James Whale obituary: Controversial British radio presenter known for ‘shock jock’ style
He was also an extra in TV shows such as Z Cars and Doctor Who
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Tubs in a topper, RTÉ on its uppers: Patrick Freyne can see clearly now
Ryan Tubridy’s return of €150,000 to his old employer, plus eight other TV moments I missed while I was away reading books and smelling flowers
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
July 19th-25th: including Mrs Robinson, Karen Pirie and Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
Including Anna Haugh’s Big Irish Food Tour, A Deadly American Marriage, Malpractice and more
Genius Game review: David Tennant’s new show deserves to be sent to dunce’s corner
Television review: Doctor Who star’s baffling new show is a shameless Traitors rip-off
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes review - Horribly riveting retelling of police killing an innocent man
Television: If only Irish drama displayed the same willingness to unpack our own scandals and dark secrets
TV guide: the best new shows to watch on RTÉ, BBC, UTV, E4, Disney+ and Apple TV+
TV Highlights April 26-May 2
Unforgotten star Sinéad Keenan: ‘UCD had an awful lot of arty-farty people. I felt, oh Jesus, I can’t compete with that’
The Dublin actor got her break in Fair City more than 20 years ago but left for London soon after. Now she plays Jess James, the Irish top copper in ITV’s acclaimed cold-case crime drama
LIV Golf strikes deal with ITV to bring free-to-air coverage of 2025 season
Tom McKibbin tied third after strong start on his debut in Riyadh
Should RTÉ stop showing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang so much?
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan says reruns of old films won’t cut it for Montrose. Who’s going to break the news to Dick Van Dyke?
Daniel O’Donnell says friend was scammed by a fake social media account posing as him
Friend had already sent money via Apple Pay when ruse was discovered
Christmas TV takes the Casablanca approach – rounding up the usual suspects
Ghost of Christmas Past does overtime as broadcasters make viewers nostalgic for a time when nostalgia was a little less creaky
Maura Higgins on entering I’m A Celebrity: I’m scared of everything but this is a ‘pinch-me moment’
Love Island star Higgins ‘absolutely petrified’ of eating challenges and has ‘never slept outside before’
Hot Rabbi but no Lord Baddingham as Netflix basks in ‘member happiness’
The streaming market leader missed a trick by not having Rivals on its platform, but it does like to make the odd pop at its actual rivals
Phillip Schofield announces death of mother after ‘heartbreaking weekend’
Former This Morning presenter thanked paramedics in a post on Instagram
Phillip Schofield: jaw-dropping Cast Away finale as the ex-presenter burns the names of his enemies and runs naked into the sea
Television: The former ITV presenter seems determined to hold everyone accountable - except for himself
Phillip Schofield TV comeback trailer: ‘Should an affair absolutely destroy me?’
TV presenter says new Channel 5 show will offer ‘chance to tell my side of the story’
Coleen Nolan on grief: ‘I used to get angry at people passing me that were having a laugh’
Singer and TV presenter on how her sister Bernie guided her even after death, and how to treat friends who have been bereaved
Laura Whitmore alleges ‘inappropriate behaviour’ during Strictly stint
Former Love Island host was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning today
June 30-July 5: From serious and comical takes on the UK election to a documentary that catches up with the Brat Pack
Douglas Is Cancelled review: Downfall of a cuddly, national UK treasure is no laughing matter
Television: Steven Moffat’s limp satire of cancel culture neglects a key ingredient: a functioning sense of humour
Michael Mosley obituary: Medical doctor who became a TV diet guru
Mosley, who promoted intermittent fasting, said he did more good with one programme than he could have in 30 years of practice as a doctor
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace review – powerful investigation of personal pain behind mother and baby homes
Television: Dubliner Martina Evenden discovers unknown cousin while cousin finds instant extended family
Love Island review: The sun may be shining and the bodies may be bronzed but this is dreary stuff
Television: We’re now on series 11 of this ITV fake-tan test and it’s trundling along on autopilot
Fresh drama at RTÉ: Can the broadcaster still afford to make landmark Irish television?
No ghosts, vampires or mummies, RTÉ has told pitching producers. But as it plots its way out of its financial crisis, what type of stories is it bringing to viewers?
Patrick Freyne: I suspect some of the Celebrity Big Brother participants booked beds on Airbnb - the producers thought, good enough
Louis Walsh and Sharon Osborne both seem grumpy. They have either been conscripted against their will under new legislation or they’re each here so they can pay an unexpected bill
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
Including the series finale of The Tourist, Chinook: Zulu Delta 576 and Selling Ireland’s Dream Homes
Britain to quash wrongful convictions in Post Office accounting scandal by ‘end of the year’
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak announces new laws to give ‘blanket’ exoneration to those caught up in the “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice” in British history.
As British as fish and chips: the Post Office scandal boils over
London Letter: UK government scrambles to deal with a national issue where there’s even a foreigner to blame
The Traitors is arbitrary and brutal, like January – give me more of it
The cliffhanger-loving BBC reality show is an addictive new year distraction that makes its viewers wait
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!: Is this year’s series a sign the show is sinking into irrelevance?
Television: Should ITV have given Nigel Farage, the former leader of Ukip and the Brexit Party, airtime in the reality show?
Is it any of your employer’s business who you are friends with at work?
Some organisations are asking for disclosure of platonic as well as romantic workplace relationships
Nigel Farage and Britney Spears’ sister to appear on I’m a Celebrity
Jamie Lynn Spears, JLS’s Marvin Humes and Channel 4′s First Dates’ Fred Sirieix will also join line-up
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