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Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence
Lucy Sweet

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence

The new series of Alan Sugar's reality TV competition is an improbable hit, at least partially thanks to the astonishing idocy of this year's contestants
The Change star Bridget Christie: 'You've got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: 'You've got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50'

Singer AURORA: 'Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be'
Big Questions

Singer AURORA: 'Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be'

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: 'Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time'
Big Questions

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: 'Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time'

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Jennifer Coolidge: 'I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'
Film

Jennifer Coolidge: 'I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'

Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot
A still from the Netflix series Adolescence
Dr Sophie James & James Cronin

Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot

TV icon Alison Hammond: 'My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba'
Big Questions

TV icon Alison Hammond: 'My biggest regret? Not swiping right on Idris Elba'

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama
Martha (Sally Bretton) and Humphrey (Kris Marshall) in Beyond Paradise
TV

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today's billionaire space explorers
Robin Ince

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today's billionaire space explorers

Letters: Adolescence didn't feel like a drama – it's too close to real life
Letters

Letters: Adolescence didn't feel like a drama – it's too close to real life

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'
Crongton imagery
TV

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'I was as angry as Jamie in lots of ways'
Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper in Adolescence. Image: Netflix
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'I was as angry as Jamie in lots of ways'

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life
Stephen Graham in the Netflix show Adolescence
Domestic abuse

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
Joanna Lumley and Amelia Dimoldenberg starred in a special sketch to launch Red Nose Day 2025. Image: by Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins
terrestrial TV
Elizabeth Anderson

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins

Divisive Tory MP turned TV star Michael Portillo: 'We’ll still have railways in 200 years' time'
TV

Divisive Tory MP turned TV star Michael Portillo: 'We’ll still have railways in 200 years' time'

'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence
TV

'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos
Lucy Sweet

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer as we've never seen him
Documentary

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer as we've never seen him

Michael Sheen: 'Going on holiday doesn't matter to me as much as paying off 900 people's debts'
Exclusive

Michael Sheen: 'Going on holiday doesn't matter to me as much as paying off 900 people's debts'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Virdee star Aysha Kala: 'Seeing South Asian people on TV is so rare'
Saima Hyatt (AYSHA KALA); Harry Virdee (STAZ NAIR); Jyoti Virdee (SUDHA BHUCHAR)
Big Questions

Virdee star Aysha Kala: 'Seeing South Asian people on TV is so rare'

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'
Babatunde Aléshé
Big Questions

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'
Farming

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'
Fats Timbo
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'

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