8 h. ago New historical drama with rare '100%' score is the 'sexiest show of 2025'

Critics are raving about this new Apple TV+ series and they all agree it’s the sexiest thing on TV right now

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56 h. ago Outlander star shares major wedding update ahead of baby's arrival

Outlander star Nell Hudson, who played Laoghaire MacKenzie in the hit historical time travel drama, recently announced that she is pregnant with her first child

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3 d. ago Apple TV's 'seductive' historical drama that lifts lid on 'horrific' side of Napoleon

Apple TV+ is set to launch a brand new series this week, telling the story of the world's first celebrity chef who cooked for Napoleon Bonaparte

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7 d. ago Alicia Vikander on starring opposite Jude Law and her favourite work | Binge Watch

Alicia Vikander speaks with The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy about new film Firebrand, a historical drama directed by Karim Aïnouz. Set during the tumultuous final years of Henry VIII’s (Jude Law) reign, the film focuses on Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), his sixth and final wife. In this interview Vikander discusses working opposite Law and the film’s representation of sex and feminism.

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1 week ago A ‘strange dance’: media mogul Saad Mohseni on making TV under the Taliban

Once dubbed the ‘Afghan Rupert Murdoch’, Mohseni’s media business was founded after the fall of the Taliban and is now navigating their returnSaad Mohseni wants more female faces on his Afghan TV channel. He hopes he might get a deal with the Taliban for him to air a historical drama – in which all the women have been through the menopause.“If a woman menstruates, [the showing of an uncovered female face] is haram [forbidden], right?” Mohseni said. “But as soon as they go through, you know, menopause, then you can have them uncovered. It’s ridiculous, it’s so offensive. So now we try to negotiate with [the Taliban] to do a soap opera that’s going to have these women over the age of 50. We have to try.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lyrid metor shower 2025: Could UK witness rare 'surge' of 100 shooting stars an hour this year?

A rare 'surge' of fireballs be sometimes be seen during the annual Lyrid meteor shower

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2 w. ago David Oyelowo explains why his ‘unique’ new Apple TV+ series was a ‘career first’

David Oyelowo stars in this quirky historical drama that’s guaranteed to be like nothing you’ve ever seen before

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy’s golden eagles put him within sight of Masters destiny

Northern Irishman shoots 66 to take two-shot leadBryson DeChambeau sets up final-day showdownIt is now or never. Surely it is now or never.Rory McIlroy will take a lead into the closing round of the Masters for the first time since 2011. That sentence barely does justice to a Saturday of high drama at Augusta National where McIlroy created history then threatened to feature in his own Shakespearean tragedy once more before re-establishing daylight between himself and the field. That sentence barely does justice, either, to what McIlroy is on the verge of. We are now in the position of fearing what on earth the impact will be on him should he not prevail. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Owen Cooper becomes FAVOURITE to win an historic Emmy for Adolescence: Experts say victory would be 'like scoring the World Cup winner on your debut'... but the 15

Owen Cooper, the 15-year-old star of Netflix school murder drama Adolescence, today sensationally became the favourite to win an historic Emmy Award for his performance.

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3 w. ago Inspiring film that won Colin Firth his Oscar is being shown on the BBC this Easter

The Oscar-winning historical drama is all set to be broadcast on BBC Two on Good Friday (April 18).

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3 w. ago Scots BBC star lands 'pivotal' film role following shock Shetland exit

A new historical drama film is on the horizon from director Theja Rio, with a cast composed primarily of first-time local actors from the area.

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3 w. ago BBC Shetland star Douglas Henshall joins cast of 'deeply personal' historical drama

Shetland star Douglas Henshall has been cast in a new period drama that explores the history of 1960s Nagaland

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3 w. ago Rare blue diamond shines at a $100 million exhibition in Abu Dhabi

A rare blue diamond was on display Tuesday at an exhibition of $100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates’ capital

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last month The Waltons star Sian Barbara Allen dies following tragic Alzheimer's battle

The Waltons actress Sian Barbara Allen has died at the age of 78, her family have confirmed. The star was most famed for her role in the American historical drama series

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