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Champion: entertaining BBC rap drama set in south London
The Week Recommends Malcolm Kamulete and Déja J. Bowens star in Candice Carty-Williams’s new series
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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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Anti-Midas: the careers derailed by working with Boris Johnson
Under the Radar Former PM has left a trail of political victims over the course of his controversial career in Westminster
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Richard Sharp: ‘grim’ report that could spell the end for BBC chair
Under the Radar Inquiry into his appointment could see BBC boss ‘jump before he is pushed’ after helping to arrange Johnson loan
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK 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
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How Gary Lineker furore could spark BBC social media revolution
Speed Read New review announced by corporation intends to rewrite guidelines over social media use by top stars
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK 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, The Week UK 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, The Week UK 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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The BBC, the next election and economic ignorance
Talking Point New review finds reporters lack understanding of ‘basic economics’ and so compromise broadcaster’s coverage
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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