31 h. ago Netflix true crime drama with Stephen Graham and Shetland star branded 'must watch' by viewers

The five-part series which stars Stephen Graham in the leading role is leaving Netflix this month - so don't miss your chance to watch it

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45 h. ago Shetland star opens up on 'big emotional scenes' as main character is linked to murder

The new series of Shetland kicked off this month as DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh are tasked with solving another sinister murder.

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68 h. ago Inside Shetland star Douglas Henshall's life now as Scots drama returns for tenth season

Shetland returned for its tenth season on Wednesday night but fans are still holding out hope that DI Jimmy Perez will make his return

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3 d. ago Shetland star bags major role in 'wickedly fun' revenge thriller

Actors from some of the best crime dramas of the past decade are teaming up for an outrageous new revenge thriller

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3 d. ago Shetland cast list in full as Gavin & Stacey star joins BBC drama for series 10

Shetland is back for series 10 and will see the much-loved team head to a small village in Scotland following the sinister murder of an elderly woman

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3 d. ago Shetland's Ruth Calder star pays heartfelt tribute as she 'welcomes new faces' to BBC series

This week, BBC viewers will see Ashley Jensen reprise her role as Ruth Calder as the 10th series of Shetland begins.

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3 d. ago BBC Shetland cast list in full as Line of Duty and Sherlock stars join line

Gavin & Stacey and Amandaland star Samuel Anderson joins Shetland cast as Alison O’Donnell, Ashley Jensen, Steven Robertson and Lewis Howden reprise their roles

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4 d. ago Netflix unveils trailer for true crime doc about mother and son lost at sea

A new Netflix true crime documentary explores the disappearance of a mother and son on a fishing trip, and follows the widening investigation that linked their son to the unsolved murder of his grandfather

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4 d. ago Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor

Charismatic and relatable, the 34-year old energized voters – and provided a blueprint for other progressives to followTracker: live NYC mayoral election resultsUS politics live – latest updatesA year ago, Zohran Mamdani was a political unknown. Now, the 34-year-old democratic socialist will be New York’s first Muslim mayor with a profile that stretches far beyond the city, across America and indeed the world.The one-time underdog turned main character has had a meteoric rise. With a savvy social media presence and grassroots campaign that garnered international attention and galvanized thousands of first-time voters - many of whom are young or people of color, or both - Mamdani has provided a blueprint for canvassing to progressives online. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Baby heartache, Carla rumbles Becky and Fiz at breaking point

Coronation Street airs huge and emotional scenes next week, as well as drama, hints at some secrets and a character at breaking point on the ITV soap, with twists ahead

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6 d. ago BBC Shetland star recalls moment filming was halted as major scene disrupted

Ashley Jenson became the lead character of Shetland after taking over from DI Jimmy Perez back in 2023 and the Scottish actress has let slip with fans can expect from the new series

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9 d. ago Shetland's Tosh star says 'it was time' as she opens up on character change

BBC crime drama Shetland is set to return for a 10th series in November

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1 week ago Heart the Lover by Lily King review – a love story to treasure

A companion novel to the brilliant Writers & Lovers, this delightfully witty tale of college romance matures into midlife poignancyThe university experience is a risky business in fiction. Generally, the feelings are intense, but the stakes are low; it’s all very formative for the individual character, but it can feel a bit trivial to anyone else. In fact, reading an account of someone’s university days is surely only one or two stages removed from having to hear about the dream they had last night.So my heart initially sank at Heart the Lover’s cover promise that our main character would soon be “swept into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games” – good grief, save me from the raucous card games! But obviously the caveat here is what it always is: a good writer will make it matter. I had faith, therefore, that everything would be all right, since Lily King is an exceptionally good writer. Indeed, she could probabl...

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1 week ago Strictly's Vito Coppola's secret way of supporting Ellie Goldstein behind the scenes

Vito Coppola has a few different methods for supporting Ellie Goldstein behind the scenes of Strictly Come Dancing, including one emotional catchphrase he uses to reassure her

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1 week ago Shetland's Tosh star pays tribute to Ashley Jensen as they detail on

Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell are set to reprise their roles as DI Ruth Calder and DS Lorna Tosh McIntosh in the tenth series of Shetland.

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1 week ago Shetland star Ashley Jensen's plane forced to divert in horror weather

Ashley Jensen returns to Shetland, joining Alison O'Donnell in the 10th series of the crime drama. But her trip to the set from her home in Bath was not smooth sailing.

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1 week ago BBC Shetland's Ashley Jensen's plane forced to divert in horror weather

Ashley Jensen is back as Ruth Calder in Shetland's 10th season, joining Alison O'Donnell in the new series. But her trip to the set of the BBC crime drama was severely rattled.

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1 week ago Shetland star reveals Ashley Jensen picked up an unlikely hobby during filming of new series

SHETLAND star Ashley Jensen won’t have the wool pulled over her eyes in the new series of the cop drama – after her crofter co-star got her in a spin. The Scots actress, 56, returns as DI Ruth Calder in the 10th run of the hit BBC drama following the brutal murder of an elderly...

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2 w. ago The Inbetweeners stars reunite ahead of show's reboot next year

All four of the show's main characters are said to be on board with a reboot of The Inbetweeners - and now more former cast members have added fuel to the fire

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2 w. ago ‘I wanted to do something more meaningful’: the Chinese nationals fighting for Ukraine

Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partnerIn a war that has been characterised by merciless attacks on civilians, one of the worst took place on 8 July 2024. Russia missile strikes killed at least 43 people in cities across Ukraine in one of the deadliest days of the war last year. One of the most shocking blows was to the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in central Kyiv, which reduced the country’s largest paediatric clinic to rubble.Tim, 43, was delivering aid on the outskirts of Kyiv when he heard a missile fly overhead. A short while later, he saw the news on his phone that the children’s hospital had been hit. Along with a British friend, the Chinese national, who asked to be referred to by just his English name, rushed to the scene to help with the recovery efforts. “Seeing the severed limbs, some of them belonging to children, I started crying,” the father-of-two said, tears in his eyes...

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