Television & radio
The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 9 – The Sixth Commandment
This flawless drama sees Timothy Spall put in the best performance of his career. It is a masterclass in respectful true-crime TV that rewrites the rules of the entire genre
Chitra Ramaswamy
08, Dec, 2023 @10:00 AM
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to Adaptation: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Harrison Ford returns for a final crack of the whip, and Spike Jonze’s classic meta comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep
Simon Wardell
08, Dec, 2023 @9:00 AM
Reacher to The Crown: the seven best shows to stream this week
Man-mountain Alan Ritchison is back as Lee Child’s military hero, while Peter Morgan’s royal saga bows out for good … and we’ll all be rubbernecking furiously
Phil Harrison
08, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
TV tonight: the gamechanging story of Viagra
Experts reveal how the little blue pill revolutionised the search for an erection. Plus: Julianne Moore joins Graham Norton on the couch. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison and Ellen E Jones
08, Dec, 2023 @6:20 AM
Smothered review – this fresh twist on a romcom is utterly lovely
Don’t expect histrionics from this comedy about the practicalities of love. It’s a sweet, deeply nice take on romance that is extremely watchable
Rebecca Nicholson
07, Dec, 2023 @10:30 PM
Fur Babies review – this sickly-sweet series shows a total lack of respect to animals
There are plenty of charming moments in this look at pregnant pets, but it fails to consider that they have their own feelings. It’s a disappointing exercise in rampant anthropomorphism
Rebecca Nicholson
07, Dec, 2023 @9:00 PM
Nothing wrong with giving celebrities their say | Brief letters
Brief letters: Celeb documentaries | Sellafield safety | Wobbly physics | Shrink the golf courses | Sock darning
07, Dec, 2023 @5:31 PM
‘Watch through your fingers’ – Squid Game: The Challenge is the guiltiest TV pleasure of all time
Impossible to resist and with a revelatory cast, this is the absolute apex of brutal, addictive competition shows. Even if, ultimately, the joke is on us
Phil Harrison
07, Dec, 2023 @3:50 PM
‘We failed the city of Boston’: how a racist manhunt led to chaos in 1989
An HBO docuseries follows the story of a white man who killed his wife but blamed a Black man, and the reckoning that follows
David Smith in Washington
07, Dec, 2023 @12:11 PM
‘We didn’t want it to be like Bridget Jones’s Diary’: Smothered, TV’s most brilliant new romcom
From channelling When Harry Met Sally to getting Aisling Bea to put in a stunning performance, this comedy is an utter joy. Its stars talk apps, kids and This Morning-based banter
Rachel Aroesti
07, Dec, 2023 @10:23 AM
The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 10 – Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
This unforgettable history of the Troubles is the documentary series of the year. The astonishing, soul-baring interviews are both a warning call, and a beacon of hope
Phil Harrison
07, Dec, 2023 @10:00 AM
Best podcasts of the week: Jonathan Aitken’s fall from Downing Street hopeful to convicted liar
In this week’s newsletter: Rob Delaney and Alice Levine investigate the end of the cabinet minister’s career in the latest series of British Scandal
Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier, Hollie Richardson and Rachel Aroesti
07, Dec, 2023 @9:45 AM
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