He was the terrifying stick-up man who loved his gran, shopped in his pyjamas and tenderly kissed his boyfriend. We remember Omar’s great scenes – and pay tribute to Michael K Williams, the actor who brought him to lifePlaying stick-up man Omar Little …
Michael K Williams, star of The Wire, dies aged 54
The actor was best known for his role as Omar Little in the HBO series, and also starred in Boardwalk EmpireThe actor Michael K Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little in The Wire, has died at the age of 54.Confirming his death to the Hollywoo…
Life is Strange: True Colors hands-on preview: Not afraid to make you sad
Tapping into emotion auras feels like the most genuine series reinvention yet.
Vigil episode three recap – motives emerge amid the murky mystery
At the halfway point of the gripping maritime crime series, the finger of suspicion seems to be pointing ever higher up the chain of commandSpoiler alert: this blog is for those watching Vigil on BBC One. Don’t read on unless you have watched episode t…
Jack O’Connell: ‘Eventually the wheels come off, everything explodes’
Actor Jack O’Connell is known for going to physical extremes to show the vulnerability of violent men. But what does masculinity really mean to him?Are you here to see man?” asks a Spanish waiter as I walk through the café garden, and points towards th…
Autumn TV: our experts pick the best of the new season
From major new dramas featuring Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham to Peter Jackson’s Beatles series and the return of Succession, here are the must-see shows for the coming monthsAngela BlackITV, date tbcITV has a reputation for delivering taut, female-…
Joshua Jackson: ‘Patrick Stewart relit my fire’
The Dawson’s Creek star on turning bad in Dr Death, becoming a pandemic parent, and how the veteran actor helped his careerThe Canadian-American actor Joshua Jackson, 43, made his name playing Pacey Witter in teen drama Dawson’s Creek. Subsequent TV sh…
The Hunt for a Killer review – Nordic noir nail-biter with a true crime twist
BBC Four’s latest import is a sensationalism-free reimagining of a 1989 Swedish murder case, which trades aspirational design and superhuman sleuths to look deep into societal woesBBC Four helped kick off Nordic noir’s British boom in 2008 when it aire…
Houseplants be like: due to personal reasons I will be passing away.
Dramatic Houseplants (it’s just a subreddit, but a good one)
Vigil: Suranne Jones’s classy new drama is Sunday night TV at its best
This multilayered murder mystery set on a nuclear submarine takes the usual police procedural beats and gives them a new lease of lifeThere are three things we, as a nation, love and adore: bank holiday weekends, multilayered murder mysteries being sol…