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A century on from the birth of public-service media, even the Continent’s heavyweight outlets resemble endangered species

No idea is too odd for television amid plans for scaled-up word puzzle, a Big Break reboot and a ‘psychological battlefield’ in a lift lobby

Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is back on Disney+. Here’s how such shows have developed since TV introduced sex to Ireland in the 1960s

Rarely has old age been honoured by such troops of friends and admirers

Noam Bettan will compete on Saturday night in the boycott-hit 70th year of the song contest, held in Vienna

In Stephen M Hornby’s play, a young gay man tries to find his way in a hostile 1950s world as the broadcaster investigates ‘the homosexual condition’

May 10th to 15th highlights, including a look at the 1926 Census, the Baftas, Mark Moriarty and the Eurovision

The Dublin actor says the main trick to being a professional is doing the work and learning the lines. ‘And then just staying as healthy and as fit as you can. There’s no excuse’

The final 20 minutes of last year’s final, in Basle, was excruciating. The same could happen in Vienna next week

Television: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking along

Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an IT job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work

Sadly, a letter from a posh man on the BBC - the same one who turns 100 on Friday - was not seen as that big a deal back then

Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figures

May 3rd-8th highlights, including Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces, Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure and Amandaland

Gordon Snell also wrote scripts for RTÉ, including the popular children’s show Wanderly Wagon

Dublin chef’s new MasterChef presenting role is one of the highest profile gigs in cooking reality television

Broadcaster says it must ‘respond appropriately’ to evolving viewing habits

Television: New presenters chef Anna Haugh and food critic Grace Dent go together like Tayto and red lemonade

Television: Charlotte Regan has gone out on a limb with this tale of star-crossed lovers in small-town Scotland

It is fair to ask if news media do a good job of capturing and representing a range of public views

April 18th-24th highlights, including Mint, Super Garden, The Neighbourhood and Unchosen

Róisín Ingle: Chance to visit her last remaining sibling was a magic key that unlocked our trip to London

Keir Starmer has been busy explaining but key questions remain around the former US ambassador’s appointment

Old Grey Whistle Test presenter and Live Aid host succeeded John Peel on BBC Radio 1

Cork native is stepping down as editor of Glamour, as publishing giant Condé Nast announces shift in business strategy

Television: As he approaches his 100th birthday, veteran wildlife presenter catches up with descendants of primates he met on Life on Earth

Journalist who worked at RTÉ, BBC and CNN is leaving the magazine’s parent company Condé Nast

Firing up his electronic germ-counter, the sweary chef goes under cover of darkness to make some queasy discoveries

Might Paddy Dear be persuaded to throw a few million our way, for the relief of distress in dear old Ireland?

New director-general Matt Brittin to replace Tim Davie next month

US president called media mogul personally to try prevent publication of report he sent ‘bawdy’ email to Jeffrey Epstein

The singer was still at school when the BBC discovered her. By 2024 she was opening for Taylor Swift – yet she still doesn’t have the music industry all figured out, she says

With a host nation at war and ‘Fifa’ rendered as a swear word, escapism will be hard to find this summer

Television: Sightseeing takes a back seat as Keating talks about his brother Ciarán, who died in 2023

Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson could be heard shouting racial slur during ceremony

News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like

Television: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey

Global smash Australian kids show to begin airing in Irish next week

In tense times, geopolitically speaking, there is an undeniable pleasure in watching people embrace the stress and excitement of travel

Former radio presenter removed from role after broadcaster received ‘new information’ relating to alleged historical sex offence