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Alex Moreland

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Alex Moreland was the television critic at NationalWorld until summer 2023. Alex wrote regularly for Radio Times, Digital Spy, Yahoo UK, Metro Online, and Flickering Myth, specialising in features and interviews.

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Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins, and Susan Wokoma, pictured in golden frames ahead of appearing in Taskmaster (Credit: Channel 4/Avalon)

Everything you need to know about Taskmaster series16

Tommy Jessop and his teddy Roger in Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood, stood in front of the Hollywood sign (Credit: BBC)

Everything you need to know about Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood

Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon in The Winter King, riding on horseback (Credit: ITVX)

Everything you need to know about The Winter King ahead of its debut

Adeel Akhtar as Billy in Back to Life, holding a small guitar (Credit: BBC/Two Brothers Pictures/Luke Varley)

Everything you need to know about Showtrial as Season 2 is confirmed

Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon Series 3 (Credit: Red Planet Ltd/Rob Youngson)

Sanditon Series 3: ITV release date, trailer, filming locations

Jamie Dornan as Elliot Stanley in The Tourist Season 2, being chased down a road by a land rover (Credit: BBC/Two Brothers/Steffan Hill)

A guide to The Tourist as BBC One reveal first details about Season 2

Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning (Credit: BBC/ITV Studios/Matt Squire)

BBC release first look at Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in new drama

The orange Screen Babble television, featuring images from Bad Education, the World Cup, Schitt's Creek, and Henpocalypse!, as discussed on Screen Babble episode 39 (Credit: NationalWorld Graphics)

Screen Babble #39: the World Cup, Bad Education, and Henpocalypse!

Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning (Credit: BBC/ITV Studios/Matt Squire)

BBC release first look at Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in new drama

Aisha Dee as Kat Edison and Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady in The Bold Type (Credit: BBC/Freeform/Universal Television/Disney Enterprises, Inc/Johnathan Wenk)

A guide to The Bold Type as all five seasons arrive on BBC iPlayer

Ruth Wilson as Lorna Brady in The Woman in the Wall, holding an axe (Credit: BBC/Motive Pictures/Chris Barr)

A guide to The Woman in the Wall, BBC One's new drama with Ruth Wilson

Rose Matafeo as Jessie and Emma Sidi as Kate in Starstruck, sat in front of a row of washing machines (Credit: BBC/Avalon UK)

A guide to Starstruck as Rose Matafeo's romcom returns for Series 3

Ruth Wilson as Lorna Brady in The Woman in the Wall, holding an axe (Credit: BBC/Motive Pictures/Chris Barr)

A guide to The Woman in the Wall, BBC One's new drama with Ruth Wilson

Elizabeth Berrington as Bernadette, Lucie Shorthouse as Zara, Lauren O’Rourke as Veena, Callie Cooke as Shelly, and Kate O’Flynn as Jen in Henpocalypse! (Credit: BBC Two)

A guide to Henpocalypse, BBC Two's new post-apocalyptic comedy

Alan Fletcher and Rebekah Elmaloglou behind the scenes filming Neighbours, holding a clapperboard that reads "day one" (Credit: Ray Messner)

Amazon Freevee release first trailer for Neighbours revival

Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb in Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry (Credit: Aled Llywelyn / UKTV)

A guide to Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry, Gold's new travelogue

Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb in Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry (Credit: Aled Llywelyn / UKTV)

A guide to Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry, Gold's new travelogue

Liam Fox as Dan Spencer in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV)

Who is Emmerdale's Dan Spencer?

Elizabeth Berrington as Bernadette, Lucie Shorthouse as Zara, Lauren O’Rourke as Veena, Callie Cooke as Shelly, and Kate O’Flynn as Jen in Henpocalypse! (Credit: BBC Two)

A guide to Henpocalypse, BBC Two's new comedy

Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon Series 3 (Credit: Red Planet Ltd/Rob Youngson)

Sanditon Series 3: ITV release date, trailer, filming locations

Ioan Gruffudd as Thomas in The Reunion, stood in a dimly-lit church (Credit: ITV)

A guide to The Reunion as it makes its ITV1 debut

Ioan Gruffudd as Thomas in The Reunion, stood in a dimly-lit church (Credit: ITV)

A guide to The Reunion as it makes its ITV1 debut

Damian Lewis as Bobby "Axe" Axelrod in Billions Season 7. (Credit: Laurence Cendrowicz/SHOWTIME)

A guide to the final season of Billions as Damien Lewis returns

John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, Sam Anderson as Raymond Sackler in Painkiller, surrounded by a brass band (Credit: Keri Anderson/Netflix)

Who stars in Painkiller - and what should you watch them in next?

John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, Sam Anderson as Raymond Sackler in Painkiller, surrounded by a brass band (Credit: Keri Anderson/Netflix)

Who stars in Painkiller - and what should you watch them in next?

Uzo Aduba as Edie Flowers and Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in Painkiller (Credit: KERI ANDERSON/NETFLIX)

A guide to Painkiller, Netflix's new true crime drama

Uzo Aduba as Edie Flowers and Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in Painkiller (Credit: KERI ANDERSON/NETFLIX)

A guide to Painkiller, Netflix's new true crime drama

The orange Screen Babble television, featuring images from Yellowstone, Wolf, Bull, and Painkiller, as discussed in episode 38 (Credit: NationalWorld Graphics)

Screen Babble #38: Painkiller, Yellowstone, Wolf, and Bull

Two little blue aliens from Strange Planet, taking a selfie together (Credit: Apple TV+)

A guide to Strange Planet as it arrives on Apple TV+

Nicola Walker as Annika Strandhed in Annika, on a boat (Credit: BBC/UKTV/Graeme Hunter)

Annika Season 2: Alibi release date, trailer & cast with Nicola Walker

babirye bukilwa as Vanessa in Dreaming Whilst Black, smiling (Credit: Domizia Salusest/BBC/Big Deal Films)

Exclusive babirye bukilwa discusses BBC Three comedy Dreaming Whilst Black

Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Season 2 (Credit: HBO)

A guide to sports biopic Winning Time as it returns for Season 2

The contestants of Alone. Back: L-R Javed, Naomi, Mike, Louie, Elise, Tom, Pip, and Kian; Front: L-R Laura, Alan, and Eva. (Credit: Channel 4)

A guide to Alone, Channel 4's new extreme wilderness survival show

Dougray Scott as DI Ray Lennox in Irvine Welsh's Crime Season 2 (Credit: ITV)

Irvine Welsh’s Crime is returning for a second season

Mike Love, Daniel McPeake, Eddie Shapiro, Vanesa Tonova, Georgie June, Aly Hamdan, and Krishan Mistry in Crazy Rich Agents (Credit: BBC/Plum Pictures/Paul Husband)

A guide to new BBC Two luxury property show Crazy Rich Agents

The contestants of Alone. Back: L-R Javed, Naomi, Mike, Louie, Elise, Tom, Pip, and Kian; Front: L-R Laura, Alan, and Eva. (Credit: Channel 4)

A guide to Alone, Channel 4's new extreme wilderness survival show

Mike Love, Daniel McPeake, Eddie Shapiro, Vanesa Tonova, Georgie June, Aly Hamdan, and Krishan Mistry in Crazy Rich Agents (Credit: BBC/Plum Pictures/Paul Husband)

A guide to new BBC Two luxury property show Crazy Rich Agents

Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Season 2 (Credit: HBO)

A guide to sports biopic Winning Time as it returns for Season 2

Dougray Scott as DI Ray Lennox in Irvine Welsh's Crime Season 2 (Credit: ITV)

Irvine Welsh’s Crime is returning for a second season

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Andriy Shevchenko, holding up football shirts (Credit: United24)

Everything you need to know about Game4Ukraine

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Andriy Shevchenko, holding up football shirts (Credit: United24)

Everything you need to know about Game4Ukraine

The stars of Heartstopper, from left, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Joe Locke and Kit Connor attending the Attitude Awards 2022. Image: John Phillips/Getty Images

What’s next for the stars of the Netflix hit Heartstopper?

Joe Locke as Charlie Spring and Kit Connor as Nick Nelson in Heartstopper Series 2, both laying next to each other on their phones (Credit: Netflix)

Every song and musician featured in Heartstopper Season 2

A composite image of a streaming library landing page blurring into a black and white image of an elderly couple watching television, with a cyan and magenta wave through the middle (Credit: NationalWorld Graphics)

Broadcast TV might be struggling, but streaming can’t live without it Alex Moreland

John Torrode and Gregg Wallace in the MasterChef Kitchen (Credit: BBC/Shine TV)

A guide to Celebrity MasterChef's first round heat challenges

Steve Martin as Charles, Selena Gomez as Mabel, and Martin Short as Oliver in Only Murders in the Building, leaning their heads round a door (Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

Everything new on Disney+ UK in August 2023