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BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
Music

BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

Deb Grant on the culture that lit up her year

Chris McCausland reveals why he almost turned down Strictly Come Dancing (again)
TV

Chris McCausland reveals why he almost turned down Strictly Come Dancing (again)

In an exclusive new Big Issue interview, Chris McCausland explains how the fears for his career nearly ended his Strictly Come Dancing journey before it even began

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’
TV

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’

The writer and actor’s new BBC Two comedy series Spent, about a former top model who becomes homeless, has its roots in her real life

Purists might baulk, but Sam Smith headlining BBC Proms opens a pathway to classical music
Claire Jackson

Purists might baulk, but Sam Smith headlining BBC Proms opens a pathway to classical music

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies
TV

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies

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Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’
TV

Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’

Ralf Little on leaving Death in Paradise, his replacement and taking on Jeremy Hunt
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Ralf Little on leaving Death in Paradise, his replacement and taking on Jeremy Hunt

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
TV

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain

BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: ‘I feel part of the family’
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BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: ‘I feel part of the family’

Harry Plotter and the Goblet of Fear: How The Traitors became the most unmissable show on TV
TV

Harry Plotter and the Goblet of Fear: How The Traitors became the most unmissable show on TV

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’
Radio

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’

Ghosts star Ben Willbond on show’s devastating Christmas finale: ‘As with life, you’ve got to move on’
TV

Ghosts star Ben Willbond on show’s devastating Christmas finale: ‘As with life, you’ve got to move on’

Tabby McTat: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Jodie Whittaker on their new Christmas treat
TV

Tabby McTat: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Jodie Whittaker on their new Christmas treat

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and ‘maddest’ episodes yet
TV

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and ‘maddest’ episodes yet

The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
TV

The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times

Russell T Davies’ classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer
TV

Russell T Davies’ classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
TV

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
Review

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows
Interview

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows

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Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’
interview

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe
Choral

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe

Sian Brooke ‘fell in love with Belfast’ making gritty police drama Blue Lights
Northern Ireland

Sian Brooke ‘fell in love with Belfast’ making gritty police drama Blue Lights

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades
Our vendors

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades