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The Batman prequel explores the city’s vast ecosystem of corruption, and while it’s still finding its feet, it has plenty of potential to grow
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The Casual Vacancy Keeley Hawes, Michael Gambon and Julia McKenzie in action
The BBC/HBO adaptation of JK Rowling’s first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, will air next year. Here are the latest pictures of the central characters -
The Day Today creator will debut a new radio sketch on Sunday. It’s welcome news: from On the Hour to Blue Jam, radio is the medium that made him
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Repeat offenders The 1970s TV shows that refuse to die
The decade that gave us staples of our current schedules – the Two Ronnies, Dad’s Army, Morecambe & Wise – is also responsible for the television we’ll never be able to watch again -
We’re four episodes in and though this was less frustrating than last week, The Fall is still operating on an undemanding level
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Serial takes place against the backdrop of Baltimore County, on the outskirts of the city. Here are the key locations of the story
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Exclusive trailer The Black Mirror Christmas special, starring Jon Hamm
The festive episode of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian series arrives on 16 December. Here’s a first look, with Rafe Spall and Oona Chaplin joining the Mad Men star in seasonal hell
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With traditional TV offering more of the same, 2014 is the year festive programming finally makes the switch to digital
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The actors take roles in Codes of Conduct, about a black man rising through high society New York, which Oscar winner will co-write and produce
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Last night's TV Confessions of a Secretary – a brilliantly nosy look at the era of the office sex-pest
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Dr Sam Willis takes a tour of amazing feats of construction in an age when, if you weren’t crenellated, you weren’t anybody
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Netflix’s Kevin Spacey-led political thriller will be back in February 2015, but this former fan worries it may have reached its limits
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The Apprentice liveblog Episode nine – as it happens
After last week’s hot tubs v tractors country showdown, it was back to pounding the city streets for our final eight, with the ever-popular hunt-the-elusive-product round -
Saffron Burrows I’m really proud of my family and who they are
Socialist Worker, teen model, Hollywood star … at 42, Saffron Burrows has already had many lives. Now she goes public about her marriage -
The Walking Dead recap Mid-season finale – Maggie's bad day
The mid-season finale saw Rick lose the plot, while Carl did some very dangerous DIY -
Like all great sitcom characters, Dr Lahiri is deluded, egotistical – and very funny. The only difference is, she is a woman
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Series star Fred Savage’s mother kept it since show ended in 1993, joking that museum might want it one day
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Who were you rooting for in the finale?
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Sam Wollaston on TV The Missing is brilliant but it must have closure
The BBC1 drama is a complex jigsaw and, with two episodes to go, I hope it gets its final piece -
American Horror Story: Freak Show The strongest season of the show so far
Naysayers and critics have written it off as a substandard instalment, but there’s a lot to love in this tale of 1950s carnival gore – especially Twisty the Clown -
The BBC Trust has deliberated long and hard and concluded that it won’t uphold a complaint that the imaginary character on the long-running radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue is unacceptably sexist
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Netflix’s flagship drama signalled its return in typically stylish and intriguing fashion with a 12-second teaser video
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Sam Wollaston on TV Wild Weather with Richard Hammond – it looks as if a car will still get wrecked
This BBC1 show is as much about how Richard Hammond reaches the science, and the boys’ toys he finds there, as the science itself -
Miranda Sawyer on radio The Reith Lectures, Reply All and Criminal
Reith lecturer Dr Atul Gawande was engaging on medical ineptitude, while an app for puzzled doctors turned up in a top 10 podcast -
Who left the dancing competition this week? Heidi Stephens was back from the TV studios to guide you through
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Homeland recap Halfway to a Donut – the best episode in years
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Andrew Anthony on TV The Legacy, Remember Me, Skint and Posh People: Inside Tatler
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Everyone wanted to get through to the semi-final. Thankfully, not all of them could. Stuart Heritage was there for every minute of the whole weekend
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It’s nearly a decade since Steve Brookstein became the first winner of The X Factor – not that you’d remember. His new memoir details the miseries of fleeting reality TV fame, and the Cowell-Clifford conspiracy that he believes killed his career
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A visit to Planet Ice, off into the wild with Ben Fogle and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD decipher alien scribblings. Plus: a portrait of Von Karajan, The Story of Funk and the adventures of a corporate Robin Hood in House Of Lies
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Priya Elan: Gabrielle Drake’s insights and reminiscences of her brother Nick made fascinating and poignant listening for his fans
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NBC might be hoping to suck in the hate-watchers, but there’s an outside chance the follow up to last year’s panned Sound Of Music Live! might actually be good
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David Renshaw: Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones as bickering friends Andy and Lance are a delightful double-act in this wistful, subtle comedy
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The Met’s in a muddle in Babylon, Gibson starts to turn the tables on Spector in The Fall and there are real-life storms to cope with in The Railway: First Great Western. Pus feline and canine business with A Very Grumpy Cat and Puppy Love and the sturdy Castles – Britain’s Fortified History
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Costume designer Michele Clapton discussed the HBO show’s sartorial subtleties such as Jaime Lannister’s golden hand and whether the Greyjoys stink of fish oil
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Andrew Collins gives his verdict on the week's TV including Legacy, Tomorrow's Worlds, Remember Me and Stalker
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A visit to Planet Ice, off into the wild with Ben Fogle and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD decipher alien scribblings. Plus: a portrait of Von Karajan, The Story of Funk and the adventures of a corporate Robin Hood in House Of Lies
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Off The Page | Serial | Music Nation | The Day Of The Triffids | Constantine
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New Netflix original Marco Polo makes its debut, as does Amazon’s Gael Garcia Bernal-starring Mozart in the Jungle, plus stand-up from Nick Offerman, Stephen Fry and Zach Galifianakis
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Your next box set Detectorists – box set review: this gentle tale of treasure-hunting folk struck TV gold
David Renshaw: Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones as bickering friends Andy and Lance are a delightful double-act in this wistful, subtle comedy -
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From the psychedelic crocodile to the weird racial undertones, Peter Pan Live gave the hate watchers plenty of ammunition
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As NBC’s hate-watch bonanza aired we tried to keep up with the dancing, social media reaction and snark.
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After last week’s hot tubs v tractors country showdown, it was back to pounding the city streets for our final eight, with the ever-popular hunt-the-elusive-product round
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Netflix’s Kevin Spacey-led political thriller will be back in February 2015, but former fan Stuart Heritage worries it may have reached its limits
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Luke Holland: Naysayers and critics have written it off as a substandard instalment, but there’s a lot to love in this tale of 1950s carnival gore – especially Twisty the Clown
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Vicky Frost: BBC2’s decorating competition has thrown up some joyful moments and garish rooms, but as the final approaches, who are you backing to win – Martin or Fiona?
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Everyone wanted to get through to the semi-final. Thankfully, not all of them could. Stuart Heritage was there for every minute of the whole weekend.
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It was Around the World week! Heidi Stephens returned from the TV studios to guide you through and let you know who left
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Lifetime’s Christmas film takes an internet meme and whips it up into a confection laced with irony and meta-commentary – but the cat remains adorable
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Reports suggest that far from leaving, Jenna Coleman is signing on for more episodes of Doctor Who. Great – Clara is a wonderful companion who has finally found the right Doctor, says Dan Martin
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The plot is far from believable, the pacing is off, and is Croydon really a good enough reason to turn down Gibson? What is going on with this show, ask Vicky Frost
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Phil Harrison: These late-night Channel 4 documentaries explore local DIY subcultures, from Asian rave to Glasgow’s indie underground. It’s a reminder of what we might be missing out on
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Mark Lawson: The outstanding new Danish drama joins The Killing and Borgen in challenging some of the prejudices of British TV commissioners
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Priya Elan: As the harrowing drama about the search for a missing child reaches its halfway point, the horror of the mundane has become too much to bear for some. Have you been watching it?
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News: Clip centred around Arya Stark tweeted from official account as new website launches, promising “the sight”
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Lucy Mangan: Dr Sam Willis takes a tour of amazing feats of construction in an age when, if you weren’t crenellated, you weren’t anybody
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Priya Elan: Gabrielle Drake’s insights and reminiscences of her brother Nick made fascinating and poignant listening for his fans
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Lucy Mangan: It was the 60s, and for secretaries there were plenty of jobs, plenty of perks – and plenty of gropers
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Sam Wollaston: Apart from Tony’s face and Julien’s limp, The Missing is brilliant. But we really need closure
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Sam Wollaston: This BBC1 show is as much about how Richard Hammond reaches the science, and the boys’ toys he finds there, as the science itself
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Sam Wollaston: It turns out you can’t see it from space, but the Great Wall of China is still amazing
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Reith lecturer Dr Atul Gawande was engaging on medical ineptitude, while an app for puzzled doctors turned up in a top 10 podcast, writes Miranda Sawyer
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Watch out for more Scandi homages as the Danes take on family drama, writes Andrew Anthony, while rich and poor do battle in Britain
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Guitar geeks, you owe it all to a tap-dancing boy, writes Sam Wollaston
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Lucy Mangan: Dan Jones’s boyish enthusiasm has made the Plantaganets my second favourite family – just behind the Ewings
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Priya Elan: Now that’s spreading the word: in 1920s LA, preacher Aimee Semple McPherson looked like a film star and enacted Bible stories with Broadway production values
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Real-life doctors-and-nurses escapades, sherry evenings, cricket, and bags of lovely drugs: it really was different being a doctor in the 1960s and 70s, writes Sam Wollaston
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Rebecca Nicholson: This disturbing and upsetting film gave an overview of the history of paedophilia – but the real subject was Eddie
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Julia Raeside: The three-part series on Britain’s oldest magazine took the form of a genteel safari where viewers could peer through the Land Rover window at the toffs – and draw our own conclusions
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Sam Wollaston: Watching the autopsy of this 40,000-year-old beast was macabre and a bit disturbing, but also brilliant
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The years when art schools were wild and radical were celebrated on Archive on 4, while sleepovers start very early in Shanghai, writes Miranda Sawyer
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From choppers to coppers, it’s been a frantic week for Ant, Dec and James Nesbitt, writes Andrew Anthony
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Fogle takes the sheep by the scrotum for a queasy hour in Namibia, writes Sam Wollaston
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Lucy Mangan: Gore Vidal – eloquent, scabrous and endlessly quotable to the last
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NBC might be hoping to suck in the hate-watchers, but there’s an outside chance the follow up to last year’s panned Sound Of Music Live! might actually be good
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News: The actors take roles in Codes of Conduct, about a black man rising through high society New York, which Oscar winner will co-write and produce
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Costume designer Michele Clapton discussed the HBO show’s sartorial subtleties such as Jaime Lannister’s golden hand and whether the Greyjoys stink of fish oil
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Series star Fred Savage’s mother kept it since show ended in 1993, joking that museum might want it one day
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Siphokazi Mdlankomo hopes to inspire others as calls grow for better labour rights for hidden army in post-apartheid economy
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Netflix’s flagship drama signalled its return in typically stylish and intriguing fashion with a 12-second teaser video
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Lawyer reveals that Melbourne actor – in court on two counts of driving on a suspended licence – has a part-time labouring job
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QI host will join Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon in much-loved cartoon’s comeback
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Audience of 7.7m per episode and critical acclaim mean BBC and writers Jack and Harry Williams keen to do follow-up series
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Fans of wildly popular This American Life spin-off donate enough money to make second season of real-life murder mystery
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What did you miss on the late night talkshows? Meghan Trainor’s Thanksgiving carols and Wu-Tang Clan bringing da ruckus to Letterman
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News: McAdams and Kitsch join previously announced leads Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn in second season of the noirish crime drama, which will be set around southern California
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Game of Thrones star triumphs as British detective in crime drama The Tunnel while Krijgsman wins for cleaner role
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Most politicians opt to play it safe and choose something predictable, so what will the home secretary pick on Sunday
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Guardian analysis reveals a clear political divide in musical tastes of politicians who have so far appeared on the BBC show
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Trailerwatch: The Breaking Bad spinoff will begin in the US on 8 February with another episode scheduled for the following night, as show confirms focus on ‘Jimmy McGill’
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Model and TV host says comedian drugged and assaulted her in 1982, an encounter she was forced to remove from her memoir
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The Idris Elba cop show will be reimagined by Fox in the hope that it will replicate its award-winning success
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Scott Simon, who quizzed the comedian about long-standing allegations in an interview broadcast Saturday, challenged Cosby lawyer’s statement
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News: Anne Charleston and Ian Smith confirm that they will be back in the long-running Australian soap, despite Madge’s on-screen death in 2001
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Andrew Collins: Telly Addict The Legacy, Tomorrow's Worlds, Remember Me and Stalker
The week's TV reviewed
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Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his rundown of the week's TV, including I'm A Celebrity, Scot Squad, It Was Alright in the 70s and Ripper Street
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews the week's TV, including the return of BBC2's creepy serial-killer thriller The Fall
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Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his rundown of the week's TV
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews House of Lies, The Missing, Scrotal Recall, Intruders and Life is Toff
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Telly addict Andrew Collins gets into the Halloween spirit in his review of the week's TV
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews The Apprentice, The Knick, The Code, Homeland, Gotham and The Walking Dead
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Andrew Collins gives his verdict on this week's television including The Great British Bake Off, Grantchester, Detectorists, Cat Watch 2014: the New Horizon Experiment, Forever and Anarchy
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Telly addict Andrew Collins throws his cap in the air at the return of Brummie gangster saga Peaky Blinders to BBC2
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Andrew Collins gives his run down of the week's TV including Downton Abbey and The Strain
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews the latest TV dramas, with two big US imports and two crowd-pleasers from these shores
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews Boardwalk Empire, The Secrets, Dave Gorman's Modern Life and The Rules of Abstraction
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Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his verdict on the ratings war between The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing
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Andrew Collins gives his verdict on this week's television including the baked Alaska scandal on The Great British Bake Off
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews Peter Capaldi's action- packed debut in Doctor Who
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Andrew Collins gives his verdict on The Village, Sweets Made Simple, Boomers, Scrappers and Richard E Grant's Hotel Secrets
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Telly Addict Andrew Collins gives his verdict on the week's TV, including the ever-dependable, ever-predictable, ever-popular Great British Bake Off, a shocking edition of Horrible Histories with its Frightful First World War Special, a new Naples-set crime drama Gomorrah and Staffs sitcom Cuckoo
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Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his verdict on this week's TV
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The Mill, Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend, Monty Python Live, Veep and more: TV review — video
Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his verdict on the week in television
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24:Live Another Day, Utopia, Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience and more: TV review — video
Telly addict Andrew Collins gives his verdict on this week's TV
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Vicky Frost: We’re four episodes in and though this was less frustrating than last week, The Fall is still operating on an undemanding level
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This week we were down to nine and the promise of a Tudor battle reenactment. Shields at the ready, everyone …
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Gwilym Mumford: The relationship between Carrie and Saul is brought back into focus in the best episode of the season, if not one of the strongest in the entire show
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Our dancers got down to the music of music of Robbie Willliams, Tom Jones and, er, Nicole Kidman … can Sunetra and Brendan last another week?
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The mid-season finale saw Rick lose the plot, Carl does some dangerous DIY and Maggie has a very bad day. Spoiler alert: this blog is published after The Walking Dead airs on AMC in the US on Sundays. Do not read on unless you have watched season five, episode five (which airs in the UK on Fox on Mondays)
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Dan Martin: What a finale episode. Action-packed, uncompromising, filled with genuine emotion – and how briliant was Michelle Gomez as Missy?
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Viv Groskop’s episode blog: What with the inevitable doggy demise and a scandal that stretched incredulity to the limit, this feature-length finale was, even by this show’s standards, pretty eccentric. Roll on series six!
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Packed with revelations, this was Peaky Blinders at its best – a gut-wrenching and beautifully directed climax, writes Sarah Hughes
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Based on a real-life murder, Serial has captivated listeners around the world. But when the show’s fans started doing their own investigations on Reddit, it took the phenomenon into uncharted waters
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As the chat show says farewell to its first season, we choose its best moments, from doggy supreme court to a typical Thursday for Vladimir Putin
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It may not be a smooth operation, but the programme’s cheerful disorder and investigative tenacity set it apart from its TV news competitors
First Contact review: precious moments and epiphanies in reality TV that just might prove its worth