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Best Interests review: ‘heart-shattering’ drama on BBC One
The Week Recommends Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen star in this harrowing four-part series
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The Gallows Pole review: Shane Meadows’ first foray into period drama
The Week Recommends The 2017 novel has been turned into a three-part series on BBC Two
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The most eccentric Eurovision performances of all time
In Depth From a turkey DJ to misfiring double entendres, the contest has never lacked for oddity
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Blue Lights review: the BBC’s cracking new cop drama set in Belfast
The Week Recommends This six-part series is well-crafted and often thrilling
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Great Expectations review: BBC One’s new adaptation of the Dickens classic
The Week Recommends There is much to enjoy in this series, but it feels a bit ‘needless’
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David Attenborough’s Wild Isles review: ‘Life on Earth meets Wind in the Willows’
The Week Recommends This is ‘beautiful, extraordinary, wonder-inducing’ television
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Fiona Bruce: has Question Time host been ‘hung out to dry’?
In Depth Presenter accused of trivialising domestic abuse in debate about Stanley Johnson
By The Week Staff Published
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Wild Isles: TV producers feared avian flu would kill David Attenborough
Speed Read The 96-year-old broadcaster was kept away from shearwater chicks following virus warning
By Jamie Timson Published
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John Motson dies aged 77: five best Motty moments
Under the Radar The legendary BBC football commentator delivered countless iconic lines in 50-year career
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Muzzling the BBC: what does Indian PM Narendra Modi have to hide?
Under the Radar The Delhi government has blocked the airing of a documentary on Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots
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Brexit stopping rhinos from mating
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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University Challenge gave easier questions to ‘old codgers’
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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BBC at 100: what does the future hold for at-threat institution?
Today's Big Question The British Broadcasting Corporation is facing looming funding cuts amid digital ‘transformation’ of media
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BBC at 100: what does the future hold for at-threat institution?
Today's Big Question The British Broadcasting Corporation is facing looming funding cuts amid digital ‘transformation’ of media
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
Today's Big Question