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Michael Sheen makes a downbeat attempt to tackle debt crisis

Damien Molony stars as Jersey detective Jim Bergerac in the U&Drama reboot of the 80s crime drama (Picture: UKTV/Colin Hutton)

Bergerac review: The 80s detective gets a touchy-feely makeover

Jim Bergerac (Damien Molony) confronts Barney Crozier (Robert Gilbert) in the U&Drama reboot of the classic 80s police drama Bergerac (Picture: UKTV/Colin Hutton)

Bergerac review: The 80s detective gets a touchy-feely makeover

Alan Mak MP and exhibitors at last year's Community Information Fair

Political opinion: Off The Fence with Alan Mak MP: Join in the celebrations at m...

The women of Dope Girls. From left, Billie (Umi Myers), Violet (Eliza Scanlen), Kate (Julianne Nicholson), and Evie (Eilidh Fisher) (Picture: BBC/Badwolf Productions/Ray Burmiston)

Dope Girls review: A painfully post-modern, female Peaky Blinders

James May took a look at Sir Walter Raleigh in the latest episode of his Channel 5 history series The Great Explorers (Picture: Channel 5)

The Great Explorers with James May: The TV equivalent of a Ladybird history book

MoneyHelper

From early days to golden years; five money tools for every stage of life

From left to right: Chris Willis (Bay House Headmaster), Caroline Dinenage (MP for Gosport), Nick Cross (King's Group Academies CEO)

Off the Fence with Dame Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport

Sanjeev Bhaskar as DI Sunny Khan and Sinead Keenan as DCI Jess James return in the new series of ITV drama Unforgotten (Picture: ITV)

Unforgotten review: One-of-a-kind drama can withstand a scattershot plot

There’ll be a new, directly elected mayor for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

The key to a new future for Portsmouth

Portsmouth’s destiny is now in the hands of local people: Stephen Morgan MP

Anne (Philippa Dunne), Amanda (Lucy Punch) and Felicity (Joanna Lumley) star in the new sitcom Amandaland, part of a Wednesday night comedy double bill on BBC1 (Picture: BBC/Merman)

This BBC1 comedy double bill makes Wednesday nights twice as nice

Lord Alan Sugar and the series 19 candidates on this year's The Apprentice (Picture: BBC/Naked/Ray Burmiston/Rufina Breskin)

The Apprentice is beginning to look threadbare and tired

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams are the presenters of BBC's Winterwatch, which came live from an RSPB reserve in Dorset this week (Picture: BBC Studios/Jo Charlesworth)

Winterwatch can make you fall in love with Chris Packham

Alan Mak MP

Off The Fence with Havant MP Alan Mak: We need a national inquiry into rape and ...

24 Hours in Police Custody: A jaw-dropping opening to this Breaking Bad tale
Some recent dramas would have trouble beating the opening to this week's episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4, Mon, 9pm).
Philip Cunnington

I'm considering taking legal action over ITV's Playing Nice

Caroline at the Boathouse, Gosport Marina, where the brilliant team hosted and funded Christmas lunch for around 20 veterans.

Off the Fence with Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport

Claudia Winkleman welcomes another group of eager contestants to her Scottish castle for a new series of The Traitors (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge)

The Traitors returns as shiny, stylish and compelling as ever

The Rev Max Cross

Faith in the Community: Bubble Church is perfect for babies and toddlers

The persuasive power of food.

Alun Newman: The persuasive power of food

Rylan Clark and Rob Rinder were a hit on their Grand Tour this year (Picture: BBC/Rex TV/Zinc Media/Lana Salah)

The best and worst shows I’ve reviewed this year, from Taskmaster to The Teacher

Volunteers packing emergency food parcels

No shame in visiting your local food bank this winter

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley at the height of their fame in Wham! (Picture: Blink Films/Tony McGee)

Documentary shows how George Michael captured the real meaning of Christmas

Guy Martin climbing out of a pit of ice cold water. He featured in a new series called Guy Martin: Arctic Warrior on Channel 4 (Picture: Royal Navy/Channel 4)

'There were interesting nuggets hidden behind the hardware'

Only Child looks set to grow up into a terrific sitcom

Alan Mak MP talks to a pensioner in Emsworth as she signs his petition to restore the Winter Fuel Payment

Off The Fence column with Alan Mak MP - 'Cruel removal of Winter Fuel Payment ta...
Christmas is coming - and so is the cold weather. As the temperature drops, we're reaching the time when so many pensioners will be directly hit by the Labour Government's cruel decision to remove the Winter Fuel Payment.
Alan Mak

Anna Samson stars as DI Mackenzie Clarke in the new entry to the Paraverse - Return To Paradise (Picture: Red Planet/BBC Studios/John Platt)

Return to Paradise will give you a distinct sense of deja vu

Claire (Rebecca Hall) and Kyle (Ollie West) try to work out what's causing 'The Hum' in new BBC drama The Listeners (Picture: BBC/Element Pictures/Des Willie)

The Listeners review: New BBC drama is an intriguing, perplexing puzzle

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Monthly Q & A from Citizens Advice Portsmouth

Junior Taskmaster host Rose Matafeo with her assistant Mike Wozniak (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Why Junior Taskmaster makes this stupid, capricious and cruel life bearable

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

Romesh Ranganathan and mum Shanthi are the hosts of ITV's new Saturday night gameshow Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (Picture: ITV/Ranga Bee)

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening simply must do better

Sue Johnston (centre) stars as the resident of a care home turned into a zombie in the horror-satire Generation Z, which began this week on Channel 4 (PIcture: Channel 4/The Forge/Alistair Heap)

Generation Z review: Not so much raw meat, more overcooked satire

David Olusoga in Montagu Mansions, Marylebone, London, for his new series of A House Through Time: Two Cities At War (Picture: BBC/Twenty Twenty)

A House Through Time review: This series is angry, uncomfortable - and vital

Havant MP Alan Mak talks to a pensioner in Emsworth

Off the Fence by Havant MP Alan Mak - Reverse the removal of Winter Fuel Payment

Paul Weller wows the audience at Portsmouths Guildhall.

Paul Weller. Still a Class Act

Dwayne Fields

It’s such a great honour to take on the role of Chief Scout.

The cast of The Hardacres, Channel 5's new family saga set in 1890s Yorkshire (Picture: Channel 5)

The Hardacres review: This new drama is an insultingly simple schools programme

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Off the Fence with Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport

Sophie Turner stars as real-life criminal mastermind Joan Hannington a the new ITV drama series Joan (Picture: ITV)

Joan may not be the pick of the pops, but it could still be a hit

Image from Stephen Morgan MP

Off the Fence - Stephen Morgan

Expedition leader Ed Stafford (front) with the dads and kids taking part in Into the Jungle on Channel 4 (Picture: Channel 4/Quilz Tamay)

Into the Jungle with Ed Stafford review: No better than a wet weekend in Wales

Joe Cole stars in the new BBC drama Nightsleeper (Picture: BBC/Euston Films/Mark Mainz)

Nightsleeper review: This high-speed drama just about stays on the rails

Teachers Jimmy (Will Mellor) and Dani (Kara Tointon) get into trouble on a school trip in the new series of Channel 5 anthology drama The Teacher (Picture: Channel 5)

The Teacher review: A shoddy, unbelievable tale of torrid teachers

Ofsted grades aren't the be-all and end-all of what makes a school good, but they are an accessible starting point for parents (Image: National World/Getty)

'Ofsted is wrong to drop one-word ratings for schools' Amber Allott

Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ashley (Harriet Dyer) with the canine star of the Aussie sitcom Colin From Accounts (Picture: BBC/CBS Studios/Paramount+ ©2024/Tony Mott)

Colin From Accounts should be your next 'must-watch'

Rachel (Christine Bottomley), Ann (Monica Dolan), Daphne (Lorraine Ashbourne) and Roy (Stephen Dillane) are reluctant conspirators in the new series of BBC drama Sherwood (Picture: BBC/House Productions/Sam Taylor)

Sherwood review: Intense, horriffic and utterly compelling

David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood star as father and daughter Malcolm and Gemma in the new sitcom Daddy Issues (Picture: BBC/Fudge Park Productions/James Stack)

Daddy Issues review: Sitcom mines laughs from disaster

Supporters lined the Esplanade to greet the parade on its way to Southsea Common. Picture:Marcin Jedrysiak

Victorious in the Community: Why we support Portsmouth Pride

McDonald & Dodds review: Cosily entertaining, but can't fend off the Sunday fear

Robert Glenister stars as troubled cabbie Tony in Channel 5's The Night Caller (Picture: Channel 5)

The Night Caller is an above-average thriller, apart from the ending

From last year's Literacy Live - now the Spoken Word Parlour. Picture by Emma Wurfel

Victorious in The Community: More than just music - check out our Spoken Arts Pa...

11,220 glass particles per kilogram of oysters were found, and 2,740 per kilogram of mussels

Portsmouth researchers have discovered glass in sealife and we cannot ignore it

The riders in this year's Tour de France cycle through the town of Buxy, in Burgundy, one of the sights you can see on Eurosport's coverage of the event (Picture: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

TV review: Why I love the spectacle of the Tour de France on Eurosport

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