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TV tonight: Angela Rippon’s intense pasodoble to an absolute Madonna classic (www.theguardian.com)

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Who will make it through to Blackpool in Strictly Come Dancing? Plus: Jools Holland celebrates Windrush music. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: an emotional but very funny last goodbye to Ghosts (www.theguardian.com)

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The charming sitcom goes out in chaotic style. Plus: Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets the Taiwanese civilians preparing for a Chinese invasion. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: Anna Torv returns in classy drama The Newsreader (www.theguardian.com)

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The Australian newsroom series is back and there is rivalry in the air. Plus, Taskmaster just keeps getting better. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: the brilliant Prof Hannah Fry is back with her fascinating series (www.theguardian.com)

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From spy tactics to a serial killer, in the first episode we learn all about the passport. Plus: Brian Cox delves into the life of the bard. Here’s what to watch today

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TV tonight: Anthony Joshua reveals all to Louis Theroux (www.theguardian.com)

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The roving reporter takes on the former heavyweight boxing champion. Plus: Bake Off continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Doctor Who: Disney+ Apparently Confirms "Holiday Special" Date, Title (bleedingcool.com)

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First up, the special's title is listed as Doctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road, with December 25th set as the date. Clearly, we're getting that "Ruby" connection to Gibson's companion – but is it now running as a "Holiday Special" instead of a "Christmas Special"? Could it be a title change strictly for Disney+ as a way of observing all holidays?

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TV tonight: the remarkable, gruelling story of a gravedigger in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

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The Grave follows the work of Vitaly Borovyi, who buried almost 450 bodies in a mass grave in Izium. Plus: The Long Shadow reaches its conclusion. Here’s what to watch this evening

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AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004) by Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade (onion.tube)

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One of my favorite projects that Berry ever worked on is 2004’s AD/BC: A ROCK OPERA. It aired on BBC Three in 2004 and features a lot of the usual BBC comedy suspects that seemingly always work together: Berry, Richard Ayoade (who also directed and co-wrote the lyrics with Berry), Julia Davis, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas, and more. It’s a hilarious parody/homage of those hippie-influenced Christ musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell. AD/BC especially skewers the movie adaptations of those plays, with their anachronistic blending of modern props with the BC setting, erratic camera moves and dizzying editing, awkwardly rhyming lyrics, and the free flowing (and rarely good) choreography.

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Doctor Who's first Dalek story colourised for new feature-length revamp (www.radiotimes.com)

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Well this could be very interesting indeed... Obviously the main question is how on earth can they cut anything from that story down to 75 minutes when it's already such a lean script with no padding at all?!?

I'm a huge Troughton fan though, and while I'm g glad there's been something of a First Doctor revival in the last few years it'd be great to see a colourised Mind Robber or something as well, not that it will happen...

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Dad's Army | Animated versions of missing episodes to air on GOLD (filmstories.co.uk)

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Picking up from a mention over in British comedy:

Doctor Who fans will be very familiar with the concept of animating lost episodes of a television, utilising the soundtrack to give as close an approximation as possible to the original broadcast version. Several Who stories have come back to life this way, and very successfully too.

The same team who did the work on assorted Doctor Who stories is now behind Dad’s Army: The Animations, which will bring six lost episodes of Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s sitcom to the screen for the channel GOLD in November.

The episodes are as follows:

The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Walker (Series 2, Episode 3)

Private Walker is called up into the army and Captain Mainwaring does all he can to appeal the decision.

Under Fire (Series 2, Episode 6)

The platoon arrest a supposed Nazi agent, on charges of signalling to enemy air-craft.

A Stripe For Frazer (Series 2, Episode 5)

Private Frazer receives an ill-advised promotion to Lance Corporal.

The Animated Christmas Special

In these two shorts (from Christmas Days 1968 and 1970 respectively), Captain Mainwaring drills his platoon in physical fitness and assembles a choir to entertain the troops.

Of all five animations, only A Stripe For Frazer has been seen on television before, and the three full episodes were previously remade in live action as Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes in 2019.

Release date for the first one: Monday November 6th

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TV tonight: the man who accused his parents of killing his teenage sister (www.theguardian.com)

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An intense documentary about the mysterious death of Jennifer Pandos. Plus: Judi Dench on Shakespeare. Here’s everything to watch this evening

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TV tonight: the juicy details about John F Kennedy, Frank Sinatra and the mafia (www.theguardian.com)

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A documentary shows the secrets of Kennedy and Sinatra’s friendship. Plus: French thriller Dark Hearts. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: comedians’ moving tribute to Dame Deborah James (www.theguardian.com)

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A host of entertainers take over the Francis Crick Institute for Stand Up to Cancer. Plus: the ghosts are getting existential. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: come one, come all to the bloodsuckers’ ball (www.theguardian.com)

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It’s all coming to a head at Mardi Gras in Interview With the Vampire. Plus, Mary Berry teaches us – and Mel Giedroyc – a thing or two. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Little Britain sketch is ‘explicitly racist and outdated’, Ofcom research finds (www.independent.co.uk)

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A controversial Little Britain sketch is “explicitly racist and outdated”, and it is surprising it is still available on BBC iPlayer, according to audience research by Ofcom.

The regulator showed people a number of clips of television as part of a study into audience expectations on potentially offensive content across linear TV and streaming services.

One sketch from Little Britain, originally broadcast in 2002 and available on iPlayer, shows David Walliams as university employee Linda Flint describing an Asian student, Kenneth Lao, over the phone to her manager.

He is described as having “yellowish skin, slight smell of soy sauce … the ching-chong China man.”

The scene is accompanied by a laugh track.

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TV tonight: Ashley Jensen takes on her first case in Shetland (www.theguardian.com)

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She plays Jimmy Perez’s successor in the cosy crime drama. Plus, Emilia Fox spies fishy goings-on at a wedding in Italy. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: Sid Owen, Peter Hitchens and other celebs get Banged Up (www.theguardian.com)

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The decommissioned HMP Shrewsbury is re-opened as a virtual ‘prison theme park’ in this bizarre new series. Plus: a very spooky Bake Off. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: Julian Fellowes’ glossy period drama The Gilded Age (www.theguardian.com)

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The new-world Downton Abbey is back. Plus: Who Took Madeleine McCann? Here’s what to watch this evening

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Classic Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker 'to get animated restoration' (www.radiotimes.com)

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The Celestial Toymaker is reportedly set to be the next classic Doctor Who story to get its lost episodes restored in an animated release.

The reported restoration looks set to come just in time for the eponymous Toymaker to return for the 60th anniversary specials, which begin airing in November 2023.

The Daily Mirror reports that episodes will receive an animated release imminently after the original master tapes of the 1966 story were wiped.

The fourth episode of the four-part story was the only episode in the BBC archives after a recording from Australia was given to the BBC in 1984.

It was later released on DVD as part of the Lost in Time box set of partially lost stories.

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TV tonight: Jimmy McGovern’s Bafta-winning prison drama Time (www.theguardian.com)

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Tamara Lawrance and Bella Ramsey also play inmates in Jimmy McGovern’s hit drama. Plus, Inside Iran: The Fight for Freedom is a vital watch. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: irresistibly fun reality show Survivor is back (www.theguardian.com)

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Two tribes go to war in a bid to win £100k. Plus, a shocking documentary about human zoos. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: the brilliant last series of Ghosts approaches the end (www.theguardian.com)

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The restless spirits of Button House resort to a game of Blankety Blank. Plus Danny Robins investigates some rather more scary goings on in Uncanny. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: a joyous celebration of Lenny Henry (www.theguardian.com)

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An ITV film exploring the prolific actor and musician’s work is a tonic. Plus, Lucy Beaumount’s turn on Taskmaster disgusts even the unflappable Julian Clary. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Doctor Who: The TARDIS is set to return to Saturday nights, landing at the heart(s) of the BBC One Schedule (www.bbc.co.uk)

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It is time to mark your calendars, cancel any plans, and get your sonic screwdrivers at the ready as the TARDIS is set to return to BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday 25 November.

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Get set for three epic adventures starting with The Star Beast (25 November) where the Doctor and Donna will come face to face after all these years but just how, and why, is about to be revealed. Followed by Wild Blue Yonder (2 December) and The Giggle (9 December) viewers are about to go on an otherworldly adventure through space and time.

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TV tonight: Kirstie and Phil return to take on the UK’s impossible housing market (www.theguardian.com)

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Location, Location, Location is back to help home-buyers navigate sky-high housing costs. Plus: quickfire tips on how to rid yourself of bedbugs. Here’s what to watch this evening