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Digested week: Prince George’s hair has such brio as he starts at Eton

Plus, AI doom-mongering, a drag Ann Droid and how your toilet flush can give you norovirus

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Could robots help tackle loneliness? BBC’s Ann Droid raises questions about the future of care

New BBC sitcom Ann Droid imagines a near future in which robots provide care and companionship to older people at home.

The Conversation · Aug 19

TV tonight: Jon Hamm’s offbeat adult animation lands in the UK

The star voices a maverick cop in new cartoon Grimsburg. Plus: the finale of Scottish crime drama Granite Harbour. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

TV tonight: Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston’s great new sitcom

An elderly widow gets an awkward android companion in Morgan’s charming series. Plus: Sally Phillips’ camp comedy drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

Ann Droid is the new Diane Morgan comedy series on BBC iPlayer this week that you can't miss — but don't overlook these 3 underrated gems on the streamer either

Diane Morgan is back with brand-new comedy Ann Droid on BBC iPlayer this week. But while you're there, why not check out these 3 hidden gems you've definitely missed?

TechRadar · Jul 16

‘There’s a loneliness that creeps in when you’re old and on your own’: Sue Johnston on isolation and how it informs her unmissable new TV show Ann Droid

Along with Diane Morgan, the actress stars in a new BBC comedy about a widowed lady who hires a robot to ease her loneliness

Woman & Home · Jul 6

‘Suddenly I was a celebrity. I didn’t want to be!’ Sue Johnston on fame, loneliness and her new robot pal

She’s been a soap icon, a Royle and even a zombie pensioner. Now the actor is starring in Ann Droid, Diane Morgan’s madcap comedy about an elderly woman and her cybernetic companion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3

What World Cup? It’s the ultimate summer TV guide

From the spectacular return of Larry David to Will Ferrell’s wild golf comedy and Anya Taylor-Joy as a badass con artist, it’s going to be a summer of fantastic television. Here are the shows you can’t miss

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis

IN FOCUS: ‘Play for Today’ one-off films were a seminal moment in television in the Seventies and Eighties, writes Hannah J Davies. Decades later, Channel 5 is bringing them back, and aiming to diversify small-screen drama

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

Sue Johnston and Paul Ready star in Diane Morgan’s new AI sitcom

Filming has already started for the new series, Ann Droid, which follows a friendship between Sue and Linda, a humanoid robot.

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2025