Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban ruleFrom a tiny television studio in Paris, 4,500 miles from Kabul, a raft of programmes geared towards women and presented by female hosts beams 24 hour…
Choice of Thilo Mischke, author of Around the World In 80 Women, for ARDโs flagship arts show criticisedMore than 100 prominent German writers and artists have signed an open letter refusing to appear on one of Germanyโs top culture programmes on publi…
The Danish star of the BBCโs Dracula, Ruben รstlundโs The Square and the new historical action-adventure William Tell is here to answer your questionsClaes Bang (โClaesโ rhymes with โfaceโ, in case you were wondering) only became an actor by chance, af…
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britainโs greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer travels to Europe to solve the mysteryA bunch of twerps are floundering in …
Unique experiment in German-language public broadcasting 3sat faces pressure from populist rightIn many countries around the world, breakfast TV means celeยญbrity interviews, soap operas and last nightโs football highlights. On the German-language chann…
Americans may think itโs all pasta and wise nonnas โ but the Netflix star could easily wind up at a Lord of the Rings-themed neo-fascist rallyAmong the Instagram characters created by the Italian comedian Giorgia Fumo, the one that resonates the most w…
Fifth season of series to play out between Paris and Rome after cameos of Eternal City in fourth-season episodesStanding in the shadow of Romeโs most-famous monument, Gabriela Sirtoli, a tourist from Brazil, admitted that the Italian capital was not qu…
Hugely successful Netflix show has been a boon to French tourism but latest season takes events to RomeIt is shameless fantasy, from high heels on cobblestones to sanitised streets free of litter and dog poo, a suspiciously blue River Seine, no homeles…
Despite criticism of the series in France, Macron will appear as herself in the showโs fourth season when new episodes arrive on ThursdayFrench first lady Brigitte Macron will make a cameo appearance as herself in the Netflix series Emily in Paris when…
Programme uses simpler sentences and explains topics slowly for people who struggle with Dutch languageThe Dutch public broadcaster NOS has launched an evening news programme using โeasy languageโ aimed at 2.5 million people in the Netherlands who stru…
To watch this documentary about the one-time comedianโs astonishing journey to statesmanship is to feel that youโre witnessing the birth of a heroItโs such an astonishing story that you wouldnโt dare make it up. And yet someone already had, which is pa…
How a TV star playing a fictional leader went on to lead Ukraine. Plus: Rob and Romesh perform a Metallica classic at Download. Hereโs what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two
It is not a new story, but it is remarkable and almost unbelievable โ the TV …
Venice film festival docudrama September 5 about TV crew that covered the 1972 Olympics crisis has lessons for the smartphone era, says its directorThe 1972 Munich Olympics were the first to be broadcast live by global satellite from continent to conti…
Atonement director hopes viewers get swept along by M: Son of the Century as โto demonise these characters absolves us of moral responsibilityโHe built up violent paramilitary gangs and terrorised political opponents, suspended democracy in favour of a…
Prosecutor says it cannot be proved the Dutch contestant caused โserious fearโ in backstage incident involving camera operatorSweden has closed an investigation into the Dutch Eurovision contestant Joost Klein, who was disqualified from the 2024 final …
Reimagined Y2K-era micro-jacket is ideal for erratic weather and Olivia Rodrigo to Bella Hadid are early adoptersEmily in Paris, the hit Netflix show that follows the American expat Emily Cooper as she navigates the French capital, is known for outragi…
Remaining 800 residents evacuated from last block still standing at Le Vele di Scampia, setting for hit TV series Two people have died and 13 were injured after the partial collapse of a raised passageway on a building in a dilapidated housing estate o…
Conservative groups hope to force local referendums in potential host cities for 2025 song contestConservative groups are threatening to block Switzerland from hosting next yearโs Eurovision by forcing budget referendums on potential host cities, sayin…
The voice of Gaelic football and hurling for half a century, RTร Radio commentatorโs wry, deadpan remarks were sporting folkoreWhen the time came for Mรญcheรกl ร Muircheartaigh to leave the field and discover if there are Gaelic Games in the afterlife, I…
Hiam Abbass, AKA Marcia Roy from Succession, returns to the village she left 30 years ago to become an actor, with her daughter Lina Soualem behind the cameraHiam Abbass is the Franco-Palestinian actor who has been a consistent presence in internationa…
Heart-lifting adaptation of Doyleโs childrenโs novel follows cheeky 12-year-old Mia as she faces the loss of her beloved grannyRoddy Doyleโs novel for kids, about childhood grief, has been turned into a gorgeous family animation with a big heart, charm…
This gut-punch documentary about the deaths of more than 500 asylum seekers โ and the masked men rounding up refugees โ makes a specific, horrific allegation. There should be severe consequencesWe live in an age of overlapping crises, of too many red l…
Irish TV reporters interview evacuees after fire alarm, only to find incredibly upbeat Hollywood starDublin TV viewers watching news coverage on Wednesday night of a hotel fire were surprised to find themselves tuning in to an interview with a Hollywoo…
Maria Fredrikssonโs unflinching documentary about Norwegian siblings who spy a painting of the spit of their dead sister then realise itโs actually her long lost twin navigates secrets, suicide and even Nazis. The revelations just keep comingKari and M…
Cannes film festivalFirst-time actor Agathe Riedinger is a wannabe influencer from the wrong side of the tracks in this forthright and fluent filmFeature first-timer Agathe Riedinger is bringing the TikTok energy for this story of a wannabe Insta influ…
European Broadcasting Union says Dutch broadcasterโs version of events does not correspond with witness accountsThe organisers of the Eurovision song contest have defended their decision to disqualify the Netherlandsโ contestant just hours before last …
Klein may be charged over alleged threats and face a fine if convicted, after a member of the production crew made a complaint to policeJoost Klein, the Netherlandsโ Eurovision contestant who was disqualified from the competition just hours before the …
Why did Olly Alexander fall flat in the public vote? Why didnโt Abba show up? And how did the trophy get smashed?It was the most politically charged Eurovision song contest in memory โ but it was won by a famously neutral nation. As the glittery dust s…
Avorotros says Joost Kleinโs disqualification โdisproportionateโ after incident involving female member of production crewEurovision 2024 โ follow it liveThe Dutch broadcaster who sent the countryโs entry to Eurovision has said the decision to disquali…
Seven-part series set in fictional Cork village is coupleโs first foray into scripted television for streaming serviceWhen Barack and Michelle Obama visited Ireland in 2011 they drank Guinness, visited the birthplace of the presidentโs great-great-grea…
With a long track record of international spats and political statements, rows have become a familiar part of the showThis yearโs Eurovision song contest has been increasingly overshadowed by protests over Israelโs participation during its continuing w…
Competing rallies are on the streets, Netherlandsโ entrant is under investigation and others complain music is being overshadowedThe official motto of the 68th edition of Eurovision is โunited by musicโ, but as the continentโs beglittered and sequined …
Thousands had marched against the countryโs inclusion in Saturdayโs final but Eden Golanโs entry was voted throughIsrael has made it through to the final of the Eurovision song contest, setting the stage for a tense and politically charged event in Mal…
Singer says her country needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russiaโs invasionUkraineโs former Eurovision winner Jamala has said her country โcannot affordโ to boycott the song contest because it needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russiaโs …
Man who emerges from German TV series is a far cry from myth of tortured artist alienated from his family and jobThe word โkafkaesqueโ has come to describe the sensation of powerlessness when dealing with bureaucratic systems; of getting lost in labyri…
Cian ร Cรญobhรกinโs show, โone of the most radical in the worldโ, has been beguiling listeners in Irish for 25 years. Others, from Warsaw to Lyon, offer similar musical adventuresIn the early 2000s, trudging through the static of mainstream radio, I stum…
Thirty years ago, Riverdanceโs groundbreaking Eurovision interval performance ignited a new generationโs devotion to Irish dancingEvery Irish dancer remembers the first time they watched Riverdance. For many, that bolt from the blue struck 30 years ago…
Netflix hit series based on Patricia Highsmith novel brings prospect of surge in visitors to Atrani area of Amalfi coastWhen Andrew Scottโs eponymous character in the hit new Netflix series Ripley travels from Naples to the village of Atrani, the ricke…
Chris Keil on the significance of the Portuguese entry for the 1974 competition. Plus John Lovelock on Abbaโs appealAlexis Petridisโs article (Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!, 5 April) didnโt mention the o…
Israelโs inclusion in the lineup while war rages in Gaza may lead to the most controversial contest everBehind pink metal barriers at Malmรถโs Folkets park, with signs of spring emerging from the flower beds, pictures of Abbaโs Agnetha and Anni-Frid wat…
Fifty years since Abba won with Waterloo, fans are paying tribute to a pop classic. Its status is a far cry from its origins in a celebration of weedy pop and dodgy lyrics โ and, whisper it, โnul pointsโ from BritainFifty years on, the footage of Abba …
In this distressingly intimate film, Ukrainian soldiers as young as 19 carry their dying comrades through a freezing forest as the sky turns red with gunfire. Their horror and humanity will never leave youUkraine: Enemy in the Woods is a surgically pre…
The Line of Duty actor and Phil MacHugh go skiing and meet the countryโs youngest MP. Plus: The Great Escape: The True Story. Hereโs what to watch this evening Continue reading…
Depiction of a romantic relationship between king and his general in Alexander: The Making of a God sparks furoreGreeceโs minister for culture has criticised a Netflix drama-documentary about Alexander the Great as โextremely poor-quality fictionโ and …
Frenetic adventures of tiger-striped penguin and chums resume in sequel that might appeal to the under-fivesWho knows; maybe there has been a clamour out there for a follow up to the 2017 animation The Jungle Bunch? I have to confess I couldnโt remembe…
Network says role will be recast after Ukraine hit out over casting of Serbian for new seasonThe makers of hit TV show the White Lotus have dropped actor Miloลก Bikoviฤ from the upcoming series after criticism from Ukraine over the Serbian nativeโs ties…
Our flawed and frequently ridiculous leaders emerge from this follow-up documentary with little credit. Yet despite the calamitous subject matter, the chaos is often downright funnyWhen disaster looms, western world leaders talk. They hold meetings, co…
They took a party game, combined it with a historical novel and turned it into a Claudia Winkelman-fronted smash hit. How is the Netherlands so great at creating addictive TV formats?If youโre one of the millions of viewers biting your nails each week …
Serbian Miloลก Bikoviฤ was awarded a medal by Vladimir Putin and supports Russian invasion, says KyivRussia-Ukraine war โ latest updatesUkraineโs foreign ministry has criticised the US TV network HBO for giving a Serbian actor it says backs Russiaโs inv…
Announcement comes less than a week after Denmarkโs longest serving monarch abdicated the throneHaving abdicated the Danish throne after 52 years on exactly the same date she became queen โ and announced her surprise decision live on TV with just two w…
Best-selling American author says the new Netflix-endorsed city break doesnโt show the best features of her adopted home โ free preschool, university and healthcare The news flashed up like a red bรฉret: Netflix has endorsed a real-life Emily in Paris-t…
French and German politicians are in a standoff over a quota designed to boost European productionsBrussels must not โshut the doorโ on British film and television, MEPs have said, as the European Commission mulls excluding the UK from a quota system d…
From Sudanese refugees risking death to enter Poland to Latvians honouring fallen Russian soldiers, this is a fascinating, and upsetting, look at existing alongside the invaders of UkraineIt is a folly to judge a book by its cover and, by the same logi…
This distressing documentary outlines in a clear and accessible way the beginning of the mass execution of Jews under Hitlerโs regime. Vital viewingWendy Lower, historian and author of several books on the second world war and the Holocaust, calls them…
The Price of Truth looks at Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta. Plus: Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood. Hereโs what to watch this evening Continue reading…
Sacking of star presenter over pay scandal stirs debate about his treatment by Irish broadcasterIrelandโs national broadcaster faces an uncertain future after axing its star presenter, Ryan Tubridy, in a scandal over under-declared payments.RTร surpris…
National broadcasterโs director-general says negotiations for star presenterโs return ended after breakdown of trustThe Irish national broadcaster, RTร, has announced Ryan Tubridy will not be returning to his presenting role after a controversy over th…
Netflix show already familiar to anyone with primary school age children, features its heroes crimefighting and teenage yearning in an extended episodeIf youโre the owner of a primary school age child and a Netflix subscription, youโre probably already…
Known as one of the few cartoons that parents of pre-school kids can enjoy too, this is a tiny bit more grown up, but still a gorgeous, wholesome delightโItโs another glorious morning on Puffin Rock.โ For parents of small children, Chris OโDowdโs voice…
