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Villains special

A series from The Guide exploring our ongoing fascination with pop culture's baddies

1 December 2020

  • Movie villains.

    Bad to the bone: why actors find it so hard to leave their darkest roles behind

    Even the biggest stars are often defined by their turns as villains. Perhaps they should embrace the evil

30 November 2020

  • Tiffany Pollard; Christine Quinn; Phaedra Parks; Grace Adams-Short; Spencer Matthews; Phi Phi O’Hara.

    Truly awful: a guide to reality TV's most devious villains

    Some baddies are born, others are Made in Chelsea. These real-life rogues divided viewers with barbs, sabotage and Prada bags

28 November 2020

  • Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale

    EastEnders’ most wanted: time’s up for ultimate soap villain Ian Beale

    The Albert Square scoundrel has antagonised everyone with his dodgy dealings. Now one of his neighbours wants him dead
  • DIY villain.

    Tilda Swinton with an army of ninja cyborgs! Try our random movie villain generator

    With cinemas shut and onscreen rogues at a premium, the only solution is to build your own baddie with our handy widget
  • Darth Vader, Joker, Maleficent, Homelander, Killmonger and Magneto.

    Are we the baddies? Pop culture’s grand reckoning with good and evil

    As film and TV deal with a rapidly changing world, it’s becoming harder to tell who the real villains are

27 November 2020

  • Modern Toss on villains.

    Modern Toss

  • Sheriff of Nottingham.

    From Nurse Ratched to Joker: 10 of the best movie villains

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