2 h. ago 'Incredible' period drama fans can't stop talking about now streaming on BBC

Fans are going wild for the BBC drama, which tells the true story of landowner and industrialist Anne Lister - who was known as the first 'modern lesbian'

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43 h. ago The London socialite. His aristocrat killer. And a mother’s search for justice

The brutal, ketamine-fuelled killing of public schoolboy Alex Morgan shocked the world. In our new chart-topping true-crime podcast, we tell the real story

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46 h. ago The true story behind A Widow’s Game is even wilder than the Netflix film

A Spanish true-crime drama about the so-called ‘Black Widow of Patraix’ is a firm favourite with Netflix viewers. Katie Rosseinsky looks at the harrowing case behind the streaming hit

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3 d. ago 'Charming and unusual' film based on true story axed by BBC in just days

The Phantom of the Open is a biographical film based on the life of Maurice Flitcroft, who notoriously shot the worst round in the history of the Open Championship in 1976

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3 d. ago America's most notorious prison escapee is now in love with an everyday mom... who is allowed extraordinary access to her 10

A cop killer renowned for an audacious jailbreak is now escaping the hell of solitary confinement by playing the doting father figure to his lover's little girl on the outside, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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3 d. ago Extraordinary story of America's most notorious prison escapee, the mom who loves him... and her daughter, 10, who hangs his creepy art on her walls

A cop killer renowned for an audacious jailbreak is now escaping the hell of solitary confinement by playing the doting father figure to his lover's little girl on the outside, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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3 d. ago Emotional true story behind BBC's What It Feels Like for a Girl as fans praise 'electric' drama

The eight-episode series explores escape, self-discovery and self-destruction

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4 d. ago Dark true story behind hit drama What It Feels Like For a Girl: Transgender author Paris Lees endured horrific sexual abuse and was jailed at 16

Critics have commended the BBC 's adaptation of journalist Paris Lees' memoir, What It Feels Like for a Girl, which looks at the British writer's tumultuous history and at times dark journey.

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4 d. ago A Family Matter by Claire Lynch review – powerful debut about lesbian mothers in the 80s

A woman is forced to rethink her childhood after she learns that her mother was denied custody, in a decade blighted by homophobiaFor a writer, the 1980s bear rich, dark fruit. The social and political turbulence of the decade provides the perfect landscape for Claire Lynch’s dual-timeline debut novel A Family Matter, which alternates between 1982 and the present day. On the surface, it is the story of a father-daughter relationship. Heron – an elderly man deeply fond of rules and routine – has recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis, but rather than share it with his grownup daughter, Maggie, who now has a family of her own, he chooses to bear the burden alone. As we learn that Heron raised Maggie by himself, it’s clear this urge to shield his only child from harm is a continuous theme. There is no mention of another parent, just that Heron was divorced many decades ago; it’s only when Lynch takes us back to 1982 that we discover the true story.When Maggie was a toddler,...

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6 d. ago Is Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs' new movie The Salt Path based on a true story?

The Salt Path stars Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson as a couple who embark on a 630-mile walk after suffering a number of life-changing setbacks - but is the new movie based on a true story?

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7 d. ago Sir David Jason reveals how his long lost daughter discovered his identity and says despite being 'astonished' to discover he had a secret child it's become a true 'happy ever after' story

The actor, 84, learned of his secret child after 52-years in 2023 following a brief relationship with actress Jennifer Hill during a stage production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk in 1970.

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8 d. ago The Salt Path is a tale of homelessness that’s just too neat and tidy

Based on the true story of a couple blighted by a painful diagnosis and the loss of their home, this drama ultimately becomes yet another pat story about how reconnecting with nature is good for the soul

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9 d. ago The Netflix period drama based on a true story that fans are raving about

The Wonder is a historical drama that tells the story of a 'fasting girl' who claims to live without food and water - and the English nurse who is sent to investigate

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1 week ago 'Powerful' war film tells true story of life behind enemy lines for troops

Seven Lost is a 2021 independent war film that follows a group of Latino American soldiers who get stranded behind enemy lines in the Italian wilderness during World War II

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1 week ago No meat, no beer and hopefully no poison: the curious tale of Hitler’s food tasters

Based on Margot Wölk’s extraordinary account, Silvio Soldini’s film The Tasters sees a group of women seemingly risk their lives with each bite. But does the story add up?The story is almost too compelling to be true: a group of war-weary young women, long deprived of sufficient food, are herded together to dine on abundant vegetarian delicacies three times a day. The only price: risking their lives with each bite as they may have consumed deadly poison intended for Adolf Hitler.The extraordinary account by then 95-year-old Margot Wölk created a sensation when it first appeared in a Berlin tabloid more than a decade ago. Her decision to break what she called decades of silence about her wartime experiences captured the imagination of German reporters, then global media, finally inspiring a documentary, two novels and a play. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Is Little Disasters based on a true story? Writer opens up on her own 'intrusive thoughts'

Little Disasters is based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Vaughan - and the author has opened up about the personal experiences that inspired the book

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1 week ago BBC spy thriller hailed as 'the best series about a true story in a long time' finally lands on Netflix

The six-part programme, The Trial of Christine Keeler, reenacts the story of the 1960s Profumo affair.

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2 w. ago Cameron Carter Vickers reveals true Celtic story behind viral Rangers darts troll as he pins the blame on teammate

The American was caught on camera holding a #119 sign days after beating Gers in the League Cup Final to increase total trophy haul

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2 w. ago Cameron Carter Vickers reveals true Celtic story behind viral Rangers darts troll after '119' trophy boast

The American was caught on camera holding a #119 sign days after beating Gers in the League Cup Final to increase total trophy haul

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2 w. ago Disney+ has just dropped its ‘gripping’ answer to The Queen's Gambit fans are calling a ‘masterpiece’

Don’t let this captivating series based on an unbelievable true story fly under the radar

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