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From the Editors
THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
A MODERN KIND OF MAGIC
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
TEN QUESTIONS WITH MARK GATISS • The Sherlock star on the sunny side of Hollywood, and the dark side of Arthur Conan Doyle
swim with sharks
LOW EXPECTATIONS • I didn’t think Charles Dickens was for someone like me — then I read him, says David Harewood
THE RADIO TIMES AT 100 • Celebrating the centenary year of Radio Times with magic moments and memories from the magazine archives
MASTER OF THE WHONIVERSE • His childhood obsession became his possession. As Russell T Davies takes charge of Doctor Who for a second time, Alan Yentob reveals how the allure of the Time Lord nurtured one of our greatest TV writers
‘I KICKED IN THE DOOR AT THE BBC’ • Russell T Davies says he demanded a Christmas Day special for his brand-new Doctor. Expect fantasy goblins and not as much sci-fi…
‘RUBY IS GROWING AS I’M GROWING’ • Teenager Millie Gibson is braced for a legion of new young Who fans
It’s Christmas in the Dales! • But with James serving in the RAF, life on All Creatures Great and Small is far from festive. Nicholas Ralph and the historical experts reveal how Darrowby coped in wartime
WHO WAS THE REAL ARTHUR? • Author Bernard Cornwell reveals his quest to discover the man behind the legend – and asks, how did a great Welsh hero become an exemplar of a Christian English gentleman?
‘I paint the feeling of a bird’ • He’s best known for comedy antics, but Jim Moir is deadly serious about the art of birdwatching
TURNING THE TABLES • The professional critics are always hard to please on MasterChef. So how will the food experts fare when they have to cook for Gregg and John?
WITH CLOGS ON… • Nigella is going Dutch this Christmas
THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST • When picking a SPOTY winner, we love a loser, says Simon Barnes
OUR DEADLY TV ADDICTION • Why can’t we stop watching true crime?
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