Factual TV

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Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review – a woeful failure to challenge racism
Ade Adepitan is a charming presenter, but his ‘chilled-out’ approach to entering a ‘whites-only’ South African town is utterly feeble. At points, his passivity is borderline offensive

Leila Latif

18, Mar, 2024 @11:05 PM

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John Gau obituary
A former head of BBC current affairs and Panorama producer who went on to make documentaries for Channel 4 in the 1980s

Anthony Hayward

14, Mar, 2024 @4:34 PM

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Seven Up! changed British TV – and how we see ourselves. Here’s why the series is still unmissable | Jane Martinson
The Up documentaries, voted the most influential TV show of the past 50 years, shone a unique light on our national character, says the BPG’s Jane Martinson

Jane Martinson

13, Mar, 2024 @4:22 PM

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Up documentary series voted most influential UK TV show of last 50 years
Programme that follows the lives of 14 children at seven-year intervals tops Broadcasting Press Guild’s 50th anniversary chart

Tara Conlan

12, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM

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The week in TV: Mary & George; The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson; The Gentlemen; Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice – review
Julianne Moore revels in an X-rated period romp, Jennifer Arcuri enlivens a predictable Boris Johnson profile, and Guy Ritchie’s eight-part drama resorts to stereotypes

Barbara Ellen

10, Mar, 2024 @9:30 AM

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‘Extreme power and secrecy’: inside shocking Netflix hit The Octopus Murders
The story of a journalist’s mysterious death while investigating a shadowy conspiracy has become the subject of a twisty new series

David Smith in Washington

05, Mar, 2024 @4:34 PM

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The week in TV: The Jury: Murder Trial; Things You Should Have Done; The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and more – review
Depressing yet riveting, a real-life murder trial is restaged in front of not one but two entrenched juries. Plus, a nicely warped gen Z sitcom from YouTuber Lucia Keskin; and Noel Fielding swaps cakes for cloak-swishing

Barbara Ellen

03, Mar, 2024 @9:30 AM

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Richard Linklater: ‘I don’t feel connected to my government right now’
The film-maker is one of three directors behind the docuseries God Save Texas looking at the issues facing those living in the state, some a matter of life and death

Adrian Horton

28, Feb, 2024 @2:31 PM

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The week in TV: The Way; Breathtaking; Boarders; Joe Lycett vs Sewage – review
Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis create a chaotic vision of Welsh revolution; ITV’s Covid three-parter favours realism over drama; and race, class and privilege collide in the BBC’s cracking new public school satire

Barbara Ellen

25, Feb, 2024 @9:30 AM

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‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on
Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

Tim Adams

25, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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‘The bloody Protestants ran BBC in Northern Ireland’ in 60s and 70s, says ex-TV boss
Former BBC One controller Paul Fox says anti-Catholic prejudice was deeply embedded at the corporation during the Troubles

Richard Brooks

24, Feb, 2024 @10:07 AM

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Inseparable Sisters review – the almighty power of parental love will move you to tears
This deeply moving documentary follows seven-year-old conjoined twins Marieme and Ndeye and their father, who has devoted his life to their care. It is a much-needed story of hope

Chitra Ramaswamy

21, Feb, 2024 @11:20 PM

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