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  • Tamara Lawrance, in the title role, with Joe Dempsie in Get Millie Black.

    The week in TV: Get Millie Black; With Love, Meghan; A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story; Towards Zero – review

    Tamara Lawrance excels in Marlon James’s classy Caribbean crime drama; the Duchess of Sussex tilts at lifestyle greatness; and a moving drama puts the case for Ruth Ellis. Plus, murder most racy in the BBC’s new Agatha Christie
  • Toxic Town<br>Undated handout photo issued by Netflix of (left to right) Toby Eden, Jodie Whittaker, and Matthew James Hinchliffe in Toxic Town, which is based on the Corby toxic waste scandal, which was blamed for causing birth defects in the area. Issue date: Wednesday February 5, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ ToxicTown. Photo credit should read: Ben Blackall/Netflix/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    The week in TV: Toxic Town; Small Town, Big Story; Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October; Dope Girls – review

    Airborne toxins lead to tragedy in a devastating drama fuelled by female rage; Chris O’Dowd’s new comedy is part sci-fi spoof, part Irish Local Hero; and post-first world war London is rife with lawlessness. Plus, a detailed guide to the divided Middle East
  • The White Lotus<br>The exploits and misadventures of various guests and employees at a tropical resort over the course of one week.

    The week in TV: The White Lotus; A Thousand Blows; Escaping Utopia – review

    Mike White’s delicious whodunnit returns to put the rich through the grinder in Thailand; Stephen Graham goes the extra round in Steven Knight’s bare-knuckle period drama. Plus, a chilling account of life inside a New Zealand cult
  • Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sinéad Keenan in Unforgotten

    The week in TV: Unforgotten; Virdee; Live Super Bowl LIX; Surviving Black Hawk Down – review

    Sanjeev Bhaskar’s DI Khan remains stoical in the face of perfunctory dialogue; existential struggles hold up a new BBC crime drama; and occasional sporting action accompanies Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl victory
  • Nathan walks along beach in Dover, May 2024 in Go Back to Where You Came From

    The week in TV: Go Back to Where You Came From; Mussolini: Son of the Century; Miss Austen – review

    Six Brits sent to war-torn countries prove that travel doesn’t always broaden the mind; Luca Marinelli’s strutting Il Duce has a familiar ring. Plus, a Jane Austen drama with one thing missing…
  • Steve Coogan as Brian Walden and Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher seated opposite each other in a TV studio, a map of the world as backdrop

    The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

    Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo
  • President Trump And VP JD Vance At Presidential Inauguration - USA, Washington, United States - 20 Jan 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Pool/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock (15110225bx) US President Donald Trump delivers remarks after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2025. Trump's planned outdoor inauguration ceremonies and events are being held inside today due to a forecast of extreme cold temperatures. President Trump And VP JD Vance At Presidential Inauguration - USA, Washington, United States - 20 Jan 2025

    The week in TV: President Trump’s Inauguration; Out There; What Happened at Auschwitz; Prime Target – review

    Second time around was definitely not funny as the Trump show rolled back into DC. Plus, Martin Clunes in overalls in a dark Welsh drama; a maths thriller that doesn’t quite add up; and a Holocaust documentary with quiet power
  • Sarah Bock, Adam Scott, John Turturro, Zach Cherry and Britt Lower in Severance.

    The week in TV: Severance; Marilyn Manson: Unmasked; Bump; Lucy Worsley Investigates… 1066 – review

    Four-way love is in the air in the long-awaited return of Severance; the case against US shock rock star Marilyn Manson; Australia’s latest gem reaches full term; and Lucy Worsley looks King Harold in the eye
  • closeup of Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience

    The week in TV: Patience; 7/7: The London Bombings; Playing Nice; American Primeval – review

    Ella Maisy Purvis excels as a chic and uncompromising criminologist; the 2005 bomb attacks still feel raw in a powerful docuseries; someone’s accent is all at sea in a stylish Cornish thriller; and the wild west has never looked so wild
  • Squid Game S2 Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024

    The week in TV: Squid Game 2; Doctor Who: Joy to the World; Outnumbered; A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone – review

    The Korean mega hit piles on the gore; Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor parties on; the Outnumbered crew have lost none of their old chemistry. Plus, another ghostly treat from Mark Gatiss
  • Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke in Strike: The Ink Black Heart.

    The week in TV: Strike: The Ink Black Heart; Asia; One Hundred Years of Solitude; Dalgliesh – review

    A modern-day Bogie and Bacall return for a politics-packed online mystery; what David Attenborough really teaches us; a magic realism epic that’s not for the faint-hearted; and the detective drama that beats Morse
  • Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm in After the Party

    The week in TV: After the Party; Rage Against the Regime: Iran; The Great British Bake Off: The Final; Smoggie Queens – review

    A riveting New Zealand thriller feels real for a reason; survivors of Iran’s ruthless regime speak out. Plus, wayward scones and Middlesborough’s campest misfits
  • Olivia Williams and Emily Watson head up Dune: Prophecy.

    The week in TV: Dune: Prophecy; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here; Say Nothing; The Listeners – review

    Women rule the planet in an inventive Dune prequel; starvation has yet to trigger tension in the jungle; striking performances anchor a skewed Troubles drama; and ever impressive Rebecca Hall can’t hear herself think
  • Jane Seymour (KATE PHILLIPS) and Henry VIII (DAMIAN LEWIS) in The Mirror and the Light

    The week in TV: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Bad Sisters; Immigration: How British Politics Failed; The Penguin – review

    Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis return with added candlelight; Bad Sisters cranks up the chaos; and a valiant look at UK immigration is marred by Farage. Plus, a jaw-dropping late twist for The Penguin
  • Shaun Evans and Anna Maxwell Martin, in character, drinking wine together uncomfortably on a sofa

    The week in TV: Until I Kill You; The Day of the Jackal; Junior Taskmaster; Asia – review

    Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans grip in an edgy true crime drama; Eddie Redmayne’s suave lone assassin meets his match; Junior Taskmaster is a chip off the old block. Plus, sea bunnies with David Attenborough
  • Sue Johnston with red stuff all round her mouth, zombie-style, in Generation Z

    The week in TV: Generation Z; Storyville: Eternal You; Helmand: Tour of Duty; Doctor Odyssey – review

    Sue Johnston and Anita Dobson devour the young in Ben Wheatley’s gripping zombie drama; a peek at the ‘digital afterlife’ chills; 10 Welsh Guards relive the hell of Helmand; and all aboard Ryan Murphy’s uber-camp cruise ship
  • (L-r) Jessica Hynes, Isaac Powell, Aya Cash, Himesh Patel, Daniel Brühl and Lolly Adefope in The Franchise.

    The week in TV: The Franchise; Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case; Before; Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – review

    Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes join forces for a bitter superhero spoof; Billy Crystal stars in a maddening yet watchable horror; plus, the Boss at his fist-pumping best, and a timely reminder of the dangers of a Trump victory
  • Rivals, Disney

    The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review

    The super-posh carry on like soft porn stars in a witty Jilly Cooper adaptation; Lennie James plays a man with a secret life; the day-to-day struggle of life in Gaza; and when Leonard Cohen met Marianne
  • Michael Socha in a suit looking straight to camera in Showtrial.

    The week in TV: Showtrial; Sweetpea; Social Studies; Alma’s Not Normal – review

    Michael Socha electrifies as a shapeshifting cop in the dock; Dexter meets Villanelle in a murderous new comedy drama; and Sophie Willan’s brilliant Bolton comedy goes deeper and darker
  • A woman wearing a large white fur coat stands in the street.

    The week in TV: Joan; Industry; Nobody Wants This; Heartstopper – review

    There’s grit and glamour in a 1980s-set crime drama; the millennial City saga’s third series rivals Succession; boundaries are tested in a romcom both classic and modern; and TV’s sweetest teens grow up
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