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Michael Winterbottom’s mini-series turns the floundering former prime minister into a tragic theatrical hero
Mockumentary series ‘Cunk on Earth’, starring Diane Morgan and co-written by Charlie Brooker, is deliciously deadpan yet uncannily close to reality; Stanley Tucci and David Tennant wrestle with good and evil in Steven Moffat’s drama ‘Inside Man’; ‘reality’ TV plays catch-up with the reality of British politics in ‘Make Me Prime Minister’ — and more. Reviews by Dan Einav
Alastair Campbell and Baroness Warsi judge the ministerial potential of opinionated Britons on a new reality TV show
This absorbing Steven Moffat drama about a vicar and an inmate on death row provokes thorny ethical questions
New mockumentary series co-written by Charlie Brooker is deliciously deadpan yet scarily close to reality
Michael Winterbottom discusses his new Sky series, which stars Kenneth Branagh as the former prime minister
Britain’s monarchy is a charismatic enterprise that has to balance intimacy with invisibility
The engrossing Sky drama centres on an anniversary football match in Germany targeted by an Islamist cell
A new BBC series recalls the swagger and hubris of the Royal Academy’s infamous YBA exhibition
Netflix documentary captures all the improbable twists in the rise and fall of the German online payments giant
A sharp, comic HBO drama about a duo on a mission to make an intellectual, soft-porn publication in 1970s LA
The former presidential candidate showcases the resilience of firefighters, mothers and campaigners in a new docu-series
The second series of Konrad Kay and Mickey Down’s show promises Covid profiteering, New York-London rivalries and even more sleeping around
Stunning footage highlights our precarious icescapes
Why has the brouhaha over the movie ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ had such staying power?
This Starz period drama dispenses with convention with its spicy language and ‘Fleabag’-esque glances to camera
Jon Bernthal has taken up Richard Gere’s star-making role but the show proves confusing
Melancholy series is likely to provoke wry smiles rather than hoots of laughter
The tabloid editor turned TV provocateur on his faith in Rupert Murdoch and using the ‘cesspit’ of social media to his advantage
Eight-part biopic of the heavyweight boxer and convicted sex offender is watchable if at times boorish
Set in Middle-earth’s Second Age, Amazon’s new $1bn series delves deep into Tolkien’s mythical world
New HBO/Now series documents the lives and careers of silver screen’s golden couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
The six-part series shifts its focus to international diplomacy after a Hong Kong dissident is assassinated in London
Actor Russell Hornsby, who plays promoter Don King, reflects on how the show reconsiders the boxer’s highest and lowest moments
The Hollywood stars’ acquisition proves meaningful in a TV show that reflects on life in the lower leagues
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