TV tonight: Gemma Arterton will charm your socks off in Funny Woman
Arterton’s bottle-blonde Barbara Parker ditches Blackpool for swinging 60s London in this Nick Hornby adaptation. Plus, Grayson Perry boards the soul train to Wigan. Here’s what to watch this evening
January 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Welcome to Chippendales; Harry: The Interview; The US and the Holocaust; The Reunion
The shifting patterns of English
May I have a word about… the perils of nominative determinism
Jonathan Bouquet
How we made
Alan Sugar on making The Apprentice: ‘If I was a candidate, I’d win every time’
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TV tonight: the wild true-crime story behind ITV’s John Stonehouse drama
September 2022
TV review
Make Me Prime Minister review – absolute, exquisite agony
It’s The Apprentice for aspiring politicians – starring Thatcher devotees and Jackie Weaver. As reality TV, it is perfect. As a viewing experience, it’s hell
February 2022
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TV tonight: Kate Garraway takes over Piers Morgan’s Life Stories
The GMB presenter is in the hot seat, with Charlotte Church her first interviewee. Plus, the first season of And Just Like That … comes to an end. Here’s what to watch this evening
January 2022
Reality checked
Covid? Never heard of it! Step into a carefree past: watch The Apprentice
Yomi Adegoke
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TV tonight: Jamie-Lee O’Donnell swaps being a Derry Girl for being a Screw
May 2021
Reality checked
From Gordon Ramsay to The Apprentice: why bullying business TV must end
Yomi Adegoke
The celebrity chef is returning to our screens with FFS, a new contest for food entrepreneurs. But will it be just another shouty, toxic ode to capitalism and burnout?
March 2021
Romesh Ranganathan’s midlife crisis
I bought a face mask recommended by a contestant on Coach Trip – is this being influenced?
My wife pointed out that Raef had beautiful skin – the sort that we might like to have
November 2020
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TV tonight: Frank Gardner on the trauma of a life-changing injury
The BBC correspondent recalls being shot while working in Saudi Arabia in 2004. Plus: triumphs, but mainly disasters – last of The Apprentice Best Bits. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2020
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A clear-eyed take on Trump, Biden and the looming US election
Will US voters opt to return Donald Trump to the White House, or vote in Joe Biden? Plus: The Truth About Your Sandwich. Here’s what to watch this evening
May 2020
Lord Sugar tweet broke UK advertising rules, says watchdog
The Apprentice host is partner in firm whose teeth-whitening product he recommended
April 2020
Facebook fact-check
Lord Sugar criticised for sharing Covid-19 falsehoods on Twitter
Apprentice star tweeted claim allegedly from a Japanese scientist saying pandemic was man-made
December 2019
You're hired! Why Attenborough should narrate The Apprentice
This weekend, a subtitle error fused Seven Worlds, One Planet with the bumbling business contest – and it was brilliant. Here’s why the nature titan should join the show for good
November 2019
Seven BAME candidates fired in seven weeks – is The Apprentice racist?
My time on The Apprentice taught me a lot about black men in business
Samuel Brooksworth
October 2019
There’s no need to watch The Apprentice. We are living it now
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TV tonight: The Apprentice is back ... but who is getting fired first?
