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Daniel Sloss: Finding comedy in chaos

“I understand my comedy isn’t for everyone, I would never want to be a comedian that appealed to everyone,” admits the Scottish comedian.

Describing his sense of humour as a “darkness”, Sloss often questions offensive comedy in his stand up. “My intention is never to offend…you’re choosing to be offended.”

“I don’t enjoy truly offending anyone, I’m still growing and learning. [But] there is a level of narcissism to being offended by comedy that I am jealous of. You go to a comedian’s show and sit there and think, ‘is this about me?’, that’s all being offended is.”

The Crown: Deconstructing the Coronation

The lavish ten-part Netflix series became another outstanding triumph for writer Peter Morgan and a distinguished team . Critics noted a “startling attention to detail in everything from costumes to sets” and thought it hard to see how it could be better.

The show set out to tell the inside story of the most famous addresses in the world, Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street, and it did just that, exploring the intrigues, love lives and machinations of post-war Britain.

Netflix reveals first glimpse of Bridgerton series 4’s masquerade ball

Fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton book series are on tenterhooks waiting for Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) to meet his love interest, Sophie at the opening masquerade ball. After announcing in July of 2024 that Benedict would be taking centre stage in series four - with Yerin Ha (Halo) debuting as Sophie - fans have been in a drought for content of the two lead actors.

Comfort Classic: Kath & Kim

Do you speak Kath & Kim? Yes, it’s an Aussie sitcom, but it’s also a language. If you’re fluent, you will call your lounge the “good room”, declare after a slap-up meal that you’re “full up to pussy’s bow” and wash that meal down with a glass of Cardonnay (insisting that the “h” is silent).

Once hooked, you may find yourself employing Kath & Kim vocabulary for life – and hoping that the life in question turns out to be “effluent”.

Kit Connor and Joe Locke to produce Heartstopper’s film send-off

The film will come in addition to a sixth instalment of Alice Oseman’s series of graphic novels, that will follow the same plot. The series adaptation has launched the careers of many of the young cast - most of whom made their screen debuts in Heartstopper. Kit Connor and Joe Locke, who star as Nick and Charlie, have had roles on Broadway and in the Marvel universe, respectively. Meanwhile, Yasmin Finney joined the Doctor Who cast for the 60th Anniversary, and Bradley Riches entered the Big Brother house.

Dolly does Darcy: Casting for Dolly Alderton’s Pride and Prejudice adaption revealed

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that once a decade Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice gets a remake. From BBC’s 1995 mini-series to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen’s 1813 novel has been reimagined countless times.

Makers of Adolescence option rights for new TV adaptation of nuclear disaster classic Threads

A traffic warden with a white bandage over his face has a gun slung on his shoulder. Behind him, out of focus, are people trapped in a holding pen

The original 1984 television film follows two families in Sheffield after the Soviet Union drops a nuclear bomb on the city. The rule of law quickly deteriorates, and survivors find themselves at the mercy of looters, traffic wardens armed with rifles and their own, rapidly deteriorating health.

In a flashforward some years later, the decimated population of Britain is seen trying to maintain a primitive society whose children can barely use language.

"You can almost taste the lemons": Making The Leopard, Netflix's love letter to Sicily

It is among Italy’s most treasured novels and was memorably filmed by the revered director Luchino Visconti. You would have to be brave, foolhardy even, to make The Leopard for TV, especially if you’re not Italian.

But that’s exactly what UK producers Moonage Pictures have done with a superlative new version for Netflix of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s masterpiece. What’s more, the sumptuous six-part drama – set in mid-19th-century Sicily as Italy becomes a nation – was shot entirely in Italian.