Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
BEST PERIOD ROMANCE BRIDGERTON
If you’ve never watched this passionate costume drama before then the fourth series is, funnily enough, an easy place to start. It’s a Cinderella story between rebellious Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie (Yerin Ha, left with Thompson) who...
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BEST RETURNING DRAMA AFTER THE FLOOD
Sophie Rundle is back as detective Jo Marshall (below) for a second run of the mystery thriller. It’s set in the fictional town of Waterside, which is rocked by murder again. See feature, page 7. Sunday/monday, 9pm, ITV1
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BEST FINANCE DRAMA INDUSTRY
The exhilarating drama set in the toxic world of high finance in the City of London returns for a fourth series. Harper (Myha’la) is heading up her own fund and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) is making plans of her own.
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
FROZEN II ANIMATED FAIRY TALE SEQUEL Sisters Elsa and Anna join forces with Olaf the snowman, iceman Kristoff and his reindeer Sven for another adventure. Christmas Day, 3.10pm, Ch4
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BEST LAUGHS COMEDY DOUBLE ACTS: MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS MOMENTS
Don’t miss this slice of nostalgia, as we look back at the double acts who have made us laugh down the years, from Morecambe and Wise (left) to the Two Ronnies. Friday, 9pm, Ch5
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BEST NEW SCIENCE FICTION DRAMA THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA
From Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies comes this new sci-fi drama, which kicks off with a double bill. The five-part series explores how humanity responds when an ancient species of sea devils emerges from the ocean. Russell Tovey and Gugu...
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Christmas? The only way is excess!
AMY CHILDS, DAN EDGAR and LAUREN GOODGER – on 15 years of tragedy, trolls, heartbreak and cosmetic surgery...
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BEST MUSIC TRIBUTE THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY PICK OF THE WEEK
This definitive Beatles tribute was first shown on ITV in 1995 but has now been remastered with new material and a ninth episode added. From Wednesday, Disney+
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BEST WILDLIFE SERIES KINGDOM
The BBC has done it again with another magnificent natural history series featuring stunning camerawork and David Attenborough’s peerless narration. This new, six-part series follows the real-life sagas of four African animal families – leopards...
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BEST CRAFT COMPETITION GAME OF WOOL
He may have been murdered on Celebrity Traitors, but Tom Daley lives again as the host of this delightful new knitting contest. Sporting an extraordinary jumper (right) and guiding contenders through a range of ambitious solo and team challenges, Daley...
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AFTER SURVIVING THIS, WE CAN DO ANYTHING
the hit BBC show – and his surprise proposal on their return
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THE SECRET LETTERS OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
In 2023, more than 50 coded letters sent by Mary Queen of Scots (left) to her supporters were discovered in the National Library of France. This riveting film follows the cryptographers as they work to decipher Mary’s last thoughts.
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BEST BRITISH COMEDY DRAMA DREAMING WHILST BLACK
Adjani Salmon is back as struggling filmmaker Kwabena (left, with Eshe Asante, right) in the second series of this expertly balanced British comedy drama. The first saw him trying to break into the white-dominated film business, while juggling family,...
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TRAITOR? FAITHFUL? MURDERER?
Backstabbing, betrayal, bumping off their rivals... TOM DALEY, CHARLOTTE CHURCH, ALAN CARR (and the show’s fiendish producers) reveal the secrets behind the first celebrity edition of The Traitors
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IT’S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH YEAR...
In a heart-rending interview, RICHARD HAMMOND reveals his struggles to cope after his marriage collapsed, his father died, The Grand Tour ended and his car business lost half a million pounds
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BEST NEW DRAMA COLDWATER
Ewen Bremner, Eve Myles, Andrew Lincoln and Indira Varma (all left) are the stars of this dark six-part drama about secrets and lies in a small Scottish town. Sunday/ Monday, 9pm, ITV1
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BEST NEW GAME SHOW WIN WIN
The former Great British Bake Off hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc (right) are reunited to present this exciting new game show. It promises to be the most interactive quiz show ever aired in the UK, as viewers playing from the comfort of their sofas...
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THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding (all left) are back inside the nation’s favourite tent over the next ten weeks for a new series of the cakesand-bakes contest. Tuesday, 8pm, Ch4
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BEST STAR-STUDDED MYSTERY THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA KING & CONQUEROR
You’ve read the book, now see the film! One of the most eagerly awaited TV events of the year is finally here with Netflix’s perfectly cast adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling murder mystery. Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Celia...
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OZZY OSBOURNE: COMING HOME
Filmed over three years, with Ozzy, Sharon (both above), Jack and Kelly, this is the story of Ozzy’s return to the stage for his 5 July homecoming concert in Birmingham. It’s an especially poignant account of a comeback that would also be Ozzy’s...
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BEST TENSE THRILLER IN FLIGHT
Katherine Kelly is on fine, anguished form in a six-part thriller that casts her as a flight attendant (right) blackmailed into smuggling drugs after her son is banged up abroad. Stuart Martin, who was such a reassuring presence in Miss Scarlet And The...
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SPECTRE LICENCE TO THRILL
From its stunning opening scenes at Mexico City’s Day Of The Dead festival, Daniel Craig’s penultimate James Bond film is a frantic worldhopping adventure. Ralph Fiennes takes over from Judi Dench as M, Christoph Waltz is perfectly cast as familiar...
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SPORT INSIDE THE CULT TV OF THE JESUS ARMY WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Final This newly expanded tournament has been a huge success, with sold-out stadiums and millions watching across the continent. The final will be played at St Jakob-park in Basel, Switzerland’s largest football stadium, where a...
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BEST FAMILY SITCOM HEREWEGO
It’s time to rejoin the chaotic Jessop family for another slice of good-old fashioned sitcom. It’s created by Tom Basden, who also plays the useless Robin (far right), and is carried along by a brilliant cast including The IT Crowd’s...
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SHARK! CELEBRITY INFESTED WATERS
Ade Adepitan, Ross Noble, Helen George, Sir Lenny Henry, Lucy Punch, Dougie Poynter and Rachel Riley (above) are the brave famous faces taking the plunge in this new reality series. The ocean-phobic celebrities will be confronting their greatest fear...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
WICKED FAIRY TALE STORY The Oscar-winning musical epic proved as big a hit on screen as it was on stage. It’s a prequel to L Frank Baum’s book, set ten years before Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road to see the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Cynthia...
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SPORTON TV
TENNIS Wimbledon 2025 Emma Raducanu (left) leads the British hopes at Wimbledon over the next two weeks as all eyes turn to the grass courts of SW19. Like Glastonbury, the BBC have secured you a front-row seat to all the action with extensive coverage...
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BEST KITCHEN DRAMA THE BEAR
Playing in half-hour episodes like a comedy but performed like a drama, this hit show is the story of a New York chef who returns to run his family’s rough Chicago restaurant after a tragedy. Over three series we have followed Carmy (Jeremy Allen...
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THE ART OF THE ROYAL TOUR
STUNNING PAINTINGS – AND THE OFTEN HILARIOUS STORIES BEHIND THEM
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BEST TRUE CRIME DRAMA THE GOLD
Back for a second and final series comes the polished drama based on the aftermath of the infamous 1983 Brink’s-mat gold bullion robbery. Charlotte Spencer, Tom Hughes, Hugh Bonneville, Sam Spruell and Tom Cullen (above) play the various cops and...
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INSIDE TOM DALEY
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MATT BAKER’S BRITAIN THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BRINK’S-MAT GOLD HEIST
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BEST NATURAL HISTORY SHOW WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
This new prehistoric series comes more than 25 years after the first run of the show and will tell the story of six dinosaurs, including the Spinosaurus (left), the largest meat-eating dinosaur the planet’s ever seen, and, of course, the T-rex. Bertie...
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BEST WILDLIFE SHOW THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Intrepid naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall (below) is on home soil for this two-parter, which follows his attempts to become a beekeeper. The series will also explore the importance of the 270 different bee species in Britain, and the challenges...
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THE WHO ARE A BIT BENEATH ME (BUT THE MONEY IS GREAT!)
PETE TOWNSHEND REVEALS WHY HE NEARLY QUIT THE BAND, WHAT HE THINKS OF ROGER DALTREY... AND HOW TOXIC MASCULINITY INSPIRED HIM TO TURN HIS ICONIC ALBUM QUADROPHENIA INTO A BALLET
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PICK OF THE WEEK GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
POSITIVELY SEXY COMEDY Emma Thompson took on one of the bravest roles of her career in this thought-provoking drama. She plays 55-yearold widow Nancy Stokes, who after the death of her husband, decides to explore her sexuality with the help of...
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PICK OF THE WEEK TASKMASTER
After ten years and now 19 series, the comedy colossus marches on. The latest cohort of comics comprises Rosie Ramsey, Jason Mantzoukas, Fatiha El-ghorri, Mathew Baynton and Stevie Martin as they prepare to be mocked by Taskmaster Greg Davies and...
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BEST NEW THRILLER I, JACK WRIGHT
Written by Chris Lang, the creator of the hit ITV cold-case drama Unforgotten, this gripping new six-part thriller stars Trevor Eve as a millionaire tycoon who dies in mysterious circumstances, leaving his family – including a wayward son played by...
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BEST SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE THE FEUD
Ray Fearon and Amy Nuttall, Rupert Penry-jones and Jill Halfpenny, and James Fleet and Tessa Peake-jones (all above) are the couples involved in a very unneighbourly dispute in this compelling six-part thriller. It starts out as an argument over an...
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BEST REALITY SHOW CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
Which famous faces enter the Big Brother house will very much depend on the size of ITV’S chequebook. Coronation Street’s Jack P Shepherd and Olympic athlete Daley Thompson are among the rumoured new housemates. AJ Odudu and Will Best (left) are your...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS UPLIFTING TALE ‘What was I thinking coming ’ere, I’m just a cleaner from London.’ Lesley Manville (right) shines as a war widow who just wants a bit of glamour in this 1950s-set drama, and the journey she takes to find it in...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
PLANE RIOTOUS ACTION ADVENTURE Gerard Butler is pilot Brodie Torrance, EX-RAF, very Scottish, and dad to a daughter he really wants to spend time with. The only thing standing in his way? His plane crashing on a remote island full of gun-toting...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
CONTROVERSIAL DRAMA This romantic drama is more famous for what happened off screen than on it. Its lead Blake Lively (left) filed a complaint against her co-star and the film’s director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment during filming, something...
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BEST VAMPIRES WHATWEDOIN THE SHADOWS
Everyone’s favourite vampires (sorry, Dracula) are back for a fifth series of the cult black comedy. Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou and Kayvan Novak lead the way as the hopeless bloodsuckers (left) who live together for eternity in suburban Staten...
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A CRUEL LOVE: THE RUTH ELLIS STORY
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain after the fatal shooting of her abusive lover in 1955. Even if you are familiar with the case, this four-part drama, starring Lucy Boynton as Ellis (right), is full of surprising revelations. See...
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PICK OF THE WEEK BEST ENTERTAINMENT CONTEST BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden (above) join Bruno Tonioli on the judging panel for an 18th series of the nation’s favourite end-of-the-pier show. A fresh set of hopefuls will be trying to impress them – and the nation – for the chance...
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BEST DARKLY COMIC THRILLER THE WHITE LOTUS
More secrets and lies are spilled as the intoxicating black comedy returns for a third series. The first was set in Hawaii, the second in Sicily but this time we’re heading to Thailand where a new group of tourists are unravelling in spectacular...
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The TV HOT LIST
ONE QUESTION Fresh from her success with The Traitors, woman of the moment Claudia Winkleman (left) is back with a new series of the general knowledge quiz show in which pairs of contestants must answer just one question correctly to win £100,000. But...
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BEST DARK COMEDY AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?
BEST COSTUME DRAMA MISS AUSTEN Adapted from Gill Hornby’s bestseller, this four-part drama follows Cassandra Austen as she tries to find a hidden bundle of private letters that could destroy the reputation of her author sister Jane. Synnove Karlsen,...
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BEST MYSTERY THRILLER BEST CHALLENGE SHOW THE APPRENTICE PICK OF THE WEEK
THE CASTAWAYS This intriguing five-part airline thriller, which previously aired on Paramount+, gets off to a slow start, but stay with it as it soon takes off. Sheridan Smith plays Lori, who’s among the passengers on a plane that vanishes. Showtrial’s...
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BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW
GLADIATORS Did you feel the power of the Gladiators? Well you weren’t alone and after millions tuned in to the first series of the BBC’S revival of the action-packed show, it’s no surprise to see it return for a second. Father and son duo Bradley and...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
EXUBERANT MUSICAL REMAKE Steven Spielberg seemed an unlikely choice to bring this remake of the beloved 1957 musical about gang rivalry in 1950s New York City to the big screen, but the decision proved inspired. Leonard Bernstein’s original score and...
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
BEST SPY ADVENTURE NO TIME TO DIE Daniel Craig takes his bow as 007 after starring as cinema’s most famous spy in five James Bond films. Joining him in a typically globe-trotting adventure is a scene-stealing Ana de Armas (right, with Craig) as...
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BUMPER FESTIVE ISSUE!
COMPLETE GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS TV PLUS ESSENTIAL FAMILY FILM PLANNER
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DON’T MISS NEXT WEEK’S BUMPER CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR ISSUE PACKED WITH FESTIVE SHOWS
PLUS THE BEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE LISTINGS
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
DARKLY COMIC THRILLS The terrestrial premiere of a mindbending comedy drama that almost defies description. Michelle Yeoh (left) is on Oscarwinning form as a Chinese immigrant who gets embroiled in an epic adventure through parallel universes. Don’t...
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FOOTBALL England v USA
This match will mark the second-ever meeting between the Lionesses and the United States Women’s National Team at Wembley Stadium. The pair met here in a friendly match in October of 2022, when England ran out 2-1 winners. Can Leah Williamson (right)...
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THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding present the grand final and the pressure is on the three remaining bakers to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith (left). On the menu are scones, a quintessential afternoon tea and a tiered celebration cake...
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BEST LITERARY MYSTERY MOONFLOWER MURDERS
In this equally enjoyable sequel to Magpie Murders (on BBC iplayer), Lesley Manville is back as book editor Susan Ryeland, who investigates mysteries with the help of fictional detective Atticus Pünd (Tim Mcmullan, right with Manville). This time the...
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SPORT FOOTBALL
Greece v England Thomas Tuchel, who takes over as England manager in the new year, will be an interested spectator as the Three Lions face a must-win match against Greece in the Nations League. Can captain Harry Kane (left) lead his side to an...
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The TV HOT LIST
Anna Maxwell Martin is superb as Delia Balmer (above), who survived an abusive relationship with a killer. Balmer is unlike any true-crime character you’ve ever seen. BEST WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARY ASIA A welcome return for David Attenborough in a new...
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‘I’VE FOUND LORD LUCAN, THE MAN WHO KILLED MY MUM’
In a new BBC documentary, the son of murdered nanny Sandra Rivett reveals the sensational story of how he tracked down and confronted the pensioner he’s convinced is the runaway peer
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FUN FACT
The most guest to famous A Question appear Princess Of Sport on 200th Anne, was episode on 1987, when February in the 19 viewers tuned million in.
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
THE LADY IN THE VAN TRUE-LIFE COMEDY DRAMA Heartfelt tale starring the late, great Dame Maggie Smith as the scruffy eccentric who lived, in her decrepit van, on Alan Bennett’s London driveway for 15 years. Smith is crustily magnificent as Miss...
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BEST PODCAST THE LIFE OF BRYONY
In this new episode Bryony sits down with James Middleton, brother of Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Pippa Middleton. During a deeply revealing interview, James shares his experience with depression and suicidal thoughts, as well as the support he...
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