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My Brilliant Friend season four review – every episode of this stunning drama is like a mini movie

One of TV’s finest series in years reaches its end with a gorgeous finale. This Elena Ferrante adaptation is rich, sumptuous and deliciously overwrought – it truly is a wonder

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Boybands Forever review – behind the scenes of Take That’s topless, muscled kingdom

Full of gossip, confessions and revelations, this documentary is packed with all you ever wanted to know about the peaks – and troughs – of British boyband culture. Yes, even that infamous jelly video

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Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik review – friendship and rivalry in LA

The journalist and author of Hollywood’s Eve makes no pretence of impartiality as she charts the difficult relationship between two chroniclers of California

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Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube review – an extraordinary look at how Jean Charles de Menezes was killed

This mesmerising docuseries is full of astonishing interviews as it examines the Metropolitan police shooting of an innocent man – two weeks after the London bombings and terrorist threats of July 2005

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‘Watch out, I’m even less inhibited’: Olivia Williams on movies, misogyny and living with cancer

Olivia Williams has long balanced her talent with a desire to tell it how it is – and she’s now feeling more frank than ever. The Dune star gets more than a few things off her chest, from the Hollywood patriarchy to AI and living with cancer

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The Day of the Jackal review – Eddie Redmayne’s remake is hold-your-breath exciting

Impressive, chilling and just a little bit silly: this update of Frederick Forsyth’s classic about a ruthless killing machine makes for highly enjoyable, trigger-happy viewing

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Lucan review – stick with this wild documentary to the end and you will be astonished

Fifty years ago, Lord Lucan murdered Sandra Rivett then disappeared. This surreal series follows the victim’s son as he hunts down the fugitive peer – and ends up somewhere totally unexpected

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Asia review – another David Attenborough masterclass in beautiful TV

The national treasure is back with a witty, warm televisual wonder, this time exploring the most populous and stunningly biodiverse continent. But where is the urgency about the climate crisis?

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Beyond Chelsea review – this bland attempt to make reality TV grow up needs some backstabbing

Where are the fights? Where’s the escapism of gawping at deluded toffs having ludicrously overblown life crises? This catch-up with three Made in Chelsea stars is far too anodyne

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Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case review – outstanding but blood-chilling

This gripping documentary about the case of a former president challenging votes plays out like a wild legal drama. But if you’re anxious about the November election, it is also a pre-Halloween horror story

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Dogs of War review – this gobsmacking look at a mercenary (‘legal and illegal’) is must-see TV

From safe-cracking to arms-dealing and coup-causing, David Tomkins has spent 40 wild years fighting other people’s wars for money – and thrills. You honestly couldn’t make it up

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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out review – when Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley cackle, it’s sheer joy

This retrospective on how Jennifer Saunders’s sitcom went from shambles to all-time great has a national treasure gravitas to it – and the juicy anecdotes make the show sing

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Michael Mosley: Just One Thing review – a wonderful tribute to the man who made us change for the better

Mosley was working on this TV version of his hit podcast packed with easy ways to boost your health when he died – and the results could not be more moving

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Showtrial season two review – this outrageous legal drama sucks you straight back in

It’s full of holes, lacks nuance and feels flabby – but the excellent performances, as well as the tense and twisty plotting, make this frothy tale a compelling watch

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‘I can’t believe they went there’: 20 years of the silly, sexy and utterly outrageous Desperate Housewives

It was brazenly shocking, deeply problematic – and a pop culture phenomenon. Two decades later, we revisit the women of Wisteria Lane who took the world by storm

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Heartstopper season three review – the sex scenes are handled as delicately as fine china

The stars of this wholesome teen drama are growing up – and hormones are running riot. But the show’s sensitive approach means it’s as beautiful and comforting as ever

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Grotesquerie review – horror as gorily unsubtle as you’d expect from Ryan Murphy

This tasteless, grisly, state-of-the-nation tale is certainly bold. Who knows what it’ll be like when Travis Kelce makes his long-awaited acting debut later in the series?

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La Maison review – an irresistibly moreish mashup of Emily in Paris and Succession

Frequently absurd and heavy on le fromage, this French soap set in rival fashion houses owes a lot to the Roys – and turns out to be very good mindless TV indeed

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A Very Royal Scandal review – Michael Sheen is excellent as Prince Andrew in THAT interview

There’s a buffet of top-tier acting talent in this elegant, if slight, take on the disastrous Newsnight appearance – from Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis to Sheen’s buffoonish royal

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After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun review – the Leonardo DiCaprio reveal is quite something

This documentary about the hit lifeguard drama famed for slow-mo shots in skimpy beachwear is oddly po-faced. It’s a shame given wild anecdotes about Playboy, being stoned – and turning down a Hollywood megastar

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Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain review – it’s astounding he gets gangsters to open up this much

Why did the Godfather live in a caravan park in Preston? Kemp traces the links between Italian and British hard men … then heads to Italy for a fascinating and revealing encounter

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Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime review – the misogyny of the French police will make you want to scream

This Gallic drama about a real-life serial rapist is an important artefact of the attitudes that saw him go free for 30 years. It’s an uncomfortable, but hugely valuable watch

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Dating Naked UK review – the US version blurred out the nudity. We didn’t get so lucky

The title is the most subtle part of this nightmarish clothes-free romance show full of thong-shaped tan lines – and the only vaguely entertaining thing about it is the host: Rylan Clark

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‘Genuinely groundbreaking’: My So-Called Life is still utterly lovable TV, 30 years on

This excellent 90s drama made movie stars out of Claire Danes and Jared Leto – and featured TV’s first out gay actor playing an out gay character. It’s a joy to revisit

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The big idea: are we all beginning to have the same taste?

Music seems to be at the forefront of a rush to uniformity. It’s time to rebel

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