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TV review: UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich v Chelsea

Adrian Chiles on ITV is like watching with a comedy uncle. But Sky has Jeff Stelling …Did any other guys out there have the same conversation with the missus? Along the lines of: "I know I said it was the end of the football season, but that was the ...

Hodgson the well-read England manager

Nobel laureates feature on Roy's reading listAmong the less widely reported qualities of the new England manager came the news that Roy Hodgson is a voracious reader. Having a cultural hinterland is no guarantee of onfield success – think Fabio Capel...

Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs by Rodge Glass – review

A once-promising footballer blames Ryan Giggs for his downfall in Rodge Glass's compelling taleSatisfying fictional stories set in the world of professional football are thin on the ground – thanks, perhaps, to the surfeit of real-life tales of outst...

Strong Woman: Ambition, Grit and a Great Pair of Heels by Karren Brady – review

The businesswoman and Apprentice star shines when she drops the corporate line and gets personalKarren Brady is one of the UK's best-known businesswomen. From the age of 18 she worked for Saatchi & Saatchi before moving on to David Sullivan's Sport new...

Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up

Las Acacias; Another Earth; Switch; The Big Year; Breaking Wind Part 1No matter how spectacular, expensive or star-studded Hollywood blockbusters may be, there will always be vibrant, inventive, international gems that consistently prove that less is m...

Switch – review

This slick, preposterous thriller is cast from the now rather worn mould that produced The Lady Vanishes. The fetching Karine Vanasse plays a French-Canadian fashion designer who swaps her flat via the web with a fancy pad beside the Eiffel Tower ...

The king and I: meeting Eric Cantona

The footballer gave Julian Coman some of his happiest memories at Manchester United but left him devastated when he abruptly retired at 30. Over coffee in a Paris cafe, the enigmatic star explains why he broke football fans' hearts to pursue a car...

TV highlights 14/03/2012

Live Uefa Champions League | She Wolves: England's Early Queens | War Child | Archer | Roger & Val Have Just Got In | Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes UnpunishedLive Uefa Champions League7.30pm, ITV1One of Roberto Di Matteo's first tasks as ...

Rewind TV: White Heat; Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey; QPR: The Four Year Plan – review

Juliet Stevenson lends gravitas to drama White Heat, while Kate Humble is no Brian Cox in cosmic science series OrbitWhite Heat (BBC2) | iPlayerOrbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey (BBC2) | iPlayerQPR: The Four Year Plan (BBC2) | iPlayerGrief, bereavem...

Music Weekly podcast: Joey Barton talks about growing up with the Smiths

Welcome to Music Weekly. Joining Alexis in the studio are Kieran Yates and Rebecca Nicholson.QPR defender Joey Barton was introduced to the Smiths by his uncle – a man with the cover of Meat is Murder stuck to the front of his freezer. Joey came in t...

Switch: watch Eric Cantona in his new action thriller – video

Ooh! Ah! Action star! Watch Eric Cantona channel Jason Bourne in his new thriller, Switch

BBC1′s The Food Inspectors is dish of the day, beating ITV’s football build-up

First episode of restaurant hygiene show cleans up with more than 5 million viewers as Holland wipes the floor with EnglandMore than 5 million people gobbled up the first course of BBC1's The Food Inspectors, just beating the build-up to ITV1's live En...