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Top 10 shows to stream on Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 2025 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett |Joe Molander |Ella Christian-Sims

Charlotte Ritchie and Mae Martin in Feel Good (credit: Netflix) All the restaurants will be rammed so why not opt for a TV dinner date with one of our romantic recommendations. Whether you're newly head-over-heels or just enjoying the single life, we've got you covered. My Mum, Your DadContrary to what reality TV would have you believe, dating isn’t just a young person’s game.
Mathew Baynton and Rosie Ramsey on line-up for Taskmaster series 19

Jan 22, 2025 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett |Jason Mantzoukas |Mathew Baynton |Atiha El-Ghorri

Competing for the golden bust of His Majesty the Taskmaster Greg Davies will be comedian and writer Fatiha El-Ghorri, who’s appeared on Live at the Apollo, American comedian and actor Jason Mantzoukas, best known for voicing the sex-obsessed Jay Bilzerian in Big Mouth, and Mathew Baynton from the Horrible Histories and Ghosts troupe. The co-host of the Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed podcast, Rosie Ramsey, and comedian and actor Stevie Martin (Starstruck), round out the five.
“I turned to my Line Producer and we nearly cried”: inside the logistical whirlwind of Production Management

Jan 15, 2025 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett

Behind every television programme lurks a logistical nightmare. Take the Production Management category at the RTS Craft & Design Awards. The 2024 nominees were Squid Game: The Challenge, Race Across the World and Planet Earth III. How exactly do you build a set big enough for 456 people to play a game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’, and then deliver those 456 people to the start line?
The Traitors Series Three Power Ranking: Week Two

Jan 15, 2025 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett

Your Faithful guide to a tumultuous second week that saw Kings rise, nice guys fall, and a whole lot of gunge. Jack left hangingWe should’ve known that a rail replacement bus wouldn’t just deliver its passengers to their destination, but suspend them in a deathly limbo between that destination and complete desolation.
The Traitors Series Three Power Ranking: Week One

Jan 8, 2025 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett

Yes, The Traitors, that high camp masterpiece of reality TV, is back to release us from our January blues with more hilariously hubristic schemes, disturbingly primitive groupthink and luxury knitwear. There have been several twists to the game this year: there are slightly more contestants (25, up from 22), and those who make it to the final will no longer have to reveal their allegiances when banished.
What’s On TV This Week: 9th December - 15th December

Dec 9, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett

Claudio Cataño as Aureliano in One Hundred Years of Solitude (credit: Mauro González, Netflix) Josie Gibson helps you with your Christmas shopping, Netflix film the unfilmable with One Hundred Years of Solitude and a star-studded Dexter prequel sees Patrick Dempsey play a budding serial killer.
David Tennant and Aidan Turner to return to Rutshire in second series of Rivals

Dec 5, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett

The announcement came in the form of an Instagram reel of scenes and quotes from the first series. According to Alex Hassell's local lothario and MP Rupert Campbell-Black, the second helping is "guaranteed to be even more pleasurable." Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade led the writers' room who adapted the first half of Jilly Cooper's 'bonkbuster', bringing to riotous life the heady days and TV franchise battles of Cooper's heightened 1980s.
Eddie Redmayne thriller The Day of the Jackal renewed for series two

Nov 22, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett |Eddie Redmayne

The commission comes after the spy thriller became Sky’s most watched original series in the UK. It launched on 14 November and drew 3 million viewers in its first week. It’s also been a global hit and sold to almost 200 territories. Eddie Redmayne won plaudits for playing the elusive and highly-skilled assassin known as the Jackal, whose latest hit job puts himself in the crosshairs of an equally skilled British intelligence officer.
Alison Hammond takes on Florida in new travelogue series for BBC

Nov 22, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett |Aidan Hammond

Florida Unpacked will see the beloved presenter visit Florida with her son Aidan across ten parts for BBC Two. But in keeping with Hammond’s brand, there’s a relatable twist. The cost-of-living crisis has inflated the price of a holiday in Florida beyond the reach of many people’s budgets, so the mother and son duo will be heading off the beaten track in search of the state’s hidden, cheaper gems.
“It went off!”: Robbie Williams reminisces about Take That days in new trailer for BBC boybands documentary

Nov 13, 2024 | rts.org.uk | Harrison Bennett |Robbie Williams

Louis Theroux has produced the series through his company Mindhouse Productions, alongside fellow Exec Nancy Strang. The three hour-long episodes will tell the stories behind some of the UK and Ireland’s most adored popstars, through both archive footage and ‘searingly honest’ interviews with the stars themselves.