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3 days ago

‘A David and Goliath battle’: how Superstore became TV’s most subversive workplace comedy

The workplace sitcom is more popular than ever. During the coronavirus lockdowns of 2020, US audiences streamed 57 billion minutes of the...

Mar 24

We stan together: the wonderful world of Instagram TV fan pages

A cursory scroll through the Explore page on Instagram can feel like a visual assault: sponsored content, taunting influencer pictures...

Mar 13

Ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop: is the scat back?

There is a joyous moment halfway through R&B singer Serpentwithfeet’s latest single, Same Size Shoe. In a tender falsetto, he calls for...

Mar 11

'I can't help but cry!' – how The Great Pottery Throw Down became a tear-jerking hit

Keith Brymer Jones is talking about pots and crying. “I get emotional,” says the master potter, “because it’s a craft I love. It is my...

Jan 31

Had enough of Radio 2? 10 of the best online radio stations

These weeks of locked-down working and living at home mean, for many, immersion in our housemates’ Zoom meetings through the walls,...

Jan 19

Hear me out: why Maid in Manhattan isn't a bad movie

2002 was a bumper year for romcoms. Banking on the commercial safety of a saccharine love story, studios splashed out on everything from...

Dec 24, 2020

‘We try to be devoid of cynicism’: the secret to The Goes Wrong Show's success

“There’s nothing political about these shows, nothing really edgy in there.” Far from a criticism, Henry Shields, the co-founder of the...

Dec 14, 2020

The 50 best TV shows of 2020, No 7: The Last Dance

Michael, Scottie, Dennis, Phil and Steve. Like the members of a new, wildly popular boyband, these names are permanently etched in my...

Nov 25, 2020

Daytime dream: The Chase is the undisputed king of quizshows

There is a certain alchemy to the creation of a hit quizshow. Since the foundational premise is always the same – punters lining up to...

Oct 22, 2020

'A tool for systemic change': jazz comes to Channel 4 for Black History Month

‘Jazz was born out of oppression,” the pianist Ashley Henry says, from a velvet booth at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London. “Music was...

Oct 22, 2020

‘Real life but better looking’: ultimate teen soap Hollyoaks turns 25

A car breaks down and explodes, a shirtless teen ejects a floppy disk, the police give chase to a man on a motorbike and there is a fight...

Oct 22, 2020

Jude Law live for 12 hours – The Third Day: Autumn pushed boundaries, but was it good?

The Third Day is perhaps the strangest show on television. Written by Utopia’s creator, Dennis Kelly, its three initial episodes – aired...

Oct 22, 2020

‘Downton Abbey on the water’: why TV's Below Deck is still making waves

In the summer of 2011, eight tanned and smiling twentysomething cast members boarded the superyacht Honor for a six-week charter around...

Sep 21, 2020

The art of tantra: is there more to it than marathon sex and massages?

Make a cursory web search for the term tantra and you will be confronted with thousands of results providing “tips on how to practise...

Jul 21, 2020

'This show is just the start': inside the BBC's all-person-of-colour A Suitable Boy

‘This is an Indian story,” says Tanya Maniktala, “so it’s about time it was told by us.” The 22-year-old actor is speaking by video call...

Jul 16, 2020

'I’ve seen how uprisings have come from pain': Idris Elba on Black Lives Matter

“History maketh the man,” says Idris Elba. The actor is quoting his late father, a man who he has spent the past two years playing a...

Jul 16, 2020

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Womad 1985: the qawwali star invokes rapture

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice is quite unlike any other. At turns heavy and hulkingly powerful, yet also nimble and pointedly precise,...

Jul 16, 2020

My streaming gem: why you should watch Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Clocking in at three and a half hours long, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is a remarkably swift Bollywood experience. In fact, the 2001 film...

Jun 30, 2020

‘It’s like we just fell on to this planet’: the rise of psych-rockers Khruangbin

Onstage, the Texan trio Khruangbin are a strange sight to behold. At their sold-out show at London’s near-5,000 capacity O2 Academy...

Jun 30, 2020

My pandemic epiphany: I loved becoming a fitness junkie

Ever since my gym teacher stood, arms folded, laughing at my inability as a four-year-old to tuck myself into a ball and perform a...

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