TV drama
Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula
Calvin Demba plays super-speedy weed dealer Rodney in Supacell – Rapman’s new Netflix drama showing superpowered black South Londoners
Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’
Dopesick, Unbelievable and Booksmart star Kaitlyn Dever is changing the world – one vital, socially conscious role at a time.
‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
Kae Tempest and Dan Carey have written the songs for Steven Knight’s new drama, showing a band forming against the backdrop of unrest in 1980s Birmingham and Coventry
Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’
Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’
Truelove star Lindsay Duncan: ‘What’s happening in the UK is shameful. There’s serious neglect’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Truelove star Lindsay Duncan: ‘What’s happening in the UK is shameful. There’s serious neglect’
The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers
Even AI can’t compute the daft drama of The Night Agent![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Even AI can’t compute the daft drama of The Night Agent
Melanie Lynskey: ‘It’s such an exciting time for roles for women and one of our greatest actors is not here to make the most of it’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Melanie Lynskey: ‘It’s such an exciting time for roles for women and one of our greatest actors is not here to make the most of it’
Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up
LGBT+ history month: 11 essential TV shows from Queer As Folk to The Last Of Us![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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LGBT+ history month: 11 essential TV shows from Queer As Folk to The Last Of Us
The Crown: Does season 5 go too far in dramatising Royal Family trauma?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Crown: Does season 5 go too far in dramatising Royal Family trauma?
Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time
This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?
Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’
‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It’s A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It’s A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange
Aidan Turner: ‘It does feel like there is change happening’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Aidan Turner: ‘It does feel like there is change happening’
Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: ‘The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn’t it?’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: ‘The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn’t it?’
What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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