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Pretty sure that painted girl in the charity shop is going to haunt my dreams tonight.

The agency booked 93,000 appointments in June. Only 52% showed up.

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A football-free cultural guide to the week ahead, from comedy podcasts to Sean Bean dramas

Simon Schluter/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images Audible’s new podcast Growing Old Disgracefully promises “remarkable stories told by remarkable people”. For once, this is “not an exaggerated claim”, said Fiona Sturges in the FT. There’s “gaming grandma” Shirley, who has her own YouTube channel at 85. There’s Ernestine, an octogenarian bodybuilder, and Graham, who rowed across the Atlantic in his 70s. We meet Patrick, 76, enjoying late-blooming success as a gay c...

The best new podcasts in the UK this month Jane Garvey interviews ordinary people with astonishing life stories, plus the secret lives of hidden emotions A highly skilled interviewer, Jane Garvey speaks to ordinary people who have been through something astonishing that changed their life forever. Photo: Life changing The Moon Under Water, Audio Always Comedians John Robins (winner of the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award) and Robin Allender ruminate on the dream of the British pub. Guests such as Ni...

Sunday 25 April, 12midnight, Sky Cinema Oscars She’s got the Coben … The Innocent. Photograph: Quim Vives Netflix’s latest adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel following binge-worthy series The Stranger is this twisty Spanish-language thriller. Recently released from prison, Mateo (Mario Casas) reunites with his wife Olivia (Aura Garrido), but their life is again thrown into turmoil by a phone call. Friday 30 April, Netflix Anita Rani presents this emotional series focusing on rand...