Drama
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A distractingly stylish Jane Tennison is just one of the problems with this period prequel, which fails to step out of the shadow of the original series
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This deliciously camp export features crime, clowns and couples cavorting like rabbits – before reaching a finale that will have your jaw scraping the floor
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I'm off on maternity leave – but I don't fear my replacement
Catherine ShoardBBC drama The Replacement plays on the insecurities of pregnant women in the workplace. My advice is, just rise above such anxieties
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It’s a return to form for the third and final series, as Olivia Colman and David Tennant are joined by Corrie’s Julie Hesmondhalgh. Plus: what really goes on in the House of Lords?
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The actor wins Academy Award for his role in Barry Jenkins-directed study of gay black man’s coming of age
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Trevor Phillips failed to get to the heart of the debate on free speech, while the merits of SS-GB fell on deaf ears and Patriot launched a glorious new genre
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Stepping into Helen Mirren’s shoes was the hardest part, says actress
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In its final season the show took on the still-taboo subject, illustrating how easily it can happen and how entitled men still see nothing wrong with it
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This unique drama about an addled Iraq war vet grips and confuses but proves endlessly imaginative
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Anti-immigrant graffiti daubed on the Queen Vic’s doors sparked controversy this week. But can – or even should – TV shows tackle current political issues?
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Letters: The script for a television drama series containing the instructions, ‘Okay to mumble these next lines; they’re not important’ does not exist, and probably never will
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Oscar-nominated Muslim actor reveals additional discrimination he has faced since converting to Islam in 1999
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Viewers say even English-speaking sections need subtitles and corporation has failed to act after Jamaica Inn debacle
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The BBC’s Nazi drama has drawn complaints about mumbling but TV shows would lack realism if every line was delivered for maximum audibility
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The BBC’s Nazi thriller is the latest primetime drama to be beset by hard-to-hear dialogue. We asked a sound recordist to explain what’s going on
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Sky’s eerie new thriller introduces us to Tasmanian gothic. Plus, Liam Williams sticks it to the vloggers, and the return of Lena Dunham
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The darkness of the Greek legends chimes perfectly with the world’s troubled times, inspiring new novels, short stories and even a TV drama
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A flashy continuation of the hit legal show removes the titular wife and replaces her with some familiar faces and some fresh upstarts
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She’s been playing Albert Square’s chain-smoking misery guts for the past 32 years. Long may she reign
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There’s more than a touch of David Lynch to this Australian take on Scandi-noir, starring The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki as a doctor with a mysterious past. Plus: The Real Marigold Hotel
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal will reunite with producer Megan Ellison for a dramatic event series about Trump v Clinton
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