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The Pitt doesn’t make HBO Max worth a subscription

The Pitt doesn’t make HBO Max worth a subscription

HBO Max is the latest streaming channel trying to lure you into yet another of those £10 a month subscription contracts you only remember having...

19.04.2026 10

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James Delingpole

The Pitt doesn’t make HBO Max worth a subscription

The Pitt doesn’t make HBO Max worth a subscription

HBO Max is the latest streaming channel trying to lure you into yet another of those subscription contracts you only remember having signed up for...

18.04.2026 10

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James Delingpole

Television / HBO Max isn’t worth subscribing to

Television / HBO Max isn’t worth subscribing to

HBO Max is the latest streaming channel trying to lure you into yet another of those £10 a month subscription contracts you only remember having...

15.04.2026 10

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James Delingpole

HBO Max isn’t worth subscribing to

HBO Max isn’t worth subscribing to

HBO Max is the latest streaming channel trying to lure you into yet another of those £10 a month subscription contracts you only remember having...

09.04.2026 10

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Goodwill will not save Claudia Winkleman’s new chat show

Claudia Winkleman has a chat show on the BBC. I’m struggling to understand why this is a story but I listened to an entertainment-industry podcast...

26.03.2026 10

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Television / Goodwill will not save Claudia Winkleman’s new chat show

Claudia Winkleman has a chat show on the BBC. I’m struggling to understand why this is a story but I listened to an entertainment-industry podcast...

26.03.2026 10

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Television / Life could be worse – you could be Jonathan Ross

‘Oh dear, you look like an old person,’ said Girl, greeting me in the interval of the Bach choir’s St Matthew Passion at the Royal Festival...

18.03.2026 6

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Television / Life could be worse – you could be Jonathan Ross

‘Oh dear, you look like an old person,’ said Girl, greeting me in the interval of the Bach choir’s St Matthew Passion at the Royal Festival...

18.03.2026 10

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James Delingpole

Television / Life could be worse – you could be Jonathan Ross

‘Oh dear, you look like an old person,’ said Girl, greeting me in the interval of the Bach choir’s St Matthew Passion at the Royal Festival...

12.03.2026 20

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Enjoyably old-fashioned: ITV’s The Lady reviewed

I lasted all of five minutes with Netflix’s tasting menu-length Being Gordon Ramsay. This surprised me, because I’ve long had a bit of a soft spot...

11.03.2026 20

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Television / Enjoyably old-fashioned: ITV’s The Lady reviewed

I lasted all of five minutes with Netflix’s tasting menu-length Being Gordon Ramsay. This surprised me, because I’ve long had a bit of a soft spot...

26.02.2026 10

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James Delingpole

Enjoyably old-fashioned: ITV's The Lady reviewed

I lasted all of five minutes with Netflix’s tasting menu-length Being Gordon Ramsay. This surprised me, because I’ve long had a bit of a soft spot...

26.02.2026 10

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The BBC’s Lord of the Flies is mesmerically brilliant

12.02.2026 10

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Television / Gripping: Amazon Prime’s The Tank reviewed

02.02.2026 10

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Gripping: Amazon Prime’s The Tank reviewed

29.01.2026 10

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Television / Why has it all gone wrong for The Night Manager?

15.01.2026 10

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Why has it all gone wrong for The Night Manager?

15.01.2026 40

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The key to Midsomer Murders' enduring appeal

01.01.2026 30

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Television / The Beast in Me is surprisingly addictive

05.12.2025 20

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Pluribus is a mess

20.11.2025 20

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Film and TV are run by satanists

06.11.2025 10

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A great comedy about a terrible sport

23.10.2025 10

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Television / Excruciating: Netflix’s House of Guinness reviewed

09.10.2025 10

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Believe it or not, Russia is great

27.09.2025 40

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Believe it or not, Russia is great

25.09.2025 10

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Alien: Earth is wantonly disrespectful to the canon

21.08.2025 20

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Television / I love how awful My Oxford Year is

19.08.2025 10

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I love how awful My Oxford Year is

14.08.2025 20

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Worth watching for Momoa’s gibbous-moon buttocks alone

07.08.2025 10

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Video / Long live YouTube! It has been good to conspiracists like me

05.08.2025 10

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The demise of South Park

31.07.2025 10

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Television / Turgid, vacuous, portentous: The Sandman reviewed

23.07.2025 10

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Television / Turgid, vacuous, portentous: The Sandman reviewed

23.07.2025 9

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Television / The Simpsons may be genius – but it’s also evil

08.07.2025 8

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Television / The Simpsons may be genius – but it’s also evil

08.07.2025 9

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Television / The Simpsons may be genius – but it’s also evil

03.07.2025 10

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Television / Style, wit and pace: Netflix’s Dept. Q reviewed

19.06.2025 10

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Style, wit and pace: Netflix’s Dept. Q reviewed

19.06.2025 10

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Excruciating: Sirens reviewed

05.06.2025 10

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If you are of a certain age, you’ll really enjoy Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons

22.05.2025 10

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Television / Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed

20.05.2025 10

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Television / Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed

15.05.2025 10

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Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed

15.05.2025 20

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Confection of sex, bad history and nonsense: Apple TV+’s Carême reviewed

08.05.2025 10

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MobLand / It should be illegal for TV baddies to profit from their psychopathic acts

24.04.2025 10

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It should be illegal for TV baddies to profit from their psychopathic acts

24.04.2025 10

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Surprisingly good: Amazon Prime’s Last One Laughing reviewed

10.04.2025 10

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Dope Thief is a cut above your usual inner-city crime-drama porn

27.03.2025 10

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Tables turned / The downfall of climate change poster boy Michael Mann

24.03.2025 20

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The downfall of climate change poster boy Michael Mann

20.03.2025 50

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