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TV
Kelly Macdonald stars in the latest season of Line of Duty, coming later this month. Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure are also set to return to AC-12
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TV
From Bryan Cranston breaking bad again in Your Honor to the new Gloria Steinem biopic with Julianne Moore, this week in TV features strong characters navigating tough politics
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TV
In Bloodlands, James Nesbitt stars as Northern Irish detective Tom Brannick, who tries to find his wife's killer after her assassin returns for the first time since the Troubles
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TV
The BBC's new Sally Rooney TV adaptation, Conversations With Friends, is in the works. Sasha Lane stars, and Lenny Abrahamson returns to direct
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TV
The latest season of Peaky Blinders will be the final chapter of the series. Cillian Murphy returns
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Netflix
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TV
This eight-part true-crime drama examines the exotic and murderous case of Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman). Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber also star
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TV
It's a confusing, upsetting, and beautiful conclusion to His Dark Materials series two. Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) is catching up to Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson)
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Netflix
From the trials of being a female celebrity in I Hate Suzie to Michaela Coel's revolutionary comedy-drama I May Destroy You, 2020 has been awash with incredible TV
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Netflix
From the return of The Vicar of Dibley with Dawn French to the new 70s serial killer drama The Serpent with Jenna Coleman, here's the best of Christmas TV 2020
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TV
In the penultimate episode, Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) get closer and Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) ventures into Cittàgazze
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TV
In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…
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TV
In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star
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TV
Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) steps into a new world, and Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) plan to steal back the alethiometer from Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare)
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TV
The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising
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TV
His Dark Materials is back on form in episode four, in which Andrew Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge make their long expected appearances. As does the subtle knife…
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TV
In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police
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TV
Lyra (Dafne Keen) is on the run again, Will (Amir Wilson) continues to have contorted dreams, and Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) has a chat with Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson)
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TV
Luca Guadagnino returns to Northern Italy for his new coming-of-age drama series, following 14-year-old Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) as he wanders a US military base in Veneto
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Cinema
Another entry in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Lovers Rock plunges into a heavy, reggae-fuelled house party in 1980 west London
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TV
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The first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Mangrove examines the story of the Mangrove Nine, arrested for protesting police brutality in 1970. Letitia Wright stars
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In this new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, Lily James stars as an upper-class woman engrossed in ideas of love, sex and marriage
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Netflix
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Kids
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TV
Devised by Mat Fraser, CripTales is a brilliant, shocking, and funny, collection of monologues about disability. Ruth Madeley (Years and Years) and Liz Carr (Silent Witness) star
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Opera
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TV
Hugh Laurie stars in David Hare's latest TV project Roadkill. The four-part BBC series follows populist MP Peter Laurence, who has some skeletons tucked away. Helen McCrory also stars
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TV
In this new BBC adaptation of David Nicholls' Us, Tom Hollander stars as a pedantic biochemist who hopes to fix his family relationships with a trip across Europe
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TV
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Netflix
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TV
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