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  • Limitless friendships … (L-R) Jeff (Jeff Garlin), Leon (JB Smoove), Larry David and Susie (Susie Essman) in the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

    ‘No other show looked so fun to work on’: how Curb Your Enthusiasm is a joyous homage to friendship

    From helping out with a buddy’s sex life to becoming an accomplice to graffiti, there’s almost no lengths that Larry and his pals wouldn’t go to for each other – and it was a pleasure to watch
  • Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn in Baby Reindeer.

    Baby Reindeer – features the most chilling TV episode of the entire year

  • Ella Purnell in Fallout.

    Fallout
    An absolute blast of a TV show

  • a tall black man in a tank top shorts and sneakers runs on a track with fencing and people behind him

    Inside San Quentin’s marathon club: ‘For that day they are runners, not criminals’

  • two young women wearing trendy clothes against a white background

    ‘A very odd and ugly worldview’: the dark side of fast fashion brand Brandy Melville

  • Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley.

    ‘Unfurling tension and menace’: how slow TV like Ripley makes for a truly gripping watch

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What to watch

  • Kate Winslet in The Regime.

    The Regime – Kate Winslet is wasted in this mess of a satire

    The actor’s performance in her new political comedy-drama is superb. But it's a deeply confused show that leaves viewers baffled as to what it’s actually trying to say
  • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm.

    Curb Your Enthusiasm finale – an absolutely perfect ending

  • Looking for leads …

    Sugar – Colin Farrell’s private detective drama is a disaster

  • Ripley – Andrew Scott is absolutely spellbinding

  • A Gentleman in Moscow – Ewan McGregor is almost as fantastic as his outrageous moustache

  • Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV – how on earth was this stuff ever broadcast?

  • 3 Body Problem – the creators of Game of Thrones have done it again

  • Palm Royale – finally, a proper outlet for Kristen Wiig’s talents

  • The Gentlemen – a daft Guy Ritchie story, spattered with blood

Episode recaps

  • three people standing on stage

    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live: Ryan Gosling brings the Kenergy in a strong episode

  • John Oliver: “It is both promising and long overdue to see people approaching this issue soberly, scientifically and perhaps most importantly, boringly.”

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: episode by episode
    John Oliver on UFOs: ‘There needs to be room for honest inquiry’

    The Last Week Tonight host looks into speculation, study and cover-ups about unidentified flying objects in the US
  • Jon Stewart on the media’s coverage of Trump’s criminal trial: “If the media tries to make us feel like the most mundane bullshit is earth-shattering, we won’t believe you when it’s really interesting.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jon Stewart blasts media coverage of Trump trial: ‘Spectacle of the most banal of details’

    Late-night hosts talk about the media coverage of Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial after first day of arguments
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Videos

  • Carl Weathers' most memorable film and TV roles – video obituary

  • The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54

    1:34

    Matthew Perry's best moments on screen – video obituary

    The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54
  • The TV host will be remembered for his role as the host of The Jerry Springer Show

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    A look back at the career of TV host Jerry Springer – video obituary

    The TV host will be remembered for his role as the host of The Jerry Springer Show
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Opinion

  • Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley.

    Best of frenemies: why Tom Ripley is a psychopath made for social media

    Peter Bradshaw
  • NIXON DAVIS CATTRALL PARKER SEX AND THE CITY<br>** FILE ** Cast members from HBO's "Sex and the City," from left, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker are shown in a scene from the show in this undated promotional file photo. "Sex and the City" received 13 Emmy nominations Thursday, July 17, 2003, during the Emmy nomination announcements in Los Angeles. Parker also received a best actress in a comedy series nod. The Emmy Awards are scheduled to air Sept. 21 on Fox. (AP Photos/HBO, Craig Blankenhorn, File) ** NO SALES **

    Sex and the City is on Netflix. Perfect – gen Z are a bunch of Charlottes

    Alaina Demopoulos
    We all know self-proclaimed Samanthas, Mirandas and Carries. I predict my generation will claim the most maligned character
  • 3 Body Problem. Episode 101 of 3 Body Problem. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

    Netflix’s 3 Body Problem is sci-fi. But beyond the alien threat lies the trauma of modern China

    Tania Branigan
    Though Liu Cixin’s revered trilogy has been westernised for TV, it dares to trace the scars of the Cultural Revolution, says Guardian foreign leader writer Tania Branigan
  • Larry David of Curb Your Enthusiasm wearing a crew-neck jumper and blazer

    ‘Accidental style icon’: how Larry David became the older man’s fashion idol

  • Cosmo Jarvis (with rope) as John Blackthorne with cast members in Shōgun

    Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on

  • Netflix’s 3 Body Problem.

    ‘Flat and shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem divides viewers in China

  • Ewan McGregor with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead at the premiere of A Gentleman in Moscow – which features sex scenes between the married couple.

    ‘This is so weird’: the awkward truth about watching your parents have sex on screen

You may have missed

  • A white woman in a red sequined dress stands with a white man in a suit, their arms around each other, on a lighted red, white and blue stage.

    Pat Sajak to take final spin as host of Wheel of Fortune on 7 June

  • Sex and the City, season 6, with, from left, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall.

    ‘Shagging and shoes’: why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City

    Outdated attitudes aside, the friendship, fashion and sex proves an eye-opener for a new generation of viewers as the show reruns on TV
  • The Regime

    The Regime: Kate Winslet is funny every time in this bizarre political drama

    The actor puts in a huge performance as the Chancellor of a fictional European nation. The moral seems to be: ‘Kate Winslet’s being a bit weird, isn’t she?’
  • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm’s 12th season.

    ‘Larry’s secretly a lovely man’: Curb Your Enthusiasm stars spill the beans – for their final ever episode

  • ‘I had strap marks all over me like I’d been attacked’ … Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella in Game of Thrones.

    ‘Ten hours of being waterboarded’: Hannah Waddingham says Game of Thrones left her with chronic claustrophobia

  • Joe Flaherty

    Joe Flaherty, Freaks and Geeks actor and SCTV star, dies at 82

  • Young mixed-race man with curly black hair smiles, wearing a leather jacket and standing in front of press backgroudn.

    Chance Perdomo, star of Gen V and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, dead at 27

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