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Martin Freeman in A Confession

Martin Freeman's acclaimed crime drama with Downton Abbey star is leaving Netflix very soon

Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty holding their Emmys for Adolescence.

Primetime Emmys 2025 winners: Full list as Adolescence and The Studio clean up

Kevin Costner in Kevin Costner's The West. There is a green RT Exclusive banner in the bottom right corner

Yellowstone icon Kevin Costner opens up on moving on from projects which are "no longer interesting" to him – and new documentary series

Sian Reese-Williams, Mark Lewis Jones and Nia Roberts in The Light in the Hall: Still Waters. There is a green RT Exclusive banner in the bottom right corner.

The Light in the Hall actor breaks down "mental gymnastics" of filming show in both Welsh and English

Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland, Arienne Mandi as Noor and Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin in The Night Agent

The Night Agent favourite confirms they're not returning for season 3

Indira Varma, Andrew Lincoln and Eve Myles star in Coldwater; in this scene, Andrew's character is restraining Indira's character, who appears to be angry and distressed

Coldwater's Indira Varma on dangerous masculinity of thriller's leading men

Kris Marshall as Humphrey Goodman in Beyond Paradise, holding a book and stood in a doorway

Beyond Paradise season 4 confirmed to see return of a beloved character from early episodes

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Reviews and opinion

Caroline FrostAs Downton Abbey and The Newsreader conclude, what is the best way to end a beloved TV series?

Eve Myles and Gabrielle Creevy in The Guest, looking at the camera and in front of a big house and a car.

The Guest review: Gabrielle Creevy and Eve Myles are electric, but the payoff falls flat

Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming, in an official promo image for I Fought the Law.

I Fought the Law review: Sheridan Smith justifies ubiquity in heart-rending true crime adaptation

A composite image showing Iain De Caestecker in The Winter King (left), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and James Norton in King & Conqueror (centre), and Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom (right).

David CraigKing & Conqueror is the latest medieval drama to fall short of The Last Kingdom – but why?

Trailers and video

The cast of Call the Midwife stood outside Nonnatus House behind the scenes of filming the 2025 Christmas specials. Helen George is holding a clapperboard in the middle of them. There is a green RT Exclusive banner in the bottom right corner.

Call the Midwife cast and creator tease Christmas 2025 specials with "completely new territory"

Imogen Clawson as Jenny Alderson, Nicholas Ralph as James Herriot, Rachel Shenton as Helen Herriot, Tony Pitts as Richard Alderson, standing in a field, smiling at the camera

All Creatures Great and Small season 6 releases emotional first-look trailer ahead of return to screens

Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones star in Frauds; seen here standing in a desert-like outdoor area

Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones star in first-look trailer for thrilling new heist drama

The Forsytes unveils first-look trailer starring Doctor Who favourite and many more

The Big RT Interview

Michael C Hall in a suit in front of a background that reads "The Big RT Interview"

Dexter's Michael C Hall on resurrecting TV's favourite serial killer

Emily Carey in a black and white image wearing a suit jacket, with the words The Big RT Interview behind her

The Big RT InterviewEmily Carey on Geek Girl: 'Finding Harriet Manners, I felt like I belonged'

Black-and-white photos of screenwriter Tony Schumacher and actor Martin Freeman imposed on a blue background

The Big RT InterviewMartin Freeman and Tony Schumacher compare The Responder to The Office

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Everything you need to know

John Simm as DS Roy Grace in Grace, wearing sunglasses and stood by Brighton pier

Grace season 5: Release date and latest news

Madeline Brewer as Bronte, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in You season 5 walking in a park and laughing, while standing close together.

You season 5: Release date, trailer, plot, images and latest news

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses sat in a diner on the phone

Slow Horses season 5: Release date and latest news

(L-R) Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Don Gilet and Shantol Jackson star in Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise season 14: Release date and latest news