tv & radio
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Veep season five – supernaturally selfish Selina tops TrumpUS politics may look un-satirisable. But Veep and Julia Louis-Dreyfus played it beautifully, with tragic backstories, comedy grotesques – and a shock ending
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It's still easier for a gang of boys to get a TV showMore than 20 years after creating Ab Fab, the queen of the double act has revived our favourite booze-addled duo. She reveals why she never argues, shrugs off failure – and wants more women to do panel shows -
Top Gear gets back on track as ratings rise by 300,000Chris Evans’ BBC2 motoring show watched by 2.68 million on Sunday evening after suffering record low audience for previous outing -
Oscar Pistorius: The Interview review – 'It's what Reeva would have wanted'Oscar Pistorius’s uncomfortable bid to reduce his sentence is surely something for a courtroom, not a TV interview. Could it backfire?
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Orange is the New Black season four review – criminally close to greatnessFull of horrific moments, season four sees murder, drug-fuelled threesomes and rebellion in Litchfield. It’s never been more critical of the US system, and for that we salute it
what to watch
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What's on tonightWhat's on tonightMonday’s best TV: Wimbledon, Game of Thrones and The Great British Sewing BeeA day of battles – for the tennis hopefuls on the grass courts, among the characters in Westeros, and between the final four needle-wielding stitchers
episode recaps
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Game of ThronesGame of ThronesGame of Thrones recap: season six finale – The Winds of WinterTalk about saving the best until last: it was a heart-stopping and spine-tingling conclusion heavy in blood, revenge and death
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VersaillesVersaillesVersailles recap: episode four – ‘Mon dieu! I sent my frère to guerre'Louis suffers sleepless nights and throws post-coital strops after his brother becomes a war hero. Minion, bring the Sun King some Valium!
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PreacherPreacherPreacher recap: season one, episode five – South Will Rise AgainThe literal, actual existence of heaven has been confirmed to Jesse and the preacher will have to respond – and what the hell is going on with Quincannon?
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ClevermanClevermanCleverman recap: season one, episode four – Hairy Juice meets the patriarchyThe Namarrador returns, tensions simmer in the Zone and there’s a charge against patriarchal paradigms in another plot-packed and ambitious episode
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Peaky BlindersPeaky BlindersPeaky Blinders series three finale recap – a brilliant, bittersweet nail-biterTommy goes full Corleone in a cracking conclusion of kidnappings, bombshell reveals and shock arrests. Is he tunnelling straight to hell?
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Blue EyesBlue EyesBlues Eyes finale recap – goodbye Gustav the meek terroristIt was a strangely downbeat denouement to the topical Swedish show that’s had multiple murders and a neo-Nazi terrorist attack. At least the gang leader got his comeuppance
the citadel
reviews
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Sacrifice review: Doc Tora turns detective in a creepy gothic horrorRadha Mitchell has a scary time in a drama that’s like Shetland meets One Born Every Minute meets Dracula meets Vikings
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The week in radio: Reply All – On the Inside, episodes 64-68; Untold: The Daniel Morgan MurderMixed success for two true crime podcasts – one featuring a high-security blogger and the other needing a good edit
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news
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ITV sees almost £2.5bn wiped from stock market value after BrexitBroadcaster saw share price fall by more than 20% on Friday, raising speculation it will become target for takeover bid
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Hilary Benn helps Andrew Marr Show to record 3m viewersThe former shadow cabinet member was a last-minute guest on Sunday’s edition, hours after his sacking by Jeremy Corbyn
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Trailer watchTrailer watchHBO's Westworld trailer – 96 seconds of being kicked to death by the world's worst metaphorsJJ Abrams’ show about robot cowboys running amok seems more existential angst than rootin’-tootin’-shoot-’em-up
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The X-Files reboot trailer – videoWatch the trailer for Fox’s resurrection of The X-Files, the sci-fi series that first aired in 1993
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Bowie in his own words: highlights from his TV interviews – videoDavid Bowie’s television interviews were as varied as his career, ranging from a 17-year-old ‘long hair’ advocate to a widely loved and celebrated recording artist
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Any Given Wednesday review – Bill Simmons's return gets off to uneven startThe scripted elements are strong and pleasingly petty but the former ESPN man needs to work on his interview technique and go easy on the archive clips
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HBO scratches Vinyl season two as 70s rock'n'roll drama is cancelledDespite star producers Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese and plenty of hype, the show about the 70s record industry won’t be moving forward
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Gomorrah: is the Italian mafia show having its plot-shock cake and eating it?It’s still a violent, voyeuristic rollercoaster, but has the second outing of the gangster drama suffered sophomore syndrome?
you may have missed
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America: where British sitcoms go to dieIt is the holy grail for British writers – having your sitcom remade for America. But can Raised by Wolves succeed where Fawlty Towers flopped?
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The best TV of 2016 so farWe’ve relived OJ’s trial, hung out in Happy Valley and been Trapped in a tiny Icelandic town … at the halfway point of the year, let’s take stock of the television that has kept us hooked
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Ten years on from the West Wing finale, the show's shadow still looms largeIt was a ratings hit that skewered politics and helped lay the foundation for ‘peak TV’ – now 10 years from its last episode, you could say it never really went away
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Orange Is the New Black: 'This show will change the fabric of our culture'As Netflix series returns for a fourth season, two of its stars talk about why it is one of most forward-thinking shows out there
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Untold: Britain's dirtiest murder cover-up has become a must-listen podcastIn 1987, Daniel Morgan was found dead in a pub car park with axe wounds to the head and £1,000 in his pocket. Now a gripping new podcast is lifting the lid on the most investigated murder in British history
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Meet the Gogglesprogs, TV's sharpest criticsThe show that lets kids sound off about telly is back. Here, the young critics give their verdict on everything from eating giant spiders to Donald Trump’s wrestling
Game of Thrones finale: fancy some son pie?