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Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era
Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era
With David Tennant and Catherine Tate returning for the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, and Ncuti Gatwa set to star, the future is bright.
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
In 2020, Ncuti Gatwa wrote for The Big Issue magazine about his experiences of sofa surfing as part of a project he was working on with charity Centrepoint. Here, that piece is published online for the first time.
This week’s Big TV: Conversations with Friends, Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood, Floodlights
This week’s Big TV: Conversations with Friends, Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood, Floodlights
A round-up of the best new television – featuring the BBC’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut novel Conversations With Friends.
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’
John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’
Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny
Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny
Downton Abbey: A New Era – ‘It’s got such a big heart, this movie’
Downton Abbey: A New Era – ‘It’s got such a big heart, this movie’
Kit Connor: ‘Heartstopper is a love story above all else’
Kit Connor: ‘Heartstopper is a love story above all else’
This week’s Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper
This week’s Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper
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Derry Girls: ‘What Lisa McGee has done is change the path for all Derry girls going forward’
Derry Girls: ‘What Lisa McGee has done is change the path for all Derry girls going forward’
Why we need to talk about Anatomy of a Scandal according to Michelle Dockery and Naomi Scott
Why we need to talk about Anatomy of a Scandal according to Michelle Dockery and Naomi Scott
Peter Mullan: ‘This is a party who single-handedly created food banks. That should be on the collective Tory gravestone’
Peter Mullan: ‘This is a party who single-handedly created food banks. That should be on the collective Tory gravestone’
Sienna Miller: ‘This is the right time for a show like Anatomy of a Scandal’
Sienna Miller: ‘This is the right time for a show like Anatomy of a Scandal’
Derry Girls: ‘We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved’
Derry Girls: ‘We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved’
This week’s Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans
This week’s Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
Lisa McGee: ‘Writing Derry Girls, I’ve realised I really like teenagers’
Lisa McGee: ‘Writing Derry Girls, I’ve realised I really like teenagers’
This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
Claudia Jessie: ‘A clown is all I ever wanted to be’
Claudia Jessie: ‘A clown is all I ever wanted to be’
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good
Robert Sheehan: ‘Human beings are more destructive and wasteful than we’ve ever been’
Robert Sheehan: ‘Human beings are more destructive and wasteful than we’ve ever been’
‘Eloise is fuming!’ – Claudia Jessie reacts to the finale of Bridgerton’s second season
‘Eloise is fuming!’ – Claudia Jessie reacts to the finale of Bridgerton’s second season
More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?
More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?
This week’s Big TV Picks: Stanley Tucci, Bridgerton and two classics on catch-up
This week’s Big TV Picks: Stanley Tucci, Bridgerton and two classics on catch-up
Morgana Robinson: ‘I’m the giant bogey that everyone sticks to’
Morgana Robinson: ‘I’m the giant bogey that everyone sticks to’
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story
