As another series of the reality hit comes to an end – complete with a boring win by Liam and Millie – are its contestants merely going through the motions in search of Insta-fortune?In recent years, Love Island has become as ingrained in the British c…
Clickbait review – silly Netflix thriller series isn’t worth clicking on
The eight-part drama entices with a whodunnit of the anonymous internet but diverts to a feather-thin saga of red herrings that is more irksome than interestingClickbait, an eight-part Netflix thriller series, is at least well-named. The Australian-Ame…
TV tonight: David Morrissey returns in Jez Butterworth’s Britannia
Morrissey and Mackenzie Crook continue to fight it out three years after the Roman invasion. Plus: Paralympics Opening Ceremony Live. Here’s what to watch this eveningA third series for Jez Butterworth’s daft but engaging semi-historical drama. Three y…
Sex, Succession and sci-fi nightmares: the must-see TV of autumn 2021
More teenage hookups in Sex Education, a killer Olivia Colman and the long-awaited return of the Roy family … here is all the unmissable TV coming soonAnnie Murphy moves straight from Schitt’s Creek to another swearily titled series, this time a bold m…
Jeanie Finlay: ‘I don’t film alpha males. They don’t need more exposure’
She spent a year in her room as a teenager, and now makes heart-wrenching documentaries about people looking for safe spaces in record shops, on goth cruises – and even on the set of Game of ThronesThere are many wonderful moments in the films of Jeani…
When Ruby Wax Met … review – excruciating outpourings from OJ Simpson, Donald Trump and more
From a menacing Trump to OJ Simpson trying to stab her with a banana, Wax looks back at her interview hits and misses – and it makes for jaw-dropping, fascinating TVWhen Ruby Wax Met … (BBC Two) gives us a double whammy of Wax, then and now, and proves…
Love Island and the concerns about psychological distress that won’t go away
Contestants get more support after Caroline Flack and two islanders took their own lives but experts remain uneasy over formatIt has been a series full of drama, dumpings and more than a few heads turning at Casa Amor. But, after eight weeks, Love Isla…
Nicole Ari Parker to join Sex and the City reboot in place of Kim Cattrall
Boogie Nights star reportedly cast as Carrie Bradshaw’s best friend in HBO Max series And Just Like That …Nicole Ari Parker has been billed to replace Kim Cattrall in the Sex and the City reboot, after the backlash that accompanied the news that the er…
The Handmaid’s Tale: will the TV hit break its cycle of cruelty?
Season four of the drama based on Margaret Atwood’s novel has seen Elisabeth Moss’s June in near-constant peril. However, it seems her latent rage could be the thing that sets her freeI find myself wondering why I am still so invested in The Handmaid’s…
‘For comfort viewing, it’s quite rock’n’roll’: Why Changing Rooms is back
The flamboyant home makeover show has returned after 17 years and is one of a host of similar shows designed to cheer up the nationA sex swing inspired by the floating palace hotel in Udaipur – it was what Swansea had been calling out for,” says Lauren…