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TV tonight: comic catastrophe in a country house caper | Television & radio

The Goes Wrong Show 8.30pm, BBC One A welcome return for the heroically overambitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, whose misconceived genre pieces, scenery-chewing performances and internal power struggles create exquisitely…

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Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe churn out a shoddy tropefest | Television & radio

I have long made peace with the fact that I will never figure Netflix out. Maybe that is the point: Netflix, like the shining face of God, is not ever…

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TV tonight: a tragic true story of love, loss and mountaineering | Television & radio

The Last Mountain 9pm, BBC Two In 1995, Jim Ballard had to tell his two young children that his wife and their mother, the climber Alison Hargreaves, was dead. That…

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Strictly Come Dancing 2021: week one – live | Television & radio

7.12pm BST19:12 First up tonight it’s TOM AND AMY! They’re dancing the Cha Cha Cha to ‘September’ by Earth, Wind & Fire. Even though it’s not a job reference, I’m…

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Y: The Last Man review – a stale, male manbaby mess | Television & radio

There is much to say about the protagonist of Y: The Last Man (Disney+ in the UK), had we but time and space. For the sake of practicality, let us…

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Lil Nas X covers Dolly Parton’s Jolene on Radio 1 Live Lounge

Lil Nas X shot to fame collaborating with Billy Ray Cyrus, and he has duetted with Miley Cyrus on his debut album. Now, he’s moved into the Cyrus extended family…

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks review – Daisy May Cooper takes on the pop patriarchy | Television & radio

I had assumed Never Mind the Buzzcocks died at the height of its success, like Jimi Hendrix or Axel F’s Crazy Frog. In fact, since it was last on the…

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Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid | US news

Phil Valentine, a prominent Tennessee rightwing talk radio host, had released a song called Vaxman, an anti-Covid vaccination ditty based on the Beatles track Taxman. Marc Bernier, a host in…

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Alma’s Not Normal review – TV comedy at its rudest and most fabulous | Television & radio

Earlier this year, the pilot for Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two) won a Bafta for its creator, writer and star Sophie Willan, who promptly went viral for running around a…

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TV tonight: Martin Clunes in a true-crime drama about a case that haunted the Met | Television & radio

Manhunt: The Night Stalker 9pm, ITV “I know you’re retiring in a few months. I just want you to take a look.” That’s how impossible cases often begin for fictional…

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TV tonight: comic catastrophe in a country house caper | Television & radio

Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe churn out a shoddy tropefest | Television & radio

TV tonight: a tragic true story of love, loss and mountaineering | Television & radio

Strictly Come Dancing 2021: week one – live | Television & radio

Y: The Last Man review – a stale, male manbaby mess | Television & radio

Lil Nas X covers Dolly Parton’s Jolene on Radio 1 Live Lounge

Never Mind the Buzzcocks review – Daisy May Cooper takes on the pop patriarchy | Television & radio

Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid | US news

Alma’s Not Normal review – TV comedy at its rudest and most fabulous | Television & radio

TV tonight: Martin Clunes in a true-crime drama about a case that haunted the Met | Television & radio

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