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From the Editors

THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM

CHRISTIAN BALE & HARRY MELLING • On child stardom, Edgar Allan Poe — and being bitten by snakes

GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…

to be Sooty’s right-hand man • As Sooty celebrates 75 years in showbiz, Richard Cadell, the hand behind the legend, says you must never talk about puppets

GET ME OUT UP HERE • Robson Green’s new show is part of the BBC’s “levelling up” initiative

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY • If it’s a choice of a Windsor or a Wainwright, we know what we want, says Libby Purves

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…

SUN, SEA AND SANDPAPER… • Alan Carr and Amanda Holden’s unlikely DIY job

‘THE KING WILL BE FINE’ • Newly knighted Grayson Perry prepares to parade at Buckingham Palace – but whatever happened to the England that made him the artist he is today?

‘DITCH! DITCH!’ • Hostile forces, Covid, a jet overboard… film-maker Chris Terrill captured more than he bargained for when he set sail on Britain’s £3.5 billion aircraft carrier

‘I HAVE TO BE MUM AND DAD’ • Chris Ansell on being boss (and more) to 1,600 sailors

THE ROOTS OF EVIL • Historian James Bulgin says the Holocaust began not with death camps and gas chambers but with organised massacres in 1941

Going solo • Amanda Owen’s marriage may have ended, but with nine children, 1,000 sheep and 2,000 acres to look after, the work of a Yorkshire farmer continues 24/7…

Older but no wiser • He was a terrible teen in The Inbetweeners – now Simon Bird’s playing a misguided dad in an apocalyptic new sitcom. Has he learnt anything?

RUGBY AT ITS BEST • Forget the Six Nations — club rugby is where you will find the thrilling action

HOW TO WATCH THE CUP RUGBY

DARK TALES FROM EUROPE • Walter Presents stories from Germany, Denmark and Poland

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV & FILM

Saturday

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Sunday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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‘I STILL MISS IT’ • Edward Stourton’s distinctive voice is one of the most familiar in British broadcasting. So, did the BBC really sack him from Today for being too “posh”?

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT • Murder podcasts find favour with pyjama-clad listeners seeking the thrill of...