The GuardianWales TV tonight: Singer of the World 2021 reaches its finalverified_publisher The Guardian - Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison and Simon WardellBBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021: Final 7.30pm, BBC Four The biennial classical vocalists’ competition celebrates its 20th year with a week of socially-distanced programmes from Cardiff’s St David’s...
The GuardianNetflix ‘Just don’t show her body!’ Netflix makes a true crime show with a differenceverified_publisher The Guardian - Zoe WilliamsOn the morning of 23 December 1996, Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found murdered in a lane near Schull, West Cork. She was 39 years old and a regular visitor to Ireland from Paris, where she lived with...
The GuardianDrama Ben Roberts obituaryverified_publisher The Guardian - Anthony HaywardThe actor Ben Roberts, who has died aged 70, was best known for playing the dour but dogged old-school police officer Chief Inspector Derek Conway in the early days of The Bill, ITV’s long-running crime...
The GuardianWalt Disney Company This week’s home entertainment: from The Handmaid’s Tale to Hollywood Bulldogsverified_publisher The GuardianThe Handmaid’s Tale After helping a handful of children escape the brutal Gilead regime at the end of season three, June (Elisabeth Moss) continues to spearhead the growing resistance. She must, as ever,...
The GuardianNews ‘There’s nothing here I did not see inside’ – a former HMP inmate on Timeverified_publisher The Guardian - Eric AllisonI received my first prison sentence in December 1957. I was 14. Set firmly, as I was, on a path of criminality, I vowed to get to know the workings of the system that held me. In crime, as in life, mistakes...
The GuardianRose Byrne Physical review – Rose Byrne’s fitness guru fails to get the pulse racingverified_publisher The Guardian - Lucy ManganThere are two main problems with Apple TV+’s latest offering, a 1980s-set “dramedy” series in 10 half-hour parts called Physical. The first is that it has no comedy and the second is that it has precious...
The GuardianPoetry TV tonight: poet laureate Simon Armitage takes stock of the pandemicverified_publisher The Guardian - Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Graeme Virtue and Simon WardellA Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go? 9pm, BBC Two “There was a world once, but where did it go?” With the richer countries perhaps approaching at least the beginning of the end of the pandemic, it’s...
The GuardianAustralasia From BMX Bandits to The Secret Life of Us: 11 Australian classics new to Netflixverified_publisher The Guardian - Luke BuckmasterAustralian Netflix subscribers may have recently noticed more classic homegrown films and TV shows arriving on the streaming platform. Netflix is probably hoping so, given it has often been criticised...
The GuardianTom Hanks Tom Hanks ruined my life! – podcasts of the weekverified_publisher The Guardian - Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies and Noah Payne-FrankPicks of the week Motherhacker The second season of this bingeable podcast opens with Bridget (Carrie Coon) caught up in even more chaos since the pandemic hit. Her Tesla has been hacked and there’s a...
The GuardianJames McAvoy Together review – Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy let rip in lockdown tour de forceverified_publisher The Guardian - Lucy ManganThe Covid documentaries have been coming thick and fast. We have had films recorded in real time from doctors. We have had thoughtful overviews that piece together our and other countries’ responses with...
The GuardianSpotify The best podcasts of 2021 so farverified_publisher The Guardian - Hannah J DaviesCall Me Mother Writer and comedian Shon Faye hosts this selection of “remarkable stories told by remarkable people”, which shines the spotlight on queer trailblazers of different stripes. Highlights include...
