TV News
The week in TV: The Handmaid’s Tale; GameFace; Poldark and more
Women’s mouths were stapled shut in the darkest episode yet of The Handmaid’s Tale
Read more » | Desktop version »The week in radio: Moon; The Dying of the Ice; Cold War in Full Swing and more
Radio 4 recreated the moon landing and explored ice instruments, while Radio 3 celebrated Louis Armstrong’s 1965 GDR tour
Read more » | Desktop version »This week’s best home entertainment: from Orange Is the New Black to The Boys
Piper’s out on parole and struggling to fit in, while the team behind Preacher return with more slick televised fun
Read more » | Desktop version »Big Little Lies: has season two really been a screaming great flop?
Fuelled by reports about behind-the-scenes turmoil, armchair experts have torn into the returning HBO drama. But is it really as bad as people say?
Read more » | Desktop version »BBC and ITV unveil launch plans for BritBox streaming service
Joint venture considered unlikely to challenge UK market dominance of Netflix
Read more » | Desktop version »Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: how Netflix totalled Seinfeld's star vehicle
It was once a cheap and cheerful YouTube series. But then the streaming giant threw $100m at it and now the low-stakes charm has been lost
Read more » | Desktop version »TV tonight: one giant leap for the Proms!
American maestro Karina Canellakis becomes the first woman to conduct the opening Prom, with a daring commission to mark 50 years since the moon landing. Plus: relive the 80s with Luke and Matt Goss from Bros
Read more » | Desktop version »The biggest disasters in business history – podcasts of the week
A new pod looks at businesses in crisis, including Kodak and a Christian amusement park, while a new true-crime series sees a daughter investigate her own father
Read more » | Desktop version »Essie Davis on playing a 'feral nun' in Lambs of God and the 'broken' Catholic church
The star of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries swaps glamour for a habit in a dark tale of war between the feminine and the masculine
Read more » | Desktop version »A Cut Too Far? Male Circumcision review – an act of love, or an assault?
Adnan Sarwar’s open-minded documentary delved into a sensitive subject that seems, to some, very odd indeed
Read more » | Desktop version »Paralympics to join events that must be shown on free-to-air TV
Games to be added to list of protected events, while airing of women’s sport to be studied
Read more » | Desktop version »‘Will Allah be OK with this?’: inside the BBC's first British-Muslim sketch show
They joke about airport security and overindulging over Ramadan. Meet the creators of Muzlamic, the trailblazing comedy exploring the contradictions of modern Muslim life
Read more » | Desktop version »
