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FROM THE EDITOR
DOCTORS IN DEEP TROUBLE • A spectacular stunt for Casualty's 40th anniversary marks a change for the series as it heads into uncharted waters
10 QUESTIONS WITH JOEL EDGERTON • The Dark Matter star on embracing AI, empathising with his Star Wars character and missing Australia
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO... BE A MOTION CAPTURE MAESTRO • Ace Ruele is the founder of London's Creature Bionics, which specialises in creature and fantasy character performance, offering training in motion capture and providing rigs that allow actors to transform for film, TV and video games. In Gladiator II, he taught the stunt team how to move like baboons.
FROSTBITE • Australian sitcoms like Colin from Accounts are global hits whose magic lies in mixing the local with the universal
WHAT MADE HIM THE 'SPECIAL ONE'? • José Mourinho changed the game – but at what personal cost, asks Mourinho director JOE PEARLMAN
33 GREAT AUTUMN DRAMAS • As the nights get longer, here are the unmissable dramas worth staying in for... Leading the way, DAME HELEN MIRREN, LARA PULVER, MANDEEP DHILLON and TEDDIE ALLEN celebrate the camaraderie at the heart of their bloody gangster drama
'I'VE MISSED THE LISTENERS' • After a two-year break to focus on her family and sort out the loft, ZOE BALL is back in front of a microphone on Greatest Hits Radio
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING • THE 10 BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, STREAM & LISTEN TO
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SATURDAY • The Truth Is Out There Dylan (William Beck), Stevie (Elinor Lawless), Cam (Barney Walsh), Rida (Sarah Seggani) and Rash (Neet Mohan) face a long night
SUNDAY • STEPPING BACK IN TIME Hosts Dan Snow and Suzannah Lipscomb delve into the lives of the Tudors
MONDAY • TELEVISION MONDAY
TUESDAY • 2025 was a landmark year for the National Television Awards, being both its 30th birthday and the first time in 24 years that Ant and Dec failed to win the TV presenter trophy. With Gary Lineker out of the picture this year, can they reclaim their crown? Or will young upstart Sir David Attenborough spoil their evening? In other categories, will Call the Midwife win returning drama? Can The Traitors beat The Celebrity Traitors in reality competition? And who of the all-female roster will triumph in drama performance?
WEDNESDAY • INFORMED VIEW Sue Berelowitz is a specialist in the field of child protection
THURSDAY • READ ALL ABOUT IT Domhnall Gleeson (centre) plays the newspaper editor who's got his work cut out for him
FRIDAY • TELEVISION FRIDAY
RADIO • Vernon Kay Monday–Friday 9.30am Radio 2
'IT'S A BIT MORE JAMES BOND-Y' • RICHARD OSMAN is hoping...