How a Zoom spelling bee with friends became a TV comedy hit

How a Zoom spelling bee with friends became a TV comedy hit

During the COVID lockdowns,Guy Montgomery devised a way to keep in touch with comics around the world.

  • byBen Pobjie

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This high-octane investment bank drama is a sleeper hit

This high-octane investment bank drama is a sleeper hit

Loud,cocaine-fuelled and set in a London investment bank,the third season of Industry begins next week.

  • byBenji Wilson
Despite the shtick,Micallef’s new chat show is brilliantly simple

Despite the shtick,Micallef’s new chat show is brilliantly simple

The hook for Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction is which two possessions his guests would save,but really it’s just interesting people talking about life,the universe and everything,

  • byBen Pobjie
Matt Damon on his 43-year friendship with the other Affleck (Casey,that is)

Matt Damon on his 43-year friendship with the other Affleck (Casey,that is)

The pair star in The Instigators,a heist comedy that brought them back to their hometown of Boston. Not everyone,though,was pleased.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
‘Absolutely terrifying’:Why you’ll never catch Celia Pacquola stepping through the blue door

‘Absolutely terrifying’:Why you’ll never catch Celia Pacquola stepping through the blue door

The comedian returns to host the second season of Thank God You’re Here,but actually doing improv fills her with dread.

  • byBridget McManus
The best new shows to stream in August

The best new shows to stream in August

Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air in Australia this month.

  • byCraig Mathieson
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From promiscuous fairy wrens to troublesome lorikeets,this bird nerd has seen it all

From promiscuous fairy wrens to troublesome lorikeets,this bird nerd has seen it all

Dr Ann Jones returns with another instalment of The Secret Lives of Our Urban Birds,but this one had her in tears.

  • byBridget McManus
Ian Rankin’s detective Rebus is back - and he’s badder than ever

Ian Rankin’s detective Rebus is back - and he’s badder than ever

Outlander star Richard Rankin brings to the role a kind of demonic charisma,a dangerous edge,that makes him more faithful than his predecessors to the author’s vision.

  • byJake Kerridge
Binge all six seasons of this remarkable drama while you can
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Binge all six seasons of this remarkable drama while you can

The Americans was a masterful production with painfully nuanced performances by Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.

  • byCraig Mathieson
The daredevils who fell in love climbing the world’s tallest buildings

The daredevils who fell in love climbing the world’s tallest buildings

The vertigo-inducing spectacle of rooftopping is the backdrop for a budding romance in Skywalkers:A Love Story.

  • byLindsey Bahr
From snake bites to amputations,show captures the stress of being a new doctor

From snake bites to amputations,show captures the stress of being a new doctor

Fly-on-the-wall series Junior Doctors Down Under shows that life in a hospital emergency department is not what you see in TV dramas.

  • byBridget McManus