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From the new dark tale in True Detective with Mahershala Ali to the bleak BBC adaptation of Les Miserables with Dominic West, here's the best TV to watch this week

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Forget the tree, forget the parties, forget the dinner – Christmas is all about the TV. From Luther series 5 to a non-musical Les Miserables, here's what we know

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In this new Ghost Story for Christmas, The Dead Room follows a veteran radio actor (Simon Callow) who hears phantom bumps in a soundless studio

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The Dead Room, a new chilling ghost story from Mark Gatiss, is a spooky highlight in the Christmas TV listings. We talk to Gatiss and the cast

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In this new BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's The Long Song, writer Sarah Williams explores the historic catalyst for the British abolition of slavery

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In the final episode of Mrs Wilson, Alison (Ruth Wilson) is reaching the end of her journey to figure out who her husband (Iain Glen) really was

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Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman star in BBC's Care, about a family struggling to cope with the horrors of dementia

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Tom Bidwell's long-awaited adaptation of Richard Adams's famous novel Watership Down is coming this Christmas, with James McAvoy in the title role. Here's everything we know

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In episode 2 of Mrs Wilson, Alison (Ruth Wilson) goes on an investigation into her deceased husband Alec (Iain Glen) - starting with the mysterious 'Dorothy' (Keeley Hawes)

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In the last episode of The Little Drummer Girl, directed by Park Chan-wook, Charlie (Florence Pugh) meets with terrorist leader Khalil to plan another attack

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Fleabag series 2 has commenced filming, and now a first look photo of Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been released by the BBC. Here's everything we know so far

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Jamie Dornan stars in the new BBC period drama Death and Nightingales, adapted from the novel by Eugene McCabe.

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Actor Ruth Wilson delves into her family tree in Mrs Wilson, telling her grandmother's stranger-than-fiction tale about her husband (Iain Glen) and his secret life as a spy

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In episode five of Park Chan-wook's adaptation of John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl, Charlie (Florence Pugh) goes in deep with her performance

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In the final episode of Louis Theroux's Altered States, Take My Baby explores the 'Open Adoption' programme in Southern California and the mothers involved through the process

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In Choosing Death, episode 2 of Altered States, Louis Theroux goes to California to investigate people seeking an early death

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In episode 4 of Park Chan-wook's adaptation of John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl, Charlie (Florence Pugh) has to perform for her life

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Episode 3 of Park Chan-wook's BBC adaptation of John le Carré's book The Little Drummer Girl is building up to something big

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2018 has been filled with inadequate, cruel, and dysfunctional families on TV like Patrick Melrose and The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. Here are some of our favourites

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In episode 2 of Park Chan-wook's adaptation of John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl, actor Charlie (Florence Pugh) must perform into harm's way

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In the first episode of Louis Theroux’s Altered States, Love Without Limits explores the pleasures and pitfalls of polyamorous relationships

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Settle in for an action-packed autumn with these TV dramas on the small screens

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The BBC's new psychological drama The Cry it is is one of the most compelling things we've seen on television this year

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Immersive and entertaining – Doctor Who continues to deliver on thrills, one liners, and strange worlds

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Sad, poignant, and without much to laugh about – the Wanderlust finale is a character-filled ball of emotions

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It's finally come: the much-anticipated series premiere of Doctor Who – with a new face, new thrills, and a new look. Series 11 is off to an electrifying start

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Set entirely within the therapy room, episode 5 of Wanderlust delves into Joy's psyche like never before. Now we need emotional support

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Initially released on the BBC and nabbed by Netflix, Wanderlust is a sad, funny meditation on human relationships. We spoke to the writer Nick Payne about the show

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Danny Boyle's adaptation of the infamous J. Paul Getty story looks set to thrill on BBC Two

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With an award-winning cast and thought-provoking storyline, Black Earth Rising is important TV

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Could you protect the woman whose politics you hate? Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes star in this explosive BBC One drama

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H.G. Wells' story of alien invasion is coming to the BBC, starring Eleanor Tomlinson and Rafe Spall