How Married At First Sight became the biggest reality franchise in the world
Why the TV show is a breakout hit in 14 different countries.
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BBC Radio 4’s A Home of Our Own explores Britain’s housing crisis
Across ten episodes, Lynsey Hanley speaks to people who are shut out of the housing market. The picture is bleak.
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Jesse Armstrong on power, politics and the return of Succession
How the British writer created an era-defining American satire.
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Strictly Come Dancing is the most reliable talent show on TV
A careful balance of well-loved routine and quiet reinvention means BBC One’s flagship talent show remains one of the few…
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To dissect a good joke, do you have to kill it?
Perhaps the most futile of all questions is why some things make us laugh, which doesn’t bode well for BBC…
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BBC drama The North Water is bloody and brutal
Ice-cold and uncompromising, this series is grim enough to go out after the 9pm watershed.
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Power Corrupts is back – with a third series about a billion-dollar island
The podcast deals in unscrupulous politicians, villains hiding in plain sight, and stories of exploitation so sensational you’ll struggle to…
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Nine Perfect Strangers is too over the top to make great satire
This ironic take on a “wellness” retreat, starring Nicole Kidman, is so improbable it doesn’t work.
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