Television

Eyebrows have been raised at the Channel 4 presenter’s decision to join Sky News

Andy West, the man who inspired the hit new drama, on nature, change and the ‘terrible, dehumanising’ life behind bars

From the Beckhams to Eddie Murphy and Charlie Sheen, they promise truth but deliver reputation-laundering dressed up as intimacy

His disappointing Netflix special Mortality jabs at straw men and suggests a comedian slipping out of touch

Lifelong devotees of John le Carré need not worry, the saga of Jonathan Pine is in safe hands with screenwriter David Farr

The hard right channel reported on 'fury' about Jools Holland's 'woke' annual jamboree - from a lone X account

A new take on Harry Potter, a Legally Blonde prequel and the latest iteration of the Blade Runner franchise are among excuses not to go out in 2026

Zendaya and Nolan return, Blade Runner expands and Peaky Blinders concludes. What our editor-at-large is most looking forward to in 2026

A Christmas special of Diane Morgan's comedy has been axed by BBC bosses amid speculation it mocked Donald Trump

In 1975, Britain was mired in economic misery – but the nation’s most terrifying cook was determined that everyone should still eat well

Our writers on their cultural highlights of the year

The Room in the Tower is his eighth festive special for the BBC: long may he continue

IMDb’s breakout star of 2025 is charming, gifted and takes no nonsense

The failed PM gets £115,000 of taxpayer money per year to spread poison about the UK on her new online show

The fictionalised version of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s torment in Iran is damning for the state, and for Boris Johnson

The shocking Danish show that revealed a criminal network’s white collar connections was watched by half a nation and brought change

Ten years on, a new drama shows how seven hostages came face-to-face with death

With tired jump scares, flat CGI and a ludicrous government subplot, IT: Welcome To Derry is a giant turkey

Bev Turner’s new late-night programme from Washington DC is stuffed with lies. So why am I watching?

Sally Wainwright’s punk requiem for the invisible offers a loud argument that rage can bring change

A new documentary from the magazine examines the British broadcasting ban on Sinn Féin leaders’ voices. But one figure looks oddly familiar

Reeling from the Panorama crisis and with the future of its news operation threatened by AI that tells us only what we want to hear, it’s vital to have a national broadcaster that tells us what we need to know

Satire has become one of the few sources of political sanity in the US. Now, one of its chief exponents is mulling a run for office

The mysterious serial killer who terrorised Florence is the subject of yet another true crime Netflix show

The celebrity version of the show offers fake deaths and fake terror, but surprisingly real tedium

While the right wing papers crow about a BBC boob, their own records for accuracy leave a lot to be desired

From The Man From UNCLE to NCIS, the Scottish actor defied typecasting to become a global star and a fixture of television history

Mick Herron’s spy thriller series and Will Smith’s magnificent adaptation have become pitch-perfect accompaniments to the shabbiness and disillusionment of Britain today

The late-night presenter has been purged by ABC after falling foul of the president

Most entertainment produced by streaming giants is quite nothingy these days

News UK is lawyering up against a TV dramatisation of the phone-hacking scandal

If you want to join Nigel Farage’s populist project, there’s one surefire way to make yourself eligible