The troubled child actor turned chatshow host faces flak for her toe-curling interview with Kamala Harris. But oversharing is all part of her shtick

An office-style desk was once the key prop on a television chatshow – a standard piece of kit beloved of Johnny Carson and David Letterman, not to mention Britain’s Jonathan Ross. Then the comfy sofa took over and guests began to scooch along, making room for each other. Now, though, under the auspices of Drew Barrymore , host of a daytime show on CBS, it’s the lowly rug that is taking centre stage.

Barrymore, who is still best known internationally for her childhood role as the little girl in ET , likes to interact with her guests on a fluffy rug in the middle of her set in New York’s Broadcast Center. She has prostrated herself upon it more than once in front of her studio audience and prefers it to the show’s pink satin armchairs.

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The ninth and final series of the ever-inventive black comedy is packed with stars and cements its status as a classic. It’s such a shock America hasn’t tried to copy it yet

Oh, so weird. I thought they were meant to be more careful with these. Anyway I’ve been given a leaked script from the new – and final – series of Inside No 9 (8 May, 10pm, BBC Two), so I suppose it is my duty as a journalist to publicly leak it. Shame to spoil the series but that is part of the job. I take no pleasure in reporting this.

STEVE PEMBERTON DRESSED AS A WOMAN: Ooh, are we doing a growing sense of horror in this one or a ludicrous farce? Oooooh !

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Ryan Gosling plays a stunt double searching for a missing Hollywood star, while Britain’s biggest pop star offers some Glastonbury-ready bangers

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It’s nearly two months since Ryan Gosling gave us that iconic slice of Ken at the Oscars, and if you’re jonesing for another hit, that’s understandable. Here the former Mousketeer plays an ageing action choreographer on the trail of a missing A-lister for whom he once acted as stunt double.

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Guitarist whose string of hit records in the late 1950s and early 60s were noted for their twangy sound

For many reaching the state of teenagehood during the late 1950s, in the temporal space between Elvis and the Beatles, the throb of Duane Eddy’s electric guitar – deep, dark and, above all, twangy – represented the wordless evocation of American dreams, the expression of a yearning for blue jeans, neon lights, candyfloss, and cars with chrome tailfins.

Eddy, who has died aged 86, exploited the popularity of instrumental music in that era to create a string of hits, which started in 1958 with Rebel-Rouser and went on to include Peter Gunn , Shazam , Forty Miles of Bad Road and Because They’re Young .

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Man who emerges from German TV series is a far cry from myth of tortured artist alienated from his family and job

The word “kafkaesque” has come to describe the sensation of powerlessness when dealing with bureaucratic systems; of getting lost in labyrinthine administrative errands, being shut out by faceless officialdom and having your hopes strangled by red tape.

But kafkaesque does not come close to describing the life of the man who lent the term his name, according to an irreverent biopic of the Prague-born author.

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Hit sitcom back for last time five years after dramatic cliffhanger that was watched by 11.6m people

The last-ever episode of the hit sitcom Gavin and Stacey will be shown on Christmas Day, the BBC has confirmed.

The show, which has been watched by more than a quarter of the UK’s population, making it the most popular scripted programme of the last 10 years, will make a final return five years on from a dramatic cliffhanger.

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Joel Edgerton leads a freaky, scary existential thriller about an abduction, and a wild new tale from the makers of Fyre and Tiger King

We meet physicist Jason Dessen ( Joel Edgerton ) teaching students the theory of Schrödinger’s Cat: can two states of existence run concurrently? If so, can either of them be said to be “real”? In this moody adaptation of Blake Crouch’s sci-fi novel (by the author himself), Dessen is about to experience a brush with quantum mechanics. He visits a bar to celebrate a friend winning a prestigious science award. On his way home, he is abducted. He loses his phone, his wedding ring, even his clothes. What unfolds is a freaky, scary journey through multiple versions of himself as Dessen tries to find his way back to a reality he recognises. Labyrinthine but gripping.
Apple TV+, from Wednesday 8 May

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The musician is an open book in a revealing interview. Plus: a dead cat gets in the way of a breakup in Avoidance. Here’s what to watch this evening

11pm, BBC Four

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Although it is often hilarious, Clarkson’s ever-compelling show is back with shocking and harrowing insights into the truth about British farming. Tissues at the ready!

Oh, to be in charge at Prime Video. Imagine spending $465m on a Lord of the Rings remake that hardly anyone appeared to actually enjoy, when it turns out that sticking a few cameras on a tractor while a famous curmudgeon tries to explain the impossibilities of farming in Britain today will give you the biggest show on the platform. That is, in the UK, at least. We’ll have none of your explosive charismatic movie star Mr and Mrs Smith remakes, thank you very much. We’ll take bickering with the local council about enforcement orders, novel methods of blackberry harvesting and the travails of breeding pigs at Diddly Squat farm instead.

Actually, hold that last thought, because I may still regret my emotional investment in the third season of Clarkson’s Farm. The whole series begins with a warning, in fact. “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong,” says Clarkson, gravely. It’s the council, it’s the weather, it’s the climate, it’s the war in Ukraine. It doesn’t rain for weeks. Then it doesn’t stop raining. Things break, crops fail and animals have to go, in more ways than one. In among all that bucolic loveliness, this is a relentless and unforgiving grind.

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