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The luxe vapidity of Palm Royale

Allison Janney is at her best in this glitzy series about feminism and Sixties Florida. But it should be much…

By Rachel Cooke

The luxe vapidity of Palm Royale

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Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax terrified me

Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax terrified me

Channel 4’s chilling account of a paedophile scare shows the very modern hell unleashed by online conspiracy theories.

By Rachel Cooke

Mary & George is improbable, overblown and really quite rude

Mary & George is improbable, overblown and really quite rude

Despite its melodrama and cliches, this series about sex in the royal bedchamber is just a little bit mesmerising.

By Rachel Cooke

Michael Sheen: Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong about Port Talbot

Michael Sheen: Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong about Port Talbot

The actor on arguing with the Tory MP, going on stage in pyjamas, and his new series The Way.

By Michael Sheen

The Jury: Murder Trial and the misogyny of the British public

The Jury: Murder Trial and the misogyny of the British public

This disquieting Channel 4 series reveals the shocking way some men still talk about women.

By Rachel Cooke

Michael Sheen’s The Way is audacious, intellectual TV

Michael Sheen’s The Way is audacious, intellectual TV

This collaboration between James Graham, Adam Curtis and the actor asks big questions, and has things to tell us about…

By Rachel Cooke

How Breathtaking brought tears to the Baftas

How Breathtaking brought tears to the Baftas

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By Rachel Clarke

I was excited about The New Look – but the series is cringe inducing

I was excited about The New Look – but the series is cringe inducing

This Apple TV+ drama following Christian Dior during the rise of the Nazis is full of poor dialogue and every…

By Rachel Cooke

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