84 m. ago Channel 4 Taskmaster viewers say the same thing only minutes into new series

Taskmaster returned to Channel 4 on Thursday evening for the show's milestone 20th season, and viewers were left immediately impressed by the new line-up

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2 h. ago The Newsreader review – if this powerful Aussie drama were a US show, it’d be a smash hit

This 80s-set Australian show about rival newscasters is the best kind of period drama. It’s soapy, highly dramatic and wonderfully campThe Newsreader is the best kind of period piece in that it makes you reflect not only on the past but on the present. The first two seasons of this Australian drama about rival newscasters managed to cram in some of the biggest events of the 80s: the Challenger disaster; the Aids crisis; rumours of the end of Charles and Diana’s marriage.As well as seeing the impact those stories had on the world, the series hinged on some perennial themes, too – women being sidelined in the workplace; homophobia; mental illness; and what drives people to stay in their jobs even when everything around them is dripping with toxicity. To watch The Newsreader in an age of boundaries and therapy-speak is to feel at once privileged not to be working in broadcast television in the 1980s, and acutely aware that many of the problems still persist today. As unsettling as it i...

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2 h. ago Taskmaster chaos as star Maisie Adam suffers 'mortifying' wardrobe malfunction

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comic Maisie Adam is taking on the new series of Channel 4's Taskmaster - but admits that it wasn't always plain sailing in an exclusive chat with The Mirror

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3 h. ago Gary Lineker turns back on BBC forever as he's loving life on rival channel

EXCLUSIVE: The former Match of the Day host has revealed it’s unlikely he will ever want to work for the corporation again, as he's two busy after joining a rival network

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4 h. ago What channel is England v Scotland on? TV and live stream details for Rugby World Cup quarter

How to watch England v Scotland

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5 h. ago Migrants arriving across the Channel now outnumber Britain's armed forces, shock new report claims

More than 182,000 people have reached England in small boats since 2018 - more than the total personnel in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force

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8 h. ago Ange Postecoglou makes new Daniel Levy admission after reacting to Tottenham exit

Australian faced with flurry of Spurs questions during unveiling as the new manager of Nottingham Forest

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8 h. ago Ange Postecoglou admits he knew Spurs would sack him before Europa League win

‘I knew it was coming so it wasn’t a surprise’Australian unveiled as new Nottingham Forest managerAnge Postecoglou said he knew Tottenham would sack him in advance of their Europa League triumph in Bilbao but said Spurs supporters wanting to “hug me and take me home for dinner” is indicative that he succeeded.Postecoglou was talking after being presented as Nottingham Forest’s head coach on a contract until 2027 and the 60-year-old said that although the ending at Spurs “wasn’t great I knew it was coming so it wasn’t a surprise”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton audiobook review – warm and witty whimsy

A chatty, self-deprecating memoir recalls the podcaster’s start in TV and his lifelong friendship with comedian and film-maker Joe CornishThe writer and comic Adam Buxton’s first memoir, Ramble Book, dug into his childhood and his relationship with his father, who featured as the cantankerous BaaadDad in Buxton’s 1990s pop culture series The Adam and Joe Show. I Love You, Byeee is the follow up in which he remembers his late mother, Valerie, and reflects on his TV career which began with him landing a job at Takeover TV, a showcase for new talent on Channel 4, where he brought in his childhood friend Joe Cornish.Fans of The Adam and Joe Show will find reminiscences about the pair’s toy movies, where they recreated films such as Titanic and Trainspotting, and their radio shows on XFM and 6Music. Buxton is candid about the strain of their working relationship and his feelings of insecurity when Cornish went off to direct his first film, Attack the Block, without him. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Widow who held husband in her arms at Dignitas issues Assisted Dying Bill plea

Louise Shackleton, 58, from North Yorkshire, went with her husband Anthony, who was suffering from motor neurone disease, to Dignitas in Switzerland so he could end his life

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10 h. ago Nepal protesters propose former chief justice for interim leader as death toll rises

Violent protests leave at least 31 people dead

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11 h. ago Kirstie Allsopp is left in tears over couple's quest to buy 'gorgeous' £280,000 home on Location Location Location

On Wednesday, the property hunting series hosted by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer returned for a brand-new series on Channel 4, and explored the idyllic West Country.

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11 h. ago Mark Nicholas: Pride in 2005 Ashes mixed with sadness at missed opportunity

Nicholas led Channel 4’s coverage of an unforgettable series as England lifted the urn for the first time in 18 years.

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12 h. ago Anthony Martial talks held over surprise transfer to new club just one year after Man United exit

Former Manchester United man Anthony Martial is once again on the hunt for a new club with his time at AEK Athens seemingly coming to an end

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12 h. ago Channel 4 share announcement ahead of Hollyoaks' 30th anniversary in exciting update

Hollyoaks stars Nicole Barber Lane, Anya Lawrence, James Redman, Isabelle Smith and Charlie Wernham are taking part in Come Dine With Me to mark the soaps' 30th anniversary

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12 h. ago Married at First Sight 2025 has a Welsh groom who 'dated' Miss Universe

Ashley has been described by Channel 4 as an 'old school gent', who has lived a full life at just 35-years-old

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12 h. ago Princess Anne's true wealth revealed as 'frugal' royal quietly builds 'surprising' fortune

Channel 5's The Royal Rich List explored the wealth of the British monarchy, and Princess Anne was named as the fifth richest member of the Firm - but she has a "surprising" source of income

Politics

13 h. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen shares children's brutal reaction to career move

The Yorkshire Shepherdess is celebrating her career move after the success of their Channel 5 series.

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13 h. ago Patrick Mouratoglou: ‘Serena and I had a few fights about her weight’

The French coach on his partnership with Serena, why he parted ways with Naomi Osaka and how to break the Sinner-Alcaraz duopolyPatrick Mouratoglou was notably absent from this year’s US Open. Since his breakout advising Marcos Baghdatis, who he guided to the Australian Open final in 2006, Mouratoglou has distinguished himself as a tennis guru – with pros and prospects making the pilgrimage to his academy on the French Riviera. But it was his partnership with Serena Williams, who won 10 of her 23 grand slam singles titles after pairing with the Frenchman, that helped cement Mouratoglou as a coaching great.In between touring clients at the moment, Mouratoglou caught up with me near the end of the US Open to talk about Naomi Osaka’s resurgence, Williams’s weight loss and what it will take to break Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s duopoly in the men’s game.Interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Patrick Mouratoglou is working with Motorola’s Behind the Icons campaign. Co...

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14 h. ago Greg Norman claims he helped change the golf world as he leaves LIV

The Australian's time is up at LIV and he has looked back on his work with huge pride after years of controversy

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