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Today in Focus

Spring break: Culture worth catching this season

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Critics Catherine Shoard, Alexis Petridis and Hannah J Davies on what to watch and listen to this season. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:07.0

Today, put a spring in your step with our critics guide to culture worth getting hyped for.

0:19.0

Okay, it is officially spring.

0:25.3

Q2, as the corporates call it.

0:27.7

All that OTT light, blossom, green, it's basically nature's equivalent of yelling,

0:35.5

cheer up love might never happen.

0:40.8

Boy, do we need reasons to be cheered up right now. So we summoned the Guardian's TV, music and film critics to tell us

0:46.7

what's what this season and what they found comforting when the world feels especially bleak.

0:54.8

Try to stay calm, Jesse.

0:56.1

Buzz, you know me. I'm the definition of calm.

1:00.1

That's not going to work.

1:01.3

From the biggest blockbusters to the most out there indies.

1:05.6

Are you serious?

1:08.2

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

1:10.6

How to find a show that you won't regret streaming?

1:16.0

I think Netflix has maybe killed the mood a bit because every few months they've now got a documentary

1:21.0

along the lines of, remember that show that you used to really love? Well, guess what? It was super

1:24.8

abusive. There was a lot of body shaming.

1:28.3

We're not thin enough.

1:32.7

We are actually going to switch your ethnicities.

1:34.5

Oh, baby girl, baby girl.

1:39.3

And of course, who's going on tour and making music to remember?

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