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Documentary

August 2024

  • Alexandra Farmer from Whitby wildlife sanctuary in Yorkshire By the Sea

    TV review
    Yorkshire By the Sea review – God’s own country lives up to its name in every gorgeous shot

    The towns are beautiful, the wildlife stunning, the people lovely: this piece of quintessential summer filler is a charming (if lightweight) watch
  • Freddie Flintoff smiles to camera while throwing a cricket ball from one hand to the other with men and boys behind him, some with cricket bats, in front of a brightly coloured wooden building

    ‘I’m different to what I was’: Freddie Flintoff tells of life after horrific accident

    Former England all-rounder opens up about 2022 crash as he takes a group of youngsters on a cricket tour of India
    • TV review
      Titanic In Colour review – a gripping history, once you’ve made it through three minutes of staring at a carpet

    • Observer TV reviews
      The week in TV: Paris Olympics 2024; Atomic People; Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy; House of the Dragon – review

    • TV review
      Cowboy Cartel review – a tale told so poorly even the talking heads call it ‘anti-climactic’

July 2024

  • A woman poses for the camera wearing a yellow blouse and purple trousers

    ‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor

  • Roger Stone in A Storm Foretold.

    TV review
    A Storm Foretold review – a terrifying glimpse into Trump’s time in the White House

  • Rock musician and actor Steven Van Zandt

    TV review
    Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple review – seeing Springsteen’s sidekick take on apartheid is an air-punch moment

  • Melvyn Bragg sitting at a table opposite Tracey Emin in her studio with her paintings in the background.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Art Matters; Surviving the Post Office; The Decameron; Time Bandits – review

  • Prince Harry: decision to take on tabloids contributed to family ‘rift’

  • ‘Greed, power and fame’: inside pop music’s biggest Ponzi scheme

  • TV review
    Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam review – the shocking, surreal swindle behind ‘NSync

  • Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Those About to Die; Lady in the Lake; The Jetty; Simone Biles Rising – review

  • ‘My testicles were on fire for weeks’: the sex movie craze that swept 70s Britain

  • TV review
    Simone Biles: Rising review – the greatest gymnast of all time sets the record straight

  • Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Wimbledon; Euro 2024; GF Newman Remembers… Law and Order; The Turkish Detective; Spent; Sunny – review

  • Flashback
    Reggie Yates looks back: ‘I went from a council estate to working with the people I watched on TV’

  • The seven best shows to stream this week
    Those About to Die to Lady in the Lake: the seven best shows to watch on TV this week

  • ‘They couldn’t stop themselves’: what do we really know about serial killers?

  • Do you struggle to accept rejection? We could all learn a lot from American cheerleaders

    Emma Beddington
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