Issue Week 23 - 2017 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEThis week in RTOnce big dramas were saved for the long winter nights, but now summer is the right time for TV’s blockbusters. Poldark moving from its September slot is the biggest news, but we can also look forward to the BBC’s adaptation of JK Rowling’s Cormoran Strike detective novels, a new drama from Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky, and Nicole Kidman in the sequel to Top of the Lake. Read about the top 12 summer shows starting on page ten. Michael Palin is back – on the wireless. He tells us about his play that’s been adapted for Radio 4 on page 18 and the role that David Attenborough plays in it! I occasionally need to leave the modern world behind and escape to a time when George Cole was always a…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week in RTOnce big dramas were saved for the long winter nights, but now summer is the right time for TV’s blockbusters. Poldark moving from its September slot is the biggest news, but we can also look forward to the BBC’s adaptation of JK Rowling’s Cormoran Strike detective novels, a new drama from Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky, and Nicole Kidman in the sequel to Top of the Lake. Read about the top 12 summer shows starting on page ten.Michael Palin is back – on the wireless. He tells us about his play that’s been adapted for Radio 4 on page 18 and the role that David Attenborough plays in it!I occasionally need to leave the modern world behind and escape to a time when George Cole was always a loveable spiv,…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis weekWHAT I’M WATCHING…JAY RAYNER‘Currently I’m addicted to Designated Survivor (below) on Netflix,” says the food writer. “It’s a kind of Primark West Wing crossed with an Argos Bourne Identity. In short it’s complete schlock but utterly compelling. Meanwhile, my love affair with Pointless continues. If I didn’t have Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman to keep me entertained through my gym sessions I’d never go there.’Jay Rayner, page 30EMILY MAITLIS‘On television I’m watching the drama Big Little Lies and the new series of Veep,” says the Newsnight presenter. “As for radio, I’m enjoying Jeremy Bowen: Our Man in the Middle East on Radio 4.’Emily Maitlis, page 9WHAT WE’VE LEARNT THIS WEEKThe German industrial giant Volkswagen is famous for making cars, vans and lorries, but its flagship manufacturing plant in Wolfsburg, Germany,…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis weekWHAT I’M WATCHING… JAY RAYNER ‘Currently I’m addicted to Designated Survivor (below) on Netflix,” says the food writer. “It’s a kind of Primark West Wing crossed with an Argos Bourne Identity. In short it’s complete schlock but utterly compelling. Meanwhile, my love affair with Pointless continues. If I didn’t have Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman to keep me entertained through my gym sessions I’d never go there.’ Jay Rayner, page 30 EMILY MAITLIS ‘On television I’m watching the drama Big Little Lies and the new series of Veep,” says the Newsnight presenter. “As for radio, I’m enjoying Jeremy Bowen: Our Man in the Middle East on Radio 4.’ Emily Maitlis, page 9 WHAT WE’VE LEARNT THIS WEEK The German industrial giant Volkswagen is famous for making cars, vans and lorries,…1 min

IN THIS ISSUENewsA LONG GOODBYE Poldark fever is taking hold — its star Aidan Turner is on our cover and the third series will begin in June. But could the end be in sight? When this series finishes, scriptwriter Debbie Horsfield will have covered the sixth of Winston Graham’s 12 novels, and RT is reliably informed that the current plan is to make just two more series, covering the final books and ending on series five. “Series four has already been commissioned and the fifth looks like it could be the last,” says RT’s BBC source. “All good things must come to an end. Even Poldark.” UNLIKELY INSPIRATION Still, there’s plenty more derring-do to be enjoyed, and this series sees a return of one of my favourite characters — fierce Aunt Agatha,…2 min

IN THIS ISSUENewsA LONG GOODBYEPoldark fever is taking hold — its star Aidan Turner is on our cover and the third series will begin in June. But could the end be in sight? When this series finishes, scriptwriter Debbie Horsfield will have covered the sixth of Winston Graham’s 12 novels, and RT is reliably informed that the current plan is to make just two more series, covering the final books and ending on series five. “Series four has already been commissioned and the fifth looks like it could be the last,” says RT’s BBC source. “All good things must come to an end. Even Poldark.”UNLIKELY INSPIRATIONStill, there’s plenty more derring-do to be enjoyed, and this series sees a return of one of my favourite characters — fierce Aunt Agatha, played by Caroline…2 min

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