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Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Opera House is part Hitchcock, part Disneyfied panto

This Christmassy production is trying to have its gingerbread and eat it too - and loses some of Humperdinck's musical magic

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Gavin and Stacey was killed by Christmas specials

The 2019 festive episode undid every last bit of its charm

Interviews

TV

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On TV this weekend: Strictly celebrates 20 fabulous years

Also, Lee Mack and Chris McCausland star in Sky's festive comedy Bad Tidings, and Ken Bruce shares his Christmas playlist

Shayne Ward isn’t going to win any awards for The Good Ship Murder Christmas Special

On TV tonight: Stacey Solomon throws her grandma a crafty Christmas party

Exhibitions

Film

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Mufasa isn't a patch on The Lion King

The 1990s original is a comforting classic for millennials - but I doubt this CGI prequel will incite similar nostalgia among the children of the 2020s

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Kraven the Hunter is a muddle of a Marvel movie

As much as it tries to be cool, the plotlines of this villain origin story just don't hang together

Music

UK Christmas No 1 odds 2024 - and when the winner is announced

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Boy George struggled through Culture Club's disappointing O2 show

When the between-song chat is more entertaining than the concert itself, you know something's gone seriously wrong

The 30,000-strong choir bringing rock 'n' roll to mid life

Books

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I dress up as Jane Austen to escape the hell of modern society

Each year I'm one of thousands who don a bonnet and experience a taste of the author's world first hand

The extraordinary peer who went from racist foster care to the House of Lords

Theatre

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The Tempest is dismal - and so is Sigourney Weaver

If this production at Theatre Royal Drury Lane is anything to go by, Jamie Lloyd's bag of tricks is getting worryingly empty 

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Daisy Edgar-Jones is glorious in the unflinching Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Undercurrents of emotion pulsate through every scene of Tennessee Williams's play of thwarted passion and fracturing families

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