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This week 17—23 MONTH 2021 • UNMISSABLE TV, FILM & RADIO FOR YOU TO WATCH AND RECORD

BBC self-harm could be fatal • The corporation is shooting itself in the foot by killing BBC4

FROM THE RT ARCHIVE… 18—24 APRIL 1981

‘You need to laugh sometimes’ • Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speeches have inspired young and old, including David Attenborough. So why does she think the climate crisis is so hilarious?

‘It’s nuns, cakes and bikes…’ • …but it’s also domestic violence, incest and abortion on a Sunday evening. Creator Heidi Thomas and the cast celebrate ten years of Call the Midwife

Mother hen or movie star? • As she prepares to take to the small screen in her most personal role yet, Kate Winslet insists being a mum comes first

When Turner met Leonardo • In his first major role since Poldark, Aidan Turner brings Leonardo da Vinci to vivid life. But how did he cope filming sex scenes in the age of intimacy coordinators – and Covid?

Making faces • From the pharaohs to David Bowie… Lisa Eldridge on the colourful history of make-up

Mission: impossible? • If any club can win all four of football’s major prizes, City can

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Plenty more fish in the sea? • Not according to this new deep dive into the perils of overfishing

LET’S SPARKLE! • BBC3’s make-up talent show has a new host – meet

CLOSE TO THE BONE • Buckle up for a dark new fantasy

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From bodies to bosses • The days of using women as props on mortuary slabs are over

SATURDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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Let girls learn… • …and eight other ways to fix the climate crisis. Tom Heap on reasons for hope

PICK OF THE WEEK

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Office gurus • A flurry of podcasts aims to guide us back into the world of work

I want you, not Jodie Foster • Ordinary people give extraordinary interviews

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