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How wolf in sheep’s clothing Stephen proved to be the apex Traitor

Even if his calculating fellow Traitor Rachel makes it to tonight’s final, the man in impeccable knits has shown that warmth makes the predatory instinct more dangerous, writes Patrick Smith

<p>Television is increasingly being tailored to the brain’s shortening attention span</p>

TV brain rot: The real reason shows are getting stupider

<p>Peter Claffey: ‘I got a decent bit of bullying when I was a kid. I was sort of weird-looking; wobbly; uncoordinated’</p>

Interview

Peter Claffey on going from pro rugby to the Game of Thrones spinoff

Why this year’s messy Traitors are the only ones I’m rooting for

Reviews

Features

<p>Tom Hiddleston plays the lead role in BBC series ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Comment

It doesn’t feel like le Carré but The Night Manager needed a big twist

<p>‘Lovely Fiona’ has been revealed as the ‘secret traitor’ on the BBC show</p>

Comment

The Traitors is a reminder to never underestimate an older woman

<p>Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in the sudsy gay phenomenon ‘Heated Rivalry’</p>

Comment

Heated Rivalry’s obsessive fans have sucked the fun out of the show

<p>Traitors</p>

Comment

People of colour keep leaving Traitors early. Let’s talk about why

Interviews

<p>Malachi Kirby: ‘Most of the characters that I’ve played have been traumatised. Weirdly, that is my comfort zone’</p>

The Saturday Interview

Malachi Kirby: ‘The cameras were off at this point, but I was shaking’

<p>Josh Finan: ‘There’s a certain amount of pressure that builds up in your body over the days’</p>

Rising Stars

Josh Finan on his searing prison drama Waiting for the Out

<p>‘Life is beautiful, man’: Diego Calva stars in the BBC’s flagship drama ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Interview

Babylon’s Diego Calva on playing a villain in The Night Manager

<p>Jim Howick: ‘I read the scripts with a sense of dread’</p>

Interview

Here We Go’s Jim Howick: ‘I’m a walking indignity’

News

<p>A building occupant uses his phone to record US rock climber Alex Honnold climbing the Taipei 101 building without ropes or safety gear in Taipei on January 25, 2026</p>

LiveNews

Netflix’s Skyscraper Live sees Alex Honnold triumph: updates

<p>Alex Honnold will attempt to scale the world's 11th-tallest skyscraper live on Netflix</p>

Alex Honnold is being paid ‘embarrassing amount’ to scale Taipei 101

<p>The Masked Singer Arctic Fox revealed as Strictly legend</p>

The Masked Singer Arctic Fox revealed as Strictly legend

<p>Masked Singer Money Business revealed as UK chart-topper</p>

The Masked Singer Money Business revealed as UK chart-topper

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