6 h. ago 'Must see' Netflix disaster movie based on harrowing real events

This overlooked film has an A-list cast that re-tells the 'heart-breaking' real-life story

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52 h. ago The Illegals by Shaun Walker review – gripping true stories of spies who lived deep undercover

An eye-opening account of the old Soviet tactic of embedding secret agents where you’d least expect themOne of the best series of the golden age of TV drama, The Americans (2013-2018), centred on a pair of Russian sleeper agents operating in suburban Washington DC during the height of the cold war. By day they seemed to be a boring married American couple; by night they set honey traps, sabotaged facilities, recruited traitors and assassinated enemies.That story was based in part on the real-life pair of “illegals” – as spies living under deep cover in civil society are called – Elena Vavilova and Andrey Bezrukov, who pretended to be Canadians living in Cambridge, Massachussetts, until their arrest and deportation in 2010. In reality, they weren’t so successful: owing to the turning of another Soviet agent, they were closely monitored by the FBI for years and never managed anything nefarious enough to make it worth charging them with espionage. Con...

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7 d. ago Doctor Who: Every actor who has played the Time Lord – Ncuti Gatwa to William Hartnell via David Tennant

Fourteen actors have played the Time Lord since the first episode of the hit BBC sci-fi drama in 1963

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7 d. ago Eurovision 2025: Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa will announce the UK's points during Eurovision Grand Final

The Doctor will deliver the results of the UK’s National Jury during the Eurovision Grand Final.

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7 d. ago UK's Eurovision spokesperson announced and they're out of this world

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will be the UK's Eurovision Song Contest spokesperson, delivering the results of the UK's National Jury live during the Grand Final

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7 d. ago Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa to announce UK's Eurovision jury votes in surprise BBC crossover

Ncuti Gatwa’s Eurovision appearance forms part of a massive night of ‘Super Saturday’ entertainment on the BBC

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7 d. ago Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa announced as UK’s Eurovision spokesperson

He will also be seen on screen in a Eurovision-themed Doctor Who episode which airs before the grand finale of the popular song contest.

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7 d. ago DAVID BECKHAM AT 50: The real story of football's 007, our tense encounter that I'm now forever grateful for and how he rewrote the rulebook, writes OLIVER HOLT

OLIVER HOLT: I wrote some harsh things about Beckham. But I was friends with his agent, Terry Byrne, and Terry asked me to meet him and Beckham at their offices in Madrid.

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7 d. ago Blake Lively delights in Another Simple Favour, but this is otherwise too silly a sequel

This straight-to-streaming follow-up to the 2018 hit – which reunites stars Lively and Anna Kendrick – is noticeably less sharp, dark, and sexy than its predecessor

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9 d. ago Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa shares 'lesson learned' from Hollywood co

The actor revealed his inspiration behind treating the cast and crew on set

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1 week ago ‘You have to be taken inside Poirot’s brain’: Ken Ludwig on the secret to adapting Agatha Christie

The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the NileIf you ever face a quiz question about the most performed theatre writers in the world, likely to have a play on somewhere every day, William Shakespeare, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Agatha Christie are all reliable answers but a fourth may surprise you: Ken Ludwig. He also has intriguing connections with the other three.The popularity that made the American wealthy enough to have donated £1m to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is partly due – apart from his own much-revived comedies, Lend Me a Tenor (1986) and Moon Over Buffalo (1995) – to Christie. Ludwig’s 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express has had hundreds of productions and is currently touring the UK. We meet when he is in London for a workshop on a second Hercule Poirot adaptation, Death on the Nile, which premieres in September. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Netflix's true crime drama with 'impressive' Rotten Tomatoes score to leave site in days

Netflix's Hatton Garden is a gripping true crime drama based on the real life story and fans have just days left to watch it

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1 week ago AD FEATURE: Immersive Titanic exhibition with genuine artefacts to come to Manchester this summer

Explore RMS Titanic's story as you’ve never seen before with real-life items from the ship and fascinating storytelling

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1 week ago Doctor Who Season 2 episode 3 review: didn't expect to see that again

Isn’t it exciting when Doctor Who pulls an old foe out of the vault? This time around, the writers have gone way back into the archives and pulled out a goodie: hello, the creepy invisible monster from Midnight.

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1 week ago Brutal birth examinations felt like rape. I was like an animal in an abattoir. Then the real nightmare began: Former MP THEO CLARKE's shattering story of giving birth in Britain today

The House of Commons is an intimidating place and, as I rose to speak, my voice wavered. What I hadn't reckoned on was how revisiting the birth of my daughter, Arabella, would affect me.

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2 w. ago Varada Sethu on her Doctor Who debut: 'I don't know how I'd deal with Ncuti Gatwa's level of fame'

The 32-year-old is stepping into one of the biggest roles on primetime television. She chats Andor, playing a pirate and being stopped in the street

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2 w. ago Kylian Mbappe gets damning response from Real Madrid fans that tells own story

Kylian Mbappe has enjoyed a very impressive first season with Real Madrid on a personal point of view but all does not seem well at the Santiago Bernabeu after their Champions League exit

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2 w. ago Skincare lovers save 47% on Liz Earle 'glow' range in deal that rivals Boots and LookFantastic

The British skincare brand has reduced its 'glow essentials' trio by 47%, meaning you can get three products to cleanse, tone and moisturise for less than £50

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2 w. ago Ncuti Gatwa opens up on BBC Doctor Who guest star who left him 'shocked'

Doctor Who continues tonight on BBC Oneas fans of the popular drama series get to know more about The Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa's new companion Belinda Chandra

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2 w. ago BBC Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa gushes over 'loveliest' guest co

Doctor Who series 13 continues tonight (April 19) and The Doctor Ncuti Gatwa has opened up about some of the guest stars who appear on the current season of the show

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