tv & radio
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'How can you live without goats?' Channel 4's The Tribe flips TV clichesThe fear with anthropological programmes is that the culture of the broadcasting nation will appear superior to the one under examination. So it’s refreshing to find the Ethiopians mocking the values of western documentarians -
Fast and curious: what do you make of Sense8's telepathic tag team?At the half-way point, the Netflix show really comes into its own, with the interlocking characters sharing life skills across the world, a decent take on LBGT representation and some great action scenes
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Has Game of Thrones season five been too brutal to enjoy?There's a fine line between realistic and gratuitous -
The Interceptor review – the Beeb’s latest attempt to find a replacement for SpooksThe wafer-thin characters in this law enforcement drama have no more relationship to real-life professionals than the plot has to real-life events. Which might not matter, but it is also extremely dull -
BBC's Back in Time for Dinner follow-up to focus on family weekendsHit time-travelling series moves on from dining to examine leisure activities from the 1950s to the turn of the millennium -
True Detective season two – everything we know about new plot and castWith the next instalment of the meandering and confounding crime series set to air on 21 June, we take a look at what we know (and aren’t really sure about) so far
episode recaps
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Hannibal recap: season three, episode one – AntipastoAfter last season’s bloody finale, the premiere offers few answers, several new ‘meals’ and a gorgeous European backdrop
reviews
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Running the Shop review – ‘stuffed to the brim with tedious fake peril’The latest retail reality show is far too dependent on the phoney drama that often afflicts the genre – and fails to make use of its biggest asset, former Dragon’s Den inhabitant, Hilary Devey
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The Met: Policing London review – it was bold to let the cameras inThis is no easy ride or whitewash – but if the Met as an institution comes across as flawed, it at least recognises some of its issues
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news
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YouTube star PewDiePie strikes publishing deal for This Book Loves YouWith 37m YouTube subscribers, Swedish gamer teams up with Penguin Random House for 250-page collection of ‘advice and inspirational quotes’
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BBC bosses warned over tax break television schemeError meant that BBC Trust was not told in advance about creation of two companies designed to benefit from creative industry tax credits
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Exclusive video: Better Call Saul's red/blue colour theoryDid you pay attention to the colour-coding in the Breaking Bad spin-off?
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Trailer watch: Game of Thrones season five, episode 10 – Mother's MercyA preview of next week’s final episode reveals swords being drawn, a trio of sad gents and a lot of pensive thinking in the dark
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George RR Martin: Hollywood would have ruined Game of ThronesThe fantasy author says film could not have coped with his Song of Ice and Fire doorstoppers: ‘The whole movie would be about this exiled princess’
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D'oh! Homer Simpson leaves Marge for Lena Dunham (for one episode)In the latest of The Simpsons’ increasingly attention-seeking plotlines, the golden couple are finally – but temporarily, no doubt – calling it quits. Petty plot points like these are costing the show its spark and its audience
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Jordskott: the latest Swedish import brings a mythical edge to Scandi dramaA new 10-part thriller adds a supernatural Norse element to the dark crime formula previously laid out by The Killing and The Bridge
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This is a radio clash: can Radio 1 survive the Apple attack?Breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw has lost almost a million listeners, Zane Lowe has jumped ship and young people are tuning in for less time. With Apple Music and Spotify changing the game, what does it mean for radio’s existing players?
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'Iain was in love when he wrote it': Iain Banks thriller Stonemouth comes to TVScreenwriter David Kane explains how he adapted Stonemouth for the BBC, the first Iain Banks novel to be filmed since his death
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Bertie Carvel: man of many facesHe’s been a terrifying Miss Trunchbull, a convincing Nick Clegg, and now, in the BBC’s Sunday-night drama, he’s a magical Jonathan Strange. Emma John meets actor Bertie Carvel
