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Time to go wild!

This week 22—28 MAY 2021 • UNMISSABLE TV, FILM & RADIO FOR YOU TO WATCH AND RECORD

Time to tell the real news story • The outgoing Channel 4 News presenter reveals Covid’s true lesson

FROM THE RT ARCHIVE… 20—26 MAY 1989

Packham unpacked • As a schoolboy loner, Chris Packham kept animals in jars – then a pair of binoculars opened his eyes to nature. Five decades on, he says there has never been a better time to lose yourself in the great outdoors

PACK IT LIKE PACKHAM • Here’s all the kit you need to spot nature like a Springwatch pro

WOMAN BEHIND THE MASK • From Vera to The Good Wife to a mother hellbent on revenge, Cush Jumbo can play them all. But what’s she really like?

CECIL DAY-LEWIS — A CLASSIC REVIVED • Nathaniel Parker on his long mission to bring the author’s forgotten thriller to TV

EUROVISION HERE WE COME! • What does Ken Bruce think of the UK’s chances in Rotterdam? He’s got his lucky kilt ready…

‘THERE’S PRESSURE… BUT THERE’S ALSO HUGE EXCITEMENT’ • After his own Covid scare, James Newman gets a second shot at Eurovision glory

EUROVISION SAFETY FIRST

A force of nature • In lockdown, Lesley Sharp found solace in her garden and her dogs. So what tempted her out to play an irascible detective?

‘We just clicked’ • Abandoned as babies in the 60s, these sisters have only just met

‘I WAS ON COURSE TO JOIN THE ANGELS’ • When Sir Alex Ferguson had a brain haemorrhage, doctors gave him a one-in-five chance of survival…

ON THE BRINK OF GREATNESS • Does European glory beckon again for Ole?

Film Reviews

MURDER, MYSTERY AND MAYHEM • Fans of crime drama will lap up these gentle classics

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV

Streaming • FILMS OUR PICK OF THE LATEST MOVIES AVAILABLE TO STREAM

Driven to distraction • What happened to sense when BBC News headed to Hartlepool?

SATURDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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SUNDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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MONDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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TUESDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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WEDNESDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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THURSDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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FRIDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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What makes a Great Life? • Matthew Parris tells Rosie Millard which heroes from history make the cut in Great Lives – and why he doesn’t always like them

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

A pint of dreams • Is it any surprise that when pubs were shut in lockdown, some drinkers discovered they could talk about them all day?

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