FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

The Guide #201: ​our readers’ 21st-​century ​pantheon​: the ​culture ​you ​loved (​that ​we ​missed)

In this week’s newsletter: Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Nina Conti and Sabrina Carpenter all make the cut in your passionate picks from the past 25 years

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

The Guide #199: Such Brave Girls shows that grown-up gross-out comedy is thriving

Kat Sadler’s brilliantly bilious BBC sitcom doesn’t disgust and offend for the sake of it, but follows the likes of Always Sunny in making a deeper point through its off-colour gags

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

The Guide #198: Finally, Superman meets his match

In this week’s newsletter: It’s the villains, not the heroes, that make a superhero film, and this week’s impending blockbuster looks to have enough of them to reboot the legendary franchise

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025

The Guide #192: How reality TV and streaming has shaped 21st-century TV

In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

The Guide #191: After three decades, Tom Cruise is done with Mission: Impossible – so what’s next?

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025

The Guide #189: Your new celebrity best friend? It’s just a deepfake trying to con you

AI impostors are charming fans out of fortunes – here’s how ​​TV’s Scam Interceptors catch the criminals

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

The Guide #188: How 25 years of music has shaped the charts from monoculture to mass playlists

In the first in a new miniseries, we look back at the biggest songs of the 21st century to trace how music – and the way we consume it – has evolved

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

The Guide #187: The Pitt, the medical drama that’s the best show you can’t watch

This gripping ER successor has been a slow-burn sensation in the US – why isn’t it available anywhere in the UK?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025

The Guide #186: Five rules to keep your podcast feed Marie Kondo tidy

In this week’s newsletter: with so many compelling podcasts out there, how do we manage the audio oversupply?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025

The Guide #184: Is Seth Rogen’s The Studio one last hurrah for the A-list cameo?

In this week’s newsletter: Apple TV+’s Hollywood satire skewers the industry’s obsession with brand IP and awards while serving up outrageous star turns

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025