TV
Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
The BBC’s televised coverage of Glastonbury reminded Lucy Sweet how much she loves a festival – just as long as the cameras are not on her
‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
Partridge, the ex-chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, discusses the new documentary charting the Aids epidemic in Britain.
Rainn Wilson on the time Bryan Cranston almost killed the cast of The Office
Rainn Wilson on the time Bryan Cranston almost killed the cast of The Office
The Breaking Bad star directed an episode of the hit sitcom that turned into “an exhaust-filled trip through hell”.
David Harbour would rather grow up in the time of Stranger Things than be a kid today
David Harbour would rather grow up in the time of Stranger Things than be a kid today
The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton
The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton
Stanley Tucci’s forbidden foods make for mouth-watering TV
Stanley Tucci’s forbidden foods make for mouth-watering TV
Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’
Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’
Chris and Rosie Ramsey: ‘If I get a laugh out of you, I’ll tell you anything’
Chris and Rosie Ramsey: ‘If I get a laugh out of you, I’ll tell you anything’
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols TV show proves the filth and fury endures
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols TV show proves the filth and fury endures
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
Kit Connor: ‘Heartstopper is a love story above all else’
Kit Connor: ‘Heartstopper is a love story above all else’
This week’s Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper
This week’s Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper
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Peter Mullan: ‘This is a party who single-handedly created food banks. That should be on the collective Tory gravestone’
Peter Mullan: ‘This is a party who single-handedly created food banks. That should be on the collective Tory gravestone’
Derry Girls: ‘We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved’
Derry Girls: ‘We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved’
This week’s Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans
This week’s Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: ‘It’s going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.’
Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: ‘It’s going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.’
Channel 4: Why selling the broadcaster is a risky move for the UK government
Channel 4: Why selling the broadcaster is a risky move for the UK government
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
‘The opposite of levelling up’: Tories criticise Channel 4 privatisation plans
‘The opposite of levelling up’: Tories criticise Channel 4 privatisation plans
This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
‘Eloise is fuming!’ – Claudia Jessie reacts to the finale of Bridgerton’s second season
‘Eloise is fuming!’ – Claudia Jessie reacts to the finale of Bridgerton’s second season
This week’s Big TV Picks: Stanley Tucci, Bridgerton and two classics on catch-up
This week’s Big TV Picks: Stanley Tucci, Bridgerton and two classics on catch-up
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story
Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story
Top Boy’s Saffron Hocking: ‘The show is so popular because it’s real’
Top Boy’s Saffron Hocking: ‘The show is so popular because it’s real’
This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
‘For some reason, women are expected to deal with medical situations men just wouldn’t tolerate’
‘For some reason, women are expected to deal with medical situations men just wouldn’t tolerate’
Hacker group Anonymous take over Russian state TV with footage of Ukraine invasion
Hacker group Anonymous take over Russian state TV with footage of Ukraine invasion
Peaky Blinders: ‘It’s a sort of working-class revolution within a family’
