Vicky Jessop

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Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at The Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.... MORE

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Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at The Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.

TV

Doctor Who Season 2 Episode 2 review: has the show jumped the shark?

Lux is fun and frothy, but this two-dimensional cartoon caper falls flat when it mocks the show’s fanbase

19 Apr 2025
TV

Robert Carlyle on Toxic Town, Brexit and playing Begbie again

The acting legend talks Trainspotting spinoffs, fame and starring in the new Netflix drama Toxic Town

27 Feb 2025
Gaming

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II review – gloriously sadistic fun

There’s a lot to love about this zero-to-hero story, even if it does take delight in punishing the player

26 Feb 2025
Freya Ridings
Music

Somerset House Summer Series line-up announced

Their appearance comes as the venue celebrates 25 years as a creative space

25 Feb 2025
TV

Toxic Town: the terrifying true story behind the Netflix show

It’s all about the Corby toxic waste scandal - and the mothers that fought to get justice for their children

24 Feb 2025
TV

The true story behind A Thousand Blows by its historical advisor

Steven Knight’s story of boxing and thievery is rooted in reality

24 Feb 2025
TV

Dope Girls: the real story behind the new BBC crime drama

The female-fronted hedonism of post-WWI Soho provides the inspiration for the BBC’s latest crime drama

24 Feb 2025
TV

The White Lotus Season 3, episode 2 review: guns in paradise

Plus, somebody’s been spraying pheromones around in the hotel lobby

24 Feb 2025
TV

Dope Girls on BBC One review: a gloriously seedy romp through history

This historical drama gleefully tears up convention in its quest to show us how women threw off the shackles of the patriarchy

22 Feb 2025
Film

Not to be? How gamers set out to stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto

During lockdown, an out-of-work actor discovered a venue within the bestselling game and decided to put on Shakespeare’s great work with friends... they just had to avoid the audience shooting them

20 Feb 2025
TV

When is Reacher Season 3 on and how can I watch?

Ian Child’s burly hero is back for more action

19 Feb 2025
TV

Doctor Who: who might take over from Ncuti Gatwa?

We list some of the actors we’d like to see take control of the Tardis

19 Feb 2025
TV

Ncuti Gatwa’s leaving Doctor Who? We shouldn’t be shocked

The show might need Gatwa’s sprinkling of stardust, but he doesn’t need it

19 Feb 2025
TV

Exclusive: Disney casts new drama for Jean Charles de Menezes

The Brazilian electrician was fatally shot outside Stockwell tube station after he was misidentified as a terrorist

18 Feb 2025
TV

What’s happened to the White Lotus theme tune?

Apparently, it’s inspired by TikTok

17 Feb 2025
Maribou State at Alexandra Palace
Music

Maribou State at Alexandra Palace: a cheerful blast of summer sunshine

An orchestra, a choir and a new album drove away the winter chill after a five-year hiatus

17 Feb 2025
Italian F1 Grand Prix - Previews
Lifestyle

What happened to Michael Schumacher?

German racing great still hasn’t been seen since 2013

17 Feb 2025
Umi Myers
TV

Meet Umi Myers, star of the glamorous, gritty BBC drama Dope Girls

Set post World War One, the BBC’s latest drama stars Myers as a dancing girl gone bad

17 Feb 2025
TV

Michelle Monaghan on The White Lotus S3: Thailand, NDAs and Mike White

The Hollywood actor is playing... um, a Hollywood actor in the latest series of the hit satirical show

17 Feb 2025