TV & Radio
Our guide to the best from the world of television, podcasts and online streaming video. Reviews of some of the best new shows, news on some of your favourite series, features and opinion from our team.
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OpinionQuickly Kevin, Will He Score? and 5 more sports podcasts
We take a trip back to 90s football with Quickly Kevin, Will He Score? and check out five more recommended sports podcasts Read more »| 18 Jan 2018 -
NewsWatch the first trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale season 2
The award-winning show returns for a second series, and the first trailer suggests that life in the Republic of Gilead will be even more bleak for women – but resistance could be in the air Read more »| 15 Jan 2018 -
NewsWatch Bill Murray's surprise turn as Steve Bannon on SNL
Former SNL funnyman Bill Murray returned to his old haunt to portray the dermatologically challenged mastermind of Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign Read more »| 15 Jan 2018 -
News
TV version of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters in the works
Edwards' low-budget monster movie from 2010 is being developed into a sci-fi series for Channel 4 Read more »| 15 Jan 2018 -
News
Netflix cyberpunk thriller Altered Carbon looks jaw-dropping
The trailer for this ambitious sci-fi set 300 years in the future will knock your socks off Read more »| 12 Jan 2018 -
News
Flight of the Conchords confirm TV return in 2018
But it's not in the form of their much-loved cult HBO comedy. Instead, it'll show starring Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie might be back in 2018 in the form of an hour-long special Read more »| 12 Jan 2018
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IntersectionsGuilty Pleasures: The Issue with Classic TV
Nostalgic television shows like Friends, The Simpsons and Sex and the City perpetuate stereotypes and contribute to inequality. Why do they get a free pass in modern society? Read more »| 04 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Black Mirror: Season 4
This sharp new series of Charlie Brooker's twisted anthology show features tales about an exacting dating app, a post-apocalyptic Britain where robot dogs roam the streets and a macabre museum filled with creepy pieces of tech Read more »| 21 Dec 2017 -
Opinion
Revisionist History and 5 more Malcolm Gladwell podcasts
We look at the bestselling author's Revisionist History series, and some of his other podcasting highlights Read more »| 14 Dec 2017 -
Opinion
Why do Westerns keep failing their female characters?
The new Netflix limited series Godless is a bloody western set in La Belle, a town where most the menfolk have been killed in a mining accident. But is Godless the feminist western we’ve been waiting for? Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
News
Watch the first trailer for Black Mirror's Arkangel
Overprotective parenting is the subject for the first episode of the new series of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian sci-fi Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
News
Fancy seeing Noel Fielding play Alice Cooper or Jack Whitehall as Marc Bolan?
Sky Arts’ comedy show Urban Myths returns for a second season with more outlandish stories about celebrities, including Marc Bolan's initial meeting with David Bowie Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
Opinion
Russell Brand & 5 more UK politics podcasts
In the fourth part of our Pod People podcast column, we take a closer look at Russell Brand's variable output Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
News
Lord of the Rings TV series in the works from Amazon
JRR Tolkien’s fantasy world will be brought to the small screen by the streaming service Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Comedy
Louis CK accused of sexual misconduct
Five women call out comedian Louis CK on sexual misconduct in a new story in the New York Times Read more »| 10 Nov 2017