London theatre: the best family shows to book now
Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best West End and other London family shows – from toddlers to teenagers
Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best West End and other London family shows – from toddlers to teenagers
Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best London shows in the West End and beyond
The originating giants of 1970s Zamrock were on fantastic form at this north-London gig, and the audience responded in kind
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper: Volume 5 continues the multi-million-selling tale of young gay love. In truth, it’s a gently-told, age-old tale
The producers of Superman promised ‘the most expensive picture ever made’ and delivered a Christmas turkey for the ages. Or is it a cracker?
Harriet Walter is formidable as the icy matriarch at the centre of a play staged here as a horror show of the mind
This year saw a bumper crop of historical fiction, some traditional whodunits and more than one big-ticket novel that badly needed an editor
Your complete guide to the week’s television, films and sport, across terrestrial and digital platforms
It's clever, it's fun, it features a marvellously greasy Gary Oldman swearing at his MI5 colleagues – and it deserves a much bigger audience
100 years after the soprano’s birth, Serena Davies recalls growing up with her opera-singer mother in a house filled with Callas recordings
No DAB+ signal? No problem. There’s a vast array of audio delights – from wall-to-wall Bach to eccentric jazz – online
Bold, brilliant and never preachy, Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's tale of four indigenous teenagers from rural Oklahoma is a must-watch
This week, Radio 4 explores sexism on TV, and Richard Osman and Marina Hyde team up for podcast The Rest is Entertainment
Bland campmates hog the limelight while perhaps the most interesting moment in the entire episode was a story about a fart
With three likeable, sports-loving lads in the final, the Bake Off tent has never seen such a display of macho pride
Richard Branson's cash-in compilation albums were once a musical rite of passage. Why hasn’t streaming killed them?
Settle down in front of the fire (and the box) with Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian epic, a furry Julia Donaldson and Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor
Heavy metal and the culture of cuteness sound like an unlikely match – but this trio make it seem remarkable considering
He walks out of interviews, can’t stop bashing Trump and is now losing his temper at awards shows. Where has the Goodfella gone?
Philip Mould, art dealer and expert on Fake or Fortune?, tells us how to spot a forgery, from scientific analysis to subject matter
We Are Your Soldiers, a meticulous study by journalist Alex Rowell, dismantles the Egyptian leader’s image as an anti-colonial hero
The storied animation studio's latest flop proves the House of Mouse has run out of ideas. But is the brand tarnished for good?
The reporter’s much-trailed study of the Royal family is laughably partial, devoid of insight and bizarrely misogynistic
Food critic leaves the jungle, Nigel Farage keeps his head down and there's a whiff of Lord of the Flies about the camp's new leader
Rory Stewart and Tom Holland explore the Roman dictator's impact on modern politics – but it's hardly 'landmark' history programming
The Irish novelist talks about his homeland, his cancer diagnosis and his new beginning
Eleanor Tomlinson and Alfred Enoch star in this sexy thriller set in an alternate-reality Yorkshire that looks more like LA than Leeds
Never made it as a wise man? What exactly is a ‘semolina pilchard’? Test your knowledge of pop music's biggest poetic crimes
The late guitarist was the softly-spoken heart of a deeply crazed band, and his uniquely pulverising sound influenced an entire generation
Mental instability looms large in Nick Rennison's evocative new book of pop-history, 1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis
Political issues dominated the sporting shelf, whether historical or up-to-date, while fascinating biographies appeared in every field
The BBC dance show returns for a 21st series. Here is the current line-up, after Angela Rippon was eliminated on Sunday night in Blackpool