tv & radio
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Late-night hosts on Trump's doubling down: 'What is tougher than fire and fury?'Comics, including Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, discussed the president’s escalation of threats toward North Korea, and his aides’ insistence he should not be taken seriously
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series – can James Corden help Apple break into original TV?The extension of James Corden’s viral segment is the tech giant’s second show and is a worrying sign of an over-reliance of big names over big content -
Wagner is the heart and soul of this Netflix series about college football players – the good parent to Buddy Stephens’ raging head coachLast Chance U's Brittany Wagner: meet the world's best soccer mom
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David Letterman returning to TV with Netflix showThe longest serving host in US late-night history will present a pre-recorded hourlong series involving long-form conversations with guests
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Makers of Poldark and Victoria plan 'darker' Pride and PrejudiceWriter Nina Raine to focus on Jane Austen’s ‘dark intelligence’ for TV series to air 25 years after BBC classic starring Colin Firth
what to watch
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Comrade Detective: Channing Tatum's hidden gem of Romanian TVA lost detective show about two police officers who are in over their heads in 1980s Bucharest has been located, remastered and dubbed into English ... but things aren’t exactly what they seem
episode recaps
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Game of ThronesGame of ThronesGame of Thrones recap: season seven, episode four – The Spoils of WarThe season’s shortest episode evokes John Wayne and John Ford, and offers reunions both long-awaited and not-awaited-at-all
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Twin PeaksTwin PeaksTwin Peaks recap: episode 13 – a welcome jolt of clarity!There’s a suprising amount of plot work in this episode - but beyond arm-wrestles, congas, Audrey’s unusual turn and dodgy deals, there’s an overriding atmosphere of loneliness
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John OliverJohn OliverJohn Oliver on Stephen Miller: ‘Entitled, elitist asshole who refuses to take responsibility’On Last Week Tonight, Oliver covered a range of recent Trump controversies, including the president’s Boy Scouts speech and the proposed immigration bill
videos
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Home Alone star John Heard dies aged 71 – video obituaryJohn Heard, the actor best known for his role as Peter McCallister in two Home Alone films, has died aged 71
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'It is insane': late-night TV on Trump Jr's meeting with Russian lawyer – videoTrevor Noah and Stephen Colbert address reports of potential collusion between the Trump administration and the Kremlin
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Late-night hosts on Trump’s climate decision: ‘Even North Korea agreed to this’ – videoTalkshow hosts address Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement
talking points
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A big reunion and the mother of all battles – was this the most satisfying Game of Thrones episode ever?The Spoils of War is full of fan-pleasing moments – and its violent spectacle is end of season standard
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When good TV goes bad: how Will & Grace lost its pizazzThe late-90s sitcom once dished out more zingers than a town-centre KFC. Then Harry Connick Jr showed up
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The way hit drama series depict women’s bodies reveal disturbing tendencies in how we choose to be entertained, writes TV critic Rebecca NicholsonTrue crime makes great TV. But must it linger on women’s corpses?
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'Everything that's wrong with humanity': readers on troubling TV shows, from GoT to BuffyGame of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother - should these programmes ever have been aired?
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Seinfeld, Simpsons and Sex and the City – why your favourite TV show is problematicFrom Little Britain’s PC-baiting nightmare, to EastEnders’ questionable class portrayal, Guardian writers discuss why they see some of TV’s biggest shows as more than a little troublesome
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Bingewatching: for me and 40m others, one episode is never enoughWith whole weekends – and the daily commute – being sacrificed, TV has become more commitment than entertainment
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Jodie Whittaker says Doctor Who casting was 'incredibly emotional'In her first broadcast interview since being given the role, the actor also revealed she was oblivious to online reaction
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Issa Rae: 'So much of the media presents blackness as fierce and flawless. I’m not'The creator of Insecure talks the dating ‘totem pole’, film’s obsession with slavery and the gender-race pay gap as season two begins
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'Deep down, I knew it didn't happen': The woman who imagined a murderWhen two men disappeared in 1974, Erla Bolladottir’s testimony put her boyfriend and his friends in prison for murder. She tells us how the case made her the most notorious woman in Iceland – and why they may be innocent after all
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Black America: Amazon alt-history series to depict a post-reparations USIn contrast to HBO’s controversial Confederate, this drama will imagine a timeline in which black Americans inhabit a sovereign country
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'It's not easy butchering people': take a first look at David Fincher's MINDHUNTERGet up close to imprisoned psychopaths and harried cops in the exclusive trailer for David Fincher’s forthcoming serial killer thriller for Netflix
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge: ‘I felt strongly there was no such thing as a slut’Her comedy Fleabag was a bleak and honest depiction of female sexuality that made her an international star. She talks about being a ‘terrible actor’ in her 20s, why women should all go on strike and how success has proved that she’s not crazy
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