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This week

Garden without the jargon • You don’t need Latin to love your lobelias, says the GQT host

FROM THE RT ARCHIVE… 28 APRIL-4 MAY 1990

IS IT R.I.P L.O.D? • Could this really be the last ever episode of Line of Duty? Mark Lawson explains why the hit series may be finishing for good

‘I’ve spent years just being angry’ • Ian Wright can’t hear the Match of the Day music without being traumatised by memories of a violent stepfather and a mother who found it hard to love. So why is he so happy now?

‘NOW YOU’VE GOT ME THINKING…’ • Sofie Grabol can’t help wondering what it would be like to revive her famous detective

‘SCRUFFY, CLEVER, SHE DID HER JOB’ • Alison Graham says Sarah Lund blazed a trail for women

IN SARAH LUND’S FOOTSTEPS • The Killing inspired a host of British female-led dramas

‘She lit up the screen’ • The playwright David Hare celebrates Helen McCrory’s devastating talent, from stealing the show at the National to starring in her final TV drama, Roadkill

‘HELEN McCRORY WAS THE REAL THING’ • Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight, pays tribute to his vivid leading lady

THREE MORE DEFINING ROLES…

Free to play again! • When Covid halted BBC Young Musician, some outstandingly talented teenagers hit pause

Her time to shine • Susannah Fielding knows what it’s like to play second fiddle – now she’s on equal footing with Steve Coogan’s greatest creation

Black, gay and HIV-positive • Marc Thompson’s diagnosis at 17 left him terrified, until he met the man who saved his life. Now, 30 years on, they meet again…

New kid on the grid • Max Verstappen is the rival Lewis Hamilton’s been waiting for

Film Reviews

KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY • Justin Theroux on his cousin Louis – and being inspired by his uncle’s bestselling novel

THE BEST SHOWS AND BOX SETS TO WATCH ON DEMAND

THE OLD GUARD • Ageing and parenting is even harder when you’re a superhero

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV

THE BEST Films ON DEMAND • FILMS OUR PICK OF THE LATEST MOVIES AVAILABLE TO STREAM

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Hop on, hold tight! • I’m bracing myself for Line of Duty’s thrilling final ride

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Vote now • Over 12 incredible months, radio has brought us moments of joy, despair and hope. Which moved you most?

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

Who fakes their own death? • Alice Fiennes and Poppy Damon are so fascinated with people who pretend to have died that they bring their stories back to life…

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