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<p>‘Anaconda’, ‘Amandaland’, ‘The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off’ and ‘The Night Manager’ lead out Christmas TV and film picks</p>

Christmas 2025

What to watch over Christmas and New Year, from Amandaland to Anaconda

At home and at the cinema, this Christmas is a feast of comedy, drama, competitive ping-pong and Tom Hiddleston. Ellie Harrison and Adam White have picked the highlights

<p>Will Sharpe as Mozart in the new ‘Amadeus’ adaptation</p>

How Amadeus turns a rumour about Mozart and Salieri into unmissable TV

<p>Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly have hosted their final Strictly live show</p>

How on earth can you replace a duo like Strictly’s Tess and Claudia?

<p>David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher (Ian West/PA)</p>

It’s baffling that David Walliams’s publishing deal lasted this long

Reviews

Features

The 20 best TV shows of 2025, from Adolescence to Celebrity Traitors

<p>In ‘The Next Act’, Simon Cowell exhibits a sense of race-against-the-clock fatalism</p>

Comment

Simon Cowell is a man out of time in his sad, bleak Netflix show

<p>Balvinder Sopal's Musicals Week performance</p>

Comment

Strictly’s dance-off queen Balvinder Sopal has so much to be proud of

Comment

Strictly’s Instant Dance segment was pure chaos – and deserves to stay

Interviews

<p>Compston has starred in ‘Line of Duty’ since 2012</p>

Martin Compston on Line of Duty, Revenge Club and life in Las Vegas

<p>Russell Tovey is starring in ‘The War Between the Land and the Sea’</p>

Interview

Russell Tovey: ‘We all have a responsibility to choose empathy’

<p>Shirley Henderson: ‘Who said life was going to be easy? We could all just walk away, we could just say, ‘OK, I’m fed up.’ But people don’t – we cling on. You need the battles in life’</p>

Interview

Shirley Henderson on Potter, Bridget Jones and new drama Summerwater

<p>Petticrew stars in a classic tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of the Troubles</p>

Interview

Lola Petticrew: ‘Calling it the Troubles minimises what it really was’

News

David Walliams dropped from children’s book festival after allegations

<p>As we approach the return of the hit series, <em>The Traitors</em>, due to debut on new years’ day, Fazil, 50, reflected on her time on the show</p>

Traitors star Fozia Fazil shares her tips for future contestants

<p>Jimmy Kimmel, a US chat show host who was suspended, will be delivering Channel 4’s 2025 Alternative Christmas Message</p>

Jimmy Kimmel to deliver Channel 4’s 2025 Alternative Christmas Message

Pierce Brosnan calls Netflix’s Warner Bros merger ‘unsettling

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