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The chef spies on failing eateries then visits them at night to unearth their secrets – with results that are quite often nauseating … and yet surprisingly emotionalIt's 1.07am in Washington DC, and Gordon Ramsay is in a baseball cap, driving. His destination: Parthenon, once a thriving neighbourhood joint where White House power-brokers ate...
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What a relief that this is the end for Sam Levison's grim drama. A show which was once blackly funny is now humourless torture pornTo say that season three of Euphoria is long-awaited would be something of an understatement. HBO's high school drama debuted in 2019, when it garnered a fanfare of attention with its heady mix of grinding trauma,...
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How to Fail's Elizabeth Day and historian Dan Jones dissect the mistakes of Richard VIII and Anne Boleyn. Plus, Kylie Jenner lets her guard down to Kid CudiHow to Fail's Elizabeth Day teams up with historian Dan Jones for this new series about screw-ups from times gone by. Fast forward through the university reunion (they were at Cambridge...
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The chef uses surveillance to find out which restaurants desperately need his help. Plus: the search for the truth in The Copenhagen Test. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 4In a series first shown in the US last year, chef Ramsay is back with his brand of brutal home truths on how to save struggling restaurants. This time, he is using...
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As ordinary people express their feelings for loved ones by singing in public, not even Alison Hammond can make sense of it all. It begs the question: what exactly is this cack? It's a rainy afternoon in Liverpool and Alison Hammond is describing her latest TV series while standing outside a branch of NatWest. "We're inviting extraordinary people...
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The two comedians tour the world in search of overpriced attractions, dodgy food – and trips you really wouldn't want to go onThe last thing the world needs is another celebrity travelogue. You have to assume that the genre that gave us Coastal Railways with Julie Walters and Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip is commissioned by drawing names and...
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Fanning is a young single mother who makes adult content in this hilarious series. It is smart, sexy and bold – and Pfeiffer is unmissable as her ex-Hooters-waitress motherI promise, it's the title that drew me in. Margo's Got Money Troubles is a new Apple TV show (out Wednesday), starring Elle Fanning as a single mum who becomes an OnlyFans...
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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are TV's funniest and nastiest odd-couple in this Emmy-winning smash hit. But co-creator and star Paul W Downs discusses why things are a lot sunnier and sillier for the pair in its final seriesIt hit the Vegas Strip running. Since it crashed on to our screens in 2021, Hacks has been a critical darling. This tale of...
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Will artificial intelligence save us or destroy us? According to a growing band of thriller scriptwriters, we should be very afraid indeedMaybe the "H” in Line Of Duty will turn out to stand for "hard drive”? After all, AI has become TV's go-to villain, as proven once again in last week's penultimate episode of BBC stablemate The Capture....
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This revival does the impossible: it's effortlessly funny and refreshing, and Bryan Cranston's performance is unmissable. They have to make moreAt this point, Bryan Cranston is firmly entrenched as one of the world's finest actors. He has seven Emmys, two Tonys and a Golden Globe to his name. History, quite rightly, will remember him as one of the...
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Lower those expectations, Succession fans. The star plays a scientist who shrinks his wife (Elizabeth Banks) to 6in tall, in a screwball sitcom that should have been so much better I wonder what it's like to be the go-to actor whenever anyone needs a morally questionable, sappy-looking, fundamentally weak character to play the whipped dog to...
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Elle Fanning stars as a student and single mom who turns to OnlyFans to raise cash, plus a tense, clever new season of Beef pitches two sets of couples against one anotherMargo's English tutor thinks she's Harvard material. If only he wasn't using this assessment to flatter her into bed. When, with grim predictability, he leaves her literally...
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The foreign affairs series delves into Africa's burgeoning entertainment industry. Plus: a new generation of big cats. Here's what to watch this evening7.30pm, Channel 4There's a reason why this Friday evening buzzkill of a documentary strand is approaching its 50th season: it does a brilliant job of finding essential, often bleak stories from...
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Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling make an unlikely couple in Harry Lighton's gay biker drama. Plus: an amiable thief finds romance while hiding out in a toy storeLove stories come in all shapes and sizes. Harry Lighton sets his provocative, witty debut film in the world of BDSM. Harry Melling stars as introverted traffic warden – and...
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Crime gangs, astonishing visual effects, the first acting role of rapper Loyle Carner … BBC drama Mint takes the plot of Romeo & Juliet and creates something uniqueMint, the new drama from Charlotte Regan, is so simple in concept it's almost hard to make sense of. It's a story of impossible love, between two people whose families are bitter...
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He plays a pastor on the run from a gang in this dysfunctional family sitcom. The cast is ace, with Taylor Ortega as the hilarious sister – and it has a blindsiding twist There are, broadly speaking, two types of television shows: the ones that make stars and the ones made by stars. The former includes the ensemble productions that turn unknowns...
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A group of neurodivergent and disabled young adults ask Stephen Fry the tough questions most others don't dare to – and it makes for a truly liberating experience As opening questions in celebrity interviews go, it's a bold one. You can't imagine Norton, Ross or Winkleman beginning with it. But the latest guest on The Assembly, Stephen Fry, is...
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The star returns as Ian Fletcher in this mockumentary from the makers of Twenty Twelve. But for every funny moment, there is a slightly off gag – and some truly woeful onesIt's a Monday morning in Miami and Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) is in a meeting. The meeting has been set up to action another meeting, the outcome of which...
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The star's fame, reckoning and resurrection are examined in this nuanced three-parter. It speaks to those who were closest to Jackson but can a story of such wild extremes really be told from the middle ground?In what way, exactly, is Michael Jackson an "American tragedy”? Does the tragedy to which the title of this three-part BBC documentary...
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The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there's little new here'Every conversation I have about chess”, says Hans Niemann, "leads to anal beads.” In any other context that might seem something of a non-sequitur. But in...
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Lorenazo Ligas is a brilliant but flawed hero in fun new series Ligas. Plus: Do you have OCD? Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Atlantic Lorenzo Ligas (Luca Argentero) is a debauched genius, a lawyer whose brilliance is matched by his capacity for self-sabotage. This trope isn't original, but there's a certain freewheeling relish to the...
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Mindy Kaling is the first celebrity to join Ike Barinholtz in a lovable new series. Plus: a moreish pod about being single in your 30s"Oh, this is a quizshow?!” exclaims Mindy Kaling, not so much maligning actor and gameshow champ Ike Barinholtz's (pictured) new podcast as misunderstanding it. She's soon up to speed with his mix of trivia...
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The jungle legends reunite in the South African wilderness. Plus: Stefan Golaszewski's powerful drama Babies. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1Time for the latest instalment of what is essentially a jungle legends competition – although no amount of bouncy banter from Ant and Dec can stop this format from feeling increasingly tired....
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For his centenary special, the naturalist stays close to home – who could blame him? – and reveals a magical world teeming with cutenessHe's nearly 100 years old and has spent more than half that time showing us the entire Earth, so it feels fair enough that David Attenborough has scaled back and stayed at home for this centenary year's bundle...
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TV's most outrageous family is back – and for the Breaking Bad icon, it's a great excuse to let rip ... and get naked again. The stars talk skivvies, chugging raw meat and being stung in the crotch by 60,000 honey beesThe intro to the new Malcolm in the Middle is quite the thing. Kids punch police officers. Santa Claus gets kicked in the face. A...
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It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad bloodChess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an unsettling early gambit: the face of Piers Morgan, looming via archive footage. "Have you ever used anal beads while playing chess?” Morgan asks...
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William Hartnell faces the deadly pepperpots at their most cunning in this newly rediscovered gem from the 1960sWith the unexpected return of two William Hartnell episodes to the BBC archive, Whovians can now, for the first time since 1965, enjoy the first quarter of the 12-part adventure The Daleks' Master Plan.The surviving five episodes are now...
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The star returns as wealthy neighbourhood thief Coop in this rich dessert of a show. But as he tackles middle-age malaise, there's a lot of heart – plus a guest appearance by James MarsdenDoes Your Friends & Neighbours love its unhappy, very wealthy characters, or despise them? Does it laugh at the 1%, envy them, pity them? It does all of the...
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Amy Madigan lights up a chilling creepfest – and she's so startling it bagged her an Oscar. Plus: the sweaty crime romp that made Ray Winstone a starAmy Madigan won an Oscar for her startling turn as Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger's genre-flipping creepfest, but don't hold your breath waiting for her to appear. After an entire class of 17 elementary...
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Chase Infiniti stars in Margaret Atwood's gripping sequel to the Handmaid's Tale, plus Dan Levy's irresistibly goofy new sitcom will thrill Schitt's Creek fansThis expansion of the Handmaid's Tale universe is adapted from Margaret Atwood's 2019 follow-up to her epoch-defining 1985 novel. It's set several years later, right in the heart of Gilead's...
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The two bad lads find themselves on the run from the Garda and wearing floral frocks. Plus: James McAvoy joins Claudia Winkleman. Here's what to watch this evening 9.30pm, BBC OneA fifth season of Peter Foott's Cork-set comedy opens with Jock (Chris Walley) breaking out of a Colombian prison and reuniting with Conor (Alex Murphy) back on home turf....
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The Traitors winner is a gift to the camera as he takes a deeply moving trip to the Vatican. But it is his relationship with his mother that really tugs at the heartstrings Now, in all honesty I did not expect to be placing a warning about Harry Clark Goes to Rome at the top of this review, but here we are and here we go. If you are a premenstrual,...
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From a chalk-and-cheese duo obsessed with custard creams to in-laws who didn't get on until a family death – brace yourself for another journey of big feelingsThere is ice. A bear lopes across a vast white tundra, weaving footprints in the snow. Closeup of a snow leopard. Crisp crunch of boots in thick snow. Heavy breathing … Running …...
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Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic features interviews with cast members and will air on 5 AprilHBO has more Harry Potter magic up its sleeve – today, the company announced a standalone, behind-the-scenes special to accompany its upcoming TV adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic...
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A new cohort of adventurers set off – but who will make it across Europe and Asia first? Plus: The Traitors star Harry Clark takes a pilgrimage. Here's what to watch this evening8pm, BBC OneTime to strap on the big rucksacks again, as the BBC's globetrotting hit returns for a sixth series. The starting gun is in Sicily, where five duos psych...
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Could AI write an entire sitcom series? That's the plot of the new season of comedy drama The Comeback. Its co-creator explains why it's 'very possible' – and why the world needs to catch up with AJLTTV veteran Michael Patrick King has had a long, lively career, writing, directing and producing on shows including Murphy Brown, Will & Grace...
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The last heistmeister of 'the largest burglary in English history' oozes charisma as he tells his wild tale. Even his contempt for his accomplices is impressiveIt is a truth I feel should be universally acknowledged – that a headline-grabbing crime, which still has one of its charismatic perpetrators alive and willing to talk about it now on...
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This isn't just a retelling of the infamous drug lord's life. His son shares a traumatic coming-of-age story plagued by chaos and violence – and it is like being in The SopranosYou'd be forgiven for thinking that we didn't need another TV series about the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's life, and that it's been milked for all its worth in popular...
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This entertaining documentary explores the audacious jewellery robbery. Plus: Lisa Kudrow's Hollywood-skewering comedy. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 4"This will not be their first rodeo.” That was the reaction of one forensic expert upon surveying the aftermath of the audacious jewellery theft in London's Hatton Garden in 2015....
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A new season of Netflix's dating show about neurodivergent singletons is a welcome antidote to grim reality TV headlinesLogan is a big fan of Hannah Montana and Spongebob Squarepants. He loves model trains and watches videos of them crashing, because that way he knows that no one was hurt. His favourite dessert is cheesecake. These are touchingly...
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Hoda and Yasmin help US Muslims navigate the path to true love. Plus: a tender film about a throuple having a baby. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, BBC Three"Wait, did my mom send you?” Muslim singletons across the US are set up by lively match-making duo Hoda and Yasmin in this fun, eye-opening dating show that first aired over there last...
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Stefan Golaszewski's exquisite new show about life after baby loss is a feat – an unsettling, funny, moving and emotionally devastating TV triumphLisa and Stephen are good. "You good?” asks Stephen (Paapa Essiedu), plonking himself next to his wife on the sofa. "Yeah,” replies Lisa (Siobhán Cullen) from the depths of her oversize fleece...
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The great naturalist, who is about to turn 100, is still surprised by wildlife in his new series about British gardens. But not every pet owner will be happy with his top tipsWhenever David Attenborough speaks, the world listens – so his latest BBC programme, which heralds the broadcaster's 100th birthday, is bound to attract attention.Secret...
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Amid lurid speculation, the decision has been taken with unusual speed in the last days of Tim Davie's regime as director general – and it appears to be finalIn a valedictory podcast appearance, Tim Davie, whose resignation as BBC director general takes final effect on 2 April, thanked his neighbours for smuggling him out through their gardens...
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