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From the Editors
THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
OLIVIA COLMAN & MICHEAL WARD • The Oscar winner and Top Boy star on an unlikely romance, age gaps — and embarrassing sex scenes
to be an 11-year-old superstar • Actor Henry Thomas recalls how his life changed after his 1982 encounter with ET
ARE WE TOO WOKE TO JOKE? • Victor Borge said laughter brings us together — not any more, says comedian Simon Evans
THIS WEEK IN RT… 15—21 JANUARY 1983 • Continuing our countdown to the centenary of Radio Times in September, with a weekly look back at some of the magazine’s landmark issues…
BOURBON SAGA TAKES THE BISCUIT • Why I binged this royal romp with perfect teeth
GOOD GOLLY, IT’S NOLLY! • Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T Davies on their tribute to Noele Gordon, the soap star who captured the hearts of millions
‘The sofa will outlive all of us’ • What’s the secret to presenting the nation’s favourite breakfast programme? Tough questions, handbrake turns – and a siesta, say Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty
‘I was freezing at 6am in my leotard and tights’ • What was breakfast TV like 40 years ago?
Be good to YOUR GUT • Want to be healthy and happy? Then eat at least 20 plants a week and drink a glass of red wine every night, says scientist Tim Spector
CHANGE YOUR LIFE… • How to check the make-up of your microbiome
TOO GREAT TO GO • Will the old boys step aside in 2023? Don’t bet against them…
SIMON’S THREE TO WATCH
Streaming
HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV & FILM
Saturday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Sunday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Monday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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LIVE SPORT
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Thursday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
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Friday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
QUEENS OF THE ROAD • Who needs sat nav? Meet the women who keep the nation’s drivers moving
PICK OF THE WEEK
The Archers this week…
MONEY TALKS • Give tech millionaires a microphone and who do they gossip about? Elon Musk, of course
CHARLIE HIGSON • Classical music is the soundtrack to our lives
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ROYAL REVENGE • Author Robert Harris on the real 17th-century manhunt that inspired his latest novel
Was Columbus beaten to it? • The story of how the New World discovered the Old
‘I’M HAPPY ANYWHERE’...