The Jennings v Alzheimer’s review – how one letter caused a medical revolution
Already a vicious foe, familial Alzheimer’s disease likes to deliver one last twist of the knife. Not only do the children of a carrier of the rogue gene have a 50/50 chance of inheriting it, but if they do have…
Blue Lights recap: series two, episode five – air punch moments, and a killer cliffhanger
Has another of our police protagonists taken a fatal bullet? Here’s all the intel on the penultimate episode, Where I Want To Be … ‘What’s the worse that could happen?’ Star-crossed couple Stevie (Martin McCann) and Grace (Siân Brooke) were…
‘Unanimous victory seemed certain’: the biggest mistakes from the 2024 TV Baftas
A while ago, it might have felt like the Baftas didn’t really need to put on a big awards ceremony this year. That isn’t because shows like this are becoming less and less relevant with every passing year, but because…
TV industry in turmoil, says Floella Benjamin, as Bafta hands out the gongs
The television industry is “in turmoil” and needs “creative survival solutions” from the UK government, the children’s television presenter Floella Benjamin has said, as she accepted her Bafta fellowship on Sunday. Lady Benjamin, best known as presenter of children’s programmes…
Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour review – one of them has a formidable mind, but which?
In a country where so much of society is still bisected along class lines, many have a very particular image of a clever person – and it’s roughly Stephen Fry. A grand-seeming Oxbridge-educated man with a posh accent and an…
Eurovision 2024: everything we learned – from the Abba swizz to the UK’s wild unpopularity
It was the most politically charged Eurovision song contest in memory – but it was won by a famously neutral nation. As the glittery dust settles from Saturday night in Malmö, here’s what we learned … 1. Switzerland was a…
TV tonight: will The Crown’s ‘Ghost Diana’ win big at this year’s TV Baftas?
British Academy Television Awards 7pm, BBC One Quite bizarrely, The Crown leads the nominations at this year’s big telly awards (two words: Ghost Diana). It’s up against the likes of Happy Valley, Slow Horses and Top Boy at the glitzy…
Doctor Who: Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord – season one opening recap
At last we get to see the big bold reimagining we’ve been promised since May 2022 when Ncuti Gatwa was unveiled as the new Doctor. There were a lot of knowing echoes of the last time Russell T Davies reset…
The week in audio: Fur & Loathing; Dead Man Running; About the Boys; Vanessa Feltz – review
Fur & Loathing | Project BrazenDead Man Running | BBC Sounds/BBC ScotlandAbout the Boys (BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds Vanessa Feltz | LBC Yet more new investigative podcasts last week. First up, Fur & Loathing from Nicky Woolf, an…
A song and dance: Eurovision’s history of controversy
This year’s Eurovision song contest has been increasingly overshadowed by protests over Israel’s participation during its continuing war in Gaza. But controversy has often followed the international singing competition. Here are some notable previous Eurovision rows. Stage invader interrupts SuRie…