TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
TV Highlights Jan 18-24
TV Highlights Jan 18-24
British environmentalist and BBC presenter Chris Packham on battling to save the planet, standing up to his enemies, and how his autism made him hate himself
Claudia Winkleman’s smash reality show is an effective analogy for the Sisyphean pointlessness of existence. But the contestants can’t say that, obviously
Trio to share presenting duties on football highlights show, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last year
Television: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable world
Hard Truths is as moving and acute a film as the 82-year-old has ever made. The director talks about rejection, vindication and never changing his approach to movie-making
News outlets may have a structural bias towards the rational over the mind-bendingly nonsensical. In 2025, that’s not ideal
January 5th-10th – including Dancing with the Stars, Michael Lynn: The Fugitive and Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails
Earlier this week Young backed out of the festival claiming it was ‘under corporate control’ of the BBC
Capacity at the famous music festival, which turns over much of its profit to charities, has increased to 210,000 people
Young says BBC wanted him and his band to ‘do a lot of things in a way we were not interested’
Including The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The Bear
Television: Brendan O’Carroll’s slapstick purgatory remains a Bacchanalia of single entendres and fnarr-fnarr gags
December 24th-27th: including new Christmas specials of Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Gavin & Stacey, and Wallace & Gromit
Tribunal found PSNI and Metropolitan Police carried out covert surveillance on Belfast reporters Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey
Chris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying solo
Gregg Wallace is stepping away from role as a review is conducted into historical allegations of misconduct
Ghost of Christmas Past does overtime as broadcasters make viewers nostalgic for a time when nostalgia was a little less creaky
Television: BBC’s sixth adaptation of author’s Robert Galbraith crime books is full of rumpled charm
MasterChef presenter has stepped back from the television show amid allegations of misconduct
TV presenter denies fresh claims of incidents that Shannon Kyle alleges occurred when she was working on his 2012 autobiography
All it took was for someone to finally decide that it was time to care
Television: Handed a hit comedy by the BBC, RTÉ has once again fumbled its big punchline
The TV presenter faces allegations from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period
The Walsh Sisters, which is set to begin filming in 2025, has been billed as a ‘comedy about serious things’
Prime minister’s office has criticised Wallace, presenter of popular cookery show Masterchef
Wallace, who stepped back from the BBC show last week, claims accusers are ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
TV presenter rejects allegations of harassment, including claim he made ‘lesbian jokes constantly’ and discussed spanking
The 60-year-old presenter faces allegations of inappropriate sexual comments from 13 people across a range of shows over 17 years
Television review: West plays a school student struggling with a sound only he and teacher Rebecca Hall can hear
Television: It’s all a bit ho-hum so far as Coleen Rooney stands out as most recognised ‘celebrity’
British media can hardly contain its joy as veteran presenter finally quits iconic soccer highlights show
Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday use
Presenter will step back from highlights programme in 2025, but will cover 2026 World Cup
This year’s lineup for the reality show will see the pair join Coleen Rooney, Tulisa and Danny Jones in the jungle
BBC documentary features interviews with three of McCartney’s victims
Actor featured in hit BBC radio drama for more than 70 years
BBC paused rehearsals of Christmas special over joke where ‘racial term was implied’
Prominent slots on Montrose app have grown in importance as audiences continue their shift to on-demand viewing
Broadcaster will not give up editorial oversight of ‘very sensitive’ flagship programme, Kevin Bakhurst tells Sean O’Rourke podcast
The former Sinn Féin leader alleges he was defamed in a 2016 programme and article
Television: Have the producers never heard of domestic violence? Do they think the patriarchy only does its dirty work at night?
Laura Kuenssberg said she sent former UK prime minister the notes ‘in a message meant for my team’
Television: Bankers ripping each other apart makes for an engaging blood sport until you realise there’s not much else going on
Podcast review: Maths is the hero in every 15ish-minute episode, upending views of many people’s least favourite subject in school
Television: This agreeably chortle-filled show is the perfect midweek distraction
Television: Ian Rankin’s stoic copper is more character study than pulsating thriller but Edinburgh leaps off the screen
Broadcast set out certain matters relating to 21-year-old’s death and the late Jonathan Creswell’s involvement coroner Joe McCrisken says
More than 20 ex-Harrods employees share allegations with BBC
The downfall of a newsreader – once beamed into the homes of millions during era-defining events – is also a story about the BBC’s shortcomings
On The Grand Tour: One for the Road, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bow out of their Prime Video car show
Former BBC broadcaster pleaded guilty to three charges related to indecent images of children
Podcast review: Journalist Samantha Poling became witness at a murder trial in a development that led to this podcast being made temporarily unavailable
Television review: For a high-octane caper, Nightsleeper simply doesn’t have enough oomph
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices