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Jim Howick and Katherine Parkinson star in Here We Go; their characters are shoulder-to-shoulder in coats, with a 'happy new year' sign in the background behind them; they look somewhat flustered, with Jim's character also bearing a sore-looking red graze on his cheek

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Jools Holland sat down on a chair, smiling ahead.

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EastEnders character Max Branning, loosening his tie and wearing a navy wedding suit and a blood-stained buttonhole in front of some red and yellow fireworks.

EastEnders reveals gunshot terror and 2027 flash-forward clues in New Year's Eve BBC iPlayer release

Three-panel close-up of film characters: a tense Leonardo DiCaprio in a dark hood from One Battle After Another, a wounded Michael B Jordan with blood on his chest from Sinners, and a smiling Renée Zellweger holding a red notebook from Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

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Adrian Greensmith, Elle de Lange, Ellie Henry, James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver walking across a university campus with boxes in hand, walking towards a building and smiling.

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Noah Schnapp as Will Byers and Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers in Stranger Things. They are both bathed in red light and looking up.

Stranger Things season 5 just broke a new record for Netflix ahead of finale release

A clapperboard with the word Corriedale emblazoned in bold across it.

Corriedale director reveals "nerve-racking" challenges filming Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover

Latest news

Timotheé Chalamet as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme

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Hudson Williams' Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie's Ilya Rozanov getting cosy in Heated Rivalry. Heated Rivalry

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A dirty and disheveled Bear Wolf sits alone holding his hand in a barn in Emmerdale

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Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked: For Good.

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Comment and Opinion

Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in Stranger Things season 5, sitting on his bed and looking solemn

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An official promo image for Fallout season 2, showing Ella Purnell in her blue vault suit holding a gun with the New Vegas sign in the background.

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Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney in The Housemaid sitting side-by-side on a sofa. There is a 4-star review RT review banner in the corner.

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Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue

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The Big RT Interview

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Louis Emerick on his Hollyoaks future after Brookside crossover twist

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John Middleton as Fraser 'Froggy' Black Senior in Hollyoaks. The words The Big RT Interview are behind

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Joe Absolom in black and white smiling at the camera over a teal background which reads "The Big RT Interview"

Emmerdale's Joe Absolom teases bad boy Ray’s future and mystery link to the village

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Radio Times magazine

Harry O'Hay and Betty O'Barley in The Scarecrows' Wedding, looking lovingly into each other's eyes and holding hands.

Julia DonaldsonWhy The Scarecrows' Wedding is my favourite of all my books.

Don Gilet as DI Mervin Wilson and Don Warrington as Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise, looking at a file together

Death in Paradise's Don Warrington teases future as Selwyn future remains unclear.

Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager season 2, stood by an outdoor pool, wearing a shirt, trousers and sunglasses.

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Front-facing portrait of Cardinal Vincent Nichols in bright red vestments and biretta, wearing a gold crucifix, standing in a softly lit church with statues blurred behind him.

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Pass the Mic

Alvin Yu, Jingan Young, Joanne Lau and Jenny Takahashi Stark standing on a rooftop and smiling as they stand closely together.

Screenwriter John Jackson: "Why is there a lack of BESEA representation within British TV?"

Ashley Walters in Adolescence, wearing a grey t-shirt and stood in the middle of a police station office.

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Ronkę Adékoluęjo and Ann Akinjirin in Dreamers lying on a sofa, illuminated by orange light.

Dreamers director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor: "In cinema, after you come out, it's like you stop existing"

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Technology

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 26: People shop at Cotton On during the Boxing Day sales at Chadstone the Fashion Capital on December 26, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians celebrate Boxing Day with many taking advantage of the post-Christmas sale prices in what is usually the busiest day of the year for retailers in Australia. Extra safety protocols have been introduced this year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Naomi Rahim/Getty Images)

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PlayStation 5 in warm light and a lamp representing playstation button icons on the side

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Going out

23 unmissable sporting matches to see live in 2026 – and how to get tickets now

CARDIFF, WALES - MARCH 15: Henry Pollock of England goes over to score his team's seventh try during the Guinness Six Nations 2025 match between Wales and England at Principality Stadium on March 15, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Dan Mullan - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

How to get Six Nations 2026 tickets for men's and women's rugby matches

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Drama

Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, wearing a bright blue shirt with orange foliage design. There are palm trees in the background and he is looking at the camera scowling.

Death in Paradise's Selwyn makes a huge decision about his future in Christmas special

Jing Lusi and Martin Compston star in Red Eye season 2; in this photo, they are standing in an airport, looking at the camera and dressed in formal work clothes

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Jing Lusi and Martin Compston star in Red Eye season 2; the two of them are wearing formal clothes, standing in an office a few feet apart and looking at each other in a severe manner

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Entertainment

Ronan Keating stood on stage and singing into a microphone with his arms stretched out.

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Jools Holland with his hands in the air stood in front of a dark yellow backdrop

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel in Stranger Things season 5

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Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean in Fallout season 2. She is holding a large gun by a battered car and a "Welcome to New Vegas" sign

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Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things, stood on a platform, in red light and holding a walkie-talkie.

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Sport

Harry Smith, in red and white Swindon Town football kit, runs with the ball.

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Sam Stubbs, in orange and blue Shrewsbury Town football kit, grimaces as he runs on the pitch at Crowd Meadow.

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Kyle McFadzean, in blue Chesterfield football kit, watches play as he runs.

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Soaps

An image depicting a nighttime scene on a road with car headlights in the distance, from left to right we see Sue Devaney as Debbie Webster in a wedding dress, Gareth Pierce in a suit as Todd Grimshaw, Alison King as Carla Connor with a bloodied forehead, Jeff Hordley as Cain Dingle, Emma Atkins as a pregnant Charity Dingle, and Oliver Farnworth as a brooding John Sugden, in a promo image for Corriedale.

Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover cast "lost for words" after watching "cinematic" Corriedale episode

Robert and Aaron peer around their door - which has a wreath on it - surrounded by smoke in Emmerdale

Emmerdale cast: who is leaving, returning to and joining the cast?

Ray has a serious conversation with April and Dylan in Emmerdale

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Film

Brigitte Bardot in Contempt, wearing a blue headband and a matching jumper.

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Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value

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Sydney Sweeney as Millie and Amanda Seyfried as Nina in The Housemaid. Nina is looking at Millie's reflection as she stands behind her. Millie is cleaning a sink.

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Documentaries

Joe Wicks smiling in room, with an RT Comment label in the corner.

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Three closely cropped studio portraits arranged side by side: a serious-looking Freddie Flintoff in low light, Cynthia Erivo wearing hoop earrings and a nose ring gazing upward, and Christina Flack, older white woman with blonde hair and fringe looking thoughtfully into the distance.

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David Tennant stars in The Assembly gathered with a group of people

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Gaming

A Roblox character dressed in black wizard robes wielding a large, bronze pickaxe in front of a boulder in The Forge.

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