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From the Editors
THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
WELCOME TO POPLAR!
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
ACTOR’S LAST WORD ON THE MOUNTAINS
TEN QUESTIONS WITH NICHOLAS HOULT & ELLE FANNING • The stars of The Great on making history — but not as we know it
make the Proms sound pitch perfect
I NEARLY BROKE THE NHS • Exposing hospital scandals is vital but it is time to stop the blame game, says Dr Phil Hammond
THE RADIO TIMES AT 100 • Continuing our countdown to the centenary of Radio Times in September, with a weekly look back at some of the magazine’s landmark issues…
I DON’T NEED PLUCKY BRITS • No Andy, no Emma? No problem — we don’t need homegrown heroes to enjoy Wimbledon
’WE NEVER FELL OUT’ • As a new Netflix film tells the Wham! story, Andrew Ridgeley recalls his schoolboy friend Yog, their journey to global fame – and why their bond could never be broken
Crafty old devil • Superstar stand-up, Strictly winner, artist, musician and now artisan advocate – why is Bill Bailey good at everything?
Meet the experts • Light and sound feature prominently in Master Crafters
THE GREAT PRETENDER • As an adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s book about Kim Philby comes to ITV1, the author reveals how John le Carré urged him to tell the real story of the notorious British spy…
THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL • A repeat of Alan Bennett’s An Englishman Abroad completes a double bill of Cambridge spy stories
Can you DIG IT? • If you thought Time Team was dead and buried, think again – it’s unearthing hidden history from the Second World War online
MY OTHER JOB IS… • Meet the Wimbledon volunteers who take two weeks off work every year to keep the world’s greatest tennis show on the road
THE GREAT BRITISH WALKOVER • F1 is close to proving that it’s not the winning, it’s the taking part that counts, says Simon Barnes
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