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From new biopic The United States vs Billie Holiday to the Apple TV+ documentary Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry, this week in TV investigates many troubled lives

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From the heart-warming busyness of Was It Love? to the undead, medieval horrors of Kingdom, here are five K-dramas to keep on your radar

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Gabriel Byrne, Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan star in this violent examination of the international drugs trade

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In his new Channel 4 Aids drama, Russell T Davies examines the impact of the virus on the British gay community. Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris and Olly Alexander star

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The ITV detective drama The Bay returns. Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) has to deal with her demotion as well as having her old lackey Med (Taheen Modak) as a boss

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In this six-part ITV family drama about grief, Keeley Hawes stars as Alice, whose partner Harry suddenly dies. The impact ripples across the family, but Harry had a few secrets…

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In this latest true-crime drama from ITV, the murders of Welsh serial killer John William Cooper (aka the Bullseye Killer) are investigated by DSI Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans)

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Viggo Mortensen's filmmaking debut examines a conservative father (Lance Henriksen) living with dementia and his liberal son (Mortensen) trying to care for him

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From I May Destroy You to The Crown to The West Wing, here are some of the most absorbing dramas to stream during the second lockdown

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Keeley Hawes stars in this harrowing and fascinating ITV drama, based on the true story of Banaz Mahmod. Banaz was murdered by her family in an 'honour'-based killing

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In this film debut from Channing Godfrey Peoples, former Miss Juneteenth winner Turquoise (Nicole Beharie) encourages her daughter Kai (Alexis Chikaeze) to follow in her footsteps

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Pushing four new suspects into Criminal's snazzy interrogation room, this season stars Kit Harington, Sharon Horgan, Sophie Okonedo and Kunal Nayyar

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David Tennant stars as Dennis Nilsen in Des, ITV's new three-part drama about the serial killer's arrest and eventual conviction. Daniel Mays and Jason Watkins also star

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We need the darkness to enjoy the light, and Netflix provides. From Black Mirror to Mindhunter, here are the darkest shows to distract you during self-isolation

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Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Sian Clifford (Fleabag) play Charles and Diana Ingram in the small-screen take on the 2001 Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal

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Visual Arts 

From Willem Dafoe's turn at Vincent van Gogh to an epic depiction of Gerhard Richter's life, here are the most colourful portraits of the great artists

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Best of 

From anxiously funny This Way Up with Aisling Bea to the drug-filled realities presented in Euphoria with Zendaya, 2019 has been a year packed with excellent television

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With Criminal, Netflix travels across four countries to provide 12 stories of extraordinary crime: all set within the interrogation room. David Tennant stars

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Theatre 

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig premieres a gripping story of a whistleblower during the Chinese Aids crisis at the Hampstead Theatre

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Theatre 

The Globe stages Richard III, a deliciously villainous play featuring the hunchback that everyone loves to hate.

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Dominic Hill's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park is dark, hilarious and open air theatre at its very best

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In The Widow episode 8, after Georgia (Kate Beckinsdale) learns the reasons behind her husband's disappearance, she still wants to help the Congo

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In The Widow episode 5 & 6, Georgia (Kate Beckinsale) finds Pieter Bello (Bart Fouche), and Martin (Charles Dance) and Ariel (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) search for the Flight 19 bomber

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In The Widow episode 3 and 4, Georgia (Kate Beckinsale) starts resorting to extreme measures to find the frightening Pieter Bello (Bart Fouche)

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In ITV's The Widow, Kate Beckinsale (playing Georgia) flies to the Congo after seeing evidence that her husband may have survived a tragic plane crash

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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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In The Bay, ITV have brought us enticing twists, intriguing characters, and visually absorbing settings. Here's why you should watch it

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In Ben is Back, Julia Roberts plays Holly Burns, mother to recovering drug addict Ben (Lucas Hedges). But after coming home for Christmas, Ben's dark past catches up with him

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Nordic folklore is combined with grisly crimes in a Swedish genre-bender Border, based on the writings of John Ajvide Lindqvist

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From influential director Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Everybody Knows is a fine-tuned family drama that sometimes falls flat

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In the Cleaning Up finale, Sam (Sheridan Smith) is losing control and her persona 'Nancy' starts to evaporate. Her plans fall apart, but she's not giving up

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In Pure episode 2, Marnie (Charly Clive) still struggles with her sexually intrusive OCD, but tries to find herself through Charlie (Joe Cole), a recovering porn addict