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I’m a sucker for a sexy drama. But Vladimir is just too unconvincing, even for me
Lucy Sweet

I’m a sucker for a sexy drama. But Vladimir is just too unconvincing, even for me

This steamy tale of an older professor’s obsession with a hot younger one is, frankly, just pants

‘Every space I occupy, someone’s trying to push me out of it’
Comedy

‘Every space I occupy, someone’s trying to push me out of it’

The comedian’s first national tour, Cockney Stacking Doll, runs from April to June and includes a headline date at the Hackney Empire

Michaela Strachan: ‘It’s sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Michaela Strachan: ‘It’s sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing’

Life has not been without its challenges, but she’s grateful for all of it – including her really wild career that made her one of the UK’s top nature presenters

Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’
Interview

Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’

BBC drama Babies: The aftermath of miscarriage painted with devastating accuracy
TV

BBC drama Babies: The aftermath of miscarriage painted with devastating accuracy

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A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: ‘You can’t be an actor and not be political’
Interview

A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: ‘You can’t be an actor and not be political’

Nick Mohammed: ‘Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy’
TV

Nick Mohammed: ‘Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy’

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together
TV

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together

Why doing nothing is the biggest gamble for free TV
Jonathan Thompson

Why doing nothing is the biggest gamble for free TV

Inside the Big Issue: Peaky Blinders and the rise of the working-class superhero
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Peaky Blinders and the rise of the working-class superhero

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
TV

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’
Theatre

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’

Why Channel 4 water pollution scandal show Dirty Business is the campaigning TV drama of the year
TV

Why Channel 4 water pollution scandal show Dirty Business is the campaigning TV drama of the year

The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: ‘I fell into telly’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: ‘I fell into telly’

How TV presenter and motorbike racer Guy Martin ignited the debate on whether Brits should vote
Democracy

How TV presenter and motorbike racer Guy Martin ignited the debate on whether Brits should vote

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it
Lucy Sweet

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it

Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: ‘I’m 44 and I’ve never voted once’
Letter To My Younger Self

Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: ‘I’m 44 and I’ve never voted once’

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
Books

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV

Waiting for the Out review – discussing Odysseus with Trevor from EastEnders was not on my bingo card
Lucy Sweet

Waiting for the Out review – discussing Odysseus with Trevor from EastEnders was not on my bingo card

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: ‘Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye’
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: ‘Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye’

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If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family’s story would be very different 
George Crockford

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family’s story would be very different 

Does the rising cost of streaming justify buying ‘dodgy’ Fire Sticks?
TV

Does the rising cost of streaming justify buying ‘dodgy’ Fire Sticks?

How long do we have left before Freeview is switched off forever?
TV

How long do we have left before Freeview is switched off forever?

‘Television is dead’: Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas
TV

‘Television is dead’: Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas