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<p>‘To get even closer to Shōgun and the real events that inspired the story, I went to Japan to learn all about the locations that fed into the series – onsens and all’ </p>

Cherry blossom, onsens and my quest to find the real Shōgun

The historical Disney+ drama set in ancient Japan has rapidly become the biggest TV hit of 2024. To unearth its historic origins, Nicole Vassell travelled to the real-life locations that inspired it – from castles in Tokyo to fishing towns in Itō

<p>Richard Armitage as Dr Matthew Nolan in ‘Red Eye'</p>

Red Eye takes a reliably tense premise and makes it nearly unwatchable

<p>Huw Edwards had been at the forefront of BBC news coverage for decades</p>

Huw Edwards: From breaking Queen’s death to scandal and leaving BBC

<p>Vaulting ambition: Ella Purnell as the underground-dwelling Lucy in ‘Fallout’</p>

Comment

Fallout is good – but there’s no escaping the ‘gamer brain’ epidemic

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<p>Literary scandal: a new Disney+ show explores Truman Capote (Tom Hollander)’s falling out with high society friends like Babe Paley (Naomi Watts)</p>

‘What did they expect?’ How Truman Capote betrayed the ‘swans’

<p>Sian Brooke</p>

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Blue Lights’ Sian Brooke: ‘Police are in an odd place, it’s shocking’

<p>Richard Gadd: ‘When you go through quite a relentless ordeal of stalking, it does imprint itself upon your soul a little bit'</p>

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Richard Gadd on Baby Reindeer, his true story of stalking and trauma

<p>Nick Offerman, Amy Poehler and the cast of ‘Parks and Rec’ </p>

Amy Poehler and the cast of Parks and Rec on the comedy turning 15

Interviews

<p>Walton Goggins: ‘When I first started acting, I was deeply insecure. I didn’t enjoy it'</p>

Interview

Walton Goggins interview: ‘Now I don’t need approval from anyone’

<p>‘I’ve never had a good sense of picking projects that make money. That’s just never been how my brain works’ </p>

Interview

Mary Elizabeth Winstead on fame, Tarantino and husband Ewan McGregor

<p>West says coming back to Channel 4 after previously working on Aids drama ‘It’s a Sin’ felt like a ‘full circle moment’ </p>

Interview

Big Mood’s Lydia West: ‘People forget about millennials’

<p>Eugene Levy returns (hesitantly) to another season of travelling the world in Apple TV+’s ‘The Reluctant Traveller’ </p>

Interview

Eugene Levy: ‘I’m not ruling anything out – including retirement’

News

Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn reveals how reaction to character has changed

<p>Homer Simpson in ‘The Simpsons'</p>

The Simpsons fans shocked as series kills off character after 35 years

<p>Not for everyone: Mutt Williams, Skylar White and Mr Big are among the characters to get backlash from fans</p>

The 19 most hated characters in movies and TV, ranked

<p>Beckham and Wahlberg are currently embroiled in a legal battle </p>

David Beckham sues Mark Wahlberg over £8.5 million loss

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