TV

Why this could be the last waltz for rightwingers

People are tired of their favourite celebrity television shows being used for reputation repair

Harry Potter and the deathly rehash culture

It’s been 30 years and the Potterverse is still expanding. I’m ready to leave it behind

Brits don’t just knock the rich – we have a go at everything

Downton Abbey’s creator should realise that ‘having a pop’ is a socioemotional safety valve that operates far beyond envy

The tasteless tale of Amanda Knox

A drama about the American student’s wrongful murder conviction and public shaming is outstandingly acted but crass

The show’s over: Stephen Colbert is cancelled … and so is satire in America

The sorry tale behind a court case, the payment of $16m to Trump’s future library and the end of The Late Show

‘Monetised standing’: the art of being a film extra

'Monetised standing': the art of being a film extra

In too deep: how the Titan sub became the talk of the world

Two years after OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded, killing all of its wealthy passengers, two films have emerged – but does either really get to the truth?

Prue Leith, restaurateur, 85

The chef talks about her Shakespearean mother, getting a buzz out of business, good experiences with adoption and the fourth plinth at Tragalgar Square

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong turns his eye to tech bros

The creator of the decade’s most-lauded TV drama, turns his satirical eye to tech bros. He tells Andrew Anthony about his debut feature film

Sian Gibson: ‘I don’t feel famous at all’

The writer and star of The Power of Parker on her love for the 90s and the call-centre job she went back to after her comedy hit

David Suchet: ‘I turn 80 next year but I don’t want to act my age’

Actor David Suchet on Poirot, approaching 80, and the secret to a long, happy marriage

Meet Nathan Fielder, the king of cringe comedy

The edgy comedian behind absurdist hit series The Rehearsal uses surreal role-play to take improv to elaborate, deranged extremes

The week in TV: Sirens, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and more

Julianne Moore stars in a sharp new satire with more than a whiff of White Lotus; the year’s second Lockerbie drama is heartfelt if overloaded; an ambitious film tracks the global fallout after George Floyd’s murder. Plus, Stanley Tucci in gnocchi heaven

We need Buffy the Vampire Slayer more than ever

The former editor-in-chief of New Scientist can’t wait for the return of the ‘greatest female superhero’

Traitors Inc: how the hit show became a national institution

As filming starts for a much-anticipated celeb spin-off, the hit’s status as a national institution seems all but assured

Walton Goggins: the hottest hairline in town

Since dazzling in The White Lotus, Walton Goggins has been reborn as a major Hollywood star