The Irish Times

TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony

Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future

Mon May 09 2022 - 10:20

TV View: Scholes sticks a pin in United’s balloon of hope

Neither Jake Humphrey nor Rangnick’s men could lift pundit’s spirits on glum night

Tue Mar 15 2022 - 22:55

Emer McLysaght: No home improvement show is too bonkers for me to watch

Tinie Tempah’s Extraordinary Extensions? Healy Rae’s Cow Shed? I’m in

Sat Jan 08 2022 - 06:00

Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man

People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 13:12

Paul Howard: Ten things I’ve learned writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly

I have changed Ireland in one small way – causing the demise of the name Ross

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00

TV View: Why do we feel we have been caught offside by kick-offs at the same time?

Tribunals have been held for lesser matters than Uefa’s woeful scheduling

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 22:31

Life from the age 40 until your first hip-replacement is actually rubbish

Review: BBC’s Us tells chilling truths about what happens to relationships in the autumn of life

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 22:45

Soldier’s songs and the War of Independence

Rebel songs were an integral part of the culture of Republicanism in the early 20th century

Wed Jun 03 2020 - 00:00

Steve Coogan: ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is two fingers to the British’

‘The whole history between the British and the Irish runs through me’, says Coogan

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00

Bombshell review: This film doesn’t have an idea in its pretty little head

Despite its three Oscar nominations, Bombshell isn’t as smart as the women it depicts

Tue Jan 14 2020 - 12:01

I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be British prime minister

The Tory party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people. He cares for nothing but his own fame and gratification

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 18:03

Meghan Markle shock: Stilettos aside, she looks like a woman who’s just had a baby

Prince Archie’s mum – the baby’s name has been revealed – looks refreshingly natural

Wed May 08 2019 - 14:30

Alan Partridge is England’s man of the moment

Series review: Alan Partridge, the new Emperor of England, knows he’s naked

Tue Apr 02 2019 - 13:22

John Cooney thriving on opportunity among the sons of Ulster

Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht

Sat Mar 30 2019 - 06:00

Come Out Ye Black and Tans: Think you know what it’s about? You probably don’t

It has been on Alan Partridge and a Brady’s ham ad. So what does the rebel song mean?

Wed Mar 20 2019 - 14:45

Alan Partridge singing Come Out, Ye Black and Tans both awkward and hilarious

BBC One viewers treated to a stirring rendition of the rebel song on the ‘This Time with Alan Partridge’ show

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 13:27

Local radio layoffs continue to loom for real-life Alan Partridges

London Letter: Leave-veering audiences to lose out to capital’s output

Fri Mar 01 2019 - 01:00

This Time With Alan Partridge: A wicked study in prejudice and panic

‘Guess who’s back in the big time?’ he gloats in hilarious first episode of new show

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 22:00

Alan Partridge spams 20,000 BBC colleagues

Chatshow host, returning to present ‘This Time’, gives out his BBC email address

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 14:41

‘Famous and Fighting Crime’: A bit too much like a human fox hunt

Channel 4’s questionable show sees celebrities join officers responding to emergencies

Sun Feb 17 2019 - 06:00

Alan Partridge returns to the BBC in time for Brexit

Presenter’s shambling persona is perfect for our political moment, says Steve Coogan

Thu Feb 14 2019 - 10:03

Liverpool’s sloppiness against Arsenal will give rivals hope

While a 5-1 victory looked impressive, how good, really, were Jürgen Klopp’s side?

Sun Dec 30 2018 - 22:30

I’m a Celebrity 2018: Noel Edmonds vs the hunks, honeys and diamond geezers

The Deal or No Deal presenter promises pure TV gold in the jungle

Wed Nov 14 2018 - 06:00

TV View: Sky Sports exposed by Leicester helicopter crash

The channel queasily struck names from the list of possible casualties, as if playing bingo

Sun Oct 28 2018 - 18:55

The Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ is music for people who do not really like music

Album is now top-selling album in US after overtaking Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 01:00

TV: Uncontrollable giggles aplenty on Gone to Pot

ITV documentary follows vintage TV stars on their cannabis-fuelled journey of discovery

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00

Doing Trump with a funny voice, the danger is he just becomes a clown

Armando Iannucci, one of the most feared satirist's in the business, takes on Stalin in a comedy of terrors

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00

Steve Coogan wins phone-hacking damages

Mirror Group ordered to pay damages to celebrity in relation to 62 published articles

Tue Oct 03 2017 - 17:27

‘Snakes vs Iguana’ named TV moment of the year at Baftas

Watch the thrilling sequence that brought David Attenborough one of two TV 2016 Baftas

Mon May 15 2017 - 09:00

Rylan is proof that reality TV works and the hero we all need

He might look a Freddie Mercury hologram but Rylan Clark-Neal is far better than the frigid format of quiz show Babushka

Wed May 03 2017 - 12:30

'I laughed out loud at Mrs Brown's chat show. In The Irish Times. Near where Fintan sits'

All Round to Mrs Brown's is the kind of programme it's possible to love and hate at the same time

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 22:37

Oliver Callan casts a wry eye on US election comedy show

Our own media has questions to answer about coverage of the last election

Wed Oct 19 2016 - 08:32

Nigel Farage: from Brexit hero to Donald Trump’s little helper

Opinion: Nigel is thrilled to play Danny Glover to Donald Trump’s Mel Gibson

Sun Aug 28 2016 - 11:12

TV View: ‘Beef’ Johnston is Sky’s face of normality in golf’s elite world

Faldo gives the impression he’s rushing off to his bigger earner on another network

Sun Jul 17 2016 - 16:33