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I asked Maxine Peake what fans should stream after 'gripping' Apple TV thriller Last Seen — and her unexpected choice is the best British comedy of 2026 you can stream for free

If you're British, you're automatically a Maxine Peake superfan — regardless of your age or generation. From Silk to the hugely overlooked The Bisexual on Channel 4, she's starred in banger after banger.

Now, she stars as delusional wife Jenna in gripping Australian Apple TV thriller Last Seen, which follows emergency dispatcher Ian (Patrick Brammall) trying to find his missing daughter after a mysterious phone call suggests she's alive years after going missing.

It's a gripping watch from start to finish, but I can't help wishing that Peake had more screen time. Did that stop me blurting out "I love you" during a Zoom call about the series? Absolutely not.

What Stars Watch

Everyone gets stuck on what to watch next — so let’s make that choice easier with the help of your favorite actors. What Stars Watch pairs the latest TV shows and movies with cinematic classics or...

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The UK's MI5 issues a rare espionage alert urging UK universities to cut ties with the China General Technology Research Institute, which funded AI research

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The Lever, the Fulcrum, and the Future of Human Leadership

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Archimedes explained one of the simplest and most powerful ideas in mechanics: the lever. The principle was straightforward. Give someone a long enough lever and a properly positioned fulcrum, and a relatively small force can move an enormous weight. Archimedes is

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Trump Order Renames AI To Super Intelligence As Tech Leaders Agree To Self-Police

President Donald Trump brought together Silicon Valley's top executives to sign a voluntary framework for self-regulation, even as he issued an executive order formally replacing the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" across the federal government. And yes, you can totally chuckle at that.

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A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos

When the Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced in 2018 that he had created the first gene-edited babies, the experiment was widely condemned as reckless and premature. It ended with He in prison. But that hasn’t stopped the push for gene-edited human embryos, with biotech entrepreneur Cathy Tie arguing that

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The UK's MI5 issues a rare espionage alert urging UK universities to cut ties with the China General Technology Research Institute, which funded AI research

The Lever, the Fulcrum, and the Future of Human Leadership

Trump Order Renames AI To Super Intelligence As Tech Leaders Agree To Self-Police

A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos