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<p>Tony Blair in the Channel 4 documentary being aired this February</p>

behind the headlines

How Tony Blair became more powerful now than he ever was as PM

As the director of a new documentary exploring the extraordinary success of the former leader, Michael Waldman spent several months living on Planet Blair and talking to former colleagues – including Peter Mandelson. It was a fascinating – and sometimes unnerving – experience

<p>Co-hosts of ‘Talking Sopranos’ Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli are taking their hit podcast this side of the Atlantic this month</p>

interview

Steve Schirripa: ‘Wonderful James Gandolfini was not without problems’

<p>Teen dream: Joshua Jackson, Kerr Smith, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams in the seminal coming-of-age drama ‘Dawson’s Creek’</p>

Tribute

Dawson Leery was the Tony Soprano of fictional teenage nonsense

<p>Lisa McGee has focused her new show on a group of women in their late thirties, which she found to be ripe storytelling territory</p>

interview

After Derry Girls, what Lisa McGee did next

Reviews

Features

<p>In the new documentary ‘Michael Jackson: The Trial’, the late singer talks about abuse at the hands of his father, Joe, and how he was exposed to strippers in nightclubs as a young child</p>

in focus

Inside Channel 4’s chilling, extraordinary Michael Jackson: The Trial

Shelving Field of Dreams? The BBC has lost its most heartwarming show

<p> Alec Guinness as George Smiley</p>

comment

Missing The Night Manager already? You need this le Carré adaptation

<p>Marvel-lous work: Yahya Adbul-Mateen II in 'Wonder Man'</p>

Comment

Wonder Man is Marvel’s best in years – sadly, it no longer matters

Interviews

<p>‘I’ve got some kind of dysmorphia’: Jonathan Pryce stars in new Sky crime series ‘Under Salt Marsh’</p>

Interview

Jonathan Pryce: ‘When I look in the mirror, I don’t see an old person’

<p>Dead or alive? Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) was bleeding out as the series two finale concluded</p>

Interview

The Night Manager writer and director reveal all about that big finale

<p>Myha'la: ‘As a younger version of myself, I was trying to get it right and be perfect every time’</p>

Interview

Why Industry superstar Myha’la won’t kiss her co-stars anymore

<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

News

Jake Paul breaks world record as Pokémon card sells for $16.5 million

<p>Dana Eden, the acclaimed Israeli producer, has died</p>

Producer of hit Apple TV show Tehran found dead in Greece hotel room

Coronation Street names potential murder victims in special episode

ANTM judge admits parts are ‘painful’ to rewatch

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