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<p>Television is increasingly being tailored to the brain’s shortening attention span</p>

TV brain rot: The real reason shows are getting stupider

It’s crazy for streamers to prioritise ‘second-screen viewing’, writes Louis Chilton – but that’s not the only way TV seems to have lost faith in its audience

<p>Peter Claffey: ‘I got a decent bit of bullying when I was a kid. I was sort of weird-looking; wobbly; uncoordinated’</p>

Interview

Peter Claffey on going from pro rugby to the Game of Thrones spinoff

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an odd, crass Thrones spin-off

Why this year’s messy Traitors are the only ones I’m rooting for

<p>Amol Rajan is setting up his own content company</p>

Comment

Why Amol Rajan had to say goodbye to the Today programme

Reviews

Features

<p>Tom Hiddleston plays the lead role in BBC series ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Comment

It doesn’t feel like le Carré but The Night Manager needed a big twist

<p>‘Lovely Fiona’ has been revealed as the ‘secret traitor’ on the BBC show</p>

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The Traitors is a reminder to never underestimate an older woman

<p>Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in the sudsy gay phenomenon ‘Heated Rivalry’</p>

Comment

Heated Rivalry’s obsessive fans have sucked the fun out of the show

<p>Traitors</p>

Comment

People of colour keep leaving Traitors early. Let’s talk about why

Interviews

<p>Malachi Kirby: ‘Most of the characters that I’ve played have been traumatised. Weirdly, that is my comfort zone’</p>

The Saturday Interview

Malachi Kirby: ‘The cameras were off at this point, but I was shaking’

<p>Josh Finan: ‘There’s a certain amount of pressure that builds up in your body over the days’</p>

Rising Stars

Josh Finan on his searing prison drama Waiting for the Out

<p>‘Life is beautiful, man’: Diego Calva stars in the BBC’s flagship drama ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Interview

Babylon’s Diego Calva on playing a villain in The Night Manager

<p>Jim Howick: ‘I read the scripts with a sense of dread’</p>

Interview

Here We Go’s Jim Howick: ‘I’m a walking indignity’

News

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17 of the biggest celebrities to appear on Star Search

<p>Alison Hammond is keen to give it a go</p>

The stars who’ve put themselves forward for Celebrity Traitors S2

Death in Paradise star praises show for having two Black lead stars

Why this year’s messy Traitors are the only ones I’m rooting for

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