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Annie Wersching is best known for 24 – but her career was something so rare

From her brief but brilliant turn opposite Halle Berry to stabbing then sleeping with Jack Bauer in 24, Wersching had a talent for seamlessly slotting into the machinery of a big show and making a huge impact

Stuart Heritage

30, Jan, 2023 @12:21 PM

Soy Cromwell! James Cromwell’s Starbucks plant milk protest shows why he’s movies’ top revolutionary

Supergluing himself to a coffee counter in protest at non-dairy milk surcharges is the latest in a long line of direct actions from James Cromwell. So-called activists who hop on planes to climate conferences should watch and learn

Stuart Heritage

11, May, 2022 @1:19 PM

Kiefer Sutherland: ‘I said: I can do a really good Donald Sutherland for half the money’

Answering readers’ questions, the actor and musician talks about how he tried stealing a job off his father, his favourite item from Greggs and his Mickey Mouse tattoo

As told to Rich Pelley

27, Jan, 2022 @12:00 PM

From United 93 to Worth: how Hollywood grappled with 9/11

In the two decades since the terror attack on New York City, films and TV shows have tried to revisit or reflect on a culturally traumatic event

Adrian Horton

10, Sep, 2021 @5:37 PM

Don’t stay another day: why TV doesn’t need a 24 revival

Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer was a mainstay of the golden age of television, but reboots of the franchise have been witless. Worse still, there’s now talk of another

Stuart Heritage

09, Sep, 2021 @11:00 AM

'Downton Abbey is ludicrous': the biggest TV hits we've never seen – until now

Continuing our series on a year of bumper pandemic viewing, our critics finally watch the shows that had passed them by, from Downton to Twin Peaks

Ammar Kalia, Rachel Aroesti, Rebecca Nicholson, Stuart Heritage, Sasha Mistlin, Hannah J Davies and Toby Moses

23, Mar, 2021 @2:38 PM

When does 24’s Jack Bauer go to the toilet?

You’ve been wondering it too: we look into when the constantly on-call government agent finds time to do his business

Stuart Heritage

28, Sep, 2020 @12:00 PM

The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say

Kate Abbott, Hannah J Davies, Gwilym Mumford, Phil Harrison and Jack Seale

16, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

Chimerica's Cherry Jones: 'Everything progressive in America has been trampled on'

Jones has played nuns, poets and even the US president in 24 ... while working with problematic men. ‘If we condemn by instinct, we’re on a slippery slope,’ she says

Zoe Williams

16, Apr, 2019 @2:23 PM

Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die

From seminal crime sagas and grim comedies to deep dramas and meta humour, here’s our writers’ guide to the best streamable shows right now

Hannah J Davies, Paul Flynn , Stuart Heritage, Julia Raeside and Jack Seale

26, Jan, 2019 @10:00 AM

Can BBC Informer finally subvert the Muslim stereotype problem on TV?

From oppressed wives to crazed jihadists, TV’s Islamophobia is rife. Nabhaan Rizwan stars in the new BBC thriller hoping to change the narrative

Stuart Jeffries

16, Oct, 2018 @8:00 AM

I love 24 and Jack Bauer, but please, let them rest in peace

A 24 prequel would be a step too far for a show that has been stretched to the limits and broken. Can someone do the honourable thing and put it out of its misery?

Stuart Heritage

31, Jul, 2018 @11:01 AM