The beige sofas and brutally lacquered hairstyles of The Newsreader (ABC/BBC/Roku) bely a colourful, multi-layered drama set in a 1980s Australian TV newsroom. Helen Norville (Anna Torv) and Dale Jennings (Sam Reid) are the two emotionally intertwined news anchors who are just about holding it together on screen, as things take a distinctly messier turn off it.
Somebody Somewhere (HBO/Sky) is a beautiful comedy-drama set in smalltown middle America.
Its star Bridget Everett plays a 40-something woman who has returned to her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas (from the other Manhattan), to care for her dying sister. But the show refuses to follow predictable redemption arcs in favour of something much more honest and affectionate.
Graham Snowdon, editor
The third and final series of Top Boy (Netflix) came to a poignantly nihilistic end as the rivalry between childhood best friends Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane Robinson) spiralled further from the vortex of Hackney's Summerhouse estate. Brilliantly acted, written and conceived to create empathy amid violence.
If Colin from Accounts (BBC) was one of the fruits of the UK's post-Brexit trade deal with Australia, then it was a welcome benefit. Reallife partners Harriet Dyer as Ashley and Patrick Brammall as Gordon write and star as the odd couple brought together by a collision with Colin, the titular dog whose disability cements and complicates a perfect sitcom set-up.
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Starlink's conquest of the Amazon leaves Brazil in a dilemma
The helicopter swooped into one of the most inaccessible corners of the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian special forces commandos leaped from it into the caiman-inhabited waters below.
Dalai Lama's mountain town feels the strain of tourist boom
SUVs and saloon cars pass slowly along McLeod Ganj's narrow one-way Jogiwara Road, blaring horns at pedestrians and scooter riders and playing loud music.
'I am all the world' The brutal rule of a West Bank settler
Palestinians tell ofblacklisted Yakov's reign across the Jabal Salman valley and heisjust one of many violent bosses
Stormy waters New flashpoint emerges in South China Sea dispute
Hopes that tensions in the South China Sea might ease have been short lived.
'Justice delayed' Why trust in public inquiries to bring closure is fading
After the final report of the Grenfell fire inquiry was published, Hisam Choucair, who lost six family members in the blaze, said: \"We did not ask for this inquiry... It's delayed the justice my family deserves.\"
Celeriac soup with almond pangrattato
I'm not ashamed to say that as soon as September hits, my stick blender comes out. Just as I embrace salads when the clocks go forward in the UK, I wholeheartedly throw myself into soup season once the summer holidays end. Autumn is approaching in the northern hemisphere and I'm ready with my ladle. Celeriac is one of my favourite soup heroes, because it gives the creamiest, silkiest finish with little effort. You don't have to make the almond pangrattato, but it is a wonderful addition.
Are smoke signals telling me to make an oil change in the kitchen?
Should you that is, not can you) cook with extra-virgin olive oil? Antonio, Atlanta, Georgia, US
Going underground
A darkly humorous encounter between an American spy-cop and the members ofan eco-commune she is hired to infiltrate
All work and no play
Hard Graft, a powerfulnew London exhibition, focuses onworkers’ exploitation, from the ruined hands ofa washerwoman to mothers forced to sell their bodies
What the princess and the shaman tell us about hereditary privilege
It should have been an Instagram-perfect wedding image, but it turned out to be something more embarrassing.
