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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.

The captivating beauty of Netflix's nature documentary series Our Oceans

The first episode of Our Oceans, a new five-part Netflix nature documentary narrated by Barack Obama, opens with the story of a humpback whale protecting her calf in the Pacific. Reflecting on the show, series producer Jonathan Smith found himself relating to the whales: “A bit like the humpback at the beginning, this is our baby… that we’ve spent six years nurturing, and we’re about to send it out to the world.”

Are we ready for next-gen sport?

More than 24 million people tuned into ITV and the BBC to watch Spain beat England in the Euro 2024 final in July. A month later, Warner Bros. Discovery streamed 3,800 hours of live Olympic competition, consumed by UK and European audiences to the tune of 7 billion minutes.

Clearly, sport still pulls in huge audiences, whether broadcast on linear TV or streamed on platforms such as Discovery+ and Max. But rather than resting on their laurels, platforms are looking to attract the next generation of fans via social media and YouTube.

Dark, crisp and getting even: behind the scenes of Netflix's spy thriller Black Doves

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: frantically juggling work dos with gift shopping and carol concerts. Add to that list the small matter of avenging the murder of your secret lover, and things get wild very fast.

This is where we find Keira Knightley’s Helen in the opening episode of Netflix’s six-part spy thriller Black Doves. Married to Wallace (Andrew Buchan), the British defence minister who’s tipped for No 10, she’s the picture of domestic bliss as a dedicated wife and mother to two young twins.

One Day: How director Molly Manners revamped a classic love story for a new generation

Manners is the lead director behind the latest iteration of David Nicholls’ 2009 bestseller, the Netflix series One Day. Viewers get to know Emma, a working-class girl from Leeds, and Dexter, a privileged boy from London, through just one day a year, over a 20-year span. Manners’ role included setting the tone for the series as a whole, finding her ‘Emma’ and ‘Dexter’, choosing locations, and creating a visual language for the two of them, both when they’re together, and in the years where they’re separated.

Nominations announced for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2024

Across the 29 hotly contested categories, the BBC leads the way with 32 nominations and dominates the Design – Titles and Director – Multicamera categories by receiving all three nominations for both. Next up is Netflix who received 16 nominations and garnered all three nods in the Sound – Scripted category. Netflix’s hit drama Eric, produced by SISTER and Little Chick, gained the most recognition for an individual programme with a total of five nominations.

Five shows to get into the Halloween spirit… for scaredy cats

If you experience soaring heartrates and sweaty palms at the sight of haunted dolls or evil nuns, it doesn’t mean you can’t participate in spooky evenings – you just need to choose something a little milder.

Read on for five TV series with Halloween vibes, that won’t give you night terrors…