Elvis’ granddaughter a slippery stripper in tweet-based saga
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Stonehouse affair stranger than fiction
The story of a British Labour MP who faked his own death only to be found living at Melbourne’s Flinders Street station shows the truth has a funny way of catching up.
A new high water mark in nature docos
A beautifully filmed and informative series shows how water has shaped and transformed this continent.
A woke reboot that’s actually offensive
Kids’ classic Scooby Doo now features an Indian lesbian, violent murders, gratuitous nudity and ‘sharp’ social commentary. What on earth were they thinking?
Amazon ‘set to cancel Clarkson’
Jeremy Clarkson’s two hit TV series likely to be pulled despite a grovelling apology over a column about the Duchess of Sussex.
Why the Brits love (and make) good traitors
The popularity of a recent BBC reality TV show highlights a long affair with double agents and natural aptitude for deception.
‘The family shattered … as if you’d smashed it with a hammer’
This story involves a Harry, but this one used his powers for good. Instead of trying to bring down a monarchy, he attempted to bring down a ‘monster’.
Top End fender benders ‘bigger than any show in Australia’
They promise ‘bush maniac action’, and this fearless foursome does not disappoint. It’s why millions of people worldwide are now hooked on the off-the-grid web series, Black As.
Black As beauty, who needs Kardashians?
Web series Black As – featuring hair-raising hunting and driving stunts and comic videos by a quartet from NT’s Ramingining – has become an internet sensation.
Pacino is now a Nazi hunter
Controversial and in some quarters divisive – and it must be said thoroughly entertaining – Hunters returns with a second and, it seems, final season of 10 episodes.
Cate Blanchett, Austin Butler claim top Golden Globes
As the 80th Golden Globe Awards come to a close, take a look at the big winners from this year’s ceremony.
A war against God … or is it?
In His Dark Materials, Philip Pulman’s interpretations are as subjective as the belief systems he props up against each other. It makes for engrossing viewing.
How Seinfeld wrote the book on comedy
From his multi award-winning eponymous sitcom to sold-out stand-up tours and even a show about getting coffee with comedians, Jerry Seinfeld has done it all. The secret? It’s the little things that make the difference.
Spoilt for choice in 2023
There is a feast of brilliant television to look forward to – both new shows and new series of old favourites.
Yellowstone prequel a TV hit in the making
1923 is the latest in the Yellowstone franchise, Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren attempting to maintain their frontier Montana’s clan power and wealth amid a locust plague and drought.
Still serving up German TV laughs
No one quite knows why the 18-minute sketch, Dinner for One, by two English actors has attracted millions of television viewers in Germany on New Year’s Eve for the past half-century.
Beatle’s daughter reveals Abbey Road secrets
Mary McCartney has given an intimate peek into the hallowed halls of Abbey Road, the studio where her father – and many other music stars – recorded masterpieces.
And the best TV show of 2022 was …
2022 was a year of amazing television. Here are the very best offerings — all ready to binge — of the small screen.
Big worlds made for best binges on small screen
Feasting on TV series missed during a busy year is a perfect summer pastime. Here is Richard Ferguson’s pick of a fine crop.
Could 2023 be the greatest ever year of TV?
From several exciting page-to-screen adaptations to the new seasons of The White Lotus and Succession, the year ahead promises diversity and delight in streaming land.
All we want for Christmas is a dose of nostalgia
There’s an embarrassment of new riches when it comes to streaming festive fare on TV but it seems viewers get their Christmas cheer from sticking with what they know.
Love Actually’s been cancelled. Now what?
After Love Actually’s banning by the woke brigade, I went looking for some safe, modern festive alternatives. Trigger warning: The news is not good.
Just when you thought you’d get a break from H&M
After Harry and Meghan’s palace whipping Netflix ‘love story’, the couple will present a show about inspiring leaders on the streaming giant.
1899 is the most unusual show to arrive this year
The rich world of 1899, infused with mysteries and symbolism, is a daring Netflix hit that is not for everyone.
Brand Sussex has an identity crisis no doco can fix
All the Sussexes are doing is shamelessly monetising the very things they profess to despise.
‘Not given chance to decline anything’
Netflix’s dramatic opening statement in Harry & Meghan documentary – that the Royal Family declined to comment – has been debunked by palace communication teams.
Scared to fly? Look away now
Does any image represent the dreams and fantasies that all too easily can turn into nightmares more viscerally than the helpless passenger in the aeroplane?
How Kirstie Alley took on Hollywood’s fat police
Everyone loved Kirstie Alley’s ‘bigness’, until she actually got big. Although she loathed being fat — and the gross double standards — the Cheers star became the first actress to weaponise it.
Take note Ita: this is the stuff our ABC should be doing
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Kirstie Alley’s cause of death revealed
A spokesperson for the late actress, who died from a “recently discovered” disease, has confirmed her official cause of death.
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