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Asher Keddie returns as lifestyle blogger turned website entrepreneur Evelyn Jones in <i>Strife</i> season 2.

Asher Keddie is back as a ball of nervous energy in the new season of Strife

Loosely based on Mamamia founder Mia Freedman’s memoir, the second season shifts the focus to matters more personal.

  • Kylie Northover

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Not quite where it all began … ABBA on the Eurovision stage singing Waterloo in 1974.

The strangest and most underrated performances in Eurovision history

We all know about ABBA and Celine Dion, but these are the lesser-known performances that should have made the history books.

  • Michael Idato
Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald host The Cheap Seats on Ten.

From The Cheap Seats to Q+A, here’s how to see your favourite shows live

Being part of a live studio audience has long been a privilege for any TV fan, the ultimate insider access. But how do you score a seat?

  • Claire Heaney
Zoe Wanamaker as Charlie Hungerford and Damien Moloney as Jim Bergerac in the reboot of 1980s crime series Bergerac.

Reboot of 1980s British crime classic is gripping, but it struggles to move on from the past

There is no shortage of grim crime series being produced in Britain, and on its own terms this Bergerac is a good example of the genre done right.

  • Craig Mathieson
Australian actor Shabana Azeez in The Pitt.

‘It’s an honour’: Inside The Pitt with Australian actor Shabana Azeez

This Adelaide actor didn’t get into drama school. Now she’s on one of TV’s best shows, shadowing ER legend Noah Wyle. Here’s a look behind the scenes.

  • Meg Watson
Melina Vidler, Marta Dusseldorp and Albert Mwangi in With or Without You.

Famed for her can-do characters, Marta Dusseldorp unravels

The actor plays a mercurial single mother prone to bad choices in the moving South Australian road film With or Without You

  • Sandra Hall
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Go-Jo, a rising pop star from WA, will represent Australia at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland in May.

Can Australia win this year’s Eurovision? We crunched the numbers

The answer might be easier to calculate than many realise.

  • Michael Idato
Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal.

I watch TV for a living. This episode is the craziest thing I’ve seen

Nathan Fielder has been known for more than a decade as the king of absurd, cringe comedy. He just outdid himself in The Rehearsal.

  • Meg Watson
Natasha Lyonne as accidental detective Charlie Cale in Poker Face.

Need a palate cleanser after Adolescence and The Last of Us? Try this quirky murder mystery

Star Natasha Lyonne is joined by a roster of big names in this comedy about an accidental detective from the creator of Knives Out.

  • Craig Mathieson
Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Red Guardian/Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour) in Thunderbolts*.

Thunderbolts* puts Marvel back on track – thanks to Florence Pugh

The actor finds a remarkable amount of nuance in her character, a Soviet super-soldier turned CIA assassin.

  • Jake Wilson

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