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Apple's superbly twisty thriller about a beautiful camboy blackmailing a divorced mum is like the new No Country for Old Men – with added Nick from New GirlI was drawn to this week's show for the worst reason. That name is pure critic bait, and I like my fruit low-hanging. Other famously pre-roasted works include the films The Happening and...
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Phil Dunning's proudly weird and queer sitcom is ridiculous in the best way. Some will find it completely baffling, but fans will class these antics as comedy goldThere are niche TV comedies, and then there's Smoggie Queens. The Middlesbrough-set, drag queen-adjacent comedy is based on creator and star Phil Dunning's life, and its first series was...
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Sexy dad swap, the anti-ageing cream so good everyone will think your husband should be in prison, and the long con to make King Charles look good … you can't say Saturday Night Live UK hasn't gone there! Here are the best skitsSaturday Night Live UK's maiden voyage is almost complete: this Saturday, Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will host the...
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How did Lordi sing in a giant condom? How many sex lives has Epic Sax Guy helped? And what will push Graham Norton to retire? As Eurovision hits 70, legends of the song contest spill the beansNot many 70-year-olds spend their nights with pop singers in sparkly catsuits. Or nightmarish monsters barking out heavy metal. Or 160,000 giddy Europeans...
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Amanda Seyfried is astonishing in a fascinating musical about the Shaker sect, plus Maggie Gyllenhaal's Frankenstein remix turns the stupendous Jessie Buckley into a girl power punkMona Fastvold's astonishing drama about the founder of the Shakers Christian sect in the 18th century defies simple classification – which may be why it was unjustly...
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Phil Dunning's cracking comedy is back with more hijinks. Plus: Fred Sirieix plays Cupid in a new series of First Dates. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, BBC ThreeMore endearingly lo-fi hijinks at Keith's World of Carpets as Phil Dunning's Middlesbrough-set LGBTQ+ comedy returns. The gang are throwing a coming-out party for Stewart but after...
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It's been 12 years since Claire time-travelled through a magic stone into the arms of hot Scot Jamie and left fans light-headed. As Outlander comes to a close, we look back at TV's steamiest journey – scandalous resurrections and allIt all started with a vase. "I'd never lived anywhere long enough to justify having such a simple thing,” said...
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Ahead of the 70th grand final on Saturday, it's time to test your knowledge of Europe's biggest pop spectacular. But can you sort your Loreen from your Vanilla Ninja?Good evening Europe – and good morning Australia! It's that time of year again, when most of mainland Europe plus a few other countries gather to decide which three-minute pop...
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This Netflix drama about a maverick cop crime-busting high-stakes heists might seem cliched at first – but it gets better and better by the minute. Hi Herc!Detective Isaiah Stiles (Matthew Law) is extremely committed to his job, but it brings him no satisfaction. The long hours he dedicates to crime-busting with the LAPD have alienated his...
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Channel 5's likeable version of Downton Abbey returns for a second season. Plus: a lost episode of Marecambe and Wise. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5This attempt to create a class-hopping version of Downton Abbey is generic but still very likable. As the second season begins, the working-class Hardacres are wondering how much...
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Delta Goodrem, rappers on scooters and a Lion spray-painted silver from head to toe … as Europe's pop circus returns amid protests and pyrotechnics, we pick the songs set to dominate this year's grand final. Bangaranga!Oh, Vienna. The buildup to Eurovision 2026 in Austria has been beset by controversy. Five nations – including Spain, the...
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David Tennant and Michael Sheen are still a dazzling demon and angel double act – but everything else about this controversial finale is smug, grating and staleThe omens for Good Omens have been bad from the start. A litany of abandoned dramatisations of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 fantasy novel finally came to an end when Prime's TV...
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Soapy, spicy and incredibly moreish, there's a new hockey romance in town and I love it. Move over, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie!Off Campus is, in all senses, a straight copy of Heated Rivalry. The latter was based on the wildly popular gay romance novel series by Rachel Reid. The former is an adaptation of the wildly popular heterosexual...
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In this punchy documentary, satirist Munya Chawawa steps into the ring to trash-talk Trump's obsession with apeing the world of WrestleMania. The result? A bodyslamTrump is the ultimate showman. He's a master of it, a billionaire Barnum, but with a greed so insatiable it moves him ever further from entertainment into malevolence. If the Democrats...
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Sam Battle is a retro audio tech obsessive. Our writer gets a tour of his museum just as he plays his prized exhibit: a 1,000-oscillators-strong Megadrone!'I didn't really plan to do Eurovision at all,” muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum, pushing a shock of ever-so-slightly mad scientist hair from his youthful face and coaxing drone...
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The last survivors of the blitz share their stories to mark 85 years since it ended. It is a hugely moving film that is all too relevant today – but what a privilege it is to witnessOver the decades since the second world war, the "blitz spirit” has been in danger of becoming a slightly trite article of national faith. Most recently invoked...
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The game already feels like a relic – so I suspect the TV gameshow will be very annoying indeed. But perhaps this is what newspapers need to stay afloatAnyone who has watched television knows that late-night talkshow hosts have a habit of pulling entertainment formats from the barest of inspirations. James Corden got Carpool Karaoke from the act...
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She sets bizarre challenges for comedians like Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders. Plus: what's the link between Trump and wrestling? Here's what to watch this evening9pm, U&DaveMel Giedroyc hosts this cheerful gameshow in which teams of comics are placed in themed rooms that, via physical and deductive tasks, they must race to escape. The contestants...
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National broadcaster RTÉ accused of antisemitism for decision to screen satirical 1996 Eurovision episode in boycott of contest It is considered one of the funniest episodes of a beloved sitcom, but the Father Ted storyline about Eurovision has been dragged into the row over Israel's participation in this week's song contest.Ireland's national...
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From Adolescence to Code of Silence, there was no end of curveball victories at this year's TV awards – plus a stunningly daring speech. May wonders never ceaseThe full list of winnersIn pictures: on the Bafta red carpetAlthough it remains a modern masterpiece in terms of intention, execution and impact, Adolescence has been ruinous for those of...
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A moving documentary marks 85 years since the end of the blitz. Plus, the finale of Steve Carell's hit comedy Rooster. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two"Don't worry … we've got big strong slates on our roof.” This is how one Liverpool dad tried to comfort his young son, who was worried at the prospect of an aerial attack. Marking...
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The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praiseRupert Campbell-Black is a bounder, a braggart, a scoundrel who won't play by the rules, by Jove. "The man is a loose cannon,” hisses show-jumping coach Malise Gordon (Rupert Everett), as Rupert (Alex Hassell)...
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The tale of 'black-cab rapist' John Worboys gives the spotlight to the survivors. It's a sensitive, compelling look at their fight for justice – which rightly pushes the perpetrator into the backgroundIn 1982, the film-maker Roger Graef made the first ever fly-on-the-wall documentary, in 12 parts, about the police. One of the episodes –...
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Was Adolescence unstoppable? Did Alan Carr pull off the best moment? Here are all this year's winners of the most coveted prizes in British TVBafta TV awards 2026: on the red carpet – in picturesA Thousand Blows (Disney+)Blue Lights (BBC One)Code of Silence (ITV1) WINNERThis City Is Ours (BBC One) Continue reading...
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Jack Thorne's headline-grabbing drama about toxic masculinity is the clear favourite. But might the odds be stacked against it? Here is our guide to the worthiest winnersThis year, the Bafta TV Awards feel relatively young at 71. After all, David Attenborough has just turned 100, and August marks the 90th anniversary of BBC television. But Sunday's...
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It's the Royal Albert Hall birthday party for Britain's most beloved broadcaster. Which big names will do the speeches? What will the orchestra play? And will it all be overshadowed by the great man's TV clips? Follow along hereWe move onto a chat show segment, with Young hanging out on an armchair next to an empty sofa. Who's on first? Nobody!...
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This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It's riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plottingMiami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of...
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Adolescence writer Jack Thorne's romantic new drama Falling is quite the gear shift. Its stars open up about what it's like to research a love so controversial that the church couldn't allow itThe scene is the convent garden of a closed order of nuns, the place is somewhere in the UK with a maelstrom of social problems – which, let's be real,...
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Comedian Munya Chawawa's documentary is a compelling dive into the world of wrestling and its many links with the 45th and 47th US presidentA small handful of psychological concepts transformed our understanding of the world, and each other. Firstly, Sigmund Freud's discovery of the unconscious. Alongside that, Carl Jung's hypothesis of the...
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100 Years on Planet Earth comes live and direct from London's Royal Albert Hall. Plus, the final season of Hacks is still a total hoot. Here's what to watch this evening8.30pm, BBC OneHappy 100th birthday to David Attenborough! A week of celebratory programming has led up to this special live extravaganza at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The BBC...
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He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary adventuresToday, David Attenborough turns 100. He is, without question, Britain's greatest national treasure; a man who has devoted his career to...
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This astounding true story, written by Neil Forsyth, asks the question: what if the A-Team was comprised entirely of disgruntled customs officers?Imagine The A-Team but instead of a band of wrongfully convicted US army commandos who become soldiers of fortune, it's a group of dissatisfied baggage searchers and VAT investigators who have taken their...
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Lucy Punch is brilliant as this comedy's delusional, narcississtic lead and Joanna Lumley is magnetic as her mum. It's not as delectably spiky as Motherland, but the comforting vibes are what make it worth watchingIf God really does love a trier, he'd absolutely adore Amandaland's Amanda Hughes. The former owner of west London boutique Hygge Tygge...
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The restaurant drama dropped a special episode yesterday, without any warning. And it shows brief flashes of the magic that once made it so brilliantA couple of years ago, a surprise episode of The Bear would have been one of the highlights of the year. The stressful, tightly compressed comedy-drama about a restaurant in Chicago hit television like...
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The funniest comedy on British TV is back. Its stars talk about scruffiness, mortifying encounters with the public and why they've loved each other for two decadesIn a north London TV studio, there's a sense of unpredictability in the air. A gaggle of singing teenagers are on set; there's a dog traipsing around; and – just down the hall in the...
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Sir David is joined by celebrity fans and cast members to give the much-loved sitcom a proper send-off. Plus: suspicion falls on a bride-to-be in Bergerac8pm, U&GoldThe shop doorbell tinkles as David Jason steps on to the set of Open All Hours a whopping 50 years after the sitcom first aired. Diane Morgan narrates this two-hour special that...
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Towie star Hall, 35, found unresponsive with head wounds reportedly caused by shards of glass at villa on Spanish islandThe Only Way Is Essex star Jake Hall has been found dead in Mallorca.The former reality TV show personality was found unresponsive with head wounds reportedly caused by shards of glass at a villa on the Spanish island. Continue...
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Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle had only just met when the crew snapped cuffs on their wrists – and made them do roly-polys. The stars of Sky drama Prisoner talk bravery, breast milk and Denzel WashingtonFew devices in film and television are as enduring as the "odd couple handcuffed together”. Think Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, Sidney Poitier and...
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A wild true-crime tale. Plus Jamie Oliver's ultimate barbecue and a gruelling trek with Bear Grylls and Matthew McConaughey. Here's what to watch this evening9.45pm, BBC TwoThis heart-racing, three-part documentary tells the wild story of a casino bomb and the man behind it. In 1980, a ticking timebomb using 1,000lb of dynamite was wheeled through...
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Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny are incapable of hitting a false note in this tale of a daytime TV presenter being stalked. It's full of twists and turns – even if it isn't wildly sophisticatedThe new Channel 5 (I know! Me too – but yes, it's still around) thriller Number One Fan stars two Coronation Street graduates from back in the days when...
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Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay star in the watchable four-parter, Number One Fan. Plus practice makes perfect in Virgin Island. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay star in a silly but oh-so-watchable thriller, which runs through the week. Lucy Logan (Halfpenny) is the nation's favourite daytime telly...
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