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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Vastly different shows The Dog House and The Apprentice both return, An Update on Our Family looks at the unregulated world of family vlogging, First Dates Ireland continues, while Brian and Maggie concludes . . .

Television • 30 Jan

Brian and Margaret will be screened on Channel 4 next year

Harriet Walter portrays Margaret Thatcher on Channel 4

Harriet Walter portrays the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in first-look images for a new Channel 4 drama.

Television • 01 Oct 24

Harriet Walter to play Margaret Thatcher in new TV drama

Harriet Walter to play Margaret Thatcher in TV drama

Harriet Walter will play Margaret Thatcher in a new television drama commissioned by Channel 4.

Television • 14 Jun 24

Billy Bragg attends the unveiling of The Music Walk Of Fame 2023 at Camden on 9 September 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Bragg: "I was never hip but I can still be relevant"

Billy Bragg has said there are no longer many musicians singing about the issues of working people but there is no excuse for him not to stay relevant.

Music • 31 Oct 23

BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell retires

The BBC's royal correspondent, who was famously described by the King as an "awful" man, is retiring after nearly five decades with the corporation.

Television • 03 Oct 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

There's the last two ever episodes of US sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kevin McGahern hangs out with orang-utans on Zoo Live, superhero Ms Marvel arrives on Disney+, and Adam Sandler stars in Hustle . . .

Adam Sandler • 08 Jun 22

What's on? Top TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic Raised by Wolves is back for a second season, heart-warming film fare with Stan & Ollie and a look at the close relationship between Maggie and Ronnie . . .

Television • 06 Apr 22

Colman fought urge to cry playing Queen Elizabeth

Actress Olivia Colman, who has handed over the reigns (geddit?!) of playing the Queen in The Crown, has revealed that she often resisted the urge to cry while filming her scenes.

Television • 28 Dec 20

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in the fourth season of The Crown, which is back on screens on November 15

First look at Princess Diana in The Crown

The first images of Emma Corrin as Princess Diana and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher from the fourth series of The Crown have been released.

Television • 29 Sep 20

(L-R) Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter - Reprising their roles as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret respectively

The Crown returns for series four in November

Netflix has announced that the eagerly-awaited fourth season of The Crown will premiere around the world on Sunday, November 15.

Television • 20 Aug 20

Phil Coulter reveals why he chose to decline an OBE

Singer and songwriter Phil Coulter has explained why he turned down Margaret Thatcher's offer of an Order of the British Empire, which puts him in the exalted company of David Bowie and John Cleese, who also rejected British honours.

Music • 20 Sep 19

Gillian Anderson is 'falling in love' with Thatcher

X-Files' star Gillian Anderson has admitted that she is "falling in love" with the "complicated and controversial" character of Margaret Thatcher she's playing in The Crown.

The Crown • 07 Sep 19

Brendan O'Carroll had a very salty encounter with the former British Prime Minister

When Mrs Brown met Margaret Thatcher - things got salty

Brendan O'Carroll has revealed he once had a 'salty' encounter with Margaret Thatcher when he was working as a waiter at Dublin Castle which almost caused the former British Prime Minister to choke on her food.

Brendan O'Carroll • 21 Apr 17

Margaret Thatcher