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Anne Penketh: Life without terror threats, serial betrayal and Harry

I got the call only minutes after I purchased the DVD of series nine to take back to America with me. The BBC had canned my favourite TV series. Spooks is dead.

DVD: Animal Kingdom, Optimum (For rental & retail)

This Australian revenge drama's opening scene is revealing: 17-year-old J watches TV, while his mother lies next to him, dead from an overdose.

DVD: Animal Kingdom (18)

Smurf, Jacki Weaver's sly, unhinged Melbourne mobster, suggests that her son, Andrew "Pope" Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), should start taking his pills again. I should say so.

TV star Janet 'Mrs Thatcher' Brown dies at age of 87

The actress Janet Brown, who became a television star for her impersonation of Baroness Thatcher in the 1980s, has died aged 87.

The Shadow Line: When shots in the dark are right on target

Hugo Blick's new conspiracy thriller, The Shadow Line, promises to be a classic of the genre, says Gerard Gilbert

DVD: The Green Hornet (12)

The Green Hornet joins Hudson Hawk, Batman and Robin and The Avengers as one of the all-time, big-budget action duds.

Midsomer's producer to step down over race row

The producer of Midsomer Murders, who controversially claimed that the drama was the "last bastion of Englishness", has stepped down .

Midsomer Murders producer Brian True-May 'will step down'

The producer of Midsomer Murders who sparked a race row has apologised and will step down from the show after "the current production run".

The Troubled Man, By Henning Mankell

Inspector Morose – the depressive detective Kurt Wallander – mounts what the author says will be his final investigation

Midsomer Murders producer Brian True-May suspended over minorities comment

The producer of long-running TV hit Midsomer Murders has been suspended after sparking a row when he claimed part of the show's appeal was an absence of ethnic minorities.

Midsomer's missing minorities mystery

It is the great unsolved mystery in the long-running ITV1 drama series, Midsomer Murders: where are the characters from ethnic minorities?

Animal Kingdom, David Michod, 113 mins (15)

This menacing Australian thriller about a gang of criminals and drug addicts vividly shows how your worst enemies can often be the people closest to you

Animal Kingdom (15)

The Independent review: Where the really wild things are

American: The Bill Hicks Story, Matt Harlock & Paul Thomas, 107 mins (15)

Bill Hicks was reckoned to be one of the most brilliant and abrasive stand-ups in America before he died from pancreatic cancer in 1994, aged 32.

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Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported
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France's sixth biggest city* goes to the polls (*that's London, btw)

Next month expats in the stronghold of South Kensington will have a big say in who is returned as the first French overseas MP
Aftershock: How Haiti's quake hit the whole of Hispaniola

Aftershock: How Haiti's quake hit the whole of Hispaniola

Two years on from the disaster that shook the Caribbean state, its eastern neighbour, the Dominican Republic, fears a new wave of illegal immigrants could hurt its economy
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Plan B's new film explores the urban tensions that led to last summer's riots – and he's not the only one finding cinematic inspiration in social unrest
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Romney hits the magic number...

... but his smartphone app fails crucial spelling test
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Can a network of hi-tech terminals and online medics make the connection?
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Song of the suicide bomber: How 'Babur in London' negotiated a cultural minefield

Song of the suicide bomber

Daring new opera 'Babur in London' features British terrorists planning an attack.
The school that brought the International Baccalaureate to the East End

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The International Baccalaureate is not just for pupils in leafy suburbs.
England must beware brilliant Belgium

England must beware brilliant Belgium

They may have missed out on the Euros but the Belgians have a rash of young players who, thanks to the unifying skills of their coach, look to have a bright future
James Lawton: Liverpool must show new man the respect he needs to do the job

James Lawton

Liverpool must show new man the respect he needs to do the job
2012: the year when England's support decided to stay at home

2012: the year when England's support decided to stay at home

Three Lions will play their Euro 2012 games in front of only a few thousand of their fans
What's wrong with Rory?

What's wrong with Rory?

Is the trouble with the defending US Open champion in his head, in his swing, with his girlfriend – or is it all in the minds of others?