The Reluctant Traveler | Apple TV

Everyman crossword | Observer

It’s my 200th puzzle for the Observer’s Everyman series.

There’s an interview at the Guardian; Enigmatist / Nimrod has kindly assisted in the unmasking there and in the weekend i (print/subscription):

A History of Britain in Just A Minute | BBC Books

On bookshelves 22 September.

House of Games | BBC2

Series six:

Summer puzzle supplement | Guardian

Delighted to have created a US-style puzzle and “The Most Guardian Crossword Ever” for this. If you missed it, “Most Guardian” is here and US-style is in puz and pdf or interactive below.

Cat Burglar | Netflix

It’s your standard texaverienne interactive immersive experience experiment.

Death to 2021 | Netflix

Due for release 27 December.

Off-Grid | Podcast

The ‘not really about crosswords’ podcast:

 

Taskmaster | Ebury Books

A treat to test-solve.

House of Games | BBC2

Series five:

Inside Inside No 9 | BBC Sounds

More detail than you could reasonably expect on Inside No 9’s Riddle of the Sphinx and Two Girls, One on Each Knee

… in this podcast episode.

Coronavirus, One Year On | Twitter

To help sort my own memories, I’m going to try a daily post of something from a year ago, as a thread.

Death To 2020 | Netflix

I was delighted to work on this review of this year.

Thursday Murder Club Quiz

I also recommend Richard’s book.

You can get the quizzes by subscribing to this newsletter. My own new book is The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book.

Support for solvers | The Guardian

Two new features in my Guardian column. Recommendations for remote activities, and a collaborative playlist of music recorded under current conditions:

Becoming You | Apple TV

A long time in the making. There is something extraordinary in every episode.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Amazon

“Additional material” for this, released on 23 October.

Borat

Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC2

Series four starts on 12 October. Happily (for me), the question-editor bit of production preceded … the Unpleasantness.

See also: my book for Penguin, The Joy of Quiz. And, to a lesser extent, the official spin-off book.