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Today — 19 May 2025Main stream
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‘Just sprinkle your swearing s*** all over it’: how The Thick of It redefined expletives on TV

Armando Iannucci wanted to make something ‘rough and ready’ about what politics was really like in the 2000s, but with a team of talented writers, he created a classic comedy that still resonates today. Katie Rosseinsky dissects the anatomy of its foul-mouthed invective

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Lockerbie drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is elegant and sensitive – but it feels unnecessary

18 May 2025 at 14:00

The new show, which focuses on the joint investigation between the Scottish and the Americans, comes hot on the heels of Sky’s Colin Firth-led drama about the 1988 disaster

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Mariska Hargitay reveals identity of her biological father in documentary after 30-year secret

18 May 2025 at 22:35

The ‘Law & Order: SVU’ star shares the revelation in her new film about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, titled ‘My Mom Jayne’

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Netflix’s Forever radically reimagines Judy Blume – but only proves how essential her work still is

Blume’s willingness to treat teen fiction with the utmost candour has always ruffled feathers, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. Netflix’s provocative new adaptation gets at the core of what makes the author such a unique and vital figure

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