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Finn Azaz, in red and white Southampton football kit, smiles as he holds both fists out wide on the pitch at St Mary's.

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Todd Cantwell, in blue and white Blackburn Rovers football kit, watches play on the pitch at Ewood Park.

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Jack Clarke, in blue Ipswich Town football kit, swings both arms as he celebrates on the pitch at Portman Road.

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Ben Brereton Diaz, in white and black Derby County football kit, runs on the pitch at Pride Park.

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Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser and Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser in Outlander season 7 part 2 in a close embrace while sat down in a dimly lit room.

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

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Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha) in Bridgerton, standing in a field and looking at something off screen.

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Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus, sat in a car.

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Luke Littler wearing a purple shirt throwing a dart with a blurred motion effect

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Luke Littler wearing a purple shirt kissing the PDC World Darts trophy

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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.

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A composite image of Michelle Ryan as Zoe Slater, Jake Wood as Max Branning, and Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater against a pink background for EastEnders.

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Vicki (wearing a long green scarf) stands awkwardly between Ross and Zack - who are staring at one another - in the caff in EastEnders

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Entertainment

Scarlett Moffatt and Vito Coppola stood next to each other, smiling ahead in front of a festive background.

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Claudia Winkleman sat down on a chair next to a fireplace, resting her arm on her knee.

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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.

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A woman stands facing the camera in a dramatic rural landscape, wearing a dark coat over a red cardigan. Behind her, rolling green hills are dotted with lines of fire under a stormy sky, creating a tense, apocalyptic atmosphere. An “RT Exclusive” label appears in the bottom corner.

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Don Warrington as Selwyn wearing a patterned blue shirt, looking over his shoulder

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Sci-fi

Linnea Berthelsen as Kali, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, and David Harbour as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things season 5. A green badge in the bottom right corner reads: "RT Exclusive"

Stranger Things season 5 star reveals how volume 2 creates “existential” crisis for Eleven

Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in Stranger Things season 5, putting together a piece of tech

Stranger Things creators confirm what actually just happened with Nancy and Jonathan

Linnea Berthelsen as Kali and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things season 5. Kali is hoisted vertically and wired up to a machine, while Eleven reaches out for her. A green label in the bottom right hand corner reads: "RT Exclusive"

Stranger Things star reacts to "devastating" reveal and "tough" Eleven scene in volume 2

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Comedy

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Mandy Carter wearing a Christmas hat.

Diane Morgan's Mandy 2025 Christmas special pulled from schedules next week

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Emily in Paris creator reveals why key character hasn't returned for season 5

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Documentaries

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

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Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders smiling and sitting on armchairs.

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and more feature in moving documentary for late comedy legend Victoria Wood

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Don Gilet as DI Mervin Wilson and Shantol Jackson as Naomi Thomas in Death in Paradise, holding plates of food and stood, smiling, outside Mervin's shack.

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