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The violent fall of a great American sports star
Our Fight, the second memoir by former MMA champion Ronda Rousey, is a tale of industry norms that range from sad to frightening
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‘We did that fight 72 times’: the throat-ripping secrets of Patrick Swayze’s Road House
Can Jake Gyllenhaal’s remake of the ‘boobs and bombs’ classic match the dirty, all too real brutality of 1989? The original team reveal all
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Who is the new James Bond? Everything we know about the next 007 film
Will 007 be played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson? When can we expect to see the film in cinemas? And will Christopher Nolan direct?
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‘Under weaknesses, you’ve put eczema’: Ewen MacIntosh’s funniest Office moments
As Wernham Hogg's accountant, the late actor turned doing the bare minimum into comedy gold. But who was the man behind the Scotch eggs?
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How The Royle Family baffled the BBC but touched the nation
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash’s gloriously uneventful comedy paid loving tribute to working-class life – and ushered in a TV revolution
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When Del Boy fell for Raquel: inside Only Fools and Horses’ finest Christmas episode
First shown 35 years ago, Dates marked a dramatic – and romantic – turn for the sitcom. Tessa Peake-Jones – aka Raquel – recalls its magic
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Why Homicide: Life On the Street is a criminally overlooked masterpiece
Cases went unsolved, and its heroes weren't heroes. Homicide rewrote the TV crime rule book, and made a star of the late Andre Braugher
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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Office Christmas special: ‘We wanted heartbreak’
How did the masters of cringe comedy give us a festive kiss to melt the heart? The ‘cynics’ behind Dawn and Tim – and David Brent – tell all
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Why Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory infuriated Roald Dahl – and terrified its cast
Gene Wilder starred in one of the finest – and most unhinged – Dahl adaptations ever made. But life on set wasn’t always sweet
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How Santa Claus: The Movie nearly killed Dudley Moore’s career
The producers of Superman promised ‘the most expensive picture ever made’ and delivered a Christmas turkey for the ages. Or is it a cracker?
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Warriors and the brutal reality of Bosnia: ‘Nato held an exercise so we could make our show’
The 1999 Damian Lewis drama showed British peacekeepers forced to stand by as neighbour butchered neighbour. But how authentic was it?
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Every Doctor Who episode missing from the BBC’s Whoniverse – and why
iPlayer now boasts a vast archive of over 800 Doctor Who episodes – with some glaring omissions. Where did they go?
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Killer robots, Donald Trump and a crisis of faith: the freaky story behind Five Nights at Freddy’s
Scott Cawthon’s horror has inspired novels, fan theories and now a horror film. Why has his video game become such a cultural lightning rod?
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Killers of the Flower Moon and Hollywood’s ‘red face’ shame
Native Americans have long been ridiculed on screen, badly treated on set and played by white actors. Is Scorsese’s Osage epic any better?
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Jean-Claude Van Damme: ‘I was offered $20m to fight Steven Seagal in Vegas – he backed out’
The punchy star of Donald Trump’s favourite film talks addiction, failure and why his old foe still wouldn’t stand a chance against him
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How Goodnight Sweetheart baffled the BBC – and made Nicholas Lyndhurst a cult hero
Before Frasier, the Only Fools and Horses star played a time-traveller adulterer – in a sitcom judged ‘the strangest idea in TV history’
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