Anita Singh

The BBC's director-general has said he will not be rushing to bring back the Boat Race, despite competing in it on three occasions.

“My name is Whiptail and I kill people for a living,” announces Hannah Waddingham in the opening minutes of the entertaining action caper Ride Or Die (Amazon Prime Video). We’ve already gathered that because we’ve just seen her assassinate a Russian oligarch in an Austrian ski resort. But it’s going to come as shocking news to her best friend, who for 20 years has believed her to be an accountant.

Claudia Winkleman has quit her BBC chat show after one series, saying she was “just too nervous to enjoy it”.

Poor Claudia Winkleman. Her programme seemed to have all the ingredients of a hit – that’s to say, all the ingredients of The Graham Norton Show, bar Norton himself – but it never took off. She has withdrawn after only one series, saying she was “too nervous to enjoy it”. And the failure will fuel the argument that women make bad chat-show hosts.

You know what they say: before the age of 65, you trip and fall. After 65, you have a fall. So it is with Sue in Ann Droid (BBC One), a sparky comedy about later life. Treated as if she’s doddery and halfway to losing her marbles after falling at home, she is given a humanoid robot to help around the house and keep an eye on her supposedly fading faculties. Thus begins a blossoming friendship and an unexpectedly poignant sitcom.

It's October 1986. Top Gun is about to open in cinemas. Margaret Thatcher is about to open the M25.

The Odyssey reviews are in. Our own Robbie Collin calls it “astonishing”, “thrilling” and “trailblazing”. For other critics, Sir Christopher Nolan's

The BBC has demanded that Donald Trump hand over his personal messages in an attempt to prove that he incited the Jan 6 riots.

The BBC has demanded that Donald Trump hand over his personal messages in an attempt to prove that he incited the Jan 6 riots.

The British broadcaster v US President defamation trial is scheduled for February 2027.