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Shane Meadows: ‘This is as scary a time as I can remember’

The film director tells Michael Hogan about hating hitting 50, love’s golden ticket, deep-fried jam sandwiches and people struggling on the breadline

Michael Hogan

27, May, 2023 @1:01 PM

‘Your earlobes are thick and chewy, like barnacle meat!’ Succession’s all-time best zingers

From sweary nicknames to sarcastic putdowns, the Roys have cornered the market in sick burns. Here are 40 of the best – but which is your favourite?

Michael Hogan

27, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

Could Kendall die? Will Roman get a radio show? And who will win? All the questions Succession must answer

So many plot threads, so little time… As the final episode approaches, here are all the lingering issues the last ever outing must address

Michael Hogan

26, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

Succession recap: season four, episode nine – what happened to Roman’s ‘pre-grieving’?

It’s violence, death and dodgy goatees as Succession enters its agonising final throes. Waystar’s board won’t know what hit them …

Michael Hogan

22, May, 2023 @9:15 PM

Actor Lucas Hedges: ‘I love nostalgia, so walking around England is another level’

The American star of Manchester By the Sea on making his West End debut in the world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, escaping tragic film roles, and nepo babies

Michael Hogan

21, May, 2023 @8:30 AM

Succession recap: season four, episode eight – nothing is more sadistic than the words ‘Is that even true?’

Adult diapers at the ready! It’s election night … and the results are unimaginably disastrous. Will revenge be sweet for Shiv?

Michael Hogan

15, May, 2023 @9:10 PM

Succession recap: season four, episode seven – never accept a gift from Tom Wambsgans

Really Tom: a scorpion? From competitive schmoozing to bitter quarrels, this superb episode is as savage as TV comes

Michael Hogan

08, May, 2023 @9:10 PM

Nish Kumar: ‘Tony Blair increasingly resembles the supervillain in an 80s action film’

The comedian on his new podcast about political activism, the symbolism of Sunak and Braverman, and rowdy post-pandemic audiences

Michael Hogan

07, May, 2023 @8:30 AM

Succession’s 20 greatest characters – ranked

How did the highly punchable Swede do? What about Ger-bear? Or Tom the corporate kiss-ass? The media drama features some of TV’s finest ever characters – and here are the best

Michael Hogan

02, May, 2023 @2:33 PM

Succession recap: season four, episode six – Logan’s back!

Have you cringed so hard you turned into a fossil? This week’s cracking episode sees the return of the snappy patriarch, Roman go full emperor, Kendall vow to live forever … and some very strange foreplay

Michael Hogan

01, May, 2023 @9:10 PM

Actor Bel Powley: ‘I’d shied away from second world war stories – it’s always all about men’

The Morning Show star on playing the woman who hid Anne Frank, revitalising period dramas and working with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon

Michael Hogan

30, Apr, 2023 @8:30 AM

Guns, gangs and naked ‘bum bums’: the hilarious cop show that’s TV’s funniest new comedy

From jokes about dogging to questioning the nature of community policing, Black Ops is like nothing else on TV. Here, its team talk stereotypes, slapstick and why Top Boy’s Ashley Walters is a fan

Michael Hogan

28, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM