First Jimmy Carr, now Anna Delvey: it’s time we got a grip on Netflix
And Ofcom’s responsibilities are only getting bigger. In November 2020 Ofcom was also given oversight of platforms such as TikTok and Only Fans, while Dawes talked about the…
What’s on TV tonight: Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War, Bel-Air, and more
TracesAlibi, 9pmA welcome second series for this gripping crime drama set in a Dundee forensic science facility and led by a strong female cast including Molly Windsor,…
How the world fell back in love with romantic fiction
“It’s vitally important that stories of love depict a wide range of characters,” says author Sareeta Domingo, who has published a collection of love stories by British…
What’s on TV tonight: Louis Theroux in America, the Duchess of Cambridge on CBeebies, and more
Sunday 13 February Louis Theroux’s Forbidden AmericaBBC Two, 9pmThe documentary trail in the United States for this series examining how “online has collided with the real world”….
What’s on TV tonight: French drama The Promise, ITV’s new talent show Starstruck, and more
Saturday 12 February The PromiseBBC Four, 9pm & 9.55pmAnother Saturday night, another subtitled thriller about missing children, but six-parter The Promise, available in full on BBC iPlayer…
Inventing Anna, review: a drama as trashy and superficial as its con artist protagonist
There is a brilliant drama to be had from the story of Anna Delvey, and when someone makes one I’ll be sure to let you know. In…
What’s on TV tonight: Inventing Anna, Rooney, and more
The PromiseBBC Four, 9pm & 9.55pmAnother Saturday night, another subtitled thriller about missing children, but six-parter The Promise, available in full on BBC iPlayer from tonight, has…
Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, review: a shockingly intimate portrait of a superstar in the making
“Doing this documentary right now is a little narcissistic,” admits an unsigned, pre-fame Kanye West in 2002, flashing his friend’s video camera with a bashful grin. The…
What’s on TV tonight: Magpie Murders, The Queen’s Guards: a Year in Service, and more
The PromiseBBC Four, 9pm & 9.55pmAnother Saturday night, another subtitled thriller about missing children, but six-parter The Promise, available in full on BBC iPlayer from tonight, has…
Why it’s not surprising Anna Delvey conned New York society
It’s 2008, and I’m in a sumptuous, chauffeur-driven Mercedes chatting with a Versace scion. London Fashion Week is in full swing, and, happily lubricated on free Moët,…
What’s on TV tonight: Storyville: President, The Fast and the Farmer-ish, and more
Inventing AnnaNetflix“This whole story – the one you’re about to sit on your fat ass and watch like a lump of nothing – is about me. You…
I’m not surprised Anna Delvey conned New York society, fashion is full of shameless blaggers
It’s 2008, and I’m in a sumptuous, chauffeur-driven Mercedes chatting with a Versace scion. London Fashion Week is in full swing, and, happily lubricated on free Moët,…
No politician can tell me what I’m allowed to laugh at
Really, I am so sick of the way cancel culture infantilises everyone. No one is allowed to be complex. Everyone is now pure or impure; saint or…
What’s on TV tonight: Brit Awards 2022, This is Going to Hurt, The Special 1 and more
Tuesday 8 February This is Going to HurtBBC One, 9pmAdam Kay’s adaptation of his bestselling memoir (available as a box set on BBC iPlayer) doesn’t pull its…
What’s on TV tonight: No Return, The Nilsen Files, Starstruck and more
Monday 7 February No ReturnITV, 9pmSheridan Smith has cornered the market on primetime TV for playing everywoman characters overcoming spirit-shattering crises. So she is perfect casting for…
What’s on TV tonight: Chloe, The Curse, The Queen: 70 Glorious Years, and more
No ReturnITV, 9pmSheridan Smith has cornered the market on primetime TV for playing everywoman characters overcoming spirit-shattering crises. So she is perfect casting for this four-part drama…
What’s on TV tonight: Celebrity Mastermind, Winter Olympics and Six Nations
Saturday 5 February Celebrity MastermindBBC One, 7.10pmThe original high-pressure television quiz celebrates 50 years on air this year. Which makes its celebrity version seem a stripling by…
Jimmy Carr under fire for ‘beyond tasteless’ Holocaust joke in Netflix special
Comedian Jimmy Carr has been heavily criticised for a “disgusting” and “beyond tasteless joke” made about the travelling community and the Holocaust in his new Netflix show….
What’s on TV tonight: Winter Olympics, Reacher, Suspicion, and more
Celebrity MastermindBBC One, 7.10pmThe original high-pressure television quiz celebrates 50 years on air this year. Which makes its celebrity version seem a stripling by comparison, returning for…
What’s on TV tonight: Winter Olympics, Reacher, Suspicion, and more
Celebrity MastermindBBC One, 7.10pmThe original high-pressure television quiz celebrates 50 years on air this year. Which makes its celebrity version seem a stripling by comparison, returning for…
What’s on TV tonight: Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art, Kate Garraway’s Life Stories and more
Celebrity MastermindBBC One, 7.10pmThe original high-pressure television quiz celebrates 50 years on air this year. Which makes its celebrity version seem a stripling by comparison, returning for…
What’s on TV tonight: Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art, Kate Garraway’s Life Stories and more
Celebrity MastermindBBC One, 7.10pmThe original high-pressure television quiz celebrates 50 years on air this year. Which makes its celebrity version seem a stripling by comparison, returning for…
The women ruined by the Tinder Swindler: ‘Their lives will never be the same again’
“I think that there’s a fine balance,” she says. “These women are victims, but they’re also incredibly strong and have to own their own narrative.” Morris’s research…
What’s on TV tonight: Pam & Tommy, The Tinder Swindler and more
Winter Olympics BBC One & BBC Two, from 11.30amThe Beijing Games finally arrive, following a trail of controversy over reported atrocities against the Uyghur Muslim population, events in…
What’s on TV tonight: BBC Three Launch, Gilded Age, and more
Winter Olympics BBC One & BBC Two, from 11.30amThe Beijing Games finally arrive, following a trail of controversy over reported atrocities against the Uyghur Muslim population, events in…