Hard-drinking toff Barclay Beg-Chetwynde seems set to be the next member of the phantom troop, in the only TV show that would benefit from bumping more people offHell is other people. Bad enough to spend lockdown finding out if your nearest really are …
Actor Niamh Algar: ‘Broken characters are the more rewarding ones’
From The Virtues to Raised By Wolves, the Irish actor has a knack for complex roles. As she stars in a new British horror and a TV drama, she discusses working with Shane Meadows and boxing her way on to Ridley Scott’s radarNiamh Algar is sitting in fr…
Sunday with Lesley Manville: ‘Champagne on a Sunday is always a treat’
The actor describes her pleasant laid-back day of rest with kitchen karaoke and friendsHow does Sunday start? With a gasp as I wake up, followed by that relief of remembering I’ve no work commitments. I try to lie in until 9am, then make a fresh ginger…
On my radar: Adrian Edmondson’s cultural highlights
The comedian on rediscovering Cat Stevens, an eye-opening podcast on Bangladesh and binge-watching Derry GirlsBorn in Bradford in 1957, the actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson studied drama at the University of Manchester, where he met Rik Mayall. Toge…
Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew review – devastating and damning
A decade after Savile’s death, a new documentary shares brave, horrific testimony from victims about the ‘huge multi-institutional cover-up’ which continues to this dayUnusually for someone who presented TV and radio programmes for six decades, Jimmy S…
TV tonight: Suranne Jones in emotional tour de force I Am Victoria
Anxiety destroys a flawless domestic idyll in a new standalone drama. Plus: the inside story of life on board the Covid-hit Diamond Princess. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
Britons spent third of time watching TV and online videos in 2020
Ofcom finds average UK resident spent five hours and 40 minutes a day watching video content Britons spent a third of their waking hours watching TV or online videos in 2020, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom that shows how we were d…
Mel Brooks announces his first memoir at the age of 95
All About Me!, to be published on 30 November, will cover everything from the film director’s military service to his long comedic partnership with Carl ReinerAt the age of 95, the comedian and film-maker Mel Brooks has written his first memoir. All Ab…
Cooking With Paris review – Hilton in the kitchen? Prepare to have your mind blown
The Netflix show sees the heiress whip up ‘meals’ of glitter and gold with the likes of Kim Kardashian. But can someone really go through life without knowing what a whisk is?Can anyone be truly baffled by chives, you wonder. Would anyone really not kn…
What’s on Netflix and Amazon this month – August
Our monthly rundown of the best new releases on Netflix, Amazon, iPlayer, All4, Sky/Now and more in the UK Continue reading…