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THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
‘I’D NEVER WANT TO BE PRIME MINISTER!’
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
TEN QUESTIONS WITH SAM CLAFLIN • He’s comfortable mixing with A-listers but says he’ll always play second fiddle to strong women (and Alan Partridge)
find love on a reality dating show
THE CURSE OF THE ALGORITHM • In the age of Netflix, who will keep us informed and educated as well as entertained, asks the Bishop of Leeds
The ultimate model family? • The first season of Netflix hit Wednesday smashed records and made a huge star of Jenna Ortega. Now she’s back in season two with Catherine Zeta-Jones and new co-star Joanna Lumley
PARENTAL GUIDANCE • If you thought raising kids was tricky, spare a thought for the mother eaten by her own spiderlings…
‘I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE I’M A SEX SYMBOL’ • Stephen Mangan is rarely off our screens, whether it’s as an actor or a presenter – not bad for a bloke who thinks he looks like a donkey
THE GLOVES ARE OFF • Spitting Image returns — and this time, there’s nothing to hold it back
SHOCK OF THE NEW • Lovers of Test cricket may feel alienated, but the Hundred has been great for the women’s game, says Simon Barnes
Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio
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SAILS & SCALES • Poet laureate and landlubber Simon Armitage brings the Shipping Forecast’s lyrical energy to the Proms
GOING INTO LABOUR • A who’s who of party leaders since the Second World War, from Atlee to Starmer
Streams of Conscıousness • After the vinyl renaissance, are DVDs poised for a comeback?
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