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THIS WEEK • THE 10 BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
‘SHE WAS A BRILLIANT PERSON, AND A LOVELY ONE’ • From Birkenhead to Alan Bennett, Hyacinth Bucket and beyond…
JOSH O’CONNOR • From fears to ears and stealing art, the actor discusses his new film — and his toe-curling audition for Les Misérables
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THE HUGE UNTOLD STORIES • Today’s news agenda is too narrow, says Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Mary, Queen of Cakes • At 90, Mary Berry celebrates over 50 years on television with a new series – and is as passionate as ever about her mission to get the nation cooking
‘It’s The Forsytes with a lot of Dallas’ • Have Poldark’s Debbie Horsfield and Damien Timmer struck gold again with their reimagining of TVs greatest saga?
‘WE NEED TV FOR NOW’ • Death of Soap? Phil Redmond is having none of it, as Hollyoaks celebrates 30 years on screen by bringing back Brookside
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS • Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson are back again in the Brookside revival
THE GREAT EQUALISER • The Celebrity Traitors shows that fame is irrelevent when it comes to playing the game
FOUL THROW? • Arsenal will do anything to win a trophy this season, even playing the long ball. But will it work in Europe, asks Simon Barnes
Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio
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CAN WE FIX IT? YES WE CAN! • A bespoke radio station is hammering preconceptions about builders — and filling a serious gap in the market
EVERYDAY WOMEN • Woman’s Hour gets a tweak for the Instagram generation
Streams of Conscıousness • Carefully crafted podcasts struggle in a video-first world
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH • When Sarah Perry found out about her father-in-law’s illness, she and her husband nursed him until his death just nine days later. Here’s what she learnt about dying…
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