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From the frank boldness of Mums Make Porn to the awaited UK premiere of Ryan Murphy's Pose, there are plenty of gems this week on TV

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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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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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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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Get your youngsters into classical music with a fun-filled orchestral concert at the biggest music festival in the world

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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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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