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From the Editor
THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
BACK TO THE SWINGING SIXTIES
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
AIMEE LOU WOOD • She won a Bafta for Sex Education and plaudits for Cabaret — but she’s much happier pretending to be pregnant
to be a radio sound designer
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU’LL MEET • If life is a journey, then make an effort to talk to strangers on a train, says Alexei Sayle
‘I was nervous of what they would find’ • Former Olympian Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill knows the courage it takes to excel on the world stage – but nothing prepared her for what she discovered on Who Do You Think You Are?
Digging up their roots • The celebrities find circus performers, campaigners and war heroes in their family trees
Stranger than fiction • Twenty years of genealogical journeys have produced some jaw-dropping TV. Exec producer Colette Flight takes up the tale
‘I longed for a better sense of identity’ • Moira Stuart recalls taking part in the very first series
ON YOUR MARKS! • A new batch of celebrities are racing across South America. But how will they cope with just their nearest and dearest for company?
MY LONG ROAD BACK • His accident left him with flashbacks and scars, but Freddie Flintoff feels ready to face the world thanks to his ragtag cricket team
‘HE’S A SPECIAL LAD’
‘Fame was the bane of her existence’ • Film-maker Nanette Burstein reveals how candid audiotapes of Elizabeth Taylor paint a revealing portait of the Hollywood star
Murder most foul • Who killed the man in the blood-soaked M&S pyjamas?
LAST BUT NOT LEAST • In a Games all about equality it’s fitting that the honour of ending the show in Paris goes to the women, says Simon Barnes
PICK OF THE WEEK’S SPORT ON TV
SHE’S NO ANTIHERO • No wonder we all fall for the Taylor Swift love story
Streaming
HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV & FILM
Saturday
ALSO ON TODAY
TODAY AT THE OLYMPICS
FILM OF THE DAY
Sunday
ALSO ON TODAY
TODAY AT THE OLYMPICS
FILM OF THE DAY
Monday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Tuesday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Wednesday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Thursday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
Friday
ALSO ON TODAY
LIVE SPORT
FILM OF THE DAY
COMETH THE HOUR • Nuala McGovern, the new host of Woman’s Hour, hopes to help the next generation...