Television & radio

TV tonight: Jed Mercurio and Vicky McClure team up for another explosive thriller

Is ITV’s Trigger Point the new Line of Duty? Plus: emotional scenes and shock DNA test results in Andi and Miquita Oliver’s new travel series. Here’s what to watch tonight

Hollie Richardson, Alexi Duggins, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

23, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

The week in audio: Exactly With Florence Given; Desperately Seeking Wisdom; The MLK Tapes

Florence Given’s livewire new podcast is all about empowerment

Miranda Sawyer

22, Jan, 2022 @5:00 PM

Trigger Point: Vicky McClure’s bomb disposal thriller will turn you into an expert copper, sarge

Banter. Grit. An ex-Line of Duty star sweating her topknot off. Forty-five minutes of this detective drama and you’ll be fairly confident you can disarm a nail bomb

Joel Golby

22, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM

TV tonight: what better time for an evening with Dolly Parton?

BBC Two provides a night of songs from The Queen of Country. Plus: a moving portrait of a fearless ice wall climber. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hollie Richardson, Henry Wong, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

22, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

The fightback starts now! Here’s how the BBC can survive the Tory assault

Its flagship shows are looking shaky, its branding is blurred and its payroll is bloated. But as Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson close in on the BBC, there are ways the Corporation can emerge from this crisis stronger and freer

Mark Lawson

21, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM

Andi and Miquita Oliver: ‘We learned to drink without shame in Barbados’

The celebrity chef has long wished her daughter could feel more connection with her Caribbean heritage. Now, they’re off on an adventure full of belly laughs, blubbing and 8am boozing

Hollie Richardson

21, Jan, 2022 @10:00 AM

Ozark review – Jason Bateman and Laura Linney could teach Lady Macbeth a thing or two

The Byrde family face an impossible challenge in this final series: help a cartel boss to walk away, or go the way of their many victims. Will they make it out alive?

Stuart Jeffries

21, Jan, 2022 @9:00 AM

Personal Shopper to The Souvenir: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Kristen Stewart captivates in Olivier Assayas’s chilling ghost story, while Joanna Hogg’s coming-of-age drama captures young love in all its glory

Simon Wardell

21, Jan, 2022 @9:00 AM

The Afterparty to All of Us Are Dead: the seven best shows to stream this week

Tiffany Haddish and Jamie Demetriou star in a mystery whodunnit set after a high-school reunion, and the South Korean high -school zombie drama set to be the next Netflix sensation

Phil Harrison

21, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM

TV tonight: a mid-air murder to solve for the Death in Paradise team

A skydiver’s demise uncovers the cut-throat world of social media. Plus Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Henry Wong and Simon Wardell

21, Jan, 2022 @6:20 AM

As We See It review – a very sweet autism drama with lots of heart

It is by no means the first coming-of-age series on autism, but the new show from the maker of Friday Night Lights is eye-opening, warm and well worth your time

Rebecca Nicholson

21, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

Best podcasts of the week: the wild story of Siegfried and Roy’s near-death tiger attack

Smuggled cheetahs, counter-terror cops and Grace Kelly feature in the Wild Things podcast which profiles the outrageous career of the world-famous illusionists. Plus: Stephen Fry looks at brains

Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier, Hollie Richardson