Single Drunk Female: Nuance and empathy elevate this snappy sitcom above other addiction dramasTelevision: As charming as ever but with the central conundrum of whether addiction can be funny unansweredWed May 31 2023 - 14:11
White House Plumbers: An agreeably preposterous retelling of the Watergate scandalTelevision: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star in this screwball comedy that happens to be based on actual eventsWed May 31 2023 - 09:04
Barry finale: An ending even more devastating than Succession’sTelevision: Nobody laughs in Bill Hader’s dark comedy. They’re too busy sobbingMon May 29 2023 - 21:40
What a punch Succession packs at the death. It goes out doing what it does bestTelevision: Jesse Armstrong’s dark dramedy about the billionaire Roy family ends with a flurry of body blowsMon May 29 2023 - 11:54
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I asked Paul Brady to sing Arthur McBride three times one evening’The singer-songwriter has gone back to his family folk roots via his new album, Folkocracy, and found it’s not such an uncomfortable place to beSun May 28 2023 - 05:45
Ryan Tubridy’s last Late Late: Host brims with emotion as Saoirse Ronan, U2 and Paul McCartney make appearances Television: ‘I’m leaving with a spring in my step as opposed to a heavy heart,’ the RTÉ broadcaster says as he steps down after 14 yearsSat May 27 2023 - 00:13
Who’d have thought Kim Kardashian would be the one to flag the dangers of oversharing?Rather than give the inside scoop on their fab life, the family shoot the breeze on antiseptic couchesFri May 26 2023 - 14:45
Succession’s big finale: Here are seven questions we need to be answeredBefore the last episode of the megasatire drops, we ask: Will Roman die? Is Tom Wambsgans poised for victory? What’s next for Greg?Fri May 26 2023 - 11:15
Fubar: Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready for TV. But is TV ready for Arnold?Television: The 1980s action star has jumped from the movies to the small screen with his first starring role for NetflixThu May 25 2023 - 12:01
Tina Turner: broken and beaten survivor reinvented herself to become a superstarFor Irish fans, there will be incredible memories of live shows in Croke Park and the 3Arena and her cover of Paul Brady’s Paradise is HereWed May 24 2023 - 21:26
‘Everybody has their own terrorist. The British army are mine,’ says FionaTelevision: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland gives a voice to those who lived through the bombings and the shootings of the TroublesMon May 22 2023 - 22:15
A grumpily stoic Johnny Depp, a ‘megapint’ of wine, and the hate campaign against Amber Heard Television: Depp v Heard, on Channel 4, begins with a blow-by-blow reprisal of last year’s libel trialSun May 21 2023 - 22:00
Give Me a Crash Course in ... The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomSequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has even more compelling gameplaySat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Arlo Parks: ‘There will always be people who misunderstand what you do. But you just keep doing you’‘Fontaines DC are a big inspiration... I’ve always been inspired by people who approach the world from the outside’Sat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Andy Rourke and The Smiths: The four Manchester-Irish friends who took on the worldThe bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much moreFri May 19 2023 - 11:59
Refreshing documentary humanises prisoners without trying to obscure their crimesTelevision: Schmaltz is thankfully kept at bay and the Mountjoy inmates shy away from self-pityThu May 18 2023 - 14:23
Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me is a candid insight into a traumatic childhoodTelevision: Whereas it was easy to chuckle at Vardy’s Wagatha Christie trial, there is little cause for laughter in this moving new filmWed May 17 2023 - 16:39
With Patricia Arquette’s High Desert, Apple TV+ cements its status as the home of deranged drama Television: The star gives it everything, but this is a prestige-TV mirage – the closer you look, the less there is to seeWed May 17 2023 - 09:46
Peter Broderick: ‘Musicians like to pretend they play music all the time. Often we’re putting stuff on social media’The music industry has changed drastically. For one Galway-based American songwriter being on a label like Erased Tapes is vitalTue May 16 2023 - 05:15
Steeltown Murders: A riveting true-crime drama about the 30-year hunt for a serial killer in WalesTelevision: Life on Mars star Philip Glenister plays a careworn copper back looking for the murderer of teenagers Geraldine Hughes and Pauline FloydMon May 15 2023 - 22:00
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Fun, beautiful and addictively immersiveWhile the emphasis on tinkering and problem-solving initially takes getting used to, it soon becomes hugely satisfyingMon May 15 2023 - 14:02
Clean Sweep, RTÉ’s new slow-burn psychological thriller, has a dirty little secret Television: Charlene McKenna plays an ‘average’ Irish mother whose secrets come rushing back in the bloodiest fashionSun May 14 2023 - 22:30
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War: ‘History that Irish people may prefer not to know’Television: A quasi-official ambassador for the British perspective, Michael Portillo brings viewers on a fun dash through the archivesWed May 10 2023 - 22:35
Setting aside the question of historical accuracy, Netflix’s Cleopatra docudrama is deathly dullTelevision: As the legacy of Cleopatra blazes on, the true shame is that Netflix didn’t make a more interesting documentaryWed May 10 2023 - 10:42
Eurovision 2023 TV review: One of the finalists will haunt your dreams even more than Conor O’Donohoe’s gold catsuitWhere does Ireland go from here? Not to the Eurovision final, which, once again, will have to get by without Irish representationTue May 09 2023 - 22:56
Eurovision 2023: Who are Ireland’s entry Wild Youth, when do they perform in first semi-final, who are the favourites and moreEverything you need to know about this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, which sees Ireland attempt to qualify for Sunday’s finalTue May 09 2023 - 08:20
Annie McCarrick: What’s haunting is knowing that someone watching probably knows what happenedMissing: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle uncovers new details about the American woman’s disappearance, in 1993, but also does her a disserviceMon May 08 2023 - 23:44
Simon Le Bon: ‘I’ve had a lot of fun in Ireland. I once ended up in Lisdoonvarna. I was the only guy with a girlfriend’At 3Arena in Dublin on Sunday, Duran Duran did a magnificent job of reeling in the years and rolling out the hitsMon May 08 2023 - 10:58
Kin season 2 finale: For an often patchy show, the conclusion is shockingFor an often patchy show, this is a more than respectable end to the second seriesMon May 08 2023 - 06:03
The Eurovision entry that brought down a government, and 11 other dramatic song contest momentsWild Youth will be singing for Ireland in Tuesday’s semi-final. They’re taking part in a competition with an eventful historyMon May 08 2023 - 05:45
Joe Elliott of Def Leppard: ‘Taylor Swift listened to our music in her mother’s womb’Life has turned circle for the Sheffield rockers, who are touring with their old glam-metal contemporaries Mötley CrüeSat May 06 2023 - 06:00
Meet Queen Charlotte, who makes Marie Antoinette seem tame in Netflix’s Bridgerton prequelNetflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is not a history lesson. Best to enjoy on its own ridiculous termsThu May 04 2023 - 11:05
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All – Compelling look at singer’s struggle to create a place of calm for himself and his familyTelevision: The music documentary does exemplary work capturing one of the world’s most streamed artists at the crossroadsWed May 03 2023 - 13:00
Brìghde Chaimbeul: ‘From your typical piper to a death-metal fan in leather – my audience is varied’Brìghde Chaimbeul’s appearance on Caroline Polachek’s new album – think the Chieftains jamming with Lady Gaga – is catapulting her into the mainstreamTue May 02 2023 - 05:15
Prince Andrew: ‘I was about to ask this prince ... about his sex life. I started to feel really sick’The Problem Prince is a compelling documentary about one of the most extraordinary interviews in the history of British televisionMon May 01 2023 - 22:00
Fatal Attraction reboot: this bunny boiler-free retread is all fur coat and no knickersThis show has beamed in from a pre-#MeToo eraMon May 01 2023 - 13:06
Help Me Buy a Home: ‘I feel like I’m a 27-year-old teenager sometimes’Television: The real star of Virgin Media’s new series about the property crisis is buyer’s agent Liz O’KaneSun Apr 30 2023 - 21:00
Andy Cairns of Therapy?: ‘If I had said anything against loyalism, people knew where my mother and father live’The Northern Ireland singer on the band’s DIY punk roots in Troubles-era Larne, the joys of listening to Kneecap and what it’s like to live in EnglandSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
A Bond-like thriller will never work here. The spies would have to commute from PortarlingtonCitadel opens with a ridiculous set-piece and from there orbits ever-expanding circles of ludicrousnessFri Apr 28 2023 - 02:00
Jerry Springer cast TV into a cesspit from which it is still trying to escapeWhen he realised he could boost ratings by lowering the tone, the talk show host - who died on Thursday - let it ripThu Apr 27 2023 - 19:16
The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld: It’s a shock when a normal person walks through the doorTelevision: Director Michael Waldman crafts the film in the image of his subject – it is wry, a bit elusive and ultimately fascinatingThu Apr 27 2023 - 11:16
The Silent Civil War review: A gripping story of ordinary people who felt they had to do terrible thingsTelevision: Part one of this two-part documentary explores the bloody Irish conflict over which a collective memory fog descended the moment it endedWed Apr 26 2023 - 22:35
Paul Mescal has released his first song. We don’t expect it to trouble the chartsSlip Away is a fine showcase for the star’s plangent, expressive voice. He’s squeaky, but it’s a heartfelt squeak layered with painMon Apr 24 2023 - 19:59
Malpractice: Another Irish thesp may be about to go full Ted HastingsTelevision: Niamh Algar is riveting in UTV’s hospital thriller, a kind of Line of Duty with stethoscopesMon Apr 24 2023 - 11:17
‘These aren’t wild places. They’re peopleless places. That’s what gives it that strange wild magic’Television: On Ireland’s Wild Islands, Eoin Warner is on a soulful quest to discover the spirit of Ireland itselfSun Apr 23 2023 - 19:30
Waxahatchee: ‘Our last stop on this tour is Ireland. It’s very nice to go out with a bang’In the first of three Dublin shows, the singer treats the sell-out audience to an evening of tidal emotions strummed simply on an acoustic guitarSun Apr 23 2023 - 11:01
Dead Ringers review: Rachel Weisz is electrifying and full-on maniacal from the first sceneTelevision: If you’ve ever flinched watching the Channel 4 maternity ward series One Born Every Minute, Dead Ringers will have you diving behind the couchFri Apr 21 2023 - 09:25
Davy’s Toughest Team: The cameras stop rolling – a sign of genuine crisis on reality TVTelevision: ‘Things have got too dangerous,’ Davy Fitzgerald says as the group prepare to scale an Icelandic volcano. ‘We have to get to the jeep’Thu Apr 20 2023 - 12:42
The Diplomat: Think Emily in Paris crossed with Hogwarts and a Boris Johnson after-partyTelevision: Netflix’s new series, starring Keri Russell, is an overcooked example of the streamer’s ‘American goes abroad and is confused’ genreThu Apr 20 2023 - 01:00
The Mandalorian: Wacky casting, imploding ratings, tumbling appeal. What’s gone wrong with the Star Wars spin-off?Television: Jon Favreau’s ‘well-made pulp’ became a phenomenon. But season three has been a letdown. Can its finale arrest the decline?Tue Apr 18 2023 - 21:00
