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<p>From ‘There’s Something About Miriam’ to ‘Big Brother’ and ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’, TV has exploited people for years </p>

TV is too cruel and exploitative now? Not compared to what came before

The chair of Ofcom has complained about today’s television but his generation were the ones who first gave us cruelty as entertainment, writes Roisin Lanigan

<p>Miriam Rivera pictured at Heathrow airport in 2004</p>

The shameful tragedy of Miriam Rivera, reality TV’s first trans star

<p>Literary feast: Miriam Margolyes, Toby Jones, Gary Lineker and Marian Keyes appear at Hay Festival 2024 </p>

Hay Festival 2024: our guide to this year’s highlights

<p>Our guide to what to read this May </p>

The best new books to read this May

Features & Reviews

<p>Desk becomes her: Daisy Ridley as office worker Fran in ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying'</p>

The Moment

Has Daisy Ridley beaten the Star Wars curse?

<p>Movie star: Zendaya in Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ </p>

The Zendaya drama Challengers is thrilling and extravagantly sexy

<p>George Rexstrew as Edwin, Jayden Revri as Charles and Kassius Nelson as Crystal in ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ </p>

Netflix ghost show Dead Boy Detectives is convoluted and predictable

<p>Pet Shop Boys release their 15th album ‘Nonetheless’ on 26 April</p>

Pet Shop Boys’ canny cultural commentary remains right on the money

The Saturday Interview

<p>‘There’s been no normal relationship since the shoot. Johnny Depp is in another world’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Maïwenn on directing Johnny Depp’s comeback: ‘The crew were afraid’

<p>Marian Keyes: ‘I’m 60 now but my emotions are still very [close] to the surface – I’m still hurtable’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Marian Keyes: ‘I really don’t like the myth that women don’t want sex’

News

Rising Stars

Sophie Wilde

Interview

Talk to Me breakout Sophie Wilde: ‘I don’t mind being a scream queen’

<p>‘Consent isn’t binary, it’s not yes or no’</p>

Interview

How to Have Sex’s Mia McKenna-Bruce: ‘Consent is not yes or no’

<p>‘Everybody tries to do the Derry accent’ </p>

Interview

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and prison show Screw

<p>Going her own way: Vasan says that ‘like any immigrant parents’, hers were ‘a little bit concerned’ about her choice to go into acting </p>

Interview

Black Mirror’s Anjana Vasan: ‘I’ve been underestimated. I’m small, brown and foreign’

Independent TV

<p>BBC Antiques Roadshow expert refuses to value Second World War painting due to back story.</p>

BBC Antiques Roadshow expert refuses to value World War Two painting

<p>Airline batters singer's 20-year-old guitar during flight - day before tour with Kacey Musgraves</p>

Airline batters singer’s 20-year-old guitar during flight

<p>Claudia Winkleman</p>

Claudia Winkelman breaks silence on The Traitors future

<p>Jess Glynne explains why she rushed off Glastonbury stage in tears.</p>

Jess Glynne explains why she rushed off Glastonbury stage in tears

Explore news for you

Apple TV+

<p>Topping worldwide box offices during its theatrical release in 2023, it was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of last year</p>

How to watch Ridley Scott’s Napoleon at home this weekend

TV - The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ stands and delivers

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Hijack’, ‘Severance’, ‘Criminal Record'</p>

The best Apple TV+ shows to watch now

<p>The miniseries drops on 26 January </p>

How to watch Masters of the Air in the UK free

What to watch

<p>Netflix has a huge catalogue of dramas, sitcoms, cartoons and sci-fi series </p>

The best shows to watch on Netflix

<p>Amazon hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’, ‘The Boys’, ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and ‘Invincible’</p>

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Prime Video

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

<p>Some of the stars leading the best telly of the year</p>

The 20 best TV shows of 2023 – ranked

Visit the USA

Art Me Up: A Gallery Guide to Miami’s Thriving Arts Scene

Sounds of the South: Exploring the Evolving Music Scene of Atlanta

Memphis to Maryville: Urban Adventures in Tennessee

Your Complete Guide to Baltimore

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Why Elon Musk wants to bring crypto to X

Why Elon Musk wants to bring crypto to X

science-tech

Family that walk on all fours have 'undone the last three million years of evolution'

news

Logan Paul breaks silence on Prime Hydration 'forever chemicals' lawsuit

celebrities

Harry Jowsey flooded with support after 'very scary' skin cancer diagnosis

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Streets turn tartan as fundraisers stride out on kiltwalk

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Streets turn tartan as fundraisers stride out on kiltwalk

sport

Declan Rice's brilliant response to 'pelters likely about girlfriend' at Spurs

viral

Kai Cenat responds to Kanye West's 'industry plant' comment

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Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

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Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration