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The final frontier

This week 4—10 SEPTEMBER 2021 • UNMISSABLE TV, FILM & RADIO FOR YOU TO WATCH AND RECORD

Save our playgrounds • Children need to take risks – and have real adventures

FROM THE RT ARCHIVE… 3—9 SEPTEMBER 1988

UNCHARTED WATERS • Polar bears, a walrus, floating ice… whaling drama The North Water was filmed in the Arctic, further north than any drama has ever ventured before. But why does its star Colin Farrell say it’s the most brutal and violent part he has ever played?

SHOWING HIM THE ROPES • The crew sailed 32,000km to the Arctic to film – and put Colin Farrell to work

Home sweet home • The British have been obsessed with their homes for hundreds of years, says David Olusoga – no wonder houses make better history than tales of kings and queens

LEAVING THEIR MARK • Meet the former residents of 5 Grosvenor Mount, Leeds

NO MORE MR DAD GUY… • Comedian Greg Davies has cleaned up as a middle-aged father. Now he’s going darker, and mopping up crime scenes

‘I had all the luck’ • Tom Stoppard escaped the Nazis, the Japanese and Stalin to grow up an English public schoolboy. Now 84, the playwright tells Alan Yentob what made him wake up to his Jewish past

‘I didn’t see daylight for 23 months’ • John Actie was a victim of Britain’s longest-running murder trial – and a notorious miscarriage of justice…

Ooh, aah, Cantona! • Fergie’s Frenchman launched the Premier League as we know it

Film Reviews

‘I’M A NICE BUNCH OF GUYS’ • Paul Abbott on channelling his bipolar diagnosis for his new drama – and the sequel he’s writing to State of Play

THE PICK OF NETFLIX, DISNEY+, AMAZON PRIME AND MORE

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV

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

A world of leather • How long can Changing Rooms’ Count of Flounce keep this up?

SATURDAY Choices • The pick of today’s TV

STREAMING NOW

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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‘My road to drivetime’ • Vick Hope used to do the graveyard shift on local radio and slept on the studio floor – now she’s the new voice of Radio 1

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

Cool for this cat • Squeeze’s Chris Difford has found a new gig – talking to other musicians

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