Mary Beard on her fascination with ancient Rome – and why she hasn't got time for Strictly
The historian chats to Radio Times magazine about her upcoming BBC Radio 4 show Being Roman.
Three major shows are wrapping up their latest seasons this week, with finales for Loki season 2, The Morning Show season 2 and Ghosts season 5 on the schedule.
Of course, if you haven't been keeping up with any of those shows and are looking for something new to watch, you'll still be spoiled for choice.
New shows starting this week include Disney Plus' Culprits, The Buccaneers on Apple TV+, The Curse on Paramount+ and Prime Video's James Bond reality series, 007: Road to a Million.
There are also several returning series starting their brand new seasons this week, including Louis Theroux Investigates, The Newsreader, For All Mankind and, if you're feeling in the festive spirit early, The Santa Clauses.
Finally, there's the highly anticipated Robbie Williams docuseries, which is dropping on Netflix this week, offering an insight into the inimitable singer-songwriter's life.
To help you decide what to watch, check out our curated selection of top picks for this week. Watch the video above or read on for our full choice of what to watch.
It was a cruel world, and it was a painful world.
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