TV tonight: the most underwatched series in years returns one last time | Television
someone somewhere 10pm, Sky ComedyOf all the series that have gone unnoticed in recent years, the story of a woman who leaves the big city and returns to the small Kansas town where she spent her childhood to find her feet again tops the list. It's an emotional journey filled with heart-wrenching, belly laughs, raw […]
Daystar Christian television network embroiled in major scandal over alleged sexual abuse of founder’s grandchild
Evangelical Christian television network Daystar is currently embroiled in the worst kind of scandal involving child sexual abuse allegations and attempts to cover it up. Founded by the late Marcus Lamb, Daystar is a family-run organization. Following Lamb's tragic passing in 2021, his widow and Daystar co-founder Joni Lamb became president of the company. Her […]
TV tonight: Kathy Bates has a hoot in the new Matlock spin-off | Television
matlock 9pm, Sky WitnessA sparkling new legal comedy-drama starring Oscar winner Kathy Bates. In this spinoff from the 1980s classic, she plays the role of Madeline “Mattie” Matlock, a shrewd and empathetic lawyer. Matty retired from practicing law 30 years ago, but now in his 70s, he wants to become a lawyer again. Thinking she […]
Young, British and Anti-Abortion review – surely gen Z are too smart to devalue women’s lives like this? | Television & radio
DDocumentary maker Poppy Jay's new film has a title that is sure to excite me, and probably many others, in the countries where the polls are being conducted. Almost 90% support Calling for a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy: Young people, Britons, and the opposition to abortion. This is a study of Gen Z's […]
TV tonight: ‘lab rat’ veterans of the UK’s nuclear testing scandal speak out | Television & radio
Britain's nuclear bomb scandal: Our story 9pm, BBC TwoThe documentary describes what the documentary describes as “the longest scandal in British history”: the British government's nuclear testing in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s, and its serious consequences for the health of servicemen and soldiers. This is an upsetting investigation into […]
Timothy West, star of stage, film and television, dies aged 90 | Timothy West
Actor Timothy West, whose career spanned everything from stage appearances in Shakespeare, Ibsen and Pinter to TV roles including The Brass, EastEnders and The Great Canal Journey (co-starring his wife Prunella Scales), has died at the age of 90. . His children, Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West, said in a statement: “After a long and […]
CNN’s Chris Wallace steps away from broadcast television to pursue new media venture
After three years at CNN, host Chris Wallace announced Monday night that he will not renew his seven-figure contract with the network. Instead, he announced plans to move away from traditional television broadcasting and pursue new media ventures. Prior to working at CNN, Wallace spent 18 years at Fox News. “Old-school outlet mainstays are running […]
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light review – six hours of utter TV magic | Television
IIt seems we can happily agree that it's hard to believe that Hilary Mantel's film adaptation of Wolf Hall hit our screens almost a decade ago. Whether we're reading her masterpiece or watching the result, carefully peeled and arranged for our tastes by screenwriter Peter Straughan and director Peter Kozminski, we and the Tudors The […]
TV tonight: the Taskmaster spin-off that fans have been waiting for | Television
junior task master 8pm, Channel 4The remarkable rise of Taskmaster over the past decade proves that sometimes we need trashy, pointless TV shows. Adding children to the mix is a genius move. Rose Matafeo is in charge of the event, and with the help of her assistant Mike Wozniak, she challenges some very energetic young […]
Chinese state television lionises Xi Jinping’s father in 39-part serialised drama | China
Xi Jinping's father is the subject of an exciting new historical drama that premiered on Chinese state television on Tuesday. Funded by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), “Time in the Northwest” is a film about Chinese President Xi Zhongxun, whose father, Xi Zhongxun, is himself a senior member of the […]