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From the Editors

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

JAMES McAVOY • The His Dark Materials star on playing a “maniac” and being allergic to his own leopard

GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…

A THOUSAND STORIES A SCENE

to film lions in the wild • Luke Cormack on being part of the pride and waiting hours for a nanosecond of magic

CHEFS PROVE SHARING IS CARING • The kitchen has taught me that cooking together can cure a thousand ills, says Andi Oliver

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 memorable issues…

A CURE FOR MONDAY-NIGHT BLUES • Start the week with a pacey drama about high-achieving women — and useless men

READY TO RUCK • Limber up for six weeks of action with RT’s Six Nations special – the captains, the pundits, the players to watch and a grudge match to remember

SIX NATIONS LIVE TV GUIDE

AULD ENEMIES? • Sir Ian McGeechan and Jeremy Guscott recall Murrayfield 1990, when rugby rivalry produced a match for the ages

’YOU HAVE TO WORK IN AN OFFICE’ • Lord Sugar on being an 80s tech pioneer, why he’ll only leave the boardroom in a coffin and the problem with Working From Home

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE • What’s it really like on an Apprentice task?

Funny business! • Nick Hornby says that his story about a beauty queen who becomes a 60s TV comedy star owes a debt to Lucille Ball…

What killed Elizabeth I? • Did the Virgin Queen die of lead poisoning, pneumonia or sadness? Professor Alice Roberts investigates

GOOD COP, BAD COP • Mark Lawson on the rise of TV’s female coppers – and why they never were a gentle touch

GIRL POWER • TV’s top female detectives

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BEYOND OUR KEN • How do you replace Ken Bruce, the most-listened-to DJ in the UK? We asked those in the know to name their favourites to take over the Radio 2 hot seat

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Archers this week…

MAGICAL POWER OF THE BOSS • Our fascination with the “science” of football management shows how much faith we put in leaders — but what’s their real secret?

SARAH ANGLISS • The secret art of sound effects

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