Repression review – mind games get bogged down in big ideas
The atmospheric story of a boy who says he can control his therapist’s actions with his thoughts focuses too much on philosophical questions
July 2020
Theatres that made us
'The National's Olivier theatre needs bodies and music – it’s a modern cathedral'
Michael Longhurst, Rebecca Front, Nathaniel Martello-White and more discuss the theatres that have inspired and challenged them
June 2020
TV review
The Other One review – class-clash comedy puts the fizz up family life
Two identically-named sisters – each unknown to the other – are the stars of this sharp, touching comedy full of anguish, tears – and Soda Stream tea
February 2020
Rebecca Front: 'I'd love to do Shakespeare – or be the next Bond!'
From The Thick of It to The Day Today, she’s been in every edgy comedy going. But Rebecca Front has now gone interstellar in space spoof Avenue 5. Is she about to crack America?
September 2017
TV review
The Other One review – a sisterly sitcom driven more by narrative than gags
Rebecca Front steals the show from a fine ensemble cast in a comedy about coming to terms with the results of a loved one’s infidelity
January 2016
War and Peace: episode by episode
War and Peace recap: episode two – forget pecs appeal, it's all about the flop of the fringe
As the war against Napoleon continues, Pierre gets taken for a fool and Princess Marya learns of Prince Vassily’s plans, while Andrei and his quivering quiff go missing
Why I love …
Rebecca Front on the joys of family holidays
The Thick of It star loves nothing more than spending time with her children, so family holidays are her idea of heaven. Apart from that time in Sicily …
War and Peace: episode by episode
War and Peace recap: episode one – 'costume drama at its most lavish'
BBC1’s new adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic is Sunday-night TV at its best, with Lily James, Paul Dano and James Norton all excelling in their roles
October 2015
Doctor Who: episode-by-episode
Doctor Who series 35, episode seven – The Zygon Invasion
We revisit the Zygon peace treaty, meet Clara’s insurgent replica, and Osgood returns with the rest of the Unit team. Warning: contains bonus Zygon cave
July 2015
The Q&A
Q&A: Rebecca Front, actor and writer
‘My guiltiest pleasure? Watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians with my daughter’
June 2015
Doctor Who: Rebecca Front to reunite with Peter Capaldi
Actor to be reunited with her former Thick of It co-star in episode featuring the return of the Zygons
January 2015
Radio review
I’ve Never Seen Star Wars – review: a few gentle, pleasant first-time challenges for Rebecca Front
Priya Elan: riding a motorbike, reading Jim Al-Khalili’s tricky book and watching cricket – it’s not quite essential listening
May 2014
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: May 2014
This month’s gallery is packed with striking portraits. Nick Frost, Jack White, Ken Loach and Sam Riley all feature among the best photography commissioned by the Observer
April 2014
Your Call; Chris Warburton; In Search of Ourselves; Incredible Women; John Dredge – review
Binge on iPlayer for soccer gossip, insights in psychology with Martin Sixsmith, and Rebecca Front in five guises, writes Miranda Sawyer
December 2013
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Death Comes to Pemberley; Downton Abbey; Doctor Who; Call the Midwife – review
We were lavishly entertained by the aristocracy, the Doctor saved the day… and the midwives delivered, writes Phil Hogan
August 2013
Greenslade
Why the 'No more Page 3 in The Sun' campaign is gaining momentum
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade notes the way in which the opposition to topless women in Britain's top tabloid has gained increasing support
June 2013
Laughing stock: the week in comedy
All-male Egyptian sitcom leaves women out of laughs
On my radar
On my radar: Rebecca Front
TV and radio blog
Is there a shortage of TV actors?
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Henry VII: Winter King; The Fall; Secrets of a Suffragette; Up the Women; Psychobitches – review
