Ellen E Jones is a film and television writer and columnist
September 2024
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TV tonight: Ross Kemp is on the trail of the mafia in the UK
Kemp revisits the strange death of Robert Calvi, found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London. Plus: a new term at Waterloo Road. Here’s what to watch this evening
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TV tonight: artist and fourth plinth model Alison Lapper tells her story
Portrait of the artist whose pregnant figure caused outrage when it was erected as a Trafalgar Square sculpture in 2005. Plus: what if Trump wins? Here’s what to watch this evening
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TV tonight: Paris bids a spectacular farewell to the Paralympics
Jean-Michel Jarre headlines the closing ceremony. Plus: the puzzle starts to make sense in James Graham’s visceral drama Sherwood. Here’s what to watch this evening.
August 2024
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TV tonight: the young people tackling the housing crisis in a remarkable way
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TV tonight: a powerful political series about the worst global atrocities
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TV tonight: existential wisdom from Nick Cave
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TV tonight: new gross-out Welsh comedy The Golden Cobra
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TV tonight: Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey’s sweet new sitcom
‘Actors are strange animals’: Jack Lowden of Slow Horses on playing an alcoholic and working with his new wife, Saoirse Ronan
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TV tonight: Snoop Dogg, Tom Cruise and Billie Eilish close the Olympics
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TV tonight: how Brief Encounter became the most romantic film of all time
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TV tonight: who will win the race for the White House?
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TV tonight: all bets are off in the House of the Dragon season finale
Harold and the Purple Crayon review – sketchy live-action adaptation
A Place Called Silence review – suspenseful Malaysian high school horror reboot
Alma’s Rainbow review – 90s New York tale of Black womanhood and sexuality is worth the wait
Dìdi review – bittersweet Asian American coming-of-age drama
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TV tonight: extraordinary conflicts in the natural world
Kensuke’s Kingdom review – impeccably elegant animation of Michael Morpurgo adventure
