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The Big Issue's top TV picks of 2019
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The Big Issue's top TV picks of 2019

Jodie Whittaker’s New Year message as Doctor Who returns: “Don't lose hope"
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Jodie Whittaker’s New Year message as Doctor Who returns: “Don't lose hope"

Ruth Jones: "The Gavin & Stacey Christmas special is 100% Brexit free"
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Ruth Jones: "The Gavin & Stacey Christmas special is 100% Brexit free"

Jay Blades: Repair an item for Christmas instead of buying new
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Jay Blades: Repair an item for Christmas instead of buying new

Steven Knight's new A Christmas Carol: "Power without compassion is lethal"
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Steven Knight's new A Christmas Carol: "Power without compassion is lethal"

Most things about a sober Christmas are better – but not TV
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Most things about a sober Christmas are better – but not TV

How to have a fabulous Christmas with John Barrowman
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How to have a fabulous Christmas with John Barrowman

Brendan O'Carroll's Ma told him he'd "end up as Taoiseach or in prison"
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Brendan O'Carroll's Ma told him he'd "end up as Taoiseach or in prison"

New C4 doc: meet the children living in poverty that the PM cannot deny
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New C4 doc: meet the children living in poverty that the PM cannot deny

Sir Trevor McDonald: “Political neutrality was never difficult”
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Sir Trevor McDonald: “Political neutrality was never difficult”

Julian Clary can barely contain his excitement about our kids cover comp!
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Julian Clary can barely contain his excitement about our kids cover comp!

Emma Thompson says kindness and compassion are not just for Christmas
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Emma Thompson says kindness and compassion are not just for Christmas

Sesame Street turns 50: The puppets still inspiring optimism against the odds
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Sesame Street turns 50: The puppets still inspiring optimism against the odds

The many lives of Russell Tovey
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The many lives of Russell Tovey

World On Fire's Peter Bowker: I won't have WWII rewritten by isolationists
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World On Fire's Peter Bowker: I won't have WWII rewritten by isolationists

Christopher Eccleston: 'A crime was visited on the working-class about art'
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Christopher Eccleston: 'A crime was visited on the working-class about art'

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Netflix's Top Boy shows the scorched earth of Brexit Britain
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Netflix's Top Boy shows the scorched earth of Brexit Britain

"It's a game to them": Sean Bean talks Twitter and volatile world leaders
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"It's a game to them": Sean Bean talks Twitter and volatile world leaders

Ashley Walters: 'Some people feel left out of the worlds on their doorsteps'
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Ashley Walters: 'Some people feel left out of the worlds on their doorsteps'

Succession highlights family values for Sam Delaney
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Succession highlights family values for Sam Delaney

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