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How will the group cope when they leave behind the trappings of modern society? Plus: a double bill of a cracking gay dating show. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, TLCTapping into the cultural obsession with tradwife life, this reality series sends a group of men and women to live in an Amish community. Unsurprisingly, they're met with...
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This new panel show from Romesh Ranganathan's production company features comics airing their worst opinions – and it feels completely unnecessary'You know who we don't see enough of on British TV? Romesh Ranganathan,” said no one ever. That's not meant as a slight to the man – who this year has hosted programmes for the BBC, Amazon and Sky,...
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Norah Jones hosts the legendary rock stars as they return to the studio for a new album. Plus, mindfulness meditation with the Getty MuseumThis official Rolling Stones podcast is hosted by Norah Jones and released across six weeks, with each chapter charting the making of the band's upcoming studio album, Foreign Tongues. Unsurprisingly, it's a...
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She won the battle but can there ever be peace in House of the Dragon? Plus, it's Kim Kardashian's turn in Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticWith the thunderous warships v dragons Battle of the Gullet and its smouldering aftermath, season three of the Game of Thrones prequel has rapidly chalked up...
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She's been a soap icon, a Royle and even a zombie pensioner. Now the actor is starring in Ann Droid, Diane Morgan's madcap comedy about an elderly woman and her cybernetic companionSue Johnston is the kind of actor who usually can't stand seeing herself on screen, but for Ann Droid she made an exception. The new sitcom by Diane Morgan and Sarah...
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It's full of heart, humanity and such extreme competence it's actually comforting to watch. No wonder it's swept the boards at awards'Let's go save some lives.” That's the mantra of Noah Wyle's A&E doctor at the start of every shift in The Pitt. The gritty US hospital drama seems an unlikely contender to be the most hopeful show on air. Yet...
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You'd think there was nothing new to learn about the glamour model-turned-tabloid sensation. You'd be wrong…'Boobs,” says Katie Price, expressionlessly. "I always wanted a boob job. Always wanted them bigger.” Price, 48, places her tiny, tanned hands on the mountainous upper region of her pastel pink sweatshirt, under which lurk the latest...
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Now grown, three siblings search for clues as to why their parents left them at a Barcelona railway station in 1984 – and uncover a secret family history they could never have imaginedDid you know your surname when you were five years old? The more you think about it, the harder the question becomes to answer. Most of us will have been lucky...
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A deeply wholesome new take on Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic Americana, plus the return of Rafe Spall and Esther Smith's breezy family sitcomAdapting Laura Ingalls Wilder's rural Americana novels for the streaming era is risky. There's a readymade audience but the books are so beloved that failing to do them justice won't be easily forgiven. Alice...
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Emma Stone is a CEO-maybe-alien in Yorgos Lanthimos's wild black comedy, and it's the vibrant conclusion of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's Wizard of Oz tale. Plus: The Bodyguard! A scruffy conspiracy theorist (Jesse Plemons) and a CEO-maybe-alien (Emma Stone) face off in this wild black comedy. Plemons is Teddy Gatz, a warehouse worker and...
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Rebecca Ferguson is still excellent in this unremittingly grey-green subterranean post-apocalypse. Its political acuity makes it worth watching, even if it's not always the most entertaining …Being trapped indefinitely in an underground bunker, post-apocalypse, would have many drawbacks, but one of the worst would be miserable boredom. How would...
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She radiated love as the narrator of Gogglebox, created one of the most emotional sitcom moments of all time and asked Debbie McGee a question she'll never forget. Ten years on from her untimely death, we remember the TV legendIt's 10 years since the tragic loss of TV genius Caroline Aherne. The brilliant but too brief career of the actor,...
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Documentary traces the career of the shape-shifting Tilda Swinton. Plus: a grimly absorbing day on the crime frontline. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky ArtsTilda Swinton is endlessly versatile, as this engaging deep dive into her career shows. The tone is set by an astonishingly self-possessed early interview in which she is scornful...
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Hit shows such as Beef, The Four Seasons, Avatar: The Last Airbender and A Man on the Inside have suffered giant drops for their follow-up seasonsIf you haven't seen the second season of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, then at least you can console yourself that you're not alone. Variety recently noted that, while season one debuted with...
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The original star is behind this TV spin-off, and the casting of charismatic Lexi Minetree. Sadly, the tropey script and lack of campness mean it fails to really sparkleIt's 25 years since you became a bona fide film star. In the intervening quarter of a century you have stayed a respected actor and become a powerhouse producer. An appetite grows...
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All of these tales of murdered residents are horrifying. But the lack of attempt to really grapple with them makes this feel little other than filler TVIn Adventures in the Screen Trade, William Goldman's account of his movie-writing career in Hollywood, Goldman remembers hearing a true story about a firefighter who went back in to save a baby he...
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Has reporter Sian Reese-Williams uncovered the truth about Llŷr's death? Plus Jack Thorne-penned Enola Holmes returns. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 4As the second season of this gloomily gripping Welsh drama concludes, the tone is more elegy than explosion as the events around the controversial reservoir expansion continue to...
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With bosses at the BBC prioritising social media platforms over radio, things feel apocalyptic at the broadcaster's flagship news show – especially given the lack of diversity. Is this it?For Radio 4's Today programme, last week's biggest story was off-air: a BBC News edict that the corporation's correspondents should in future prioritise...
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The humble digestive is elevated to ancient wonder status in the competition. Plus: the US version of Doc Martin. Here's what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4With a place in the final six at stake, the four remaining teams must produce two dozen perfectly executed savoury millefeuille and babka buns. Before that happens, they're tasked with...
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Dershowitz sued CNN in 2020 over coverage of remarks he made while defending Trump during an impeachment trialThe US supreme court has turned down a request by former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz to revive a $300m defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over the network's coverage of remarks he made while defending Donald Trump...
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Guardian journalist whose investigations helped expose political wrongdoing and brought down government ministersThe award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke, who has died from liver cancer aged 79, had his byline on many of the most important scoops carried by the Guardian during his 33-year career on the paper.An ebullient and...
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The forefronting of macho personas like Cain's is cynical, and misses the reality of my generation's experiencesBBC was aware of concerns over Ashley Cain's 'toxic masculinity' onlineRecent weeks have not been good for Ashley Cain, the former footballer and now former presenter of BBC Three's Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone. While he was once...
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Last week, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced a sweeping ban on under-16s that would stop them accessing social media apps including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook by 2027.The move has been nicknamed an 'Australia plus' ban, after Australia became the first country to introduce a nation-wide ban on children accessing...
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When I first met Stefanovic he was immediately likable. How has his compass shifted so far that he platforms a man who stirs up terrorist attacks on mosques?I knew Karl before he was famous. He came into the Nine Sydney newsroom as a young man who'd paid his dues: Rockhampton, Auckland, Brisbane. The best kind of instant success – built on...
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In The Good Life, To the Manor Born and beyond, the star played domineering snobs with pinpoint comic timing – yet she still made them feel like old friends. No one will do it betterAt their broadest, and most audience-friendly, sitcoms thrive on stock characters: chancers, jobsworths, slobs and snobs. No actor has ever been more suited to the...
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She was a sex-positive star in the 80s and 90s who became an 'accidental activist' and her life is explored in a HBO documentary produced by Sarah Jessica ParkerRobin Byrd has no doubt about where the archive of her life should end up. "I think it should be in the Smithsonian,” she said. "I like to think big.”But is such thinking "big” or...
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The inside story of the men who ruled the tennis courts, starting in the 1970s. Plus: the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tapes. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 5Just in time to get you in the mood for Wimbledon, this four-part series explores the careers of the only 29 male players who have made it to No 1 in the ATP rankings. It...
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Nicky Woolf's investigation into a rightwing YouTuber reveals much more than state interference in social media. Plus, why did a kid pretend to be Steven Spielberg's nephew?Lauren Southern tells journalist Nicky Woolf she feels as though she's in a spy movie, "but the dumbest ever made, because I'm just a YouTuber”. Along with other members of...
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A familiar face on TV and the stage, Keith was made a dame in 2014 for her services to the arts and charitiesPenelope Keith – a life in pictures Penelope Keith, best known for starring in sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born, has died aged 86.A statement on behalf of her family said: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Dame Penelope...
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The final season of the hit chef show is the most entertaining and purely enjoyable since the first – plus everyone ended up getting what they wanted! What an incredible rollercoasterNo show has ever needed to end like The Bear. The series initially made its name as a vehicle of pure forward momentum, the story of a burned-out high-end chef...
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From his child safety campaign 'Kids can say no' to an awful appearance on Jim'll Fix It, some of the things the TV star was allowed to do beggar belief. In this harrowing film, women who were assaulted by him as girls speak outI mean this quite seriously; it is time to start commissioning programmes about good men. We need a steady, regular...
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Exclusive: Matthew Torbitt faces two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to travel and expense claimsA prominent political commentator has been charged with fraud in relation to his time as a Labour adviser, the Guardian can reveal.Matthew Torbitt, a regular guest pundit on GB News, faces two counts of fraud by false representation...
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There are glimpses of the Curb star at his razor-like best here – but they are desperately few. It's mainly worth watching for the immaculate Obama introIt is always an emotional blow to see former US president Barack Obama pop up on one's screen. The Instagram algorithm sends me a lot of him, because it knows I always click on him being charming...
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Editor-in-chief has developed network of UK thinkers she believes reject what she regards as overly 'woke' consensusIn the six years since she very publicly resigned from the New York Times, and in her tumultuous eight months as editor-in-chief of one of the US's most prestigious television networks, Bari Weiss has become renowned as a media...
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Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondentsThe task of briefing the nation on Radio 4's agenda-setting Today programme has been one of the most urgent tasks facing the BBC's top journalists for decades.Insiders at the corporation, however, say that duty has...
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It's Curb Your Enthusiasm in britches and bonnets, poking hole after hole in American lore – and it's so audacious it will make your jaw drop. Brace yourself! 'I hear America singing,” wrote Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass. He didn't say that the song was "USA! USA!” backed by a klaxon and accompanied by a foam finger. For a country...
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You can't blame Graham Norton for being tongue-tied over the icon. They have a nice, hammy time – and another pop queen serves them drinks – but where is the naughtiness? London, 26 May. Tower Bridge straddles the Thames like, say, Madonna in Like a Virgin. Piccadilly lights. Ray of Light vibes. Graham bricking it in a black cab. (Forget...
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Reese Witherspoon's 00s movie is a beloved cult classic – and now she's using a spinoff to battle these dark times. The creators of Elle talk miniskirts, car phones and why people need to take teenage girls more seriouslyIf there's a young adult romance on TV, we millennial women will watch it. Throw in a love triangle or an emotionally available...
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Packed with fun memories from Ben Elton and Stephen Fry plus heartbreaking regret from his former partner, the Bottom star is so adored that this documentary risks descending into cringe – but his punky spirit shines throughRik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard is a homage to the man and an elegy for what you have to presume were the lost youths of...
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Larry David is back with a typically cranky look at America's first 250 years – and it could not be any more starry. Plus: a brave documentary about the chilling crimes of the prolific sex offender and children's TV hostThere's starry, and then there's getting Barack Obama to cold-open your new show. Still, while he has impressive friends these...
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Madge returns to Koko in Camden, where she played her first UK gig. Plus: the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Here's what to watch this evening10.40pm, BBC OneIn 1983, Madonna played her first ever UK show at Camden Palace (now Koko). It's only right, then, that she returns to the venue for this world-exclusive interview to mark her...
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Makers of mega-hit Adolescence Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini reunite for the next round of the sisterly Sherlock spin-off. Plus, Sarah Jessica Parker's juicy look at the life of a legendary New York sex show hostThe Victorian-era teen mystery reunites ingenious screenwriter Jack Thorne with his Watson; director Philip Barantini. Barantini may be...
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It's won all the awards and now it's going out in a blaze of comedy. Everything that could possibly go wrong for the restaurant does … but who cares when the fusion of tragedy and laughter is this good?It may not be a gastronomic reference many midwestern gourmands would appreciate, but the last episode of the last season of The Bear was Marmite...
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From Merlin the duck to Thierry Henry's panic and the goalie who broke the internet, here are the tournament's most glorious TV momentsThe schedule-dominating football tournament has reached its midway mark, which means it's time for isotonic drinks, orange segments and in-depth TV analysis.From weepy cult heroes to watery bloopers, from panto...
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Charlotte Ritchie presents a wildly ambitious and unapologetically brainy YouTube documentary that takes in Big Bang soundwaves, singing dolphins and an astonishing amount in between. Don't miss it for the worldOne of the big things to have come out of David Attenborough's 100th birthday celebrations this year was the scale of ambition he had...
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Awestruck tribute to the boundary-pushing eternal Young One. Plus: the woman found guilty of murdering her best friend's boyfriend. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky DocumentariesStar quality is often obvious in retrospect. But it's hard to believe that anyone who saw Rik Mayall in his early days didn't recognise the charisma explosion he...
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Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence … the heavyweight politicians stack up in this sincere biopic of the United States. It's so pointedly wholesome it's like drinking a kale smoothie on a wellness retreatThe Netflix homepage describes The American Experiment to potential viewers unwilling to read more than four words as "Sincere....
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The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here's some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B'Stard?As the UK gets ready to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years, how long before a revolving door is installed at 10 Downing Street? As social media wags have pointed out, this is...
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The detective duo meet their nemesis in this highly watchable cop series. Plus: an Australian drama being compared to It's a Sin. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, U&AlibiWhile it remains an essentially generic crime drama, Saint-Pierre has sustained itself convincingly across its first season and deserves its recently commissioned second...
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It's groundbreaking TV that's hugely important for young queer viewers. It fizzes with the excitement of young love … and yet it's been axed. What a bittersweet watch this isIn March, it was announced that this second series of the queer dating show I Kissed a Girl would be its last. Sibling show I Kissed a Boy would also be axed, with the BBC...
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From gripping medical dramas to thrilling crime shows nearly impossible not to devour in one go, it's already been a great year for television. Here are Guardian readers' top shows of the yearThe best TV of 2026 so farI absolutely loved Legends. It was tense, thrilling and even funny in bits, with an evocative early-90s soundtrack. The acting was...
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