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Why the Michael Jackson biopic is a hit

7 mins • S1, E1350

Why the Michael Jackson biopic is a hit
Wendy Ide
The Devil Wears Prada 2 won’t wear well

Wed 29 Apr 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2 won’t wear well
Lily Isaacs
Dame Emma Thompson: ‘I find the young a source of fire and inspiration’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Emma Thompson: ‘I find the young a source of fire and inspiration’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Sheila Hancock: ‘There is a marvellousness about humans. And a curiosity’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Sheila Hancock: ‘There is a marvellousness about humans. And a curiosity’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘We need to help the next generation be better than we are’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘We need to help  the next generation  be better than we are’
Wendy Ide
How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape

Sat 25 Apr 2026

How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Mother Mary, Primavera, Rose of Nevada, and more

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Mother Mary, Primavera, Rose of Nevada, and more
Tanya Gold
Mark Jenkin: ‘Cornwall isn’t a backwater full of ice-cream sellers’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Mark Jenkin: ‘Cornwall isn’t a backwater full of ice-cream sellers’
Rosamund Pike
‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting

Sat 25 Apr 2026

‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting
Lily Isaacs
Dame Helen Mirren: ‘Each role is a journey into the unexpected. It terrifies me’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Helen Mirren: ‘Each role is a journey into the unexpected. It terrifies me’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Harriet Walter: ‘I feel 17 inside, but you rarely get to express that’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Harriet Walter: ‘I feel 17 inside, but you rarely get to express that’
Wendy Ide
Michael is everything that’s wrong with the music biopic

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Michael is everything that’s wrong with the music biopic
Kathryn Bromwich
An hour with… artist Sienna Murdoch

Sun 19 Apr 2026

An hour with… artist Sienna Murdoch
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Rebuilding, Glenrothan, The Blue Trail and more

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Rebuilding, Glenrothan, The Blue Trail and more
Wendy Ide
The Wizard and The Kremlin has one big problem

Fri 17 Apr 2026

The Wizard and The Kremlin has one big problem
Vanessa Thorpe
British censors adopt AI to age-rate streamer favourites

Thu 16 Apr 2026

British censors adopt AI to age-rate streamer favourites
Stephen Armstrong
Sam Riley: ‘My dad put £100 on me to be the next James Bond’

Thu 16 Apr 2026

Sam Riley: ‘My dad put £100 on me to be the next James Bond’
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Stranger, California Schemin’, Undertone, You, Me & Tuscany

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Stranger, California Schemin’, Undertone, You, Me & Tuscany
Wendy Ide
Father Mother Sister Brother is a curiously compelling portrait of complicated families

Fri 10 Apr 2026

Father Mother Sister Brother is a curiously compelling portrait of complicated families
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Fuze, Night Stage, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and more

Sat 4 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Fuze, Night Stage, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and more
Wendy Ide
The Drama is a caustic dissection of a relationship on the rocks

Thu 2 Apr 2026

The Drama is a caustic dissection of a relationship on the rocks
The year of Zendaya

57 mins • S2, E12

The year of Zendaya
Joel Golby
An Hour With… Anson Boon

Sun 29 Mar 2026

An Hour With… Anson Boon
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Splitsville, DJ Ahmet, Below the Clouds and more

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Splitsville, DJ Ahmet, Below the Clouds and more
Vanessa Thorpe
Mr Benn changes into a movie star of 70s flashback cinema

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Mr Benn changes into a movie star of 70s flashback cinema
Wendy Ide
Two Prosecutors is a chilling study of Stalin’s red tape terror

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Two Prosecutors is a chilling study of Stalin’s red tape terror
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead Man’s Wire, Broken English, Arco and more

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead Man’s Wire, Broken English, Arco and more
Tim Lewis
Aidan Turner is calling the shots

Sat 21 Mar 2026

Aidan Turner is calling the shots
Olivia Ovenden
Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone
Michaela Makusha
An Hour With... Shazad Latif

Sun 15 Mar 2026

An Hour With... Shazad Latif
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Love That Remains, Everybody to Kenmure Street, Reminders of Him and more

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Love That Remains, Everybody to Kenmure Street, Reminders of Him and more
Vanessa Thorpe
The Brit tipped to win casting’s first Oscar

Sun 15 Mar 2026

The Brit tipped to win casting’s first Oscar
Erica Wagner
I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment

Sat 14 Mar 2026

I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment
Wendy Ide
Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win in the biggest categories?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win in the biggest categories?
Wendy Ide
Has Glen Powell run out of steam?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Has Glen Powell run out of steam?
Sarah Manavis
Let’s stop defending shallow art as made ‘for women’

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Let’s stop defending shallow art as made ‘for women’
Melissa Denes
Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn?
Anthony Cummins
Why Hollywood has fallen in love with Thomas Pynchon

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Why Hollywood has fallen in love with Thomas Pynchon
Alex O’Connell
Timothée Chalamet says nobody cares about opera any more. I used to agree

Tue 10 Mar 2026

Timothée Chalamet says nobody cares about opera any more. I used to agree

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