Revolutionising the televised

100 years ago, John Logie Baird demonstrated his new invention to a select group of scientists in a room above what is now Bar Italia in Soho. The unveiling of Baird’s ‘televisor’ was a landmark moment, a first step towards television that would soon revolutionise living rooms around the world. But times are changing and so are viewing habits. In an age of binge-watching and streaming giants, what is the future for Freeview? For public service broadcasting? And for the industry itself? Our special edition dives deep into the ways people make, and consume, television, and what lies ahead. We have an exclusive interview with TV writer of the moment Jack Thorne. Fresh from shaking up the world with Adolescence, he’s talking about his new unmissable adaptation of Lord of the Flies. We also catch up with Zack Morris, star of TV’s hottest hospital drama The Pitt, and look at the rise of micro dramas, the latest TikTok phenomenon that’s bringing fast, bitesize episodes direct to people’s phones.

Also inside

• How people on disability benefits could lose vital support under new government welfare reforms
• Director Richard Linklater was never Dazed and Confused about the life he wanted to live
• Why has Hitler taken so long to die? Caroline Sharples examines the dictator’s incredibly long shadow on the world
• Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson wants to invite you to a sleepover
• Lucy Sweet goes behind bars with Trevor from EastEnders
• And a community pays tribute to much-loved Oxford vendor Paul Crawford, who died recently

Plus much more!