TV tonight: Jack Thorne’s new forbidden love drama
Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu test their vows in a church-set romance. Plus, a shocking true-crime story in London. Here’s what to watch this evening
February 2026
‘Downright adorable’: why Alan Carr and Amanda Holden are TV’s most lovable duo
TV review
Secret Genius review – Alan Carr and Susie Dent’s moving IQ contest will have you instantly hooked
December 2025
Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts: who is in the running?
Best podcasts of the week
Alan Carr tries to become a wine connoisseur: best podcasts of the week
November 2025
The Guide newsletter
The Guide #216: Celebrity Traitors was a watercooler-moment smash-hit – but how long will audiences stay faithful?
He deserves to go down in history! How Alan Carr pulled off that gobsmacking Celebrity Traitors victory
The Celebrity Traitors result revealed after dramatic finale
I’m a veteran Traitor – this is why the celebrity Faithfuls are so utterly shambolic
Paul Gorton
October 2025
Move over, Claudia: how Jonathan Ross became a Traitors style icon
The fart that could save TV! Why Celebrity Traitors is all about Alan Carr v Celia Imrie
March 2025
TV tonight
TV tonight: an essential report on the civil war in Sudan
Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports from an African disaster zone. Plus: ballet superstar Steven McRae’s gruelling road to recovery. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2023
TV review
Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream review – no reality show has ever featured this much screaming
Fourteen overexcited hopefuls head to Greece to compete for West End roles in the Abba musical. It’s a wildly rushed, tension-free series that is never less than shrill
June 2023
Smile, it’s summer
A birdsong app, an allergy cure and a cool glass of gavi: Alan Carr, Mary Berry, Maya Jama and others on the thing that makes their summer
From a slice of cucumber to a sticky cuddle, celebrities reveal their essential companion for a blue-sky day
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review
Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…
TV review
Changing Ends review – Alan Carr’s childhood makes for relentlessly funny TV
This semi-autobiographical sitcom is a light, self-deprecating slice of hilarity. Its tale of growing up in 1980s Northampton is camp, cheeky and clever
May 2023
‘I used to say awful things’: Alan Carr on divorce, dating and the skit that haunts him
The seven best shows to stream this week
Changing Ends to Deadloch: the seven best shows to stream this week
April 2023
Scrappy, surreal and sincere: how Late Night Lycett reinvigorates the British chatshow
Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett has birthed what feels like an instant classic – knowingly modern, goofy and refreshingly hectic
March 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: can anyone sing, in only six weeks?
Voice coaches set out to get amateurs ready for a live opera show at the London Coliseum, while a Sky documentary tracks the race to make a Covid vaccine. Here’s what to watch this evening
