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When does BBC Scotland launch? How can I watch? What programmes will air?
In February the BBC is launching a dedicated Scottish television channel with a new daily hour-long news programme and bespoke drama, arts and entertainment coverage. The new channel, called BBC...
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What time is True Detective series 3 on TV? What is it about, and who is in...
Nic Pizzolatto’s anthology crime series True Detective is back for a third series, with Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff heading up a brand new cast. Here’s everything you need to know about it… Is...
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Killing Eve and A Very English Scandal win big at Broadcasting Press Guild...
Killing Eve has earned yet more major awards ahead of its highly anticipated second series. The BBC drama was voted Best Drama Series and its star Jodie Comer was named best actress at the...
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Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell review: Cold Feet’s Robert Bathurst is a funny and...
The Coach and Horses, the famous West End boozer associated with many a dewlapped patron, legendary drinking session, Private Eye lunch and also, of course, down-at-heel Spectator journalist Jeffrey...
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Catching up with the cast of 63 Up
Back in 1964, Granada TV assembled 20 boys and girls from all walks of life for a series about growing up in the UK. Among the earliest scenes to be filmed were sequences of the seven-year-olds...
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Nicholas Hytner’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge Theatre is...
Does A Midsummer Night’s Dream need tinkering with? Director Nicholas Hytner seems to think so in the veteran’s first stab at Shakespeare’s play of sylvan love-play, fairy magic and the potentially...
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The best podcasts of 2019 – and who the hosts love listening to…
It’s getting to that point of the year where we look back with misty eyes on the best stuff from the past 12 months. As part of this process, we spoke to the hosts of some of 2019’s best podcasts to...
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How Mrs Brown’s Boys took over the comedy world
It was the middle of 2009. I was in the office of senior BBC comedy executive Mark Freeland and my gaze alighted on a poster on the wall. It featured a strange looking woman in her living room with...
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VE Day Facts: rogue royals, bargain bunting and fiery street parties
The first Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was on May 8th 1945, officially ending World War II in Europe. On Monday May 7th at 2.41am, German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document in...
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Jack Thorne on how true National Treasure is: ‘I wrote it to understand...
Jack Thorne’s Channel 4 drama National Treasure – originally aired in 2016 – is about a fictional faded entertainer called Paul Finchley (played by Robbie Coltrane) accused of grotesque historic...
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