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We reveal what you should be watching on the box in 2023 from returning favourites like Big Brother and Gladiators to Catherine Tate as an Australian princess

Pick of the week The Apprentice, Thursday, BBC1, 9pm Once upon a time, the BBC’s The Apprentice looked fresh, dynamic even, a talent show for entrepreneurial types. Inspired by the American series starring Donald Trump, the British version had the benefit of a far less obnoxious host, Alan Sugar —…

Charlie Mackesy is a British artist, illustrator and author

Christmas television is a bit of a busman’s holiday for TV critics. For a change, we get to enjoy the view without any of the stress. No making notes, no keeping an eye on the deadline clock.

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From festive favourite The Snowman, to the much-anticipated The Smeds and the Smoos, here's your ultimate guide to kids' shows this Christmas

Noah Centineo is, so the young folk under our roof tell me, a teen romcom heartthrob. The Recruit (Netflix), not to be confused with the Noughties Colin Farrell film of the same name, sees him stepping up to something a bit more grown-up as a young lawyer whose first week…

Christmas television is just not the same as it was. This is the sentiment trotted out every year, often by people of my generation or the one that preceded it, who grow all misty-eyed at the memories of TV’s supposed glory years when there was only one channel in Ireland…

As ITVX launches and the BBC gets ready to stream not beam, will event viewing become a thing of the past?

Just weeks after Strictly Come Dancing wraps up on BBC1, stars of the show will be waltzing off on tour bringing them to Newcastle

Actress June Brown passed away in April this year, with her character now written out of the BBC1 soap