The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 3 – Chernobyl
This tale of the 1986 Soviet nuclear meltdown combined disaster movie and conspiracy thriller into a near-perfect example of TV making
Douglas Hodge: ‘I almost had to head-butt Harold Pinter’
He’s the musicals maestro who’s now starring in everything from Joker to Gemini Man. He reveals how he went from working men’s clubs to Hollywood – via a Pinteresque spell in theatre
Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash?
They’ve conquered the box office. Now it’s payback time. As they are attacked by film-makers like Martin Scorsese, are TV and movie superheroes fighting a losing battle against reality?
The week in TV: Dublin Murders; Living With Yourself; Giri/Haji and more – reviews
The BBC’s new cop hit brings brilliantly flawed humanity to familiar tropes, and Paul Rudd is literally at war with himself on Netflix
Living With Yourself review – are two Paul Rudds better than one?
Rudd is doubly charming in this cloning comedy-drama on Netflix, which riffs on identity, self-sabotage and the lives we wish we were leading
El Camino: is the Breaking Bad movie worth the wait? Discuss with spoilers
The long-awaited return of Jesse Pinkman has landed on Netflix, along with some other surprise characters …
Anna Quayle obituary
Multitalented actor best remembered as Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mrs Fletcher review – Kathryn Hahn charms in thought-provoking comedy
A HBO series based on Tom Perrotta’s excellent novel about porn and consent offers up wit, intelligence and a remarkable central performance
Downton Abbey review – ridiculous, vanilla-flavoured fun
Imelda Staunton joins Maggie Smith and co in this standalone film that feels like an intensely glucose Christmas special
Cara Delevingne on her big TV breakthrough: ‘I don’t want an easy ride’
Her eyebrows launched 1,000 photoshoots but now the top model is making it big on screen – as an exiled faerie in a fantasy thriller opposite Orlando Bloom
The New Pope review – enter a seductively camp John Malkovich
Jude Law haunts Paolo Sorrentino’s glorious follow-up to The Young Pope, but Malkovich’s purring pontiff-in-waiting is divine
El Camino: what can we expect from Netflix’s Breaking Bad movie?
After five seasons, the acclaimed show is returning for a TV ‘event’ with speculation rampant over what’s in store for Jesse
Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in TV series
Oscar-winning actor will become the former first lady in a show that will explore the personal and political lives of first ladies
Netflix announces Breaking Bad film starring Aaron Paul
Actor to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in a sequel nearly six years after show’s finale
Game of Thrones’ Daniel Portman: ‘People expect Podrick – that’s not what they get’
Renowned as the squire and surprise Casanova in Thrones, the star is now wrestling with audiences in Edinburgh. He talks about his meteoric rise to fame and why he won’t be going back to school