Demons, dinosaur attacks, an inspired advertising pitch … There are many ways to conclude a much-loved show. Here are the most memorableDon Draper has an existential breakdown at a new age healing camp, then closes his eyes, smiles and invents the most…
TV tonight – Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham star in devastating Covid drama Help
Jack Thorne’s film is a searing look at life in a care home hit by Covid. Plus Patrick Kielty on Northern Ireland. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
MJ Rodriguez on Pose and making Emmy history: ‘I want to play anything: trans, cis, superhero, alien’
Her huge-hearted portrayal of Blanca has made Rodriguez the first trans performer to be up for a leading actress Emmy. Will she take the crown on Sunday? We join her for a Zoom call with a twistMJ Rodriguez can see me but I can’t see her. This is not t…
‘It’s very culty’: the bizarre billion-dollar downfall of fashion company LuLaRoe
LuLaRich, the Amazon docuseries on a multi-level marketing company, is a four-part dive into greed and faux-girlboss idealsRoberta Blevins first heard about the leggings in the fall of 2015, in a post by a fellow member of a motherhood-themed Facebook …
The Activist: ‘tone-deaf’ new TV show has activists compete to lobby G20 leaders
CBS programme has caused a social media storm for its crass choice of format and ill-qualified judgesProducers have billed it as an exciting new twist on reality television: an X-Factor style competition between campaigners that will give them the chan…
Norm Macdonald made you laugh by doing almost nothing | David Baddiel
The standup, most famous for Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, could make the familiar feel strange and newNorm Macdonald, former SNL cast member, dies at 61It was Frank Skinner who first brought my attention to Norm Macdonald. Years ago – I can’t…
Show Me the Honey: amateur beekeepers to compete in BBC show
Exclusive: seven-part TV series will involve weekly challenges and aims to tap into rising interest in apiariesIt has made The Great British Sewing Bee and spelling bee series Hard Spell but now the BBC is focusing on actual bees – by launching the UK’…
Edward Barnes obituary
Head of BBC television’s children’s programmes who created Newsround and made a great contribution to Blue PeterEdward Barnes’s greatest innovation as head of BBC television children’s programmes from 1978 until 1986 lay in creating Newsround. He launc…
Tan France: ‘People assume I’m older than I am’
The designer who made his name on Queer Eye, talks about his heritage, becoming a father and how to keep your eyebrows looking greatWhen I was young, my focus wasn’t on my queerness. It was more on being south Asian. I was raised in a small town in Sou…
British As Folk: three comedians in a campervan have fun with history
Hampered by a terrible name, Dave’s new travelogue investigating modern Britain is constantly entertainingHard to like a TV show with a terrible name, isn’t it? Let’s run over it again: British As Folk (Monday, 10pm, Dave). So it’s supposed to sound li…