TV and radio
TV & radio
- The death of the Star Trek actor leaves behind a hugely important legacy both on the small screen and in space
- As another toxic series of Love Island draws to a close, we ask: is it as lethal for our health as smoking?
- Nathan Fielder’s unnerving and audacious social experiment treads the frontier of reality TV by doubling down on its artifices
- The popularity of gay-romance series sends fans from home and abroad flocking to filming locations across the country
What to watch
- 4 out of 5 stars.
Irma Vep – Alicia Vikander is ‘pure evil but in a sexy kind of way’
4 out of 5 stars.The Oscar-winner stars as a velvet-catsuited villainess in this series about a film about a series of films – but while it may be headspinningly meta, it is also fun, witty and a total visual treat - 2 out of 5 stars.
Episode recaps
- The late night host rang the alarm on the current state of Afghanistan a year after the US withdrew troops, highlighting a ‘grim but important’ topic
- Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney say goodbye as they depart the hit-and-miss comedy show
Videos
'That’s my mom. Hold on,' says local television reporter while preparing to shoot a story
After her remarks led to a backlash, the actor said Jewish people around the world had 'always had my support'
In an encounter that swiftly went viral, a Montana man told the news host: 'you are the worst human being known to mankind'
Opinion
- From an Amazon dating show where old crushes appear out of a pseudo-time portal to Jacques on Love Island’s ‘sex flashbacks’ to his former girlfriend, lost loves make for irresistible TV
- Love Island, Survivor, Ex on the Beach … every reality TV show worth its salt utilises splendid isolation. Why does the setting work so well?
- The Big Brother house guests drank liquor by the crateful. But Love Island’s tortuous trysts are fuelled by fruit juice and nosecco. Why did reality TV go on the wagon? Ex-contestants reveal all
- The reality show’s reintroduction of a former contestant signals self-awareness – and that could pay off
You may have missed
- Rob Miller, director of The Most Hated Man on the Internet, talks about giving a voice to the victims of an exploitative website, and the incredible mother who led its founder to be jailed
- In a new docuseries, the actor recounts the tale of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with adulation but not without critique
- The cult comedy duo have split citing creative differences
Most viewed
Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 – the festival documentary that doubles as a disaster movie
3 out of 5 stars.