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This week 28 AUGUST—3 SEPTEMBER 2021 • UNMISSABLE TV, FILM & RADIO FOR YOU TO WATCH AND RECORD

Stop sacking older women • Why doesn’t BBC diversity include keeping well-loved female faces?

FROM THE RT ARCHIVE… 1—7 AUGUST 1984

‘I DOUBT I COULD DO AN INTERVIEW NOW’ • For decades, Sir Michael Parkinson met the world’s biggest stars. So why does he say it would be impossible to make his classic chat show today?

STARRY NIGHTS

Deep dive • Vigil may be a submarine thriller from the makers of Line of Duty, but there’s a love story at its heart, says star Suranne Jones

‘GRIPPING TV’ • Rose Leslie on bonding over motherhood and murder

I SURVIVED THE TWIN TOWERS • Twenty years after she escaped the terror attack on the World Trade Center, one British woman tells her miraculous story…

‘You never let it go’ • Brenda Blethyn’s brilliance made DCI Stanhope our favourite TV detective. But does she really buy Vera’s clothes?

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? • As he returns to the role that made his name – as Stephen Lawrence’s father Neville – Hugh Quarshie wonders what’s really changed 22 years on?

‘STEVE FEELS THIS STRONGLY’ • Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Coogan and class

Greatest of all time? • Hard to love, harder to beat, Novak Djokovic is as good as Laver

Film Reviews

‘I FELT PURE FEAR’ • She’s been nominated for a Bafta and an Emmy, so why doesn’t Back to Life star Daisy Haggard think she’s made it?

GROWING PAINS • Ladhood’s Liam Williams on his “love letter” to the home town he couldn’t wait to leave

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV

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

Heartache, misery and joy • Ambulance can be as life-affirming as it is gut-wrenching

SATURDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

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BEST OF THE REST

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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Hitting the right note • What makes a great TV theme? Composer Debbie Wiseman reveals her secrets

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

I want to tell you a story… • Malcolm Gladwell, Canada’s brainiest author, produces mind-expanding podcasts about the most unlikely subjects

Radio with an ology • The science of chronicling everyday life

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