We would like to hear from older people about what they’re watching and what they think of streaming servicesNetflix has seen a rise in the number of over 65s tuning in to TV streaming as older people adopted more technology during the pandemic.We woul…
Car crash TV: why Simon Cowell’s take on Top Gear is the last thing we need
With The X Factor now consigned to the dustbin of television history, Cowell is said to be releasing his inner Jeremy Clarkson with a motoring show. Haven’t we suffered enough? Simon Cowell and Jeremy Clarkson. Sneery Si and shouty Jezza. Together they…
‘I’m not a news robot reading an Autocue’: Clive Myrie on politics, personality and Mastermind
The BBC newsreader takes over the venerable quiz show next week. He discusses fighting for viewers, dealing with online abuse – and making his parents proudThere is one correct way to start an interview with the new host of Mastermind: turn the tables …
Ladhood series two review – Liam Williams muddles through masculinity
The comic’s painfully funny, semi-autobiographial sitcom returns for a second series, balancing crass banter with intelligent insights into emotional inadequacyTeenage boys don’t know what they are doing. They let their friends down and their romantic …
The week in audio: The Patch; The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra; Forever Is a Long Time
Random UK postcodes, the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra’s son and a family big on divorce yield a succession of moving storiesThe Patch BBC Radio 4 | BBC SoundsThe Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra Wondery Forever Is a Long Time PRXThree very different ways…
On my radar: Shaun Keaveny’s cultural highlights
The 6 Music presenter on Schitt’s Creek, Douglas Stuart’s extraordinary Shuggie Bain and the canal-side pub he longs to visitBorn in Leigh, Greater Manchester, in 1972, radio DJ and presenter Shaun Keaveny began his career at XFM and in 2007 joined 6 M…
Modesty pouches and masturbation montages: the making of Sex Education
The rude, raucous and revolutionary comedy is back for another term. The stars and creators reveal how it became one of Netflix’s biggest British hitsSex Education is back with a bang. Several, in fact. The Netflix hit’s third series starts with an epi…
Strictly Come Dancing 2021: the contestants – ranked
Robert Webb, AJ Odudu, Tom Fletcher and Nina Wadia are among the celebrities getting their dancing shoes on for Strictly. But who will succeed … and who on earth is Tilly Ramsay?The 2021 Strictly Come Dancing line-up has been unveiled in full, which ca…
TV tonight: Michael Johnson meets our star Paralympians
The US champion sprinter begins a new series interviewing the likes of Ellie Simmonds and Kadeena Cox. Plus: Suggs’ life story. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
Deceit review – Rachel Nickell drama probes the ethics of entrapment
Niamh Algar puts in a phenomenal performance in this four-parter about the controversial undercover police operation which followed Nickell’s death, and events that beggar beliefIt is an indicator of almost everything that was wrong with the Rachel Nic…