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• Observer Ideas festival featuring Edward Snowden – watch it live

  11 Oct 2014: Watch speakers including Edward Snowden, David Simon, Tinie Tempah, Conchita Wurst and Jack Monroe speaking live at this year’s Observer Ideas festival

• The Wire creator David Simon: why American politics no longer works

  28 Sep 2014: The writer’s next show, Show Me a Hero, is the true story of a battle over public housing that convulsed New York in the 80s. John Mulholland meets him on location in Manhattan

• Boardwalk Empire and Sons of Anarchy face challenge of finding a fitting finale

  7 Sep 2014: How you end a beloved TV show can delight or disappoint viewers. Here are some of the best and worst ways to bow out
  

• Dominic West and Ruth Wilson tease The Affair – new trailer

  27 Aug 2014: Trailerwatch: A second teaser for Showtime’s sinister new relationship drama has been released, and it exposes more of the mystery at the heart of the show

• Blooper reels trouble me – who needs to see King Joffrey looking adorable?

  28 Jul 2014: Stuart Heritage: I don't want to know that the Game of Thrones cast are charming, giggly people. And the same goes for my other favourite dramas, from Breaking Bad to Th

• How to watch TV like a world leader

  24 Jul 2014: Does the Queen watch Game of Thrones? No. But Cameron bases policy on crime dramas and Biden is a sucker for Honey Boo Boo

• What TV shows have you lied about watching just to save face?

  6 Jun 2014: Stuart Heritage: We have a tendency to fib about what we've watched, just to fit in, according to a new survey. Did you ever say you'd seen something when you hadn't. The Wire? Homeland? Downton Abbey? Tell us your guilty secrets
  

• Blind Boys of Alabama's Jimmy Carter: 'We started playing during segregation ... never in my life did I think we'd have a black president'

  21 May 2014:

  During his seven decades singing with the gospel group, Jimmy Carter has won five Grammy awards and met four presidents – including his namesake, he tells Tim Jonze

• Almost Human: terminated after one series but still worth watching

  7 May 2014:

  Graeme Virtue: What is your favourite one-season wonder? Which shows were overlooked by TV bosses but lapped up by audiences?

• Amazon strikes deal with HBO to stream The Sopranos and The Wire

  23 Apr 2014: Deal with Amazon Prime marks first time older shows, including Six Feet Under, have been available to non-HBO subscribers

• Readers recommend: songs about cleansing

  20 Mar 2014:

  Washing to brushing, soaking to buffing, let's dust off and polish up a selection of songs that seek to purify object, body or mind, says Peter Kimpton

• 10 favourite readers of fiction in fiction

  13 Mar 2014: Bookworms like Roald Dahl’s Matilda are common enough in novels. But what’s Sartre doing in TV’s Skins, and who quotes The Great Gatsby in The Wire?

• Line of Duty: the gripping police drama that makes women a real force

  2 Mar 2014: Halfway through its compelling run, BBC2's Line of Duty is smashing gender stereotypes and giving the celebrated Scandi-noir dramas a run for their money, writes Yvonne Roberts

• Downton Abbey: my weekly dose of conservative values

  6 Feb 2014:

  Emma Brockes: After a four-season immersion in the show's right-wing political values, why not enjoy the silliness instead of fighting it?

• Michael B Jordan: 'I picked up stuff from The Wire that I still use every day'

  30 Jan 2014:

  The star of That Awkward Moment has used his 'go-getting mentality' to graduate from teen sitcom bit-parts to adult movie roles. He's even acclaimed as one of the 30 under-30s who is changing the world

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