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• ‘It was an attack on Leave voters’ – readers review Channel 4’s Brexit: the Uncivil War drama – The Telegraph
  'It was an attack on Leave voters' - readers review Channel 4's Brexit: the Uncivil War drama  The TelegraphChannel 4's 'Brexit: the Uncivil War' - the latest drama from the pen of playwright and satirist James Graham - takes on the defining political issue of our time with ... read more
  Published on 08-01-2019
  4 months ago
• Brexit: The Uncivil War – who is Robert Mercer, what is AggregateIQ, and did they swing the referendum? – Telegraph.co.uk
  Brexit: The Uncivil War - who is Robert Mercer, what is AggregateIQ, and did they swing the referendum?  Telegraph.co.ukLast night Brexit: The Uncivil War painted an alarming picture of how the internet is changing politics. In the Channel 4 drama's version of events, two of the most ... read more
  Published on 08-01-2019
  4 months ago
• Manhunt, episode 3 review: a respectful act of bearing witness to a terrible evil – The Telegraph
  Manhunt, episode 3 review: a respectful act of bearing witness to a terrible evil  The TelegraphThere will never be closure for the victims of serial killer Levi Bellfield, or for their families, so it would be outrageous to claim that Manhunt, ITV's chronicling of ... read more
  Published on 08-01-2019
  4 months ago
• From Bodyguard to Bond? What Richard Madden’s Golden Globes win means for the future of 007 – The Telegraph
  From Bodyguard to Bond? What Richard Madden's Golden Globes win means for the future of 007  The TelegraphI didn't see this coming at all,” said Richard Madden at Sunday night's Golden Globe awards, picking up the Best Actor in a TV Drama gong for BBC ratings ... read more
  Published on 07-01-2019
  4 months ago
• So, soaps reflect real life? You’re havin’ a laugh! – Telegraph.co.uk
  So, soaps reflect real life? You’re havin’ a laugh!  Telegraph.co.ukIn 1987, tabloid headline “EastBenders” greeted the BBC soap opera's first gay kiss. ... read more
  Published on 06-01-2019
  4 months ago
• Manhunt, episode 1 review: Martin Clunes is a revelation in this quietly thrilling serial killer drama – The Telegraph
  Manhunt, episode 1 review: Martin Clunes is a revelation in this quietly thrilling serial killer drama  The TelegraphI'm more John Major than Churchill when it comes to speeches,” said Martin Clunes as the Metropolitan Police's DCI Colin Sutton, addressing his fellow ... read more
  Published on 06-01-2019
  4 months ago
• Les Misérables, episode 2 review: a dentistry scene worse than your nightmares – The Telegraph
  Les Misérables, episode 2 review: a dentistry scene worse than your nightmares  The TelegraphWe've all had bad dreams relating to teeth. The shrinks say they address our fears of powerlessness. In even the grimmest nightmares, surely no one's front ... read more
  Published on 06-01-2019
  4 months ago
• Will a British show ever match The Sopranos? – Telegraph.co.uk
  Will a British show ever match The Sopranos?  Telegraph.co.ukOn January 10 1999, a new series began in the US that was to change the landscape of television forever. ... read more
  Published on 04-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Luther, series 5 episode 3 recap: the police may know who the killer is – but it’s not over yet – The Telegraph
  Luther, series 5 episode 3 recap: the police may know who the killer is – but it's not over yet  The TelegraphThe game was very much afoot as season five of brooding copper caper Luther reached halfway. ... read more
  Published on 03-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Island of Dreams, review: Richard Branson makes an easy target in scurrilous sitcom – The Telegraph
  Island of Dreams, review: Richard Branson makes an easy target in scurrilous sitcom  The TelegraphFrom the creators of royal farce The Windsors came sitcom pilot Island of Dreams (BBC Two), this one setting its satirical sights on Richard Branson. ... read more
  Published on 03-01-2019
  5 months ago
• From Catastrophe to Good Omens: the best TV to look forward to in winter 2019 – The Telegraph
  From Catastrophe to Good Omens: the best TV to look forward to in winter 2019  The TelegraphThe tinsel is being packed away, the Christmas tree disposed of, the diet has begun, and now it's just... January. Fortunately, there's plenty of great TV to look ... read more
  Published on 03-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Genesis of the Daleks: how Doctor Who’s darkest story changed the show forever – Telegraph.co.uk
  Genesis of the Daleks: how Doctor Who’s darkest story changed the show forever  Telegraph.co.ukYou can't keep a good baddie down. Despite claims that the Daleks would not be appearing in the new Doctor Who, the most deadly creature in the universe ... read more
  Published on 02-01-2019
  5 months ago
• The Inbetweeners told the crude, cruel truth about life as a teenager – and it wouldn’t get made today – Telegraph.co.uk
  The Inbetweeners told the crude, cruel truth about life as a teenager – and it wouldn't get made today  Telegraph.co.ukOn January 25 2007, a TV drama called Skins captured the way teenagers like to imagine themselves: as weary, battle-scarred participants in a cycle of ... read more
  Published on 02-01-2019
  5 months ago
• The anti-Bond: why Luther shows Idris Elba at his worst – Telegraph.co.uk
  The anti-Bond: why Luther shows Idris Elba at his worst  Telegraph.co.ukIdris Elba has returned to our screens in one of his most beloved roles. And, as surely as a New Year's Day hangover is followed by the onset of January blues, ... read more
  Published on 02-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Netflix removes episode of satirical comedy show after Saudi complaint – The Telegraph
  Netflix removes episode of satirical comedy show after Saudi complaint  The TelegraphNetflix has been criticised for removing an episode of a satirical comedy series in Saudi Arabia because it was deemed critical of the kingdom's rulers. ... read more
  Published on 02-01-2019
  5 months ago
• The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited was a shambolic mess that failed to do the show justice – review – The Telegraph
  The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited was a shambolic mess that failed to do the show justice – review  The TelegraphSchool reunions are usually better in theory than reality. ... read more
  Published on 01-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Escape at Dannemora, review: a slow burn prison-break drama boosted by its excellent cast – The Telegraph
  Escape at Dannemora, review: a slow burn prison-break drama boosted by its excellent cast  The TelegraphIn 2015, two inmates absconded from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, helped by a middle-aged female prison employee ... read more
  Published on 01-01-2019
  5 months ago
• The Great New Year’s Bake Off recap: innuendo and a former champion return but only one was a winner – The Telegraph
  The Great New Year's Bake Off recap: innuendo and a former champion return but only one was a winner  The TelegraphBake Off was back to ease our Hogmanay hangovers and welcome in 2019 with its second festive special. Here are all the talking points from the New Year's ... read more
  Published on 01-01-2019
  5 months ago
• Who’s on The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show tonight? Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Olivia Colman and more – iNews
  Who’s on The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show tonight? Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Olivia Colman and more  iNewsWe're about to roll into 2019, so here's the guests Graham Norton has chosen to see in the the new year with. ... read more
  Published on 31-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Les Miserables fans annoyed the BBC version has no songs, despite director making clear it wasn’t the musical – iNews
  Les Miserables fans annoyed the BBC version has no songs, despite director making clear it wasn’t the musical  iNewsThe BBC's newest version of the French literary classic hit TV screens on Sunday, but fans were annoyed about one fairly obvious factor. ... read more
  Published on 31-12-2018
  5 months ago
• ‘Downton Abbey in India’ drama Beecham House to be ITV’s 2019 jewel in the crown – iNews
  ‘Downton Abbey in India’ drama Beecham House to be ITV’s 2019 jewel in the crown  iNewsITV heads to India for a lavish new period drama which it hopes can repeat the success of Downton Abbey. Beecham House, set before the Raj, follows the lives ... read more
  Published on 31-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Hammersmith stabbing: 39 people arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after west London knife attack – iNews
  Hammersmith stabbing: 39 people arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after west London knife attack  iNewsA group of 39 people has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west London on Monday morning. The Metropolitan Police ... read more
  Published on 31-12-2018
  5 months ago
• A Day in the Life of Earth, review: a sobering reminder of our effect on the planet – The Telegraph
  A Day in the Life of Earth, review: a sobering reminder of our effect on the planet  The TelegraphHow appropriate that BBC Four chose to see out 2018 with Dr Hannah Fry, who's just pipped to the title of ubiquitous television face of the year by Romesh ... read more
  Published on 31-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Poirot as a priest? To Agatha Christie, it would have made perfect sense – Telegraph.co.uk
  Poirot as a priest? To Agatha Christie, it would have made perfect sense  Telegraph.co.ukIn Agatha Christie's novels, the closest Hercule Poirot comes to expressing any religious feeling is to mutter “Mon Dieu” whenever Captain Hastings says ... read more
  Published on 29-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Brexit: The Uncivil War review: Benedict Cumberbatch is superb in this thrilling romp through the referendum – The Telegraph
  Brexit: The Uncivil War review: Benedict Cumberbatch is superb in this thrilling romp through the referendum  The TelegraphHow did the British people come to vote to leave the European Union? A swathe of books have revealed all about the referendum campaign, and now James ... read more
  Published on 28-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Netflix review: a spellbinding choose-your-own-nightmare – Telegraph.co.uk
  Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Netflix review: a spellbinding choose-your-own-nightmare  Telegraph.co.ukThe lesson Black Mirror's thunderously anticipated interactive episode imparts is that the smallest choices can be the most terrifying. Sugar Puffs or Frosties? ... read more
  Published on 28-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Who’s on The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show? Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Olivia Colman and more to appear – iNews
  Who’s on The Graham Norton New Year’s Eve Show? Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Olivia Colman and more to appear  iNewsWe're about to roll into 2019, so here's the guests Graham Norton has chosen to see in the the new year with. ... read more
  Published on 27-12-2018
  5 months ago
• The Snow Wolf: A Winter’s Tale, review – a tip-top nature documentary that played out like a drama – The Telegraph
  The Snow Wolf: A Winter’s Tale, review - a tip-top nature documentary that played out like a drama  The TelegraphWhen the introduction to The Snow Wolf: A Winter's Tale (BBC Two) told us that this was going to be “the dramatised story of an extraordinary wolf” it wasn't clear ... read more
  Published on 27-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were, review: a poignant, life-affirming and frequently tattyfilarious film – The Telegraph
  Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were, review: a poignant, life-affirming and frequently tattyfilarious film  The Telegraph“It's Ticklemas Eve. And tomorrow is Ticklemas Day.” He might have been a couple of days out but when you're the nation's jester, who's counting? Ken Dodd: ... read more
  Published on 26-12-2018
  5 months ago
• The Midnight Gang review: a joyous children vs adults, nice vs horrible romp – The Telegraph
  The Midnight Gang review: a joyous children vs adults, nice vs horrible romp  The TelegraphDavid Walliams's children's tales always bring a welcome note of subversion to the festive season and The Midnight Gang (BBC One) was no exception. ... read more
  Published on 26-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Strictly Christmas Special 2018, review: Aston Merrygold jives to justice, while Ann Widdecombe delights with two left feet – The Telegraph
  Strictly Christmas Special 2018, review: Aston Merrygold jives to justice, while Ann Widdecombe delights with two left feet  The TelegraphStrictly's Christmas gift to viewers was a fairy-tale theme, a heartwarming winner and a former politician with two left feet. ... read more
  Published on 25-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Call the Midwife, review: births, deaths and nativity plays – what a way to spend Christmas – The Telegraph
  Call the Midwife, review: births, deaths and nativity plays - what a way to spend Christmas  The TelegraphCall the Midwife (BBC One) easily performed its now-traditional task of bringing us back down to Earth with a bang and a birth pang – not too difficult with so ... read more
  Published on 25-12-2018
  5 months ago
• I’m not good at watching myself on TV, says Call the Midwife’s Helen George – The Telegraph
  I'm not good at watching myself on TV, says Call the Midwife's Helen George  The TelegraphCall the Midwife star Helen George has admitted she finds it difficult to watch herself on television. ... read more
  Published on 25-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special, review: more potty-mouthed panto, but with good-natured Christmas cheer – The Telegraph
  Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special, review: more potty-mouthed panto, but with good-natured Christmas cheer  The TelegraphThe Mrs Brown's Boys festive special (BBC One) may be a relatively recent addition to the calendar, but it has quickly become as divisive as Brussels sprouts, ... read more
  Published on 25-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Zog, review: a hypnotising, inspiring tale for all the family – The Telegraph
  Zog, review: a hypnotising, inspiring tale for all the family  The TelegraphIt has been scheduling genius by the BBC to broadcast their soothing, annual adaptations of Julia Donaldson's picture books in the early evening on Christmas ... read more
  Published on 25-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Click and Collect, review: this odd-couple Christmas road trip high-fives the season of goodwill – The Telegraph
  Click and Collect, review: this odd-couple Christmas road trip high-fives the season of goodwill  The TelegraphAnyone with a memory that stretches back to 1987 and the film Planes, Trains and Automobiles will have found much to recognise in Click and Collect (BBC ... read more
  Published on 24-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Julia Donaldson: on feminist fairy tales, scaring children and why Zog makes her tearful – Telegraph.co.uk
  Julia Donaldson: on feminist fairy tales, scaring children and why Zog makes her tearful  Telegraph.co.ukBritain's bestselling author of recent years is delighted that the film version of her story about fantastic beasts and how to school them is out this Christmas. ... read more
  Published on 24-12-2018
  5 months ago
• When Judi turned the air blue and Hitler shot the weatherman: the story behind the BBC’s X-rated blooper tapes – Telegraph.co.uk
  When Judi turned the air blue and Hitler shot the weatherman: the story behind the BBC's X-rated blooper tapes  Telegraph.co.ukIn a BBC basement, 40 years ago, a Christmas tradition was born. ... read more
  Published on 23-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Jenny Agutter interview: ‘I’m scared of being in front of an audience’ – Telegraph.co.uk
  Jenny Agutter interview: ‘I’m scared of being in front of an audience’  Telegraph.co.ukJenny Agutter may look at home in Call the Midwife, but she wasn't born to act, she tells Elizabeth Grice. ... read more
  Published on 23-12-2018
  5 months ago
• King Gary, review: a soufflé-light suburban sitcom – The Telegraph
  King Gary, review: a soufflé-light suburban sitcom  The TelegraphHere we are smack bang in the most wonderful time of year. Your family and dearest friends all together in one room, huddled round to pick through the delights ... read more
  Published on 23-12-2018
  5 months ago
• How the train became Agatha Christie’s escape and muse – Telegraph.co.uk
  How the train became Agatha Christie's escape and muse  Telegraph.co.ukOn Friday Dec 3 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. She abandoned her car on the North Downs in Surrey, close to where her husband (whose love ... read more
  Published on 23-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Call the Midwife’s Helen George on her traumatic birth story, maternal guilt and falling in love with her co-star – Telegraph.co.uk
  Call the Midwife’s Helen George on her traumatic birth story, maternal guilt and falling in love with her co-star  Telegraph.co.ukEight years ago a young unknown actor called Helen George got her first break in the drama Call the Midwife – the most unexpected television smash of the past ... read more
  Published on 22-12-2018
  5 months ago
• 20 Years of The Black Eyed Peas, review: This weird celebration resembled an ITV staff party – The Telegraph
  20 Years of The Black Eyed Peas, review: This weird celebration resembled an ITV staff party  The TelegraphOf all the likely celebrities to host a show about The Black Eyed Peas, Joanna Lumley probably wouldn't be high up the list. ... read more
  Published on 22-12-2018
  5 months ago
• How my grandfather created Watership Down, one of the most candid children’s books ever written – Telegraph.co.uk
  How my grandfather created Watership Down, one of the most candid children's books ever written  Telegraph.co.ukMy grandfather, Richard Adams, commonly listed as his hobbies English literature, music, chess, beer and shove-ha'penny, bird-song, folk-song and country ... read more
  Published on 22-12-2018
  5 months ago
• ‘The first Watership Down film was too violent’: Richard Adams’s daughters on their father’s legacy – Telegraph.co.uk
  'The first Watership Down film was too violent': Richard Adams's daughters on their father's legacy  Telegraph.co.ukWatership Down is a literary phenomenon. First published in 1972, this tale of two plucky rabbits, Hazel and Fiver, escaping the destruction of their warren, ... read more
  Published on 21-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Emilia Fox interview: ‘I still get a letter from Santa every Christmas’ – Telegraph.co.uk
  Emilia Fox interview: 'I still get a letter from Santa every Christmas'  Telegraph.co.uk“The older I get the more nostalgic I get about hanging on to family Christmas traditions,” says Emilia Fox. “A tray for Father Christmas and the reindeer, which is ... read more
  Published on 20-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Chris Evans confirms he will appear on Strictly Come Dancing 2019 – The Telegraph
  Chris Evans confirms he will appear on Strictly Come Dancing 2019  The TelegraphThe annual reveal of Strictly Come Dancing contestants is one of the BBC's most tightly controlled operations, with each celebrity announcing the news in a ... read more
  Published on 20-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Bear’s Mission with Gareth Southgate, review: Grylls scores own goal with his Southgate adventure – The Telegraph
  Bear’s Mission with Gareth Southgate, review: Grylls scores own goal with his Southgate adventure  The TelegraphBear takes on Three Lions” might sound like the wildlife film of David Attenborough's dreams but here it meant something else. Bear's Mission with Gareth ... read more
  Published on 20-12-2018
  5 months ago
• Slayer, survivor, silence-breaker: why Hollywood has failed Eliza Dushku – Telegraph.co.uk
  Slayer, survivor, silence-breaker: why Hollywood has failed Eliza Dushku  Telegraph.co.ukOne of the stars of Buffy the Vampire Slayer taking down misogynist power structures at one of the biggest conglomerates in the USA? ... read more
  Published on 20-12-2018
  5 months ago
• What is Bandersnatch? Solving the riddle of Black Mirror’s secret Christmas episode – The Telegraph
  What is Bandersnatch? Solving the riddle of Black Mirror's secret Christmas episode  The TelegraphCharlie Brooker's dystopian television series Black Mirror has long attracted a cult-like following. The endless Easter Eggs, winks to nerd culture and ... read more
  Published on 20-12-2018
  5 months ago