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Set during the transitional year of 1958, Summer of Rockets follows the Petrukin family during the Cold War - often looked down upon for being lower-class, Russian, and Jewish

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In a special Q&A for BBC Two's Summer of Rockets, Stephen Poliakoff describes how real-life elements formed the basis for his new and enticing cold war drama

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From the furiously anticipated Game of Thrones finale to the new Netflix drama What/If with Renée Zellweger, this week in TV is a period of dark strategy

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James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Dafne Keen all star in His Dark Materials, BBC's new adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy

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From the BBC, Gentleman Jack tells the story of Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) – a female landowner in Georgian times who created scandal with her open lesbianism

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In Years and Years, Russell T Davies delivers a terrifying dystopian tale - starting with the new, populist politician Vivienne Rook (Emma Thompson)

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In Back to Life, Daisy Haggard plays an ex-convict who's released after an 18-year sentence. Now, she has to adjust to modern life

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Love is the most important thing in the finale. Fleabag ends with a forgiving, transcendent last episode to watch and cherish

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Pheobe-Waller Bridge plays Fleabag on stage for the final time in a revival of the 2013 one-woman show that catalysed a TV phenomenon

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In Line of Duty episode 5, trust is running thin for the AC-12 team. Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) decides to go undercover, infiltrating the Organised Crime Group

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In The Looming Tower, Jeff Daniels plays John O'Neill, chief of counter-terrorism at the FBI. Tracing the years leading up to 9/11, O'Neill and his team investigate Al-Qaeda's activities

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In Line of Duty episode 4, John Corbett (Stephen Graham) is under greater threat to keep his cover and Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) is more aggressive than ever

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In Line of Duty, John Corbett (Stephen Graham) is under greater pressure and DS Arnott (Martin Compston) isn't making things easy for him

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In this new BBC comedy Don't Forget the Driver, Toby Jones plays a dissatisfied coach driver in Bognor Regis who grows from bored middle-aged man to everyday hero

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From Killing Eve writer Rob Williams comes The Victim, the BBC's latest investigative drama that asks difficult questions about a child murder. Starring Kelly Macdonald and John Hannah

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Love is the most important thing in the finale. Fleabag ends with a forgiving, transcendent last episode to watch and cherish

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In Line of Duty episode 2, AC-12 resume their investigation into John Corbett (Stephen Graham) and the hushed Operation Pear Tree. And danger's quick to follow

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Killing Eve season 2 is coming this year, and we can't wait to see Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) back in action on the BBC

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge invites the whole gang back together in the penultimate episode of Fleabag. Olivia Colman, Hugh Dennis, Sian Clifford and Andrew Scott all shine

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Line of Duty series five is starting, and the AC-12 team is opening a new case on a familiar enemy led by the silently scary John Corbett (Stephen Graham)

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Remember this moment for Andrew Scott. Fleabag has confirmed its major player to match heavyweight star Phoebe Waller-Bridge in episode 4 of series 2

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge introduces a new character to series three of Fleabag: Kristin Scott Thomas makes an impressive debut

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In MotherFatherSon episode 2, Caden (Billy Howle) is recovering from brain trauma – causing Kathryn (Helen McCrory) to remember her failed marriage to Max (Richard Gere)

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There are so many reasons to watch Fleabag season 2 – and the second episode, with Fiona Shaw and Hugh Skinner in tow, proves why

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In Baptiste episode 4, Julien (Tchéky Karyo) is on the search for the money bag belonging to Constantin (Alec Secareanu) in order to save Edward (Tom Hollander)

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In the new BBC drama MotherFatherSon, Richard Gere plays a media mogul who's thrown back with his estranged wife (Helen McCrory) because of their loose-cannon son (Billy Howle)

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In Fleabag series 2, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's gloriously calamitous creation returns to have dinner with her enemies, including Godmother (Olivia Colman)

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In Baptiste episode 3, Edward (Tom Hollander) and Detective Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo) finally have a proper talk. But Edward's not as horrible as he seems...

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In This Time with Alan Partridge, Alan (Steve Coogan) thinks he's bounced back into the BBC – co-presenting a magazine show. But he's clearly out of his depth...

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In Baptiste episode 2, Julien (Tchéky Karyo) finds Natalie Rose (Anna Próchniak) and finds out as much as he can about the enigmatic Edward Stratten (Tom Hollander)

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Tchéky Karyo returns as our favourite French detective in Baptiste, a BBC spin-off from the writers of The Missing

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