‘A hell of a lot of fun!’ Your favourite podcasts of 2025

True crime, AI, romantasy and strange stories from a small Welsh town are among your picks of the best podcasts of the year

Who's performing at tonight's Times Square ball drop for New Year's Eve 2026?

December 31, 2025 / 7:00 AM EST / CBS News

MasterChef Festive Extravaganza: Champion of Champions review

In this Christmas special, four previous MasterChef winners compete for the ‘ultimate’ accolade. Grace Dent is a joy, while Torode bows out in a … very maverick way indeed

That floating poo was far too symbolic! It’s the TV letdowns of the year

From Carrie Bradshaw cleaning up mess in And Just Like That to Kim Kardashian’s zero-star clanger and Bonnie Blue’s sexcapades, here are the biggest duds of 2025

TV tonight: unseen footage of comedy great Ken Dodd at his peak

His wife Anne watches the newly discovered tapes for the first time. Plus: Joe Wilkinson’s family sitcom. Here’s what to watch this evening

New series of The Traitors is really, really brutal, says Claudia Winkleman

After the huge success of the celebrity version the producers added a twist – and host says it all gets ‘hardcore’