David Attenborough a hero of non-fiction
Rarely has old age been honoured by such troops of friends and admirers
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Israel through to Eurovision final after shouts of ‘stop the genocide’ during song
Noam Bettan will compete on Saturday night in the boycott-hit 70th year of the song contest, held in Vienna
The BBC’s First Homosexual review: A poignant, revelatory look at an era when gay liberation remained a mirage
In Stephen M Hornby’s play, a young gay man tries to find his way in a hostile 1950s world as the broadcaster investigates ‘the homosexual condition’
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
May 10th to 15th highlights, including a look at the 1926 Census, the Baftas, Mark Moriarty and the Eurovision
Aidan Turner: ‘I’d be sitting in the trailer going, ‘God Almighty. Can you just give me a cop drama?’’
The Dublin actor says the main trick to being a professional is doing the work and learning the lines. ‘And then just staying as healthy and as fit as you can. There’s no excuse’
Eurovision 2026: Israel almost won in 2025. Could a new mass voting exercise see it triumph?
The final 20 minutes of last year’s final, in Basle, was excruciating. The same could happen in Vienna next week
Amandaland on BBC One: Amanda is one of the best comedy roles British TV has produced in years
Television: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking along
The wrong Guy: the 20-year legacy of a live TV blunder
Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an IT job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work
David Attenborough wrote me, an annoying child in 1980s Cork, a letter to explain his mistake
Sadly, a letter from a posh man on the BBC - the same one who turns 100 on Friday - was not seen as that big a deal back then
How brilliantly cheeky of RTÉ to essentially launch their version of Who Do You Think You Are?
Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figures
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
May 3rd-8th highlights, including Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces, Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure and Amandaland
Gordon Snell, children’s author and husband of Maeve Binchy, dies aged 93
Gordon Snell also wrote scripts for RTÉ, including the popular children’s show Wanderly Wagon
MasterChef’s new presenter Anna Haugh: ‘I’m really proud I come from Tallaght’
Dublin chef’s new MasterChef presenting role is one of the highest profile gigs in cooking reality television
BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as show scrapped after 52 years
Broadcaster says it must ‘respond appropriately’ to evolving viewing habits
MasterChef on BBC One review: Dublin chef Anna Haugh helps to banish sour taste left by Torode and Wallace
Television: New presenters chef Anna Haugh and food critic Grace Dent go together like Tayto and red lemonade
Mint on BBC One review: Piping hot, deliriously strange new crime drama steeped in magical realism
Television: Charlotte Regan has gone out on a limb with this tale of star-crossed lovers in small-town Scotland
Patrick O’Donovan’s attack on RTÉ was wrong, but he had a point about the media
It is fair to ask if news media do a good job of capturing and representing a range of public views
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
April 18th-24th highlights, including Mint, Super Garden, The Neighbourhood and Unchosen
Róisín Ingle: I took my mother to London to see Joyce, her only remaining sibling
Róisín Ingle: Chance to visit her last remaining sibling was a magic key that unlocked our trip to London
How did Peter Mandelson fail security vetting but still get approved as US ambassador?
Keir Starmer has been busy explaining but key questions remain around the former US ambassador’s appointment
Radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66
Old Grey Whistle Test presenter and Live Aid host succeeded John Peel on BBC Radio 1
Samantha Barry profile: The Cork woman who went from RTÉ to highest level of US publishing
Cork native is stepping down as editor of Glamour, as publishing giant Condé Nast announces shift in business strategy
A Gorilla Story on Netflix: David Attenborough at his most chill pill-sounding back where it all began
Television: As he approaches his 100th birthday, veteran wildlife presenter catches up with descendants of primates he met on Life on Earth
Cork woman Samantha Barry steps down as editor-in-chief at Glamour magazine
Journalist who worked at RTÉ, BBC and CNN is leaving the magazine’s parent company Condé Nast
Secret Service is supremely stupid. But as a Gordon Ramsay show it’s truly excellent
Firing up his electronic germ-counter, the sweary chef goes under cover of darkness to make some queasy discoveries
Dearly imparted: Frank McNally on Paddy the philanthropist, the BBC banning of Clannad, and Beckett’s womb with a view
Might Paddy Dear be persuaded to throw a few million our way, for the relief of distress in dear old Ireland?
BBC to cut one in 10 jobs in radical downsizing
New director-general Matt Brittin to replace Tim Davie next month
Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch dismissed
US president called media mogul personally to try prevent publication of report he sent ‘bawdy’ email to Jeffrey Epstein
Holly Humberstone: ‘I have to look nice, or my album isn’t going to sell. The same rules don’t apply for dudes’
The singer was still at school when the BBC discovered her. By 2024 she was opening for Taylor Swift – yet she still doesn’t have the music industry all figured out, she says
Trump’s World Cup has a strong whiff of the last days of Rome
With a host nation at war and ‘Fifa’ rendered as a swear word, escapism will be hard to find this summer
Ronan Keating’s Wild Atlantic review: The singer’s grief is raw and real during his travels
Television: Sightseeing takes a back seat as Keating talks about his brother Ciarán, who died in 2023
Bafta N-word controversy: BBC found to have breached editorial standards
Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson could be heard shouting racial slur during ceremony
Be more Ryan Gosling: Why AI and the media need us to be curious
News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like
The Young Offenders on BBC One: Lowbrow gags sitting neatly between Benny Hill and Mrs Brown’s Boys
Television: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey
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