Rivals – an eye-popping explosion of sex, more sex and bad wigs
Like a perfect cross between Carry On and Eurotrash, the Jilly Cooper classic starts with a couple bonking on a Concorde – and only ramps up from there. Brace yourself for a supremely fun time
Interview
Return of the Mexican sex bombs: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna on their boxing comedy La Máquina
Review
Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher – her shaky post-blast interview says it all
Review
Alma’s Not Normal series two – pretty much the perfect comedy
A month in Ambridge
Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: life in Ambridge doesn’t get more scandalous than this
The West Wing
This is getting silly now! Why won’t politicians stop ripping off The West Wing?
Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
This outrageous legal drama sucks you straight back in
Industry season three
TV’s wildest drama is more thrilling than ever
Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country
Proof that the co-creator of This Country is a genius
Where’s Wanda?
This knotty crime thriller has all the dark humour of Bad Sisters
Living Every Second: The Kris Hallenga Story
An astonishing tale of hope
Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
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Episode recaps
I’ve only just hitched my wagon to Slow Horses – but I’m loving the ride
Yes, I’m late to the Slough House party. But now that I’ve caught up on all four seasons, I feel silly. I’ve been missing one of the most sensational shows on TV
Sherwood
Series two finale recap – well that was the mother of all showdowns!
Sherwood
Series two, episode five – one devastating scene after another
Sherwood
Series two, episode four – toe-scrunchingly agonising
Sherwood
Series two, episode three – absolutely electrifying TV
Sherwood
Series two, episode one – welcome to Shottingham
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From lifting the lid on what really went on at Guantánamo Bay to an investigation of whether Avril Lavigne has died and been replaced by a doppelganger – read on for the finest shows of the year
Hear here
Best podcasts of the week: Sheridan Smith’s dangerously bingeable Margate murder mystery
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: The English Disease; Mag Hags; Parents vs the Internet; Between the Ears – review
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Mr Loverman
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Heartstopper
‘I want to get hate-tweeted by Donald Trump!’: Joe Locke on trolls, typecasting and turning to the dark side
The 21-year-old stole hearts in the queer teen romance, now he is starring in Marvel series Agatha All Along. Give him a villain role next, he says
Industry
‘He’s into urine’ – how Industry became the kinkiest show on TV
Sex, money and the imbalance of power define this riveting show – and the characters who engage in sexual power-play as if their lives depended on it
The West Wing
This is getting silly now! Why won’t politicians stop ripping off The West Wing?
‘I can’t believe they went there’: 20 years of the silly, sexy and utterly outrageous Desperate Housewives
Heartstopper
‘There was just this beautiful openness’: behind the scenes of Heartstopper’s steamiest season yet
An industry in crisis
‘I fell asleep driving around London’: TV workers on fear, danger and fatalities
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