Emmerdale airs Caleb Miligan betrayal as Sadie King twists the knife in early ITVX release
But what will this mean for his marriage to wife Ruby (Beth Cordingly)? Conniving Sadie - not content with trying to ruin Nicola King's (Nicola Wheeler) life - stuck around the village to form an alliance with vengeful…
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Pay Attention by Laura Kuenssberg review – a BBC reporter’s howl of frustration
Amid all the vitriol hurled her way, the BBC's political editor turned presenter has largely kept her counsel. She rarely complained even when she needed security to do her job unobstructed at Labour party conference…
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I Died review – moving portrait of Tzotzil women confronting patriarchal violence in the Mexican highlands
The film centres on three important figures in her life: her mother, Margarita; her aunt, Juana; and her sister-in-law, Faustina. Each is from a different generation, yet they have all suffered at the hands of…
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Rob Delaney and Bel Powley star in a knotty rehab drama: best podcasts of the week
"But then Lucy Green ruined my life." So begins this intriguing 10-part drama of bite-size episodes, executive produced by Sharon Horgan. It rewinds to Tim escorting millennial pop star Lucy (Bel Powley) to rehab in…
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EastEnders airs horrific Craig Ingram twist for Amy Mitchell in early BBC iPlayer release
The teen grew close to former copper Craig Ingram (Matthew James-Bailey) amid her step-mum Denise Fox's (Diane Parish) battle with acute myeloid leukaemia battle. He discovered that she was the one who attacked Joel…
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TV tonight: The Gilded Age returns in all its glossy Julian Fellowes’ glory
The Gilded Age has now happily embraced its own lack of real nutritional value and, towards the end of the third season, its ratings swelled as a result. In the opener, Agnes is scheming to retain her position in society…
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Alex Garland’s Elden Ring adaptation is on course to be Hollywood’s goriest ever fantasy movie
The Golden Compass diluted Philip Pullman's theological bite, Warcraft thought that just explaining its world would make us care about it, and The Dark Tower compressed Stephen King's sprawling mythology so ruthlessly…
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‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail
YouTube footage bears this out: frontman HR, born Paul D Hudson, is equal parts straining sinew and raw electricity as he bucks and contorts, punctuating rapid-fire snarls and otherworldly croons with impeccably timed…
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The Gilded Age season 4 cast react to "extremely risky" passion in premiere episode
Larry and Marian have been in a will-they-won’t-they romance for years, and following a night of drinks and dancing, their journey home runs awry when the carriage breaks down. The pair stay in a hotel and end up sharing…
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The Lives of Others review – Keira Knightley brings star power to Robert Icke’s Stasi drama
The accompanying, now almost obligatory, high-prestige screen actor is Keira Knightley , presumably whipping up ticket-selling frenzy and stage-door brouhahas. Except this production is helmed by theatre wunderkind…
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