TV

They say that compromise is the key to a happy relationship, and so for the past few months every night at 9pm I have sat down to watch Love Island in exchange for TV dibs during test matches and live football games. I want to say that I've hated every moment of it, but the reality is that I've that it has been a thoroughly enjoyable series. I've laughed out loud, shed the occasional tear and gasped on numerous occasions...

Shocking video footage has emerged today of BBC producer Fergus Beeley's road rage rant - and he has already been likened to TV's misanthropic Basil Fawlty. John Cleese's fictional character, who is the star of TV comedy Fawlty Towers, is renowned for his spiteful and abusive treatment of guests. But even his rants couldn't beat the rage displayed by the producer behind many of David Attenborough's BBC shows. Beeley flew into a "raving state" after his car was forced to pull over at the side...

A former squaddie has cemented himself as the world's number two Game of Thrones fan - by transforming his TOILET into an Iron Throne. Chris Fleet, a former sniper, remodelled his bog to look like the iconic Iron Throne from the series, which relaunched for its seventh series on Monday. The toilet is decorated with massive black swords - just like the real thing from the smash hit HBO show. And it's also fully functional, as demonstrated when Chris took a...

There's a riddle I like to use to expose everyday sexism in modern society. It goes something like this: A father and his son are in a car crash. The father dies on impact but the son gets rushed to hospital. The doctor comes in but says, "I can't operate on this child, it's my son". Who is the doctor?  It's remarkable how long it takes people to figure it out (it's his mother, silly). But perhaps such warped views...

  These pictures show a special extra-terrestrial on set during filming of the latest series of Doc Martin - Alien star Sigourney Weaver. The A-list Hollywood actress was captured looking very much the tourist in a yellow coat, sun-hat and a camera wrapped around her neck. The popular TV show starring Martin Clunes is currently filming its eight series at Port Isaac, the picturesque Cornish fishing village which doubles as fictional Portwenn. The usual cast members were joined on Tuesday...

A natural history documentary about the Scottish Wildcat is set to be filmed in 4K for the first time ever. The Tigers of Scotland feature documentary journeys across Scotland to uncover the traits, clues, underestimated threats, the landscapes and the conservation efforts which currently shape the life of the Scottish Wildcat. It will also investigate the life of the Wildcat, from past through to the present, and how they overcome the challenges of surviving when they are so close to extinction....

By Samantha Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Equality Now On BBC One tonight is the first episode of ‘ThreeGirls’, a hard hitting three-part drama that tells the true story of three girls who were among almost 50 adolescents groomed for sex by a gang of men in Rochdale between 2008 and 2012. Aged 13 to 17, these vulnerable underage teenagers were trafficked - experiencing systematic rape and abuse at the hands of numerous perpetrators. On some occasions the girls were beaten when they refused...

Once upon a time I was a ten year old boy, one who had already developed a two-way communication with the bulky and sculpted wood furniture in the corner of the living room that contained the tubes and wires, cords and dials of the television innards. Yes, I actually did hide behind the blue velvet couch when William Hartnell's Doctor Who first confronted a Dalek; I also hid on the staircase when the theme music of Dick Tracy started as...

I certainly am not the first to observe that we are watching a fresh and dazzling Golden Age of Television exploding before us like an endless display of holiday fireworks but I'm quite sure I am the first to say that I rather deeply resent it. You see, from the year 2000 through 2012 while I was living in Canada I wrote a newspaper column called Inside Television. Every week I'd review the new and the notable, share industry and...