Idris Elba: ‘Man, talk about work as therapy. I would break down on set’
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Patrick Freyne: Give the Galactic Empire a break. They’re just trying to get things done
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Patrick Freyne: Gavin hasn’t had a land-hungry American visit yet, but it’s surely coming
Patrick Freyne: Homeland is a tool for teaching Americans geography
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TV in 2019: A year of big and unhappy endings
Fleabag, Game of Thrones and Catastrophe all ended – and somehow brought us all together
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Wild, Wild Country, The Deuce and Beat, plus the best from All4 and Sky Atlantic
James Bond: How a potentially radical film became a far safer movie
Swapping Danny Boyle for Cary Fukunaga looks like a cautious move by the producers
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Philip Roth: ‘the great American novelist of our postwar world’
Colm Tóibín pays tribute to great author who was a ferocious critic of Donald Trump but a close friend of Edna O’Brien
Bed and breakfast – and ‘Flashdance’ – with Daniel and Majella: what a feeling
Feast goes on the table and all restraint goes out the window when Ireland’s first couple arrive at the door
The Wire, 10 years on: ‘We showed the American dream was dead’
Writers and stars of ‘anti-cop show’ look back at a series that changed TV for ever
Philip Roth's final interview: 'Life can stop on a dime'
The great American writer on Trump, the #MeToo movement and living the retirement life
Ticket Awards 2017: The best television of the year
It’s hard to think of a show that chimed as much with the moment as ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
The Deuce: a riveting peep show into the psychology of American capitalism
David Simon’s brilliantly made new drama about the rise of the US porn industry is not on a mission to titillate
What happens to falsely imprisoned people after they are released?
Freedom sometimes comes without liberation in new documentary ‘Fallout’
Patrick Freyne picks the best TV shows on the way for Autumn
Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar
‘Wire’ creator David Simon: ‘Our systems are under siege’
TV writer on decline of journalism, rise of Trump and bringing the Pogues to the stage
France is entranced by Macron. Can he build on a faultless start?
New president has sent the country’s morale soaring – but he must turn words into action
Seven small-screen reasons to welcome 2017
There are many things we could resolve to do this year – join a gym, fight fascism – but if the TV screen wins out instead, there are some promising shows to while away the hours
Julian Gough: The myth of the selfish artist ruined my marriage
I now know male writers do not have to choose between family and work. Both feed each other
Kathy Sheridan: The appalling decline in the quality of public insults
We all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgar
The Get Down: Netflix's latest series that cost $10m an episode
Baz Luhrmann breaks the bank with $10m an episode in Netflix’s hip-hop odyssey, while John Oliver has the last word
You Will Know Me review: Female adolescent noir hits a literary high point
Megan Abbott delivers another intense thriller about the unknowable world of teenage girls
The end is nigh for The Good Wife – it’s still the best thing on TV
In 2014 I wrote that the legal drama was the best show around – the news of its demise, and a few dodgy seasons since, haven’t changed my mind
Laurence Mackin’s 2015: Singular success and collective triumphs
Despite complaints about collaborative art, there have been great examples this year
Aidan Gillen: chasing character at the top of his game
The ‘Game of Thrones’ star has had an extraordinary career but still likes to do low-budget Irish films
Irish-American aims to halt Clinton’s ‘unstoppable’ progress
Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley praises Yes win in same-sex marriage referendum
Brought to Book: Laura Lippman on our hunger for meaning
Former reporter says novelists make a fetish of research – ‘it’s not that hard’
Mardi Gras: one last hurrah before Lent
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a kaleidoscope of colour, exuberance and great noise, when the Big Easy lets the good times roll
The Good Wife: the best-made, most nuanced show on television
The show teases out troubling issues of race, gender, class and privilege – underestimate it at your peril
Lessons Love/Hate learned from US television
Get an anti-hero. Hire Aidan Gillen. Don’t be episodic. These are some of the tricks RTÉ’s drama picked up from across the water
They have a lot, but they ain’t got what the movies got
The more the next generation of games and TV series grab our attention, the more they confirm the power of cinema
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