Factual TV
The week in TV: After the Party; Rage Against the Regime: Iran; The Great British Bake Off: The Final; Smoggie Queens – review
A riveting New Zealand thriller feels real for a reason; survivors of Iran’s ruthless regime speak out. Plus, wayward scones and Middlesborough’s campest misfits
Barbara Ellen
01, Dec, 2024 @9:30 AM
‘If you survive this, you somehow must share it’: reliving the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
A harrowing docuseries looks back at the deadly Boxing Day tsunami that killed over 225,000, speaking to survivors
Adrian Horton
25, Nov, 2024 @4:48 PM
The week in TV: Dune: Prophecy; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here; Say Nothing; The Listeners – review
Women rule the planet in an inventive Dune prequel; starvation has yet to trigger tension in the jungle; striking performances anchor a skewed Troubles drama; and ever impressive Rebecca Hall can’t hear herself think
Barbara Ellen
24, Nov, 2024 @9:30 AM
‘We’re humanizing Manson’: docuseries adds depth to a notorious criminal
The makers of Making Manson have found a wealth of new audio footage that adds texture to an infamous figure without absolving him of his terrible crimes
Radheyan Simonpillai
19, Nov, 2024 @9:23 AM
The week in TV: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Bad Sisters; Immigration: How British Politics Failed; The Penguin – review
Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis return with added candlelight; Bad Sisters cranks up the chaos; and a valiant look at UK immigration is marred by Farage. Plus, a jaw-dropping late twist for The Penguin
Barbara Ellen
17, Nov, 2024 @9:30 AM
Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’
The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries
David Smith in Washington
15, Nov, 2024 @5:09 PM
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints review – curio docudrama series
The director has made an unusual historical TV series for Fox Nation, the conservative news channel’s streaming service, that provides limited insight
Jesse Hassenger
15, Nov, 2024 @3:04 PM
‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’
Mobbed, groped, overworked, paid a pittance and given little time off … ahead of a major TV series about boybands, former members of 5ive and 911 reveal what success was really like for many
Kate Lloyd
11, Nov, 2024 @4:00 PM
Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube review – an extraordinary look at how Jean Charles de Menezes was killed
This mesmerising docuseries is full of astonishing interviews as it examines the Metropolitan police shooting of an innocent man – two weeks after the London bombings and terrorist threats of July 2005
Rebecca Nicholson
10, Nov, 2024 @10:00 PM
The week in TV: Until I Kill You; The Day of the Jackal; Junior Taskmaster; Asia – review
Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans grip in an edgy true crime drama; Eddie Redmayne’s suave lone assassin meets his match; Junior Taskmaster is a chip off the old block. Plus, sea bunnies with David Attenborough
Barbara Ellen
10, Nov, 2024 @9:30 AM
Shetland man’s bond with otter becomes subject of award-winning film
Documentary about Billy Mail’s connection with orphaned pup Molly airs on National Geographic next week
Rachel Keenan
05, Nov, 2024 @7:15 PM
Meredith Kercher’s sister speaks out as Amanda Knox project starts filming in Italy
Sibling of murder victim says it is ‘difficult to understand’ purpose of eight-part series co-produced by Knox
Angela Giuffrida in Trentino
04, Nov, 2024 @2:49 PM
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