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This week's Radio Times is a streaming special with 101 shows to watch this summer

This week's Radio Times is a streaming special with 101 shows to watch this summer

Fed up with all the sport on TV? Here's our essential guide to the best programmes you can stream now!

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses. He is taking a phone call

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Shem Law

Published: Tuesday, 2 July 2024 at 11:07 am

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The great summer of sport can at times feel a little overbearing, shifting much-cherished regular programmes into unfamiliar time slots, or even replacing them all together. And while sport can provide a great deal of drama, it’s no substitute for the storytelling that great TV drama gives us.

With that in mind the experts at Radio Times Towers have spent the last couple of weeks delving into the world of streaming platforms to see what’s available to help soothe those who are tennis weary or football agnostic. We came up with 101 shows (many of which don’t require a subscription) that we hope will be the perfect antidote to any sports fatigue you maybe feeling.

With the Paris Olympics only a couple of weeks away, you might like to keep this week's issue at your side as a companion to our day-by-day guide to the Games for those moments when the weightlifting is weighing heavy or you’re beginning to drown in water polo matches.

Among the list of 101 programmes we also speak to Apple TV+ executives Jay Hunt and Eddy Cue and discover how they made hit series like the spy drama Slow Horses; Andrew Lincoln tells us why he’s returning to his role in the zombie chiller The Walking Dead; and actor, writer and director Dolly Wells explains why getting older has only made her more creative.

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Also in this week's Radio Times:

Comedian Lee Mack and Shane Allen, co-founder of Boffola Pictures and former BBC Director of Comedy, debate the future of the sitcom and why broadcasters struggle today to develop new shows with strong characters and consistent jokes
Emma Willis and Matt Willis, co-presenters of the upcoming Netflix series Love Is Blind UK, discuss the history of British dating shows, the impact of Blind Date and how their initial romance was not one of minds but pretty faces
Jon Holmes, comedian and cancer survivor, highlights the lack of awareness and screening programmes for prostate cancer, urging men over 50 to get tested
In the Radio Times Podcast, Dolly Wells talks ambition, the beauty of ageing and Emily Mortimer

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Radio Times editor Shem Law wears a shirt, tie and grey jumper. He is sitting at a wooden desk behind a sign saying "Editor" clasping his hands. There are other items on the desk, including a dial telephone and typewriter.

Shem Law

Shem Law is the brand editor of Radio Times, and the 20th person to hold that esteemed position in over 100 years. He wasn't allowed a television growing up, but over the years he has rather overcompensated for that fact.

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