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Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards.

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International Politics
When the truth hurts
30 April 2007

Why are people so offended by this comic? Surely they realise he's joking?

Reginald D Hunt

TV and Radio
Mischief from beyond the grave
23 April 2007

There's plenty of agony in store on The Archers, thanks to a clever plot twist

The Archers

TV and Radio
When hot news goes off the boil
16 April 2007

Filled with badly reported arts stories, Today has gone soft under its new editor

Today

Music and Performance
Now, lie down on this couch
09 April 2007

Thought-provoking drama from an unlikely source

Dr Freud Will See You Now Mr Hitler

TV and Radio
Magic for grown-ups
02 April 2007

Superior storytelling brings some old favourites to life

More From the Magic Roundabout

TV and Radio
They've never had it so good
05 March 2007

Maxine Peake brings an unexpected sweetness to John Prescott's adultery

Confessions of a D

TV and Radio
Breathing life into dead poets
26 February 2007

Melvyn Bragg may deprive ITV of its reputation as the stupid channel

The South Bank Show

TV and Radio
Let's do the time warp again
19 February 2007

A genre-hopping drama on ITV is a throwback to a more childish age

Primeval ITV1

TV and Radio
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
12 February 2007

Two documentaries show it's important to choose your subject carefully

Louis Theroux: Gam

TV and Radio
Twenty-four-hour party people
05 February 2007

These young, horny, coke-snorting politicians seem fresh and real

Party Animals

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