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Real comedy, real trauma: how Baby Reindeer and Feel Good are forging a new TV genre

A new generation of comedians are adapting their traumatic experiences for dark comedy.

Ella Purnell as Lucy in Fallout. Credit: Prime Video.
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Fallout on Prime incorporates the best elements of gameplay

Fallout the series adapts the game to satisfy fans, while offering a great standalone story for newcomers.

A smiling woman gets close to a smiling but nervous-looking man's face on public transport, IN Baby reindeer on Netflix.
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Baby Reindeer on Netflix: a look at male sexual victimisation

The new Netflix hit sheds light on the often overlooked male experiences of sexual violence.

Andrew Scott in Ripley. Image: Netflix.
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Is Tom Ripley gay? Netflix's adaptation keeps it ambiguous

The Ripley villain in the Netflix series is just as unknowable as Patricia Highsmith wrote him.

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The Gentlemen on Netflix: why do ‘gentlemen’ still fascinate us?

Guy Ritchie's latest crime series draws on a powerful male archetype. Psychology explains how it works.

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Disney+: Shōgun reimagines 1980 series for a new generation of viewers

From novel to 1980s miniseries, and now a prestige remake for FX and Disney+, Shōgun has had quite the journey.

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Couple to Throuple: polyamory is primed for mainstream TV

Promising three times the fun, feelings and drama, what can we expect from this dating series flirting with non-monogamy?

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ABC's Australia Day Live alienates Indigenous people – choose NITV and SBS

Watching a live broadcast of Australian artists performing as the nation celebrates its day masks the mourning and the contention…

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Gladiators Australia: a TV show for sexual awakenings

The original Gladiators is the stuff of legend ... and now a new generation gets to have a weird thing…

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Doctor Who at 60: a psychologist weighs in

A psychologist explains who and what makes a good Tardis travelling companion in the long-running Doctor Who series.

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