Television
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‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide
Death of actor Kim Sae-ron sparks renewed calls for changes to ease pressure on celebrities who face intense s…
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See You Again, the hit reality TV series in China helping to destigmatise divorce
The show, which sends couples contemplating divorce away on a weeks-long roadtrip, has struck a chord and igni…
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‘It’s a continuation of hope’: Paris-based TV station provides a lifeline for women in Afghanistan
Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban ruleFrom a …
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Shyam Benegal obituary
Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore diff…
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Shyam Benegal obituary
Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore diff…
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‘Firing a loud shot’: Taiwan TV show Zero Day aims to spark debate over potential China invasion
Director Lo Ging-zim hopes drama series will reverse people’s desensitisation to possible war after years of C…
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Reality TV contestant apologises for killing and eating protected New Zealand bird
An American contestant on Race to Survive has apologised for eating a weka, a large, brown flightless bird kno…
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‘Funny and kind of sad’: how Clarkson’s Farm has captured Chinese viewers
Jeremy Clarkson’s reality TV show has particular appeal for young people with no experience of farmingTo one C…
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Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on
Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William AdamsOn…
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‘Flat and shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem divides viewers in China
Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese storyNet…
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Disney’s Shōgun breaks mould with careful respect for Japanese culture
High-budget series with largely Japanese cast avoids well-worn western orientalist fantasies and wins plaudits…
- Amazon, Asia Pacific, Censorship, China, Culture, Hong Kong, Television, Television & radio, World news
Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scene…
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While We Watched review – reporter Ravish Kumar’s quiet courage in Modi’s India
News anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but…
- Afghanistan, Channel 4, Culture, Documentary, Factual TV, Military, South and Central Asia, Television, Television & radio, World news
‘I’ve never seen desperation like it’: UK soldiers relive the terror of leaving Kabul
Military personnel speak frankly of the chaotic, terrifying evacuation, in moving new documentary series from …
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‘Resistance is possible’: Ravish Kumar, the broadcaster risking his life to tell the truth about India today
The eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now bro…