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Bill Oddie found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies

Tributes paid to former UTV and BBC Radio Ulster presenter

Highlights include In the Opinion of the Censor, The Rapture, Ramy and The Irish Question

Veteran journalist heard from sources after spy revelations that he ‘might as well have been a tout’

Documentary on momfluencer is a disquieting portrayal of manipulation behind the picket fences of an idyllic town

Tribunal found surveillance over ten-year period was ‘not in accordance with the law’

Apple TV’s Lucky is different from other action dramas in that the main character has a dog’s name

Broadcaster releases details about the much-awaited comeback of the hit Dublin gangster show as part of its upcoming drama slate

More than 70 years after its founding, the UK’s commercial broadcaster has been acquired by a US giant

Highlights include The Crow Girl, Katie Price: Nothing to Hide and Testimony

An interview about a mortgage application form led to the politician’s resignation

The broadcaster on the push and pull factors behind her move, her new podcast and turning 50

Polemic shows UK is unprepared for environmental emergencies. Irish readers should feel nervous, too

Television: In real life, Michael Theo, who portrays Austin, is neurodivergent. There are loads of laughs, though never at the character’s expense

Newstalk host gives Chalkie White the space to describe the complexity of his reaction to an ordeal that, with George Gibney’s conviction, may finally be near its end

From legal threats to hair clauses, here are 25 things you probably didn’t know about the beloved BBC sitcom starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman

No case involving allegations against Gibney was heard in Dublin before he fled the country in the mid-1990s

Gibney appeared in court in a wheelchair, often with a string of chunky rosary beads wrapped around his hand

Fifa says they’re for player welfare but advertisers have been the big winners

Doug Beattie says a number of ‘serious concerns’ have been raised following Donaldson’s conviction on child sex abuse charges

Service has been shut down as long wave technology is ‘coming to the end of its life’

The Dubliner’s roles at the Abbey date back to 1956 and continued until 2018

DJ and radio presenter Tara Kumar on Ireland, London and finding her tribe

Rewrite this column with Microsoft’s ‘AI companion’? No, thank you, but I’m a good human, I swear

There is a host of football-themed programming airing at sensible times, just to get you in the mood

Television: If nothing else, this two-parter achieves the remarkable feat of making you grateful for parish-pump Irish politics

More and more sports broadcast rights are moving to subscription services and that is likely to continue

June 7th to 12th highlights, including Backstory, Britney: In Ten Pictures, Total Football and Queen James

RTÉ’s familiar faces stuck on the sidelines again for World Cup’s footballing feast

David Scott’s focus on her work has good intentions, but also sees a missed opportunity

Broadcaster has sought documents under subpoena in effort to identify impact of ‘Panorama’ documentary on US president

The American star regularly enhances her own reputation by paying live tribute to other artists

Shergar: The Racehorse and the IRA attempts to fill the gaps in my knowledge of this most famous case

Singer says she felt 'compelled to wade in and speak' after learning of abuse being directed at photos taken of her on stage

The next time Fergal Keane saw Aboud, in a phone video sent from Gaza, the boy was smiling

May 24th-29th highlights, including Bloom 2026, Make That Movie, Spider-Noir and Star City

The BBC broadcaster on how Brexit sent her searching for her Irish roots, reporting the Troubles in Belfast, and the ‘joy and privilege’ of hosting Round Britain Quiz

Andrew and Molly Clifford say the show has given them a new lease of life

BBC reports that women said they were raped during filming of dating show

May 17th-22nd highlights, including Tradfluencer: The Sharon Shannon Story; Derek Mooney’s Back from the Brink; and Lucy Worsley on The American Revolution