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  • Andre Braugher in Homicide: Life on the Street

    US television
    Homicide: Life on the Street – the show that led to the golden age of TV

    The excellent and underappreciated crime drama series is finally making its streaming debut in the US on Peacock and deserves to reach a wide audience
  • A still from The Walking Dead: Dead City showing a zombie.

    Review
    The Walking Dead: Dead City – this hugely fun spin-off rattles along like a disreputable B-movie

  • Jermaine Jenas poses for a photo in black tie

    News
    One Show and Match of the Day presenter Jermaine Jenas sacked by BBC

  • Matthew Perry smiles at a press event.

    Matthew Perry
    Doctor accused of supplying ketamine to Friends star to return to practice

  • Secret Lives of Orangutans.

    Review
    Secret Lives of Orangutans – David Attenborough’s new series is utterly relaxing TV

  • Kristin Davis joins Lauren Garroni and Chelsea Fairless onstage for Every Outfit.

    Feature
    ‘We’re not trying to rival the Prodigy’: how podcasters took over music festivals

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Reviews

  • Kyla Harris as Freya in We Might Regret This.

    We Might Regret This
    Wonderful, witty TV that is totally liberating to watch

  • An image from Slavery at Sea

    Slavery at Sea
    My God humankind can be depraved

    • David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood in Daddy Issues

      Daddy Issues
      Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey’s dad-daughter comedy is daftly touching

    • Nico Mirallegro and Asim Chaudhry in Stags.

      Stags
      The exhilarating, gorgeous tale of eight idiots

    • Kelly Brook kisses her husband, Jeremy Parisi, both wearing backpacks.

      Celebrity Race Across the World
      Kelly Brook’s checkpoint sprint is white-knuckle stuff

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What to watch

  • Lauren Cohan as and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

    What's on tonight
    TV tonight: zombie-hunting in Manhattan? It’s another Walking Dead spinoff

    Negan and Maggie get their own show. Plus: a surprise or two for Paddy McGuinness. Here’s our pick of what to watch this evening
  • Eunchae Jung in Pachinko.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    From Pachinko to OceanXPlorers: the seven best shows to stream this week

  • Awkwafina and John Cena in Jackpot!.

    The seven best films to watch on TV this week
    Jackpot! to Men: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

    Best on the box

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    Episode recaps

    • Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon Targaryen Matthew Needham as Lord Larys Strong

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode eight recap – what were the writers thinking?

      The finale was a 69-minute tease with a payoff that we’ll have to wait two years for. It was almost aggressively anti-climactic
    • Hot shot … Hugh Hammer (Kieran Bew) faces down Vermithor in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode seven recap – ferocious, explosive TV

    • Is this the start of a serious romance? … Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode six recap – fans are being cheated (despite that steamy snog)

    • Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) in House of the Dragon

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode five recap – here come some newbies to turn up the heat again

    • Fiendish … Freddie Fox as Gwayne Hightower and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode four recap – dragons rain hell in a truly terrific hour of TV

    • So that’s where he flounced off to … Matt Smith as Daemon in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode three recap – talk about eye-popping TV

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    Podcasts

    • Jake Shears and Moya Lothian-McLean

      The best podcasts of 2024 so far

      From lifting the lid on what really went on at Guantánamo Bay to an investigation of whether Avril Lavigne has died and been replaced by a doppelganger – read on for the finest shows of the year
    • Kadeena Cox celebrates winning the T38 400m gold at Rio 2016.

      Hear here
      Podcasts of the week: Get set for the Paris Paralympics with tales of true grit

    • Rioters facing off against a line of police in Liverpool

      Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
      The week in audio: Policing Protest; Dream Space; Sing It Pink; Prom 21; Hip-Hop Is History – review

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