Michael Hogan
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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‘We clicked immediately. We just gelled’: Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding on their Bake Off double act
Alison Hammond makes her debut in the tent next week. Will her on-screen chemistry with Noel Fielding help the show get its sparkle back? → Read More
Strictly Come Dancing: launch show – as it happened
It’s back! Our 15 plucky celebrities met their pro partners, while the judges hit the dancefloor, reigning champion Hamza Yassin returned and emotional tribute was paid to the late Len Goodman → Read More
From Starstruck to The Bear: why are text messages on TV so impossible to read?
Characters’ messages are often so tiny you’re left squinting at the screen, or shown so fast it’s like peering over a stranger’s shoulder on the bus. Television has a major texting problem → Read More
Ben Elton: ‘Any time period would make a good Blackadder with the right jokes’
The comedian and author on his new musical about Twiggy, remembering Rik Mayall, and why he’d like to have a word with Julian Fellowes → Read More
From Alison Hammond to the Hollywood hug: behind the scenes with the brand new Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is back – and they’re rethinking the way the show works. We step inside the tent to talk to the stars about going back to basics, nude rehearsals, bum injuries … and toning down the innuendo → Read More
It’s lo-fi Attenborough! Why the internet’s going wild for a ‘fish doorbell’
QI has tweeted about it, American football players have put it on their TikTok and over a million viewers have been hooked in. All you do is wait for a fish, press a button – and save their lives → Read More
Gary Neville: ‘When Boris Johnson was PM, I felt we were in real danger’
The former England footballer says it was lockdown that made him more vocal politically. Here the Sky pundit and Labour party member talks Keir Starmer, Lineker’s tweets and VAR → Read More
Comedian Chris McCausland: ‘A blind bloke chucking axes was a health and safety nightmare’
The standup and TV host on his new travel show, bonding with Gazza and how he nearly became a spy → Read More
Jayde Adams: ‘I fill my bath with Epsom salts and turn myself into a mermaid’
The comedian on pork belly lunches, cocktails and smashing the karaoke → Read More
Aisling Bea: ‘I rebuilt my bathroom around my Bafta’
The comedian and actor on enjoying her awards, learning to be funny and where her happy place is → Read More
Robo dogs, lethal video games and VR time travel: can you tell real life from Black Mirror episodes?
Take our quiz to see if you can distinguish between fact and eerily prescient Netflix fiction. Be warned – it’s not easy! → Read More
Simon Callow: ‘Coming out was my biggest act of activism’
The actor, 74, on clarity, claustrophobia and CBE catastrophes → Read More
Rosamund Pike: ‘We’re all being conned by the wellness industry’
The actor on bringing one of Barack Obama’s favourite books to TV, going clubbing in Berlin and her fascination with espionage → Read More
Did the poster give it away? The 12 clues that foreshadowed Succession’s ultimate winner
From a specific catchphrase to some revealing marketing materials, maybe the victor of Jesse Armstrong’s drama was in plain sight all along. Here are the signs we should have spotted → Read More
Better than The Sopranos? How Succession ranks among TV’s great endings
From Ted Lasso to The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, we’re in the midst of a glut of finales. But where does Succession fit alongside television’s all-time greatest goodbyes? → Read More
Succession recap: the finale – probably the most feel-bad ending in TV history
Depressingly realistic but furious and heartbreaking from start to finish, the power balance truly tipped in the finale – and somehow became even more toxic → Read More
‘People on Reddit are on the right track’: Succession’s Peter Friedman on the finale and playing Frank
The man behind the Waystar Royco exec on the highs, the frights and the best insults from the hit drama, whose final episode is just about to air → Read More
Shane Meadows: ‘This is as scary a time as I can remember’
The film director tells Michael Hogan about hating hitting 50, love’s golden ticket, deep-fried jam sandwiches and people struggling on the breadline → Read More
‘Your earlobes are thick and chewy, like barnacle meat!’ Succession’s all-time best zingers
From sweary nicknames to sarcastic putdowns, the Roys have cornered the market in sick burns. Here are 40 of the best – but which is your favourite? → Read More
Could Kendall die? Will Roman get a radio show? And who will win? All the questions Succession must answer
So many plot threads, so little time… As the final episode approaches, here are all the lingering issues the last ever outing must address → Read More