Television: At no point is Hector in danger of doing anything original or surprising (the odd fusillade about politicians aside)

Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?

Television: Illustrious cast wasted on Mick Herron adaptation with an implausible plot and an obnoxious lead character

This is the National Ploughing Championship for hipsters

Television: If ever you wanted a reminder that even mildly famous people are nothing like the rest of us, Celebrity Traitors has proved it

Television: This is less aspirational programming and more like a foray into a fantasy of unaffordable upgrades

Songs are grim portraits of living through disaster but a pop album is not the most suitable conduit for such heavy emotions

Despite signing to the ultra-hip Brooklyn-based label Partisan, the introverted band have decided against leaving their hometown of Dundalk

This is not a comedy anyone would need to spend the rest of their lives with – but a solid second series confirms there is no need to break things off just yet

Television: Addition of Traitors stars might give ratings a bump, but after 10 years the show’s format is a little staid

Adaption of Rónán Hession’s book puts real Irish life on the screen without any compulsion to call attention to itself

The chart-toppers have released their second album, From the Pyre, which channels the uneasy spirit of the classic 1973 folk-horror movie

She didn’t go quietly either, squaring up to the veteran broadcaster at the second round table

Kevin Parker staggers through this underwhelming, repetitive LP in a state of more or less permanent perturbation

The huge success of the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters has brought the Korean pop genre to the West, with near-sell-out Dublin and Cork shows on the way