Appetite for Distraction What to watch and listen to this week: A Michael Caine classic gets a modern reboot, Better Call Saul enters its final lapThe new updating of The Ipcress File is full of nods to the eccentric original film, right down to the quirky camera angles
Comment: Why Netflix is feeling the squeeze The streaming giant has stood still while rivals have added value to their products
Appetite for Distraction: Our pick of this week’s best home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best small-screen entertainment and podcasts out there
Revenues at Virgin Media grow 3% to €224 million in first half of 2020Data use across the company’s network almost double as internet played a key role in remote working, education and entertainment during pandemic while TV subscriptions also increased
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best small-screen entertainment and podcasts out there
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV shows, streaming and podcasts out there
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV shows, streaming and podcasts out there
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV shows, podcasts, movies and video games out there
TV Review: Going Underground to revisit America’s grim pastThe Underground Railroad, a ten-parter about black slaves’s efforts to escape their captors in the 1800s, mixes horror with magic realism to mesmeric effect
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV, streamed shows and podcasts around
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best streamed shows and podcasts out there
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV shows, podcasts and video games
Appetite for Distraction: Our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best streaming, games and radio content
Merciful hour: Stephen Rea and Judith Roddy interviewedThe Northern-born actor and his compatriot Judith Roddy jumped at the chance to appear in Frank McGuinness’s eagerly awaited new work, The Visiting Hour
Appetite for Distraction: our pick of home entertainmentYour weekly guide to the best TV shows, movies and video games around
Classical Notes: Could streaming be a silver lining for classical music?Irish classical’s response to the pandemic has given streaming viewers an idea of how good our artists are right across the musical spectrum
Romeo and Juliet: A reimagining for screen that grips and surprisesShakespeare’s classic and David Ireland’s Sadie were both staged for British TV last week, with impressive results
