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From Steve McQueen's gruelling slavery drama 12 Years A Slave to Lin-Manuel Miranda's colossally popular stage musical Hamilton, this week in TV taps into a more honest American history

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Cate Blanchett stars as political activist Phyllis Schlafly in the much-awaited Mrs America, chronicling Schlafly's opposition to the women's liberation movement in the 1970s

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Arabella (Michaela Coel) continues to struggle with her second work, but finds communal solace in her support group. Terry (Weruche Opia), on the other hand, is sceptical

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Hear world-class performances from your armchair, as opera houses, orchestras and soloists entertain, mostly free, on air and online, and on DVD. For our favourites, click on Read More

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The BBC's new Talking Heads remake uses Alan Bennett's original stories along with well as two premieres. Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton star

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Based on Eleanor Catton's Booker-winning novel, The Luminaries is an endlessly confusing murder-mystery wrapped in gold nuggets and zodiac signs. Eva Green stars

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Michaela Coel wrestles with hurricane confessions and complicated flashbacks, as I May Destroy You continues to be one of the best TV shows of the year

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Adam Kay's bestselling memoir is heading to the small screen in a BBC-AMC co-production – and Ben Whishaw will be playing the author himself

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Based around the Salisbury Novichok attacks on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018, this three-part BBC drama follows the efforts by Tracy Daszkiewicz (Anne-Marie Duff) to contain the poison

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Episodes 3 and 4 of Michaela Coel's BBC series plunges into the sticky issues of consent, drugs, and period sex

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At once relevant and timeless, the story of Anthony Bryan, who was wrongly threatened to be deported, is brought to the BBC by his brother, playwright Stephen S. Thompson

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In this new BBC drama from Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You follows the carefree life of Londoner Arabella (Coel), who pieces together the traumatic night before

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From the ever-relevant racial dystopia in Noughts + Crosses to the beautiful adaptation of Sally Rooney's millennial novel Normal People, TV in 2020 has been awash with great drama

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The virtual festival of the arts continues with new relays of opera, classical music and documentaries, plus theatre and visual art

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The final two episodes of the BBC adaptation see Sally Rooney's lovers finally accept their pain, and lean into their love for one another

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In the season finale, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) considers different career options and Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) gets closer to her enemy

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Connell and Marianne suffer individual losses in titanic spadefuls in episodes nine and 10, as abusive relationships and premature deaths create a sense of immense anguish

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In episode three, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) is encouraged to keep killing by the Twelve, Eve (Sandra Oh) is catching up with her assassin/lover, and Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) is stressed

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The second half of the BBC's Normal People lurches into focus with great pain – Hettie McDonald directs a strained academic year and a suffocating holiday

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In episode six, Eve (Sandra Oh) investigates her ex's puncturing and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) hangs with Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) after last week's explosive finish

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Following the supremely successful A Christmas Carol, Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) continues his series of BBC Dickens adaptations with Great Expectations. Tom Hardy produces

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Lenny Abrahamson directs his last two episodes of the series by dealing in extremes, delivering an hour of television both satisfying and devastating

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Episode 5 is all about Villanelle (Jodie Comer) as she travels back to Mother Russia to visit her family. Get ready for strange reunions, harvest festivals and Elton John

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Marianne and Connell navigate the end of school and the start of college in two searing, stunning episodes crystallising the devastation of youthful mistakes

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In episode 4, Eve (Sandra Oh), Villanelle (Jodie Comer), Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) and Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) all question their life choices

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The BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel begins with two simmering episodes directed by Lenny Abrahamson, introducing the characters intimately

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Episode 3 shows how funny Killing Eve can be, as Villanelle (Jodie Comer) makes friends with a baby and Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) tries to have fun

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We've watched four episodes of Normal People, based on Sally Rooney's second novel, and we're already in love with it. Here's why you need to watch the upcoming BBC adaptation

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In Killing Eve episode 2, Eve (Sandra Oh) and Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) mourn their recent loss. Meanwhile, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) vies for a promotion in a Spanish mansion

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Suzanne Heathcote (Fear the Walking Dead) heads the third season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's stylish iPlayer phenomenon, starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh

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From Phoebe Waller-Bridge's anxious masterpiece Fleabag to the classic time-travelling thrills of Doctor Who, here are the best iPlayer box sets to watch and download right now

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Stream Phoebe Waller-Bridge's final performance as Fleabag on stage as the 2013 one-woman show is available to download to raise money for charity