are most likely ...

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almost 5 years ago
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'This is very familiar': Chinese Game of Thrones fans say goodbye to beloved series

Show Quanli de Youxi so widely viewed that even president Xi Jinping is believed to have referred to it in meetings

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almost 6 years ago
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China's Twitter erases John Oliver after scathing Xi Jinping skit

Parody of Chinese president covered human rights abuses and memes comparing Xi’s figure with Winnie the Pooh

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over 6 years ago
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When good TV goes bad: how Red Dwarf’s star faded

With the departure of co-creator Rob Grant after series six, the show lurched into comedy-drama, navel-gazing and, ev...

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almost 7 years ago
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Bullying, cliques and fistfights: secrets from Eden, the reality show that nobody watched

Eden: Paradise Lost charts how Channel 4’s much-trumpeted social experiment descended into disturbing misogyny

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almost 7 years ago
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When good TV goes bad: how The West Wing went south

After three sublime seasons, writer Aaron Sorkin responded to 9/11 with an unusually clumsy standalone episode that k...

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almost 7 years ago
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When good TV goes bad: the straw that broke Downton Abbey's back

Matthew Crawley’s implausible recovery from paralysis reduced disability to a plot device and ignored the dramatic po...

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over 7 years ago
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The mud-slingers: the most shocking presidential attack ads ever aired

With big lies, bad trips, nuclear bombs and now Trump’s Dangerous, political smear campaigns are some of the most dev...

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over 7 years ago
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Stephen Graham: TV's most terrifying – and mesmerising – hardnut

He’s famous for playing dangerous sociopaths, from This is England’s Combo to Al Capone. But for his newest role, Ste...

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almost 8 years ago
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The Out-Laws: is this the blackest comedy ever?

Women are at the heart of this devilish Belgian drama, which is like Desperate Housewives … with many more attempted ...

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almost 8 years ago
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Kneedeep in mud and midges: my trip to Eden

Channel 4’s new reality show releases 23 young people into the wild - and challenges them to build a new society from...

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about 8 years ago
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Dog whistles, dishwasher tablets and narcotic fur: behind the scenes of sci-fi drama The Aliens

It shares weighty themes of prejudice with District 9, but the same production team that brought you Misfits and Not ...

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about 8 years ago
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John Oliver: 'David Cameron can't attack a hotdog'

As the British anchor of America’s funniest current-affairs series, the TV satirist is uniquely placed to educate eac...

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over 8 years ago
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Deutschland 83: ‘A lot of people were happy in East Germany’

The East Berlin protagonist of this new drama must resist the temptations of the West in a thrilling recreation of th...

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over 8 years ago
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London Spy recap: episode five – the end of lying

The spy thriller came to a somewhat daft and implausible ending, but there was still much to enjoy, mostly from the b...

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over 8 years ago
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London Spy recap: episode four – the truth is out

The secret of the cylinder is revealed, we meet Adrian Lester’s professor Marcus Shaw, and Scottie picks the wrong bl...

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over 8 years ago
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London Spy recap: episode three – 'I knew you’d make a lot of mistakes'

Poor Danny: pulled out of one truly horrible nightmare only to be thrust into another

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over 8 years ago
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London Spy recap: episode two – the secret lives of spies

We meet the couple claiming to be Alex’s family, a mysterious contact known as the American, and Charlotte Rampling j...

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over 8 years ago
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London Spy recap: episode one – Whitehall wonks, hidden trunks

Ben Whishaw, Edward Holcroft and Jim Broadbent make the most of their roles in the opening episode of BBC2’s intrigui...

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