Television
Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
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Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
As Play School legend Floella Benjamin is awarded the Bafta Fellowship for her outstanding contribution to broadcasting, she talks about half a century of creating positive change in the culture industry and ending child poverty
Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
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Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'
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Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'
Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'
Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'
BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters
BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters
Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
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Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely
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Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely
In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
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In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes
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Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes
Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man
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Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man
Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'
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Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'
Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
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Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
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Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger
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How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger
The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on
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The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on
Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time
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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?
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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’
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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
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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
Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off
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Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off
What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain
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What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain
The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season
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The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season
'I hope young activists will take heart': Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
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