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Hit TV show Miami Vice was a 1980s style setter.

This 40-year-old show has the best list of guest stars in television history

Miami Vice changed the face of network television. It also gave some big-name celebrities – and musicians – an early start on screen.

  • Craig Mathieson

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What to stream in January: The Night Manager, The Pitt, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; Goolagong; and Hijack.

The best new TV shows to stream in January

Highlights include the return of The Night Manager and The Pitt, a new Game of Thrones spin-off and the biopic Goolagong.

  • Craig Mathieson
Pierce Brosnan plays an artist in Four Letters of Love

Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan can’t save this clanger of a film

In spirit, Four Letters of Love is a very slightly elevated Hallmark movie. But that’s not the biggest problem.

  • Jake Wilson
Sir Antony Hopkins plays Nicholas Winton, who as a young man rescued child refugees from Prague during World War II, in One Life.

Real-life story of man who saved children from Nazis is heartbreaking

Anthony Hopkins’ silence speaks volumes as he delivers another powerful performance as Nicholas Winton.

  • Sandra Hall
Helena Bonham Carter as Nolly.

Helena Bonham Carter is luminous in this hypnotic love letter to TV

Watching the three-part drama Nolly, you’ll be frozen in place and hypnotised by its masterfully campy fever dream.

  • Michael Idato
Old schoolmates: Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe discuss their work on the Harry Potter films.

Tears and laughter but no J.K. Rowling at Harry Potter TV reunion

They earned Warner Bros more than US$7.7 billion in ticket sales and became friends for life. So, how come everybody’s crying?

  • Michael Idato
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"Succession's" Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) steps up her style game in Gabriela Hearst, Armani and Ralph Lauren.

Australia mounts Emmy offensive with record number of nominations

First-time nominee Sarah Snook, who stars in HBO's Succession, said she was "incredibly chuffed" to be nominated.

  • Michael Idato
Wiews people are enjoying from their homes during lockdown in Kiama Downs on the NSW South Coast.

'View From My Window' is a reminder of how beautiful our world really is

The current lockdown has prompted people to set up social-media accounts inviting others to post photos of the views from their work spaces.

  • Greg Callaghan
Olivia Coleman, The Crown, season 3.

Why I'm pressing the pause button on the binge-watching craze

Speed and quantity of viewing is no compensation for savouring the subtleties of shows such as The Crown, Succession, Unbelievable and local comedy Frayed.

  • Debi Enker
Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies in the third season of The Crown.

The Crown's new season is one of the most ambitious gambles in television history

In creative terms, it might go down as one of the most ambitious gambles in television history: to recast the world's most successful drama series after just two years.

  • Michael Idato