Radio Times
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items: View from My Sofa: Jack Whitehall
items: Jack Whitehall talks presenting the BRITs and who wanted to be introduced as "the biggest rock star on the planet"
items: Industry returns for season four
items: Industry season 4 cast talk "testing the limits" of character likability – as The Handmaid's Tale and Ted Lasso favourites join "Industry 2.0"
items: Blimey, Buttons! Kiefer Sutherland reveals why he’s swapped Hollywood for panto
items: View from My Sofa: Johnny Vaughan
items: Kiefer Sutherland talks wrestling with Danny Dyer and recalls Christmases with his late father Donald
items: Johnny Vaughan explains why Porridge is still the greatest sitcom after his own prison experience
items: Hollywood buttons
items: Tinsel Town cast reveal Kiefer Sutherland's reaction to British panto for new Christmas film
items: 10 Questions with Matt Smith
items: Matt Smith talks staying out of shape for Bunny Munro, euphoric Oasis concerts and which actress influenced his career
items: Harlan Coben on how new thriller Lazarus stands apart from his previous work
items: Raising Lazarus
items: 10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson
items: The Paper's Domhnall Gleeson reveals advice The Office legend Steve Carell gave him
items: Hell on Earth
items: 'I hate the bum bag!'
items: Glastonbury 2025 daily schedule: Set times for Sunday 29th June and who to watch
items: Who played Glastonbury on Saturday 28th June and who should you watch?
items: Who played at Glastonbury Friday 27th June and who should you watch?
items: Sunday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
items: Saturday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
items: Friday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
items: 'It's like playing a Cup Final'
items: Rod Stewart on Glastonbury 2025's legends slot – and why he's turned his back on Donald Trump
items: Jesse Armstrong reveals what new movie Mountainhead has in common with Succession
items: 'The voices of Silicon Valley, the tech world, got lodged'
items: Ten Questions with Matthew Goode
items: The best of us

View from My Sofa: Jack Whitehall
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: The comedian on crying over Take That, smuggling surprise jokes into the Brit Awards — and becoming a Hollywood star
encoded: Add the Brit Awards 2026 to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? It’s now a television that has Peppa Pig or Bluey on all the time on rotation in a kitchen/living area that is just absolute carnage because we have a toddler [two-year-old Elsie]. Dolls and toys are strewn hither and thither. It’s like watching television in a brightly coloured, sensory overloading war zone. What have you been enjoying watching amid the carnage recently? I’m away from my family [filming The Fifth Wheel and launching The ‘Burbs in Los Angeles] so last night I binge-watched the Netflix documentary Take That, which I really enjoyed. On my own, in America, tired and jetlagged, I was getting rather glassy-eyed about Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams falling out. It’s still raw, it still hurts. Who controls the remote control at home in London? My fiancée [model Roxy Horner]. I start a lot of series with her and then get pulled away for work and travel. I’ve seen one episode of [Apple TV’s] Pluribus and the first four episodes of The Traitors. It’s quite a contentious issue in our house – she has absolutely no patience and just goes behind my back and finishes all of these series. When did you realise that leaning into your poshness was comedy gold? For the first few years, I used the fact that I was young as my USP. A few comedians pointed out that eventually that well would run dry. Until that point, I’d been trying to hide the fact that I was posh, but I don’t think I was fooling anyone. Then I decided it could be a funny thing to send up. So I just became closer to my authentic self – and then probably pushed it even further the other way. You recently played a baddie in the Amazon Prime thriller Malice. Was it a challenge to land a dramatic role — and play such a dodgy character? It was a bit of a journey to get there, and definitely something I had aspirations to do. That’s why I’ve tried to be a bit more selective in the amount of entertainment stuff that I do in the UK, just…

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Jack Whitehall talks presenting the BRITs and who wanted to be introduced as "the biggest rock star on the planet"
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date: 2026-02-23T17:00:46.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: audio
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: The comedian on crying over Take That, smuggling surprise jokes into the BRIT Awards – and becoming a Hollywood star.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. What’s the view from your sofa? It’s now a television that has Peppa Pig or Bluey on all the time on rotation in a kitchen/living area that is just absolute carnage because we have a toddler [two-year-old Elsie]. Dolls and toys are strewn hither and thither. It’s like watching television in a brightly coloured, sensory overloading war zone. What have you been enjoying watching amid the carnage recently? I’m away from my family [filming The Fifth Wheel and launching The ‘Burbs in Los Angeles] so last night I binge-watched the Netflix documentary Take That, which I really enjoyed. On my own, in America, tired and jetlagged, I was getting rather glassy-eyed about Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams falling out. It’s still raw, it still hurts. Who controls the remote control at home in London? My fiancée [model Roxy Horner]. I start a lot of series with her and then get pulled away for work and travel. I’ve seen one episode of [Apple TV’s] Pluribus and the first four episodes of The Traitors. It’s quite a contentious issue in our house – she has absolutely no patience and just goes behind my back and finishes all of these series. When did you realise that leaning into your poshness was comedy gold? For the first few years, I used the fact that I was young as my USP. A few comedians pointed out that eventually that well would run dry. Until that point, I’d been trying to hide the fact that I was posh, but I don’t think I was fooling anyone. Then I decided it could be a funny thing to send up. So I just became closer to my authentic self – and then probably pushed it even further the other way. You recently played a baddie in the Amazon Prime thriller Malice. Was it a challenge to land a dramatic role – and play such a dodgy character? It was a bit of a journey to get there, and definitely something I had aspirations to do. That’s why I’ve tried to be a bit more selective in the amount of entertainment stuff that I do in th…

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Industry returns for season four
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: As Industry roars back for its fourth series, it’s all change for the graduate class of 2000.
encoded: Add Industry to your watchlist When the BBC/HBO drama launched during the pandemic lockdowns, we were introduced to Harper Stern, Yasmin Kara-Hanani, Gus Sackey, Hari Dhar and Robert Spearing, fresh-faced new hires on the trading floor of City of London firm Pierpoint and Co. Now, over five years on, just Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are left standing. Not that the acclaimed drama, the brainchild of former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, now lacks acting or narrative firepower. Far from it. For season four, new characters include an American banking disruptor played by Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso) as a trader who is working closely — very closely — with Harper. Myha'la is Harper and Marisa Abela is Yasmin Harper and Yas are kind of “toxic frenemies” — what do they get from being in each other’s orbit? Myha’la They get so much from each other. I wonder also if they can be apart in this world, considering how much they’ve gone through, how much they know about each other? Yas and Harper’s is probably one of the most intimate relationships. And honesty is hard to come by in the business that they work in, so they need each other for that reason. How does your on-screen and off-screen relationship compare? Marisa Well, we haven’t slapped each other – yet! Myha’la There’s still time! You both started out at similar stages in your working lives, and as the show has grown, so have your careers. What impact has it had? Myha’la This show is the reason anybody knows about me! For so many of us, this show kickstarted our careers. And with Marisa and I, our careers have seemed to mirror each other. Given the stubbornly patriarchal mores of film and TV drama, how refreshing is it to be able to play complex and not always wholly likeable women? Marisa It’s really refreshing. Having two young women at the heart of a TV show that’s about a male-dominated industry – while working [as actors] in a male-dominated industry ourselves…

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Industry season 4 cast talk "testing the limits" of character likability – as The Handmaid's Tale and Ted Lasso favourites join "Industry 2.0"
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date: 2026-01-05T17:00:18.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: "Yasmin and Harper have done some pretty unforgivable things, and we’re testing the limits all the time."
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. As Industry roars back for its fourth series, it’s all change for the graduate class of 2000. When the BBC/HBO drama launched during the pandemic lockdowns, we were introduced to Harper Stern, Yasmin Kara-Hanani, Gus Sackey, Hari Dhar and Robert Spearing, fresh-faced new hires on the trading floor of City of London firm Pierpoint and Co. Now, over five years on, just Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are left standing. Not that the acclaimed drama, the brainchild of former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, now lacks acting or narrative firepower. Far from it. For season four, new characters include an American banking disruptor played by Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso) as a trader who is working closely – very closely – with Harper. Radio Times spoke to some of the stars of Industry ahead of the new episodes. Myha’la plays Harper and Marisa Abela plays Yasmin Harper and Yas are kind of “toxic frenemies” — what do they get from being in each other’s orbit? Myha’la: They get so much from each other. I wonder also if they can be apart in this world, considering how much they’ve gone through, how much they know about each other? Yas and Harper’s is probably one of the most intimate relationships. And honesty is hard to come by in the business that they work in, so they need each other for that reason. How does your on-screen and off-screen relationship compare? Marisa: Well, we haven’t slapped each other – yet! Myha’la: There’s still time! You both started out at similar stages in your working lives, and as the show has grown, so have your careers. What impact has it had? Myha’la: This show is the reason anybody knows about me! For so many of us, this show kickstarted our careers. And with Marisa and I, our careers have seemed to mirror each other. View oEmbed on the source website Given the stubbornly patriarchal mores of film and TV drama, how refreshing is it to be able t…

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Blimey, Buttons! Kiefer Sutherland reveals why he’s swapped Hollywood for panto
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Kiefer Sutherland reveals why he’s swapped Hollywood for panto
encoded: Add Tinsel Town to your watchlist It’s croissant o’clock in Paris. Kiefer Sutherland is up early, 24 hours away from the start of filming on a job that lets him do one of the things he does best: kick some butt. Father Joe is a “full-on, really violent, aggressive movie” written by Luc Besson. Sutherland plays the titular priest who wages holy – and actual – war against a ruthless mob boss, played by Al Pacino. It’s set in 1990s Manhattan, but the French capital and Bulgaria are standing in for New York. Yes, admits this action star who turns 59 four days before Christmas, the script calls for physical exertion “that’s going to be a real challenge” – even if you spent a decade taking down terrorists against a merciless clock in nine series of 24. “But you get a little bit of a moment where you go: ‘Oh my God, I’m so fortunate!’” Although he quickly adds, “Then, before you know it, you’re getting your ass kicked in the middle of a scene. And you sprain an ankle, or you pop a wrist or a rib, and still have to go to work.” Luckily, his “heavy-duty prep” for Father Joe’s physical exertions had something of a warm-up nine months ago, on the forecourt of a garage in Yorkshire. There he found himself wrestling on the ground with Danny Dyer. The pair were filming a frankly pathetic fight scene for Sky’s all-star Christmas comedy film Tinsel Town, in which Sutherland plays an arrogant Hollywood star called Bradley Mac who inadvertently finds himself starring in a British pantomime, with Dyer as the lairy ex-husband of his love interest, Rebel Wilson, the choreographer. “I’m a huge fan of Danny’s, and he’s a fantastic actor,” says the gracious Sutherland, before pointing out the larky, meta aspect of Tinsel Town’s script. “I did Jack Bauer, who was considered a tough character. And Danny Dyer’s played a number of tough characters. So, to be two guys at a filling station who fight – but then quickly realise neither can fight very well – was a little wink to our past as actors.…

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View from My Sofa: Johnny Vaughan
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
encoded: What’s the view from your sofa? There’s a mantelpiece and a lot of dinosaurs. My son Milton is obsessed with them. They’re meant to be up in his room, but every time I put them there, he brings them all downstairs to create “dino-ramas” on the floor. My partner [Vanessa Howard] and I thought he’d grow out of these a few years ago. He hasn’t, and he’s now five. Who controls the remote at home? Well, because we’re always losing them, I discovered you can buy them easily on Amazon, so there’s loads of remotes just lying around, which means we get into tit-for-tat remote wars. It just goes on and on, but generally, if I’ve cooked dinner, I do. What have you enjoyed watching recently? We’ve just finished The Bear. Sometimes the reason you’re hating something is because it’s emoting precisely what the makers intended, so if The Bear makes you angry and frustrated, it’s because it’s meant to produce that reaction. What does it take to be a good presenter? Someone who realises it’s a craft, and is always chasing that perfect show. You’ve got to keep learning. I came to radio from telly and I was a real snob about it: “Television is bigger profile and now I’m coming to radio – so, boy, am I doing radio a favour!” Then you realise that radio is something you get better at. For me, TV you can either do or you can’t. I did The Big Breakfast, the most lively live show, so anything else in telly was never as enjoyable. Who’s the broadcaster you most admire? Anthony Bourdain. You could see his brilliance and his weaknesses. I interviewed him once and his passion for it was fantastic. He was travelling the world, eating great food, meeting great people – something we’d all love to do. Thanks to social media, now everyone can be a broadcaster, but are they real broadcasters? It’s short-form content, and there’s a bit of wannabe-ness about it. They’re like the local TV news we used to have – it would cut to a reporter dressed in karate gear in a village hall full of children with Moh…

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Kiefer Sutherland talks wrestling with Danny Dyer and recalls Christmases with his late father Donald
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date: 2025-12-07T16:00:19.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Movies
subject: Magazine
subject: Sky
description: Sutherland on bruising new thriller Father Joe, facing off against Al Pacino – and swapping gunfights for panto with Danny Dyer.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. It's croissant o'clock in Paris. Kiefer Sutherland is up early, 24 hours away from the start of filming on a job that lets him do one of the things he does best: kick some butt. Father Joe is a "full-on, really violent, aggressive movie" written by Luc Besson. Sutherland plays the titular priest who wages holy - and actual - war against a ruthless mob boss, played by Al Pacino. It's set in 1990s Manhattan, but the French capital and Bulgaria are standing in for New York. Yes, admits this action star who turns 59 four days before Christmas, the script calls for physical exertion "that's going to be a real challenge" - even if you spent a decade taking down terrorists against a merciless clock in nine series of 24. "But you get a little bit of a moment where you go: 'Oh my God, I'm so fortunate!'" Although he quickly adds, "Then, before you know it, you're getting your ass kicked in the middle of a scene. And you sprain an ankle, or you pop a wrist or a rib, and still have to go to work." Luckily, his "heavy-duty prep" for Father Joe's physical exertions had something of a warm-up nine months ago, on the forecourt of a garage in Yorkshire. There he found himself wrestling on the ground with Danny Dyer. The pair were filming a frankly pathetic fight scene for Sky's all-star Christmas comedy film Tinsel Town, in which Sutherland plays an arrogant Hollywood star called Bradley Mac who inadvertently finds himself starring in a British pantomime, with Dyer as the lairy ex-husband of his love interest, Rebel Wilson, the choreographer. "I'm a huge fan of Danny's, and he's a fantastic actor," says the gracious Sutherland, before pointing out the larky, meta aspect of Tinsel Town's script. "I did Jack Bauer, who was considered a tough character. And Danny Dyer's played a number of tough characters. So, to be two guys at a filling station who fight - but then quickly realise neither can fight very well - was a little wink to …

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Johnny Vaughan explains why Porridge is still the greatest sitcom after his own prison experience
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date: 2025-12-03T17:01:32.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
description: The Radio X drivetime host is a big fan of Oasis, Horatio Nelson and Ritz Crackers.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. What’s the view from your sofa? There’s a mantelpiece and a lot of dinosaurs. My son Milton is obsessed with them. They’re meant to be up in his room, but every time I put them there, he brings them all downstairs to create “dino-ramas” on the floor. My partner [Vanessa Howard] and I thought he’d grow out of these a few years ago. He hasn’t, and he’s now five. Who controls the remote at home? Well, because we’re always losing them, I discovered you can buy them easily on Amazon, so there’s loads of remotes just lying around, which means we get into tit-for-tat remote wars. It just goes on and on, but generally, if I’ve cooked dinner, I do. What have you enjoyed watching recently? We’ve just finished The Bear. Sometimes the reason you’re hating something is because it’s emoting precisely what the makers intended, so if The Bear makes you angry and frustrated, it’s because it’s meant to produce that reaction. What does it take to be a good presenter? Someone who realises it’s a craft, and is always chasing that perfect show. You’ve got to keep learning. I came to radio from telly and I was a real snob about it: “Television is bigger profile and now I’m coming to radio – so, boy, am I doing radio a favour!” Then you realise that radio is something you get better at. For me, TV you can either do or you can’t. I did The Big Breakfast, the most lively live show, so anything else in telly was never as enjoyable. Who’s the broadcaster you most admire? Anthony Bourdain. You could see his brilliance and his weaknesses. I interviewed him once and his passion for it was fantastic. He was travelling the world, eating great food, meeting great people – something we’d all love to do. Thanks to social media, now everyone can be a broadcaster, but are they real broadcasters? It’s short-form content, and there’s a bit of wannabe-ness about it. They’re like the local TV news we used to have – it would cut to a reporter dressed in ka…

Hollywood buttons
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: A-list star Kiefer Sutherland needed to be educated in the finer points of panto from his British co-stars… Oh, yes, he did!
encoded: Add Tinsel Town to your watchlist A drizzly February day in Leeds and, inside Versa Studios, they’re filming the ghost of Christmas future. After location visits to theatres and town halls in Knaresborough, Wetherby and Wakefield, it’s day 17 of a 25-day shoot for Tinsel Town, a new Sky Cinema production packed with more acting stars than a West End panto. Which is only fitting. This “Richard-Curtis-meets-Ealing-Comedy” caper is a loving, frequently hilarious tribute to the great British festive tradition of fairy tales and ugly sisters, shiny princesses and camp-fabulous villains; of local pantomimes that light up communities year after year. In a cast ludicrously stacked with talent, Kiefer Sutherland is American action movie star Bradley Mack whose career is behind him (oh, yes it is!), while Rebel Wilson is the choreographer in the mythical Yorkshire town of Stoneford tasked with assimilating the reluctant, Billy-big-boots thesp into the role of Buttons in her am-dram production of Cinderella. “I play Cassie, the director of the panto that this big Hollywood star has found himself in – accidentally,” Meera Syal tells RT as cast, crew and dancing fairies prepare to shoot a one-shot song-and-dance number set to Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson’s Santa Can’t You Hear Me. “I know a lot of directors, obviously, and she’s one of those directors who has done hundreds of pantos – and loves them.” Syal is one of a selection box of British stars rounding out that cast: take a bow, Sir Derek Jacobi, Danny Dyer, Asim Chaudhry, Maria Friedman, Alice Eve, Mawaan Rizwan and Jason Manford. “Really it was the cast that appealed to me,” admits adoptive Brit Katherine Ryan. The Canadian comedian plays Mack’s long-suffering Los Angeles agent, whose booking of her client into a provincial panto isn’t quite the prestigious, Shakespeare-at-The-Globe gig that her arrogant client thinks it is – but that just might bring him the personal redemption he needs. “I don’t do much acting work …

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Tinsel Town cast reveal Kiefer Sutherland's reaction to British panto for new Christmas film
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date: 2025-11-24T17:01:35.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Movies
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: Sky
description: A-list star Kiefer Sutherland needed to be educated in the finer points of panto from his British co-stars... Oh, yes, he did!
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. A drizzly February day in Leeds and, inside Versa Studios, they’re filming the ghost of Christmas future. After location visits to theatres and town halls in Knaresborough, Wetherby and Wakefield, it’s day 17 of a 25-day shoot for Tinsel Town, a new Sky Cinema production packed with more acting stars than a West End panto. Which is only fitting. This “Richard-Curtis-meets-Ealing-Comedy” caper is a loving, frequently hilarious tribute to the great British festive tradition of fairy tales and ugly sisters, shiny princesses and camp-fabulous villains; of local pantomimes that light up communities year after year. In a cast ludicrously stacked with talent, Kiefer Sutherland is American action movie star Bradley Mack whose career is behind him (oh, yes it is!), while Rebel Wilson is the choreographer in the mythical Yorkshire town of Stoneford tasked with assimilating the reluctant, Billy-big-boots thesp into the role of Buttons in her am-dram production of Cinderella. “I play Cassie, the director of the panto that this big Hollywood star has found himself in – accidentally,” Meera Syal tells RT as cast, crew and dancing fairies prepare to shoot a one-shot song-and-dance number set to Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson’s Santa Can’t You Hear Me. “I know a lot of directors, obviously, and she’s one of those directors who has done hundreds of pantos – and loves them.” Syal is one of a selection box of British stars rounding out that cast: take a bow, Sir Derek Jacobi, Danny Dyer, Asim Chaudhry, Maria Friedman, Alice Eve, Mawaan Rizwan and Jason Manford. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/tinsel-town-kiefer-sutherland-69ed0d0.jpg" width="3000" height="2000" alt="Kiefer Sutherland as Bradley Mack, Savannah Lee Smith as Izzy (Cinderella) amd Lucien Laviscount as Callum (Prince Charming) in Tinsel Town, standing on a glittering stage in costume and accepting applause with big smiles." …

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10 Questions with Matt Smith
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creator: Craig McLean
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Starring in Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro was liberating and watching Oasis euphoric — but the actor also loves a bit of Kylie
encoded: Add The Death of Bunny Munro to your watchlist Brighton, 2003: the seaside town’s West Pier is burning down. As is — unbeknown to him — the life of a rackety, lotions ’n’ potions door-to-door salesman whose addiction to booze is matched only by his addiction to sex. So begins both musician Nick Cave’s riotous 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro and Sky’s new six-part adaptation. Matt Smith plays Bunny, a bad dad and even worse husband who, after a cataclysmic family tragedy, embarks on a chaotic road trip with his nine-year-old son, Bunny Junior. RT caught up with the in-demand Smith on his penultimate day shooting series three of fantasy drama House of the Dragon, and shortly before he headed off to film a new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling. A long way from Brighton Pier… So, Matt, were you a Nick Cave fan before joining this series? Yeah, of course, man, huge Nick Cave fan. It was one of those messages to your inbox: “Oh, there’s a script come in… Oh, it’s Nick Cave! F**k! OK, cool.” Throughout his musical career, I’ve always been a fan, through each iteration of it. I watched [Cave-scripted 2005 Outback western] The Proposition, and the documentaries that Andrew Dominik made about him [One More Time with Feeling and This Much I Know to be True]. Through most of his artistic exploits and endeavours, I’ve always, like most people, had an eye on Nick. He’s just so interesting. You, of course, play the titular role — but who is Bunny Munro? I honestly think that’s for other people to decide. I like him. He’s deeply flawed. He’s addicted to about a million things. But if he’d made some different choices, and he just got through, he might have turned out to be a good dad in the end. The book has controversial elements — what made you want to sign on? It’s a very brave book. Because it’s right on the edge. It’s in your face. It’s, like, “Boom, have that.” We’ve got so much that just toes the line. Aren’t we all just trying to do something that feels original, for God…

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Matt Smith talks staying out of shape for Bunny Munro, euphoric Oasis concerts and which actress influenced his career
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date: 2025-11-10T17:42:58.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Interview
subject: Magazine
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Starring in Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro was liberating and watching Oasis euphoric — but the actor also loves a bit of Kylie.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Brighton, 2003: the seaside town’s West Pier is burning down. As is — unbeknown to him — the life of a rackety, lotions ’n’ potions door-to-door salesman whose addiction to booze is matched only by his addiction to sex. So begins both musician Nick Cave’s riotous 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro and Sky’s new six-part adaptation. Matt Smith plays Bunny, a bad dad and even worse husband who, after a cataclysmic family tragedy, embarks on a chaotic road trip with his nine-year-old son, Bunny Junior. RT caught up with the in-demand Smith on his penultimate day shooting series three of fantasy drama House of the Dragon, and shortly before he headed off to film a new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling. A long way from Brighton Pier… So, Matt, were you a Nick Cave fan before joining this series? Yeah, of course, man, huge Nick Cave fan. It was one of those messages to your inbox: “Oh, there’s a script come in… Oh, it’s Nick Cave! F**k! OK, cool.” Throughout his musical career, I’ve always been a fan, through each iteration of it. I watched [Cave-scripted 2005 Outback western] The Proposition, and the documentaries that Andrew Dominik made about him [One More Time with Feeling and This Much I Know to be True]. Through most of his artistic exploits and endeavours, I’ve always, like most people, had an eye on Nick. He’s just so interesting. You, of course, play the titular role — but who is Bunny Munro? I honestly think that’s for other people to decide. I like him. He’s deeply flawed. He’s addicted to about a million things. But if he’d made some different choices, and he just got through, he might have turned out to be a good dad in the end. The book has controversial elements — what made you want to sign on? It’s a very brave book. Because it’s right on the edge. It’s in your face. It’s, like, “Boom, have that.” We’ve got so much that just toes the line. Aren’t we all just trying to do something that feels original, f…

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Harlan Coben on how new thriller Lazarus stands apart from his previous work
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date: 2025-10-23T10:21:22.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
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description: "The atmosphere is different... a different kind of suspense," he says of the Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy-led series.
encoded: If you’re in the business of bringing the Harlan Coben multiverse to the small screen, you need a big space. The American author’s thrillers are now turned, every New Year, into splashy, all-star Netflix series such as 2024 mega-hit Fool Me Once; he has a new deal with Prime Video for more adaptations; and he pumps out a book pretty much annually. The eye-wateringly prolific 63-year-old reckons he’s now on his 37th, although it’s unclear whether that includes Gone Before Goodbye, this month’s collaborative novel with Reese Witherspoon. Cut to... the 17-acre facilities of Space Studios Manchester. It’s spring 2024 and the sprawling complex is simultaneously home to the filming of not one but two Coben thrillers: Missing You, the Rosalind Eleazar-starring mystery which was January 2025’s Netflix offering. And, finally available to stream now, Lazarus, starring Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin and Alexandra Roach. Like all his English-language Netflix dramas (and, yes, there are non-English language ones, too), Lazarus takes place in the UK. Albeit in a well-appointed, non-geographically specific corner of England that translates well to the streamers’ international audiences. It’s also made with his regular partners, Manchester-based Quay Street Productions, notably deeply experienced British TV producer Nicola Shindler (Happy Valley) and seasoned screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst (Ten Pound Poms). But unlike the Netflix series, this is not a transplanted American-set novel. Rather it began as a two-page treatment. Also, “it’s the first time that, when I was starting to create it, I realised it was going to be British,” Coben tells me in one of Space’s myriad meeting rooms. In the six-part supernatural murder-mystery, Nighy plays the titular Doctor Lazarus. He’s a famed psychiatrist clearly rich in both challenging case-histories and, well, riches: his well-appointed office, meticulously constructed on one of Space Studios’ sets, is a towering, art-deco wonder more befitting a B…

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Raising Lazarus
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encoded: Add Lazarus to your watchlist From pretty much the outset of Lazarus, the new six-part thriller from Harlan Coben, the eponymous Dr Lazarus is dead. On the set of the drama in Manchester, Bill Nighy, who plays the deceased psychiatrist, is conspicuous by his absence. Topping today’s call sheet are Sam Claflin and Alexandra Roach, who play his offspring. But fear not, Nighy is very much present in the series, despite his character’s demise. Hence the scenes already filmed of Claflin’s distraught son (also a psychiatrist) encountering the ghost of his father in the study where he died. And Dad’s not the only blast from the incorporeal past. “I see you met Cassandra,” Lazarus Sr says to Lazarus Jr of one of the old man’s former patients who was murdered years earlier. In this psychological thriller, it’s not just Lazarus who is risen. “I was a Harlan Coben fan before I came to Lazarus, therefore you have my attention straight away,” says Nighy of the American author whose novels and stories have become TV drama staples. “It’s very smart, intelligent stuff. I love the twists and turns and complex plots as much as anyone. It’s intriguing and very entertaining.” Following recent hits Fool Me Once and Missing You (both based on Coben novels), Lazarus is the first fruit of Coben’s new, parallel deal with Amazon Prime Video. He’s certainly not short of stories – Lazarus grew from a two-page outline. From the start, Coben envisioned Nighy as his lead — “I don’t think that’s happened before,” he says. Why Nighy? “The man’s an icon!” he beams. “In this role, he brings warmth, eccentricity, humour and humanity. As Dr L is dead, I wanted him to be larger than life.” Even though Coben killed him off, Nighy is keen to work with the writer again. “I like spending time with him; he’s an extremely attractive, entertaining person. “It’s absolutely possible,” the actor adds, “that we have discussed doing something else together.” Craig Mclean Lazarus is available to stream from 22 Octob…

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10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson
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description: He may be playing a journalist in his latest comedy, but the actor is wary of the press — so no personal questions!
encoded: Add The Paper to your watchlist The CV of Irish actor Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper. Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers? I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword. What is the value of proper journalism — and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller — proper local journalism? It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level. What did you think of journalists before taking on this role? I’m probably always a little bit defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate. In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet? I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it! But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – no one’s like: “Oooooh!” Did you speak to Steve Carell about what it …

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The Paper's Domhnall Gleeson reveals advice The Office legend Steve Carell gave him
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description: He may be playing a journalist in his latest comedy, but the actor is wary of the press — so no personal questions!
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. The CV of Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper. Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers? I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword. What is the value of proper journalism – and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller – proper local journalism? It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level. What did you think of journalists before taking on this role? I’m probably always a little bit defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate. View Green Video on the source website In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet? I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it! But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – …

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Hell on Earth
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description: As his Booker Prize-winning novel comes to our screens, author Richard Flanagan reflects on his father’s wartime experiences
encoded: Add The Narrow Road to the Deep North to your watchlist In Syria in 1941, an army medic tries and fails to save a comrade eviscerated by a landmine. In Australia in 1989, a Second World War veteran, asked by a journalist what it felt like to be a prisoner of war forced to work on Burma’s “Death Railway”, brusquely replies: “Feelings weren’t as fashionable as they are now. We did what we were told.” View Green Video on the source website These fractured, overlapping, narratives belong to one man, Dorrigo Evans, whose history unfolds in The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC1’s five-part adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Evans is played in his younger years by Jacob Elordi (Priscilla, Saltburn) and in his older years by Ciarán Hinds (Kin, Belfast). <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/07/302WAAHGW-copy-09cfb86-e1752674061238.jpg" width="1344" height="896" alt="Week 30 Narrow Road" title="Saltburn (2023) directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike. A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's s" /> The story centres on the experiences of the 13,000 Australian PoWs forced by their Japanese captors to work on the construction of a 258-mile railway linking Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar). Working in unfathomably horrific conditions, 2,800 of them – more than one in five – died building the line. But The Bridge on the River Kwai this is not. Flanagan’s book, brilliantly adapted by Australian director Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang), is a masterful, mesmerising account of decades-deep love and resilience; of camaraderie (“mateship” in Australian culture); of the myriad, complex legacies of those PoWs’ experiences. It is inspired by the Australian author’s own father’s experiences. Arch Flanagan’s lifelong insistence on clothes b…

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'I hate the bum bag!'
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description: Novelist Val McDermid and screenwriter Emer Kenny on the challenges of bringing Karen Pirie to our screens
encoded: Add Karen Pirie to your watchlist Scottish crime novelist Val McDermid, 70, is a leading exponent of tartan noir. The Distant Echo (2003), her first novel featuring Karen Pirie, formed the basis of ITV’s titular 2022 series, with Lauren Lyle as the Scottish detective. As the cold-case drama returns, actor/screenwriter Emer Kenny, 35, is once again writing the adaptation. MIXING IT UP VAL McDERMID As a writer of fiction, when you agree to an adaptation, that’s what you’re agreeing to – an adaptation. It’s not a word-for-word transliteration of the book onto the screen. Writers never have any vetoes in adaptations, but I have a clause in my contract that says Emer can’t do anything substantive to a returning character without my consent. She can’t suddenly give Karen triplets! I always sit down with the people and say: “Here are the key elements, the things that are important, that you have to hold on to. Now go away and make me the best television you can.” And Karen Pirie is great television. EMER KENNY Early on set, you said to me, Val, to paraphrase, “Do your thing”. I felt trusted. But there are tenets that are important to Karen’s character. I think Lauren brings a lot of that as well. It becomes an amalgamation – a bit of Val, a bit of me, a bit of Lauren. Then we get this character on screen. CASTING KAREN VAL The casting has been crucial to this. Lauren doesn’t look anything like the Karen Pirie in my head. But that doesn’t matter, because she embodies who Karen is. But I’m still not happy with the bum bag! EMER Ha! I’m sorry, Val! Lots of people love it. It’s important with a TV detective to give them an iconic look. Vera with her hats; Columbo with his coat. The bum bag and Karen’s blonde bob give you a lot. It shows she’s very practical. Although Val might argue that it’s not practical because you can’t get much in there. VAL Yep! WRITING ROOM VAL I write a book over a period of about three to four months. It’s been in my head a long time before that; you …

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Glastonbury 2025 daily schedule: Set times for Sunday 29th June and who to watch
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description: As Worthy Farm closes out another jam-packed year, here's who you should be checking out (and where to find them).
encoded: Glastonbury Festival has been a lot of fun, but now it's time to wind down and say goodbye to Worthy Farm once again. But the team are making sure they're going out with one hell of a party - even with the hot summer sun resulting in organisers encouraging people to go home in the early hours of the morning in order to avoid Monday's heatwave. As the beloved festival prepares to take a "rested" year, you'll now have to wait until 2027 for it to come back – but at least we still have some special performances to look forward to and remember the festival by. From Rod Stewart taking the Legends slot to pop princess Olivia Rodrigo taking to the headline stage to close the weekend out, there is truly something for everyone. And we're here to make sure you see everyone you want, with a full list of timings and who will be performing. Here's what you need to know. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Sunday 29th June? Cymande (West Holts Stage, 2pm) Ahead of the festival, Craig Charles told Radio Times: "My must-watch act at Glastonbury 2025 is Cymande. They were Britain’s undiscovered supergroup. They toured extensively with Al Green in the 1970s and should have been as big as Earth Wind and Fire. "Songs like Brothers on the Slide and Bra are essential listening for anyone into groovy music and good time vibes. They performed a live session on my 6 Music show earlier this year and tore the roof off." Rod Stewart (Pyramid Stage, 3:45pm) After a string of illnesses, Rod Stewart is back with force and taking the Legends slot this Sunday evening, 23 years since he last made an appearance at the festival. The Maggie May and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy singer has decades of classics locked and loaded – with so much planned that he was even given an extended run time. Speaking to Radio Times, he said: "It’s difficult because they only gave me an hour-and-a-quarter slot. So I begged them: can I do another 15 minutes? Because usually I play for two hours. "It means that there’s a lo…

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Who played Glastonbury on Saturday 28th June and who should you watch?
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description: As Worthy Farm continues the party of the summer, here's where you can find your favourites performing today.
encoded: Day two of Glastonbury has arrived – and if Friday was anything to go by, complete with a surprise set on the main stage, then Worthy Farm is about to crank things up to 11. From the surrounding mystery of the band "Patchwork" through to Neil Young hitting the main stage, the day is full of hard-to-miss sets of your favourite acts. So now is more important than ever to make sure you know where to be and when, especially as two of the most anticipated performances today clash. But don't worry – we have you covered, with tips on the shows you need to see and the full line-up and timings list of the entire day. Here's what you need to know about who will be performing, when they'll be playing, and who we recommend you check out. For the Sunday 29th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Saturday 28th June? Kaiser Chiefs (Pyramid Stage, 12pm) This long-standing British favourites are setting the tone for the day by kicking off the Pyramid Stage with their crowd pleasing-anthems including I Predict a Riot, Oh My God, Never Miss a Beat and Ruby. Get down early to kick off the day with something to get you jumping and singing your lungs out. Patchwork AKA Pulp (Pyramid Stage, 6pm) This seemingly "unknown band" had become one of the most speculated acts of the year – but with a space on the Pyramid Stage, who exactly were they? Of course, they turned out to be the Britpop icons Pulp! HAIM (The Park Stage, 7.30pm ) <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/05/GettyImages-2215164914-81414f4.jpg" width="3216" height="2144" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: (L-R) Este Haim, Alana Haim, and Danielle Haim attend the "Overcompensating" Screening And After-Party at Hollywood Palladium on May 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Prime Video)" title=""Overcompensating" Screening And After-Party" /> This slot was previously TBA, but the trio of HAIM si…

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Who played at Glastonbury Friday 27th June and who should you watch?
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description: As Worthy Farm kicks off the festival of the summer, here's everything you need to know about where to catch your favourites.
encoded: The biggest party of the summer has finally arrived with Glastonbury Festival – and thousands have made the pilgrimage down to Worthy Farm to be part of the action. Come rain or shine, thousands of artists across over 100 stages will be bringing their A-game to make sure there's something for everyone, creating a weekend no one will forget. But with so much choice, ticketholders have to be smart when it comes to how to spend their time in order to see everyone they want – which is where we're coming in, giving you our biggest tips of the sets not to miss and a full rundown of where everyone will be. Here's what you need to know about who will be performing, when they'll be playing – and who we recommend you check out. For the Saturday 28th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. For the Sunday 29th June 2025 daily schedule, we've also got you covered. What are the must-see Glastonbury sets on Friday 27th June? Myles Smith (Woodsies, 12:45pm) Capping off an incredible year, BRIT Rising Star winner Myles Smith will be taking to the Woodsies stage in the early afternoon. Bringing his incredibly catchy – and perfect for crowd-singing – tracks including Nice to Meet You and Stargazing, this will get you in a great mood for the weekend ahead. Lewis Capaldi (Pyramid Stage, 4:55pm) The rumours were swirling but now the secret act has been revealed as Lewis Capaldi - and on the day of the release of his new single! Speaking to Radio Times before the revel, BBC Radio DJ Jo Whiley said: "Rumours are swirling about Haim, Lorde and Pulp. I’ve had some very encouraging conversations with them on my radio show and I’d say the signs are looking good for a Worthy Farm visit from each of them. If that happens these will all be part of my must-see performances." En Vogue (West Holts Stage, 5:30pm) This iconic '90s band are still going strong and are guaranteed to get you dancing as the evening kicks in on Friday. Anita Rani told us: "I’m very excited about En Vogue – as …

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Sunday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. Sir Rod Stewart has perhaps stolen some headlines for the festival's final day, but the bill has plenty to more to offer for those who look. Sunday's must-see sets Cymande (West Holts Stage, 2pm) Ahead of the festival, Craig Charles told RT: “My must-watch act at Glastonbury 2025 is Cymande. They were Britain’s undiscovered supergroup. They toured extensively with Al Green in the 1970s and should have been as big as Earth Wind and Fire. Songs like Brothers on the Slide and Bra are essential listening for anyone into groovy music and good time vibes. They performed a live session on my 6 Music show earlier this year and tore the roof off.” Rod Stewart (Pyramid Stage, 3.45pm) After a string of illnesses, Rod Stewart is back with force and taking the Legends slot this Sunday evening, 23 years since he last made an appearance at the festival. The Maggie May and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy singer has decades of classics locked and loaded – with so much planned that he was even given an extended run time. Speaking to RT, he said: "It’s difficult because they only gave me an hour-and-a-quarter slot. So I begged them: can I do another 15 minutes? Because usually I play for two hours. It means that there’s a lot of songs that people love that I won’t be able to play – and I’ve got three guests coming on.” We can't wait. The Maccabees (Park Stage, 9.15pm) "The Maccabees coming back is a wonderful thing and The Park is the perfect setting for this to be happening," Jo Whiley told RT. "It’s the prettiest of places and has an intimacy and ambience which will suit their emotional, anthemic sound. I’ll be down the front at their feet weeping with the best of them. " The Prodigy (Other Stage, 9.45pm) No festival is every quite complete without a set from The Prodigy, whose hard-hitting beats leave audiences unable to stand still. From Smack My B***h Up to Firestarter, the band's stage sh…

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Saturday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. Saturday is full of talking points, from the surrounding mystery of the band "Patchwork" through to Neil Young hitting the main stage, but not on the BBC. Let's start with the latter: earlier this week the BBC released their full broadcast plans, and Young was a conspicuous absentee. The reasons are so far unclear, though Young has expressed anti-BBC sentiment in the past. For more context, click here. Saturday's must-see sets Kaiser Chiefs (Pyramid Stage, 12pm) This long-standing British favourite is setting the tone for the day by kicking off the Pyramid stage acts with their crowd-pleasing anthems including I Predict A Riot, Oh My God, Never Miss a Beat and Ruby. Patchwork (Pyramid Stage, 6pm) This seemingly "unknown band" has become one of the most speculated acts of the year – but with a space on the Pyramid Stage, who exactly are they? Emily Eavis has confirmed that it's a known artist (or artists) under a fake name, with theories suggesting it could be HAIM. Doechii (West Holts Stage, 10.15pm) The Denial Is A River rapper is the headliner, and while she clashes with Charli XCX, is sure to bring down the house with catchy tracks. The BBC's Clara Amfo has shared her excitement at seeing the musician take to the stage, telling RT: “My one to watch at Glastonbury this year has got to be Doechii, Doechii, Doechii!” Charli XCX (Other Stage, 10.30pm) After her acclaimed album Brat led to many young people referring to this time last year as "Brat Summer", Charli XCX is closing out Saturday's Other Stage as the headliner in what is sure to be absolute style. Huw Stephens has billed her as his Glasto highlight, telling us: "Charli XCX headlining the Other Stage Saturday will be unlike anything you've seen before – a moment of intense cultural intrigue! See you there!" The full line-up and times for Saturday 28 June Pyramid Stage 12pm: Kaiser Chiefs 1.30pm: Brandi Car…

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Friday at Glastonbury: full schedule and picks for what to watch
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description: As the festival of the summer kicks off at Worthy Farm, here's everything you need to know about Friday…
encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist. For full information on how to watch the festival, click here. The first day of the festival is a typically action-packed affair, so here are highlights, plus a full schedule of how the day will play out across the main stages. Friday's must-see sets Myles Smith (Woodsies, 12.45pm) Capping of an incredible year, BRIT Rising Star winner Myles Smith will be taking to the Woodsies stage in the early afternoon. Bringing his incredibly catchy – and perfect for crowd-singing – tracks including Nice to Meet You and Stargazing, this will get you in a great mood for the weekend ahead. Secret Set (Pyramid Stage, 4.55pm) Secret sets at Glastonbury are nothing new – but for an act to take an hour-long core spot in the middle of the main Pyramid Stage, right before Alanis Morissette, means it's going to be someone — and something — big. Rumours have swirled around who this mystery artist could be, with theories ranging from Ed Sheeran – who has had several festival pop-ups throughout this year – to Lewis Capaldi, whose last appearance in 2023 triggered a flare-up of his Tourette's and a two-year absence from the spotlight. Speaking to RT, BBC Radio DJ Jo Whiley said: “Rumours are swirling about Haim, Lorde and Pulp. I’ve had some very encouraging conversations with them on my radio show and I’d say the signs are looking good for a Worthy Farm visit from each of them. If that happens these will all be part of my must-see performances: We'll have to wait and see but we guarantee it won't be one to miss." En Vogue (West Holts Stage, 5.30pm) This iconic 90s band is still going strong and guaranteed to get you dancing as the evening kicks in on Friday. Anita Rani told us: "I’m very excited about En Vogue – as well as discovering hidden gems in magical little corners." Alanis Morissette (Pyramid Stage, 6.15pm) With a 30-year career and stunning back catalogue, the Canadian singer promises to bring a set full of classics. Ironic, One Hand in My P…

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'It's like playing a Cup Final'
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description: As Sir Rod Stewart gets in shape for the world’s biggest music festival, the 80-year-old reveals the secrets of his post-gig parties, having to pay to play Glasto – and why he’s no longer pals with Donald Trump
encoded: Add Glastonbury 2025 to your watchlist History records that the last time Sir Rod Stewart played Glastonbury – headlining the main Pyramid Stage in 2002 – he wore a boxy white suit jacket, black dress trousers, sensible dress shoes, plain white shirt and a natty yellow striped tie that was loosely knotted just so. “Yeah, won’t be doing that again,” sniffs the man sitting in front of me. The occupant of the Legends slot at the world’s greatest music festival this year is dressed in a checked white two-piece suit, box-fresh baseball boots, snakeskin belt and statement shirt emblazoned with the image of a bird in a tree. It’s unbuttoned to the nipples, the better to show off a shiny piece of jewellery with the crest of his football team, Celtic. I know he loves the club and, 60 years and 120 million record sales into his career, he’s not short of a bob or two, so is that custom-made bling? View Green Video on the source website “Oh yeah!” he beams with a proud pout. “Diamonds and gold, mate. I don’t mess about!” Meanwhile, the Rod barnet remains a magnificent construction, an age- and gravity-defying explosion of canary yellow. I ask if his dad had hair like that, meaning as thick and fulsome, but Rod thinks I’m referring to the rock ’n’ roll nature of his follicles. “No, he didn’t! He was a f***ing plumber! No, I started this haircut... well, me and Ronnie both started it together,” he says of old mucker and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who sports a similar bird’s-nest thatch. As for this year’s Glasto clobber? “I’m not sure yet, but I’ve got the band all decked out in proper outfits. They all wear white jackets and black ties, and the girls wear sequins. It’s a bit more Las Vegas than it’s been before because, obviously, I’m doing my residency,” he says of his long-running engagement in Sin City’s Caesars Palace. “I’m up to 217 shows, which is amazing.” Breaking down his 12-piece band, half of them women, the Grammy- and Brit-winning man knighted in 2016 for…

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Rod Stewart on Glastonbury 2025's legends slot – and why he's turned his back on Donald Trump
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description: The Glastonbury headliner chats exclusively to Radio Times.
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. History records that the last time Sir Rod Stewart played Glastonbury – headlining the main Pyramid Stage in 2002 – he wore a boxy white suit jacket, black dress trousers, sensible dress shoes, plain white shirt and a natty yellow striped tie that was loosely knotted just so. “Yeah, won’t be doing that again,” sniffs the man sitting in front of me. The occupant of the Legends slot at the world’s greatest music festival this year is dressed in a checked white two-piece suit, box-fresh baseball boots, snakeskin belt and statement shirt emblazoned with the image of a bird in a tree. It’s unbuttoned to the nipples, the better to show off a shiny piece of jewellery with the crest of his football team, Celtic. I know he loves the club and, 60 years and 120 million record sales into his career, he’s not short of a bob or two, so is that custom-made bling? “Oh yeah!” he beams with a proud pout. “Diamonds and gold, mate. I don’t mess about!” Meanwhile, the Rod barnet remains a magnificent construction, an age- and gravity-defying explosion of canary yellow. I ask if his dad had hair like that, meaning as thick and fulsome, but Rod thinks I’m referring to the rock ’n’ roll nature of his follicles. “No, he didn’t! He was a f***ing plumber! No, I started this haircut... well, me and Ronnie both started it together,” he says of old mucker and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who sports a similar bird’s-nest thatch. As for this year’s Glasto clobber? “I’m not sure yet, but I’ve got the band all decked out in proper outfits. They all wear white jackets and black ties, and the girls wear sequins. It’s a bit more Las Vegas than it’s been before because, obviously, I’m doing my residency,” he says of his long-running engagement in Sin City’s Caesars Palace. “I’m up to 217 shows, which is amazing.” Breaking down his 12-piece band, half of them women, the Grammy- and Brit-winning man knighted in 2016 for services to music and ch…

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Jesse Armstrong reveals what new movie Mountainhead has in common with Succession
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date: 2025-06-02T23:01:59.000Z
creator: Craig McLean
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description: How do you follow Succession? Its creator takes four tech bros to the peak of fakery, corruption and beyond...
encoded: This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Welcome to Mountainhead, the palatial snowbound 21,000-square-foot Utah Berghof belonging to software developer Hugo van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), where he and his tech-bro buddies get together for 36 hours of poker, banter and booze. Off the menu for the Silicon Valley titans – Randall (Steve Carell), Venis (Cory Michael Smith) and Jeff (Ramy Youssef) – is work chat, or anything else that might distract from the fun and games. Or as these back-slapping besties put it: “No deals, no meals, no high heels.” But as it turns out, what’s very much on the menu is panic in the markets, ethnic violence, societal collapse and talk of global coups – all of which are the calamitous, rapid-fire results of Venis launching a not-fully-thought-through upgrade to his social media platform, Traam. Welcome to Mountainhead, the blackly humorous and incredibly alarming film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The 54-year-old British writer’s first feature-length drama – and his directorial debut – is a scathing satire on what happens when the American “broligarchy” is allowed to run riot: things quickly get murky, not to mention Musk-y. From the outset, there are obvious parallels with how Donald Trump and his chainsaw-wielding former DOGE wingman Elon Musk, aided by a compliant, fact-checker-removing Mark Zuckerberg, have weaponised social media for their own ends. “You could extrapolate easily from Trump and Musk, no doubt,” agrees south London-based Armstrong. But, he adds, “it’s not a direct comment on that. The [digital] tools that I posit in the film don’t exist. It’s a fictional manifestation of a feeling we have that social media – and the content that gets onto it – is uncontrollable, minute by minute. This is a nightmare extension of where we are, of the hostilities and divisiveness you get from those really reflexive platforms that snowball emotion and reaction so viscerally and quickly.” Indeed. These tech-capitalist…

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'The voices of Silicon Valley, the tech world, got lodged'
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: How do you follow Succession? Its creator Jesse Armstrong takes four tech bros to the peak of fakery, corruption and beyond…
encoded: Add Mountainhead to your watchlist Welcome to Mountainhead, the palatial snowbound 21,000-square-foot Utah Berghof belonging to software developer Hugo van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), where he and his tech-bro buddies get together for 36 hours of poker, banter and booze. View oEmbed on the source website Off the menu for the Silicon Valley titans – Randall (Steve Carell), Venis (Cory Michael Smith) and Jeff (Ramy Youssef) – is work chat, or anything else that might distract from the fun and games. Or as these back-slapping besties put it: “No deals, no meals, no high heels.” But as it turns out, what’s very much on the menu is panic in the markets, ethnic violence, societal collapse and talk of global coups – all of which are the calamitous, rapid-fire results of Venis launching a not-fully-thought-through upgrade to his social media platform, Traam. Welcome to Mountainhead, the blackly humorous and incredibly alarming film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The 54-year-old British writer’s first feature-length drama – and his directorial debut – is a scathing satire on what happens when the American “broligarchy” is allowed to run riot: things quickly get murky, not to mention Musk-y. From the outset, there are obvious parallels with how Donald Trump and his chainsaw-wielding former DOGE wingman Elon Musk, aided by a compliant, fact-checker-removing Mark Zuckerberg, have weaponised social media for their own ends. “You could extrapolate easily from Trump and Musk, no doubt,” agrees south London-based Armstrong. But, he adds, “it’s not a direct comment on that. The [digital] tools that I posit in the film don’t exist. It’s a fictional manifestation of a feeling we have that social media – and the content that gets onto it – is uncontrollable, minute by minute. This is a nightmare extension of where we are, of the hostilities and divisiveness you get from those really reflexive platforms that snowball emotion and reaction so viscerally and quickly.” Indeed. These…

Ten Questions with Matthew Goode
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creator: Craig McLean
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description: The actor has left behind the privileged world of Downton to play “DCI Del Boy” in a new cop drama
encoded: All episodes of Dept Q will be available on Netflix from Thursday. Add it to your watchlist Matthew Goode is the star of Dept Q, a Scotland-based Netflix police procedural that puts a fresh spin on “tartan noir”. That twist is having a heavyweight American showrunner, Scott Frank (Godless, The Queen’s Gambit, Monsieur Spade) and an originally Danish story transposed from the source novels to Edinburgh. The dark drama has an appropriately all-star Scottish cast, including Mark Bonnar, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson, Kate Dickie and Jamie Sives. But leading from the front, as detective Carl Morck, is the 47-year-old Devon-born actor and father of three who starred in Downton Abbey and fantasy series A Discovery of Witches. Dept Q is a cosmopolitan concept: based on a Danish crime novel, adapted by an American, filmed in Edinburgh with a Scottish cast but an English lead. What makes that mix work? There are two stars of our show. One is Jussi Adler-Olsen, who wrote the original ten novels. The other is the showrunner Scott Frank. He scares me slightly, just because he’s intellectually far superior. And look at the amazing cast he assembled… Did the smorgasbord of different Scottish accents ever confound you? Only with some of the grips when they’d had a drink. Glaswegian is occasionally challenging. My brother went to university in Glasgow, so I spent time there. But even to me, when someone is drunk, the accent can be a bit quick. I occasionally just have to smile and nod. Did you read the source novels for preparation? I was told not to. And on this occasion, I listened to my director. In the past I have found it sometimes very useful, and sometimes it’s been a right pain to read the source material. Of course, things are going to change [from page to screen], and you’re going to hold on to a bit of the book – so it can become complicated. DCI Carl Morck is an irascible curmudgeon with few friends. What’s made him that way? Fifteen years on the murder squad and a…

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The best of us
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creator: Craig McLean
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subject: App features
description: Neil Druckmann dreamt up a video game that resonated beyond the gaming world; Craig Mazin is an expert at turning disaster into watchable drama – together they made The Last of Us a TV phenomenon…
encoded: "It has nothing to do with zombies at all, really,” says Craig Mazin, the co-showrunner of apocalypse thriller The Last of Us, when asked what zombie-weary (or just zombie-wary) RT readers who’ve not watched the first series are missing. “It’s about relationships. If they are parents, if they are children, if they have loved anyone so much that it hurt, if they have lost people in ways that scarred them permanently, that’s what this is about. “There are some zombies, I’m not going to lie, and they are scary,” he adds with a ready – even proud – smile. “But what they represent is the danger of the world around us. The danger of nature. So, we do not make this for one kind of person – we make it for everyone.” Prior to the unveiling of the long-in-development TV interpretation of The Last of Us, expectations were mixed. Fans of the video game were proprietorially concerned about how their beloved characters – heroic Joel, guardian of plucky Ellie, the teenager whose immunity to zombie infection could save the world – would translate to a different medium. Culture-watchers knew that transforming interactive video games – whether Halo, Super Mario or, most recently, Cate Blanchett box-office bomb Borderlands – into engaging big- or small-screen drama was a rocky road. Regular TV viewers questioned the appeal of yet another zombie apocalypse survival thriller. Well, hold on to your joysticks... Mirroring the blockbuster sales of its source IP, The Last of Us, which debuted on Sky in January 2023, was a triumph of gripping, beautiful, humanistic and, yes, terrifying storytelling starring The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal as Joel and Game of Thrones’s Bella Ramsey as Ellie, battling their way across a zombie-plagued America. It made British actor Ramsey, 17 when they began filming, a global star, and Pascal an online phenomenon. One episode, Long, Long Time, starring Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), a tender, intimate story of love i…

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