Two-part show explores how Springer drew huge audiences and ruined lives — though its approach is problematic
The historian’s BBC documentary ranges from the music of The Specials to the art of Pauline Boty to explain a country in flux
The actor plays a grieving father whose daughter was among the 270 victims of the deadly 1988 terrorist attack
Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan’s satirical creation waxes lyrical on biology, consciousness — and ‘Pump up the Jam’
More ‘The Night Manager’, ‘Severance’ and ‘Andor’, plus new offerings from Lena Dunham and the creator of ‘Breaking Bad’
The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music
Netflix’s Korean megahit returns with inky-humoured satire underpinning its brutal competition
An exploration of the history and legacy of this manipulative genre manages to navigate the silly and the serious
Christmas special marks the end of James Corden and Ruth Jones’s sitcom after 17 years
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ is a feature-length treat for Christmas Day; Ncuti Gatwa pilots the Tardis in a ‘Dr Who’ festive special; ‘From Roger Moore with Love’ is a fond look at the suave 007 star; military drama ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ is back for season 2; National Geographic’s ‘Sugarcane’ investigates Canada’s past abuse of indigenous children; Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw shine in spy thriller ‘Black Doves’ — reviews by Dan Einav & Fiona Sturges
Feathers McGraw is back on the rampage in a gently pointed parable about the dangers of our tech-obsessed times
Documentary traces how a working-class boy from south London turned himself into a global icon of British charm
Steven Knight’s hit military drama returns with a second series about the real-life mavericks of an unruly unit
Love, loss and a perilous suitcase feature in Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies’s hour-long ‘Joy to the World’
From ‘Slow Horses’ to ‘Pachinko’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’, our critic picks the series to catch up on
Controversy stalks a series that deals with Northern Ireland’s violent recent past
The screenwriter on the draw of life’s ‘messy stuff’ and why the time felt right to rekindle her divorce drama
Partnership is latest sign of diminishing importance of traditional TV platforms in favour of social media channels
The 1990s sitcom stars unite as a couple selling a Los Angeles villa containing dark secrets
National Geographic film is an uncompromising interrogation of systemic abuse in residential schools
Media group has agreed renewed partnership for the UK and Ireland allowing it to offer HBO content
The writer offers wry reminiscences on his life and career, rather than great revelations
Four years since her appointment, the CEO of the media group now part of Comcast has changed strategy and culture for a new era
A Netflix adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s classic novel promises grit as well as transcendence
There’s no shortage of intrigue and action in new six-part series from ‘Giri/Haji’ showrunner Joe Barton
