tv & radio
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Clarkson, Hammond and May have too much cash now – and they’re splashing it on pointless explosions and tired scripts. Will the BBC have the last laugh?
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This vicarious Netflix series examines what it’s like to be part of a hostage situation, though not everyone gets to tell the tale
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The end of a particularly topical season has an orange-faced president struggling to deal with the power of the trolls who got him elected
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By getting unprecedented access to people on all sides of notorious kidnaps – from US prison riots to the Bethlehem siege – the new Netflix documentary series sheds light on some of history’s tensest events
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The annual tradition continues with a live take on the cult John Waters comedy turned hit Broadway musical
what to watch
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The world is going to pot, but the cult TV show is back – with its fast-talking women, pet pigs and extras dressed as snowflakes – to bring joy to our lives
episode recaps
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The Walking DeadThe Walking DeadThe Walking Dead: season seven, episode seven – Sing Me a SongSleazy Negan and his dirty double entendres are back – and the plots to end him are piling up. But is he the only who makes this show sing now?
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WestworldWestworldWestworld finale recap – robot army, assemble!This theme park just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. We finally learn the truth about Wyatt – and he wants to murder every human within eyeshot. Truly, this television is perfectly suited to 2016
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The writers vowed to take on ‘American decency’ in this season’s penultimate episode and did so while invoking Rick Astley and trolling scandinavians
videos
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Comedian John Oliver urges viewers not to normalise a Trump presidency in his first post-election edition of The Last Week Tonight
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Host shocked when magician summons live frog from his stomach on NBC’s The Tonight Show
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James L Brooks, a writer on The Simpsons, discusses the series’ prediction 16 years ago that Donald Trump would be president
talking points
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HBO’s sci-fi hit is an ambiguous, amoral tale pored over online by people looking for meaning. If that isn’t a show for our times, I don’t know what is
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Between the stilettos, sofa soliloquies and meme-friendly meltdowns, Mariah Carey’s new fly-on-the-wall show is rewriting the rules of reality television
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The major plot points might have all been guessed online, but as the finale approaches the show’s creators – like Dr Ford – still have a few cards to play
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In the golden age of TV, it’s easy to miss shows that are well worth a look. We picked a handful of the criminally underrated for your viewing pleasure
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The zombie apocalypse has never been so dull. This season isn’t a slow-build, it’s a soporific endurance test – and I’ve had enough
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To mark FXX’s 600-show marathon this holiday weekend here’s our must-see episodes guide, from Homer’s brush with God to a vision quest with Johnny Cash
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Search Party and The Great Indoors are both centered around kale-crunching, VHS-watching millennials but only one of them gets it right
you may have missed
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The popular British comedic news show, which fizzled out when Last Week Tonight took off, returns with new co-hosts that aren’t just ‘two white guys’
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He has starred in The Wire and sung with the Stones. As Clarke Peters returns to crooning, he talks about hating pop, playing pimps and making his first recording – at the age of four
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The newest addition to the Whoniverse had casual sex, gender fluidity and a gay alien prince. In fact, its biggest flaw was that the Doctor turned up
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Powered by pure emotion, the hit family drama has proved a ratings hit in the States. Its cast and creator explain why we all need a good cry now and again
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The streaming platform’s latest show relives dramatic hostage scenarios - but will it be able to salvage the tacky crime scene re-enactment genre?
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Last week’s Medal of Freedom award to America’s favourite talkshow host is just reward for the bravery she showed in coming out on national TV and returning from near oblivion
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Catherine Keener as a caseworker helping damaged soldiers and David Schwimmer as her take-no-prisoners boss lead this post-Serial narrative drama
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Doctor Who First look at the Christmas special