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Nicole Kidman stars as "iconic literary character" in first look at star-studded detective thriller as release date confirmed

A pink cricket ball on grass.

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Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler and Jake Connelly as Derek in Stranger Things

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Vecna holds Will in front of him telekinetically in a scene from Stranger Things 5

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Sky's new Amadeus adaptation releases stunning first-look trailer and confirms release date

Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in Stranger Things season 5

Stranger Things season 5 release date, cast and latest news

Classic 00s EastEnders star confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special

Streaming

The Champions League trophy, with blue and red ribbons, on a glass plinth.

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Winona Ryder stars in Stranger Things 5; here, Joyce looks worried about something, holding her hands clasped together to her face

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Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim, in all black and black gloves, looks down in frustration as he crouches on the touchline at Old Trafford.

Monday Night Football pundit Jamie Carragher takes aim at Ruben Amorim after Man Utd defeat

Olaide Sadiq against a white backdrop with a house cut-out, wearing a green skirt and black top.

Grenfell: Uncovered's Olaide Sadiq – "I wanted to honour the victims but also make people angry"

Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in Stranger Things all putting their hands in the middle of the group and looking at each other while standing in the woods.

Stranger Things creators reveal "very emotional" reactions to ending scenes – as stars talk final goodbye.

Naomi Watts and Kim Kardashian sat at a desk in All's Fair.

Kim Kardashian series All’s Fair gets future confirmed following critical mauling and ahead of season finale

Soaps

Diane, Tony, Ant, Ro and Dee-Dee Hutchinson with Mercedes McQueen, Frankie Osborne and Gemma Johnson in front of a wintery Dog in the Pond in Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks 2025 winter preview: Major death revealed as Diane Hutchinson and Gemma Johnson plot to bring down Mercedes McQueen

Will, Maggie, Ben and Ollie Driscoll with Eva and Susie Price, Becky Swain, Gail Platt and Debbie Webster in a festive Coronation Street

Coronation Street 2025 Christmas preview: Gail Platt icon returns amid a tragic death and brutal assault

A tense conversation between Jasmine and Cindy in EastEnders

EastEnders' Cindy Beale fears for her life as sinister Jasmine Fisher lurks in the shadows in BBC iPlayer release

Entertainment

Alex Kingston resting on Johannes Radebe's shoulder with her arms raised in the air, smiling ahead.

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 songs and dances confirmed for Week 10

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly for Strictly Come Dancing, both wearing white and smiling at the camera, stood in the studio.

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2025 cast: Confirmed line-up so far

Bobby, Jasmine, Nicole, Benaiah, Ollie, Demi stood in their couples smiling ahead.

Love Is Blind UK casting producer reveals efforts to bring everyone’s love stories to the screen

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Drama

David Tennant and Luke Pasqualino in Rivals leaning in and chatting while standing at a party, wearing suits.

Rivals and Ludwig win big at International Emmy Awards 2025 – and so does Line of Duty favourite

Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis); she is photographed standing in a church

Hit Channel 4 drama confirms return with beloved Doctor Who guest star joining the cast in first-look images

Images of the cast of Call the Midwife, Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors and David Attenborough side by side.

BBC confirms Christmas 2025 TV line-up – from Call the Midwife to The Traitors and David Attenborough

Sci-fi

Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor in Doctor Who. He is stood on the edge of the TARDIS doors, which is floating in space, with his arms out as his character regenerates, with his chest engulfed in a yellow glow

Doctor Who finale script sheds new light on Ncuti Gatwa's surprise regeneration into Billie Piper

Peter Capaldi's Doctor in Doctor Who looking panicked with a blue sky and trees in the background alongside a 60 Days of Doctor Who picture label.

Doctor Who soundtrack from Peter Capaldi era finally gets release date confirmed

Frazer Hines as Jamie, Deborah Watling as Victoria, and Patrick Troughton as the Doctor) filming The Enemy of the World in November 1967 at Littlehampton Beach in Sussex

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Comedy

Everybody Loves Raymond reunion

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Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys, sat at the kitchen table and reading a newspaper

Mrs Brown's Boys star's BBC sitcom special with "shed full of laughs" gets first look amid major production update

Ricky Gervais wearing a black t-shirt with his mouth open

Ricky Gervais's latest Netflix stand-up special gets release date confirmed - and it's very soon

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Documentaries

Judi Dench sitting on a green chair, leaning over to one direction, resting her head on her hand.

Judi Dench "wants to carry on" amid sight issues as British acting legend investigates her family history with Shakespeare.

A dog stood next to clothes on the floors with cars parked up next to it.

What happened to Morgan Duncan? True story behind Netflix's Missing: Dead or Alive

Nathan Harman and John Chakalos in a side by side image.

What happened to Nathan Carman and did he kill Linda Carman and John Chakalos?

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Max Branning, Nigel Bates, Sam Mitchell, Pat Evans and Cindy Beale in a snowy Albert Square scene in EastEnders

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England captain Ben Stokes, in Test whites, leads his team, in Test whites, onto the field.

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Ben Stokes sitting among the England squad

The Ashes 2025/26 highlights: Catch-up, on-demand and replays

Ben Stokes bowling during a practice session

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