Politics TV
High-spend politics might make great TV, but democracy pays the price for it | Torsten Bell
Those who wish Westminster was more like The West Wing should take note of research on election spending caps in Brazil
Torsten Bell
15, May, 2022 @9:30 AM
Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship – crying out for a Philomena Cunk voiceover
There are plenty of insider interviews in Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer’s uncritical, traditional-feeling documentary. But you can’t help chuckling at its dated format
Rebecca Nicholson
03, Apr, 2022 @9:00 PM
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – stunning TV that is suddenly unmissable
Filmmaker James Jones had no idea when he started it two years ago that a terrible synchronicity would make his blistering documentary about the nuclear accident in northern Ukraine a must-watch
Stuart Heritage
28, Feb, 2022 @4:31 PM
‘I phoned the president of Ghana onstage in a pub’: how we made The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
‘It was a steep learning curve, from shouting abuse at a Tory MEP to chasing international arms dealers’
Interviews by Jay Richardson
21, Feb, 2022 @3:24 PM
Devil’s Advocate review – a mind-boggling tale of a real-life grifter
This documentary looks at the rise and fall of the ‘lawyer’ Giovanni di Stefano, whose list of clients reads like a Who’s Who of criminality – from Saddam Hussein to Harold Shipman
Lucy Mangan
15, Feb, 2022 @11:00 PM
Vaccine refusers have been asked on to Question Time. Is this a disaster waiting to happen?
Fiona Bruce has encouraged unvaccinated people to join the TV show’s debate. I have misgivings about this attempt to bridge a growing divide, writes Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams
24, Jan, 2022 @3:36 PM
Who could replace Laura Kuenssberg as BBC political editor?
Kuenssberg will step down next year – but which journalists are ready to step into the hot seat?
Jim Waterson Media editor
20, Dec, 2021 @6:53 PM
The week in TV: Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution; Ridley Road; The Mating Game; Murder Island
The story of the birth of New Labour reminds us how politics used to work, Sarah Solemani’s fascism drama struggles to find the right tone – and a gameshow looks dead on arrival
Barbara Ellen
10, Oct, 2021 @8:30 AM
TV tonight: how Tony Blair reinvented the Labour party
A new series digs deep into the rise of New Labour in the 1990s, plus can Daniel Radcliffe work miracles in the wild west? Here’s what to watch this evening
Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale and Ellen E Jones
04, Oct, 2021 @5:20 AM
‘This was Black Camelot’: looking back on Obama’s journey to the top
In a dense new docuseries, the personal and political journey of Barack Obama is explored along with the difficult tightrope he was forced to walk
David Smith in Washington
28, Jul, 2021 @2:48 PM
GB News is no joke, despite the risible start | Nesrine Malik
As much as it might like to, the left can’t pretend the channel doesn’t exist, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Nesrine Malik
21, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM
Actually, we were laughing at Robert Jenrick, not his tiny flag | David Mitchell
The row over the housing secretary’s union jack is further evidence of the government’s leaden approach to national pride
David Mitchell
04, Apr, 2021 @9:00 AM
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