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Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won’t get
Poster for Just Act Normal on BBC3
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Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won’t get

Janice Okoh on her pride that her new BBC3 comedy Just Act Normal has ‘darker-skinned, working class black girls’ in the central roles
The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’
Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu, stars of Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’

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How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama
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How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama

TV icon Alison Hammond: ‘My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba’
Big Questions

TV icon Alison Hammond: ‘My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’
Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu, stars of Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’

TV icon Alison Hammond: ‘My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba’
Big Questions

TV icon Alison Hammond: ‘My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba’

The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’
Bridget Christie in The Change
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The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’

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Boybands, Mr Bates and an 80s bonkbuster: The ultimate guide to the best TV shows of 2024
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Boybands, Mr Bates and an 80s bonkbuster: The ultimate guide to the best TV shows of 2024

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
Toby Jones in Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Joanne Froggatt in Breathtaking and Callum Scott-Howells and Maja Laskowska in The Way.
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Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain

Our essential guide to the best TV shows of 2023: From The Last of Us to Succession
Collage of the stars of the Big Issue's best TV shows this year
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Our essential guide to the best TV shows of 2023: From The Last of Us to Succession

The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer
Documentary maker Oobah Butler in Channel 4's The Great Amazon Heist.
Documentary

The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer

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