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  • One of the contestants from Dating Naked UK.

    Reality TV
    From live sex broadcasts to naked dating: are the UK’s romance shows the wildest TV in the world?

    Britain is notorious for TV that goes to extremes in the name of love – whether it’s Naked Attraction or the new Dating Naked UK. Are other countries this outrageous?
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    The watcher
    Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple – the year’s weirdest, most soul-enriching TV show

  • Matthew Perry

    Five arrests made in death of actor Matthew Perry, California police say

  • David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood in Daddy Issues

    Review
    Daddy Issues – Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey’s dad-daughter comedy is daftly touching

  • Nico Mirallegro and Asim Chaudhry in Stags.

    Review
    Stags – the exhilarating, gorgeous tale of eight idiots

  • ‘Her styling lacks character’ … Lily Collins as Emily in season four of Emily in Paris.

    Review
    Emily in Paris season four – as exciting as watching paint dry … if you really hate paint

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Reviews

  • Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

    Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour
    An utterly stirring way to come back from that car crash

  • Vince Vaughn in Bad Monkey.

    Bad Monkey
    Vince Vaughn’s easy-going detective drama is tons of fun

    • Gina (Tymika Tafari) and Mae (Zoe Lister-Jones) in Slip.

      Slip
      This orgasm drama features a shot of pure pleasure to the soul

    • Two women sitting holding gold goblets in Love Is Blind: UK

      Love Is Blind: UK
      The results are in … love isn’t blind

    • Dougray Scott as Ray Lennox in Irving Welsh’s Crime.

      Irvine Welsh’s Crime series two
      As dark and twisted as Luther

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What to watch

  • Dame Judi and Jay at Ridley Road Market.

    What's on tonight
    TV tonight: an unlikely but charming job swap between Judi Dench and Jay Blades

    Jay reads Shakespeare while Judi works on a market stall in this delightful doc. Plus, Team GB’s Olympic heroes are welcomed home. Here’s what to watch this evening.
  • Eunchae Jung in Pachinko.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    From Pachinko to OceanXPlorers: the seven best shows to stream this week

  • Awkwafina and John Cena in Jackpot!.

    The seven best films to watch on TV this week
    Jackpot! to Men: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

    Best on the box

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    Episode recaps

    • Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon Targaryen Matthew Needham as Lord Larys Strong

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode eight recap – what were the writers thinking?

      The finale was a 69-minute tease with a payoff that we’ll have to wait two years for. It was almost aggressively anti-climactic
    • Hot shot … Hugh Hammer (Kieran Bew) faces down Vermithor in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode seven recap – ferocious, explosive TV

    • Is this the start of a serious romance? … Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode six recap – fans are being cheated (despite that steamy snog)

    • Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) in House of the Dragon

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode five recap – here come some newbies to turn up the heat again

    • Fiendish … Freddie Fox as Gwayne Hightower and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode four recap – dragons rain hell in a truly terrific hour of TV

    • So that’s where he flounced off to … Matt Smith as Daemon in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon
      Season two, episode three recap – talk about eye-popping TV

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    Podcasts

    • Jake Shears and Moya Lothian-McLean

      The best podcasts of 2024 so far

      From lifting the lid on what really went on at Guantánamo Bay to an investigation of whether Avril Lavigne has died and been replaced by a doppelganger – read on for the finest shows of the year
    • Moses Swaibu

      Hear here
      Cash, cartels and controlling scores in Confessions of a Match Fixer

    • Rioters facing off against a line of police in Liverpool

      Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
      The week in audio: Policing Protest; Dream Space; Sing It Pink; Prom 21; Hip-Hop Is History – review

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