Christmas TV and movie guide: the best shows and films to watch

December 24th-27th: including new Christmas specials of Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Gavin & Stacey, and Wallace & Gromit

Godzilla used to be a metaphor for nuclear horror. Nowadays the monsters are metaphors for the lumbering franchises they appear in

Patrick Freyne: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is zippy, characterful and fun, but I could do better

Netflix: 10 of the best new TV shows to watch in April

Better Call Saul and Selling Sunset return for fresh seasons while Ozark concludes

Patrick Freyne: Britain has four armed forces – army, navy, air force and Ross Kemp

Kemp is a celebrity vassal for Bridge of Lies, a whimsical TV entity that has needs

Michael Fry: ‘I’ve never done live stuff ever. It absolutely terrifies me’

The online comedian on stage fright, indie bands and why Navan isn’t a funny town

TV View: Anodyne BBC should follow Sky’s lead

Cricket World Cup far more engaging than softly, softly approach at Wimbledon

At Home and Away with the Fairies – An Irishman’s Diary on the globalisation of a Hiberno-English phrase

Are you bovvered? OED reveals all about the budgie smugglers

1,000 new words added to Oxford English Dictionary for its latest quarterly update

Writing panto is no joke – I swear on my hair

Karl Broderick is Ireland’s longest-serving panto writer, but can he teach this novice how to write a funny script?

Nativity 3: Dude Where’s My Donkey?! review - a new low for British cinema

Karen Gillan: from Doctor Who to Hollywood

She took playing Doctor Who’s sidekick to a whole new dimension, and now Karen Gillan is taking horror through the looking glass with shocker Oculus – and will soon be seen in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Sky’s latest laugh with its comedy commitment

Sky’s first ever head of comedy, Lucy Lumsden, talks about the serious business of funny