Amandaland on BBC One: Amanda is one of the best comedy roles British TV has produced in years
Television: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking along
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Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever made
Put your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worst
British ambassador Kara Owen: ‘There is one particular part of Ireland I’d always go to. It is beautiful’
Kara Owen: The British ambassador to Ireland on her strongest childhood memory, her favourite Irish restaurant, and the actor she would like to play her in a biopic of her life
Motherland star Philippa Dunne: ‘People love Anne, and it really touches me’
Mayo-born actor on her new play at the Gate Theatre, getting a ‘cringey’ photo with Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, and coming from a long line of women who ‘live into their 100s’
Amandaland review: This engaging and funny one-off is the pick of Christmas Day viewing
Television: Christmas is about excess and familial angst, but also tenderness and tears, and all of the above are combined in perfect portions here
Caroline Grace-Cassidy on fate: ‘Let’s all believe that our World Cup place is meant to be’
The author on her new Christmas novel; her hopes of it becoming a Hallmark movie; and her belief in fate
Behind the scenes with Marian Keyes on the set of The Walsh Sisters: ‘I couldn’t be happier ’
Marian Keyes’ beloved novels about five Irish sisters have been adapted for a new RTÉ drama series, and its stars are all here to chat about it
Emmys 2025: Colin Farrell, Sharon Horgan, Ruth Negga and more show off red carpet looks
Farrell wore a Tricolour pin with his suit while his son Henry opted for an all-black look
Barbie Ferreira: ‘Even when I don’t feel confident I feign it, to control the space I’m in’
The actor’s career trajectory offers the perfect blueprint for the polymath, many-platformed nature of modern youthful stardom
Emmys 2025: Sharon Horgan, Colin Farrell, Ruth Negga earn nominations for top TV award
Sharon Horgan earns her second consecutive nomination for her black comdedy Bad Sisters
Anne-Marie Duff: ‘I have the second half of my life to go. So, what am I going to fill that f**ker with?’
Known to a new generation of fans for her Bafta-winning Bad Sisters performance, Duff is back in Reunion, a gritty four-part thriller
Iftas: Small Things Like These beats Kneecap to win best film award
Cillian Murphy wins award for best actor for second year in a row while Saoirse Ronan picks up two gongs
Amandaland review: Sharon Horgan comedy spin-off stands firmly on its own two feet
Television: Series sees Motherland’s obviously posh mum Amanda return as she juggles parenting with a career as an influencer
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