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South Wales Argus
a day ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Channel 5 Murder Most Puzzling: Full cast list and TV times
Adapted from the best-selling The Puzzle Lady Mysteries book series from Parnell Hall, the first series will feature six episodes. It follows Cora Felton (Logan), a nationally syndicated crossword puzzle maker who finds herself solving murders in her sleepy market town. A synopsis on the Radio Times reads: "When a murder takes place in the sleepy market town of Bakerbury, the police are baffled by a crossword puzzle left on the body. Get comfy, get curious, and get ready for Murder Most Puzzling! 🔎 🩸 Murder Most Puzzling. Coming 19th June 8pm. Watch | Stream on 5#murdermostpuzzling #newshow #PhyllisLogan — Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) June 13, 2025 "With their case going nowhere, they turn reluctantly to Cora Felton, a recent arrival, whose fame as a newspaper puzzle writer suggests she can help DCI Hooper and the local police unravel the clue and solve the case." Discussing the show with the Radio Times, Logan described it as "a bit like Murder She Wrote meets Miss Marple on steroids". Speaking of her character specifically, she said: "She's so refreshing. Cora is her own woman and that's what makes her intriguing – she wants a Bloody Mary for breakfast, so she has one, why not?! "Her niece despairs of her, and it's true that Cora does some things I shouldn't really laugh about, she's not PC at all, but she's a character that I absolutely believe. "Of course, she has a big secret too, which will be quite dangerous if it comes out…" Channel 5 Murder Most Puzzling full cast list Phyllis Logan as Cora Felton Charlotte Hope as Sherry Carter Alistair Brammer as Anton Grant Adam Best as DCI Hooper Nick Danan as DS Sam Brody Jack Weise as PC Danny Finley Yasmin Seky as Becky Badwan Richard Croxford as Major Firth Conor Sánchez as Jimmi Potter Amber Mendez-Martin as Katy Hooper Trevor Kaneswaran is Sunil Baidwan Simon Haines is Rod Reed Ashionye Michelle Raccah is Barbara 'Babs' Dufresne Lata Sharma is Irene Farrow Fiona Browne is Edith Potter Mukamajulé Michelo is Ellen Hooper Catherine Rees is Dr Nadia Burke Barney Taylor is Colin Sugar Conor Grimes is Mr Trotter David Crowley is Stuart Tanner Dearbháile Mckinney is Pamela Hawkins Conor Doran is Casey Roth Recommended reading: When will Channel 5's Murder Most Puzzling be on TV? The first episode of Murder Most Puzzling will air between 8pm and 10pm on Thursday, June 19, on Channel 5. After that, the remaining five episodes will air in the same timeslot in the following two weeks. These episodes will be available to watch on the Channel 5 player after they have been broadcast.
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Channel 5 Murder Most Puzzling: Full cast list and TV times
It follows Cora Felton (Logan), a nationally syndicated crossword puzzle maker who finds herself solving murders in her sleepy market town. A synopsis on the Radio Times reads: "When a murder takes place in the sleepy market town of Bakerbury, the police are baffled by a crossword puzzle left on the body. Get comfy, get curious, and get ready for Murder Most Puzzling! 🔎 🩸 Murder Most Puzzling. Coming 19th June 8pm. Watch | Stream on 5#murdermostpuzzling #newshow #PhyllisLogan — Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) June 13, 2025 "With their case going nowhere, they turn reluctantly to Cora Felton, a recent arrival, whose fame as a newspaper puzzle writer suggests she can help DCI Hooper and the local police unravel the clue and solve the case." Discussing the show with the Radio Times, Logan described it as "a bit like Murder She Wrote meets Miss Marple on steroids". Speaking of her character specifically, she said: "She's so refreshing. Cora is her own woman and that's what makes her intriguing – she wants a Bloody Mary for breakfast, so she has one, why not?! "Her niece despairs of her, and it's true that Cora does some things I shouldn't really laugh about, she's not PC at all, but she's a character that I absolutely believe. "Of course, she has a big secret too, which will be quite dangerous if it comes out…" Channel 5 Murder Most Puzzling full cast list Phyllis Logan as Cora Felton Charlotte Hope as Sherry Carter Alistair Brammer as Anton Grant Adam Best as DCI Hooper Nick Danan as DS Sam Brody Jack Weise as PC Danny Finley Yasmin Seky as Becky Badwan Richard Croxford as Major Firth Conor Sánchez as Jimmi Potter Amber Mendez-Martin as Katy Hooper Trevor Kaneswaran is Sunil Baidwan Simon Haines is Rod Reed Ashionye Michelle Raccah is Barbara 'Babs' Dufresne Lata Sharma is Irene Farrow Fiona Browne is Edith Potter Mukamajulé Michelo is Ellen Hooper Catherine Rees is Dr Nadia Burke Barney Taylor is Colin Sugar Conor Grimes is Mr Trotter David Crowley is Stuart Tanner Dearbháile Mckinney is Pamela Hawkins Conor Doran is Casey Roth Recommended reading: When will Channel 5's Murder Most Puzzling be on TV? The first episode of Murder Most Puzzling will air between 8pm and 10pm on Thursday, June 19, on Channel 5. After that, the remaining five episodes will air in the same timeslot in the following two weeks. These episodes will be available to watch on the Channel 5 player after they have been broadcast.
RTÉ News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Things to do in Dublin this long weekend (May 30 - June 2)
With a long bank holiday weekend stretching out before us, now is the perfect time to plan your next day out, whether it be to Ireland's premier garden festival or a night on the town enjoying improv comedy. A staple of the June Bank Holiday Weekend, Bord Bia Bloom is an extravaganza of food, fashion, flowers and craft. Now celebrating its 19th year, Ireland's premier garden festival takes place across 70 beautiful acres of Dublin's Phoenix Park from Thursday, 29 May - Monday, 2 June. Full price day tickets cost €30. 2. Marvel Pub Quiz Do you know your Spider-Man from your Hawkeye? Your Ant-Man from your Black Widow? This Saturday, 31 May, Board Dublin - a bar specialising in no and low alcoholic drinks - is hosting a Marvel pub quiz, so put your thinking caps on and get ready to assemble. Free booking, please book in groups of two or more people. 3. Free screening at the IFI Join the Irish Film Institute for free daily lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office and sit down to something you've likely never seen before. This week's screening is A Church is Built, a 27 minute film shows the construction of The Church of the Redeemer in Dundalk, designed by architect Frank Corr, from the discussion of the first plans to the blessing of the finished building. 4. Solve-Along-A Murder She Wrote The Lighthouse Cinema is hosting an interactive screenings of classic Murder, She Wrote episodes. This Monday will see games, prizes and audience participation as attendees attempt to solve the case of the episode, Old Habits Die Hard. There are 3:30pm and 8:30pm screenings. Tickets cost €25. The Music Presents: Dublin miniFEST — an electrifying night of live music, good vibes, and unforgettable energy taking place in Fibber Magees on Parnell Street. Tickets cost €23.18 and guests can expect local and touring musicians including Lavery, Laura C, and Elvis Poko. 6. Auto-Correbt & Friends BYOB Comedy Show Comedy group Auto-Correbt are hosting a night in Dublin's Pearse Centre featuring a series of sketches, characters and stories - all created in the moment. Don't worry, though, no one will get pulled on stage from the audience, so you're safe as an audience member. This BYOB event will take place on Sunday, 1 June, from 7:45pm - 10pm. Tickets are €12 while student / unwaged tickets are €6. 7. Chappell Roan Themed Pottery Painting Night Taking place on Saturday, 31 May, from 7pm - 9pm in Smithfield, Dublin Pottery are hosting a femininomenon-al event whereby attendees can enjoy a special Chappel Roan-themed night with HOT TO GO! inspired designs, music, suprises and more. €5 guarantees your spot and ceramics can be bought in the studio. Sylvia Ferguson is hosting outdoor yoga in Marlay Park on Friday morning from 9.30am - 10.30am. Tickets cost €18 and the class is a mixed-ability yoga flow that is suitable for everyone. If it's dry, bring your yoga mat. If it's raining, bring a raincoat and sturdy shoes. Warm layers are essential.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
As a New Mom, I'm Amazed How Often I'm Asked This Question. My Answer Surprises Everyone.
'She's beautiful. Oh, but aren't you absolutely exhausted?' My neighbor lovingly asked as she smiled at my 5-month-old daughter in her stroller. 'Actually, no. I'm great,' I replied. My neighbor shot me an incredulous look like I was lying. 'Oh, wow, well look at you!' It wasn't the first time I'd experienced this kind of exchange (with a neighbor, acquaintance or even a stranger) since I had my baby. I'd heard this question daily — sometimes asked to me, other times stated as a comment. After we finished exchanging pleasantries, I was left pondering the question, and the disbelief at my seemingly unnatural response. The depiction of the emotionally and physically exhausted parent — especially the mom — is ubiquitously portrayed in our society in movies, television and across social media. Sometimes me and my husband were together with the baby, but the question of sleep still got directed my way. This stereotype is steeped in some truth. New parents are often more tired than other humans. But a study in Sage Journals in 2019 found mothers experienced more fatigue and stress than fathers. For the first few months, through newborn night feeding, I can attest to that experience. While my daughter spent the first month of her life in the NICU, I was back home, pumping around the clock, every three hours, and bringing it back and forth to the hospital. Most nights, I barely stayed awake, to the lights, and sounds of old mystery shows like Murder, She Wrote and Columbo while I pumped milk for my new daughter. Once she arrived home, I still pumped almost nonstop, but my husband relieved some of the responsibilities. At 11 p.m. I'd leave him with a supply for the overnight shift. I caught up on sleep till the baby woke up at 6:30 in the morning. Was I the picture of sleep health, or getting the recommended amount per night? Definitely not. But I also wasn't miserably exhausted to the point of venting to anyone who said hello. Different Paths To Parenthood When I first got pregnant naturally at 37 after four months of trying, I couldn't believe my luck. It ended tragically at 18 weeks, followed by a much earlier miscarriage during the pandemic two years later. In 2021, I finally turned to IVF, thinking it would be an easy answer. But every cycle failed. An unsuccessful embryo transfer felt like a literal death. I went through nine rounds of IVF until I had my miracle baby at 43. When my daughter finally arrived, I felt especially committed to parenthood. Joy seemed to supersede the impending stress from nonstop feeds. Even in moments of stress and fatigue, which there were plenty of, I felt completely overcome with gratitude when I looked at my baby daughter. Of course I was tired, and had moments of stress. I was a brand new parent. I also admittedly had a newborn who slept well. Early months of round-the-clock feedings turned into a baby who could mostly get through the night without waking up. But that stereotype of the worn-out, defeated newborn mom I'd seen all over Instagram wasn't my experience thus far. Apparently it was my lack of complaining that perplexed everyone. We have new norms of achieving parenthood by methods other than spontaneous conception. Yet, our view of motherhood remains fairly one-dimensional. Our society has centered one image of what being a mother is like — which doesn't leave much space for other stories. My experience isn't uncommon. It's simply less studied (as of now), and not as widely discussed. Plenty of research has been done on the mental distress of couples who are affected by infertility experience. Yet, studies on the difference in well-being and life satisfaction after successful IVF is, in contrast, sparse. A study in the Human Fertility Journal found that couples who had babies through IVF were often more positive and happier than those who conceived naturally. Some reasons hypothesized were the extra support that couples who go through IVF receive and a greater level of satisfaction after trying for a long time. Last fall, the Netflix movie Joy told the story of the pioneers of IVF in the 1970s and the first IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown. The film's creator, Rachel Mason, drew inspiration from her own infertility story. Mason did IVF seven times before having her son, and said in an interview while promoting the movie, 'subconsciously, when you've fought for it, I think you enjoy it more.' When I interviewed Robyn Koslowitz, Ph.D., a psychologist and parenting educator, for this story, she explained, 'our suffering points us to the preferred life we'd like to have. It ultimately clarifies our values and priorities.' Her upcoming book 'Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle and Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be' describes the ways trauma can work as a superpower. Fertility trauma can build up a tolerance level for early caretaking that others who didn't have that extra time may not possess. My struggles with fertility prepared me in advance for many of the challenges of parenting. The six years I had to work on myself taught me resilience and instilled a fortitude in me that gave me new confidence. That sense of accomplishment and knowing I could do difficult things would serve as a useful tool while raising my daughter. 'It makes navigating the hard stuff a little easier, because you know you've done it once before,' Koslowitz told me. 'If what you went through makes you less afraid as a result, that's a superpower.' A 2024 Norwegian study — the largest to date comparing trends in parents who conceived through ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) versus naturally — found that having a baby via IVF was associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression. It illustrates that the negative emotions endured in infertility don't always continue into pregnancy or parenthood. An important aspect of these increased feelings of positivity is overwhelming gratitude. That dark period of wanting to be a mom has passed. But deep within me lies the knowledge that this could easily also not have happened. A lot of IVF is simply luck (though influencers may not want people to believe that). That understanding is why I'll never take my parental status for granted. Finding joy in even the stressful moments of mothering isn't about perpetuating toxic positivity, or implying others are ungrateful. It's about owning my own gratitude and leading with it — even in moments of stress — like baby's sleep schedules. Michelle Bias, a trauma expert with a master's degree in transpersonal psychology, said my grief and gratitude are linked. She defined this as a 'deep reverence for the gift of life.' 'Our past fully feeds into our experience as mothers. It's a life force pushing us forward, and what we learned systematically impacts how we parent.' 'Motherhood Is Not One-Size-Fits-All' Everyone seemed to want me to wear my new title of mother like a badge of honor, as if not admitting to exhaustion meant I wasn't doing something right. Being overwhelmed was what people understood. 'We fit mothers into familiar roles we see them play, and the societal expectations, like exhaustion — which we put solely on them — perpetuate these cultural narratives,' said Bias. 'The world isn't ready to leave room for different maternal experiences. The reply of your positive experience reframed it in a way people weren't used to hearing, and left them unsure how to express themselves. We need to realize that motherhood is not one-size-fits-all.' Now when I'm asked formulaic questions — which I get less with an 11-month-old, but still hear frequently — I've learned how to shift the conversation. Koslowitz defined it as a 'one-liner response that honors my experience, without pushing myself into the box that's been presented to me.' Similarly, Bias suggested asking a question in return. For now, when people ask me if I'm sleeping, I respond with four words: I'm enjoying the journey. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
Press and Journal
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Press and Journal
REVIEW: Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote at Eden Court was an evening of unadulterated fun and nostalgia
As a crime reporter for the Press and Journal, it seemed only right that I should be the one to join a gang sofa sleuth's as Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote returned to Eden Court in Inverness. Despite the fact that the show has been here before, I was a first time 'Fangela' – the term coined by show creator and Murder She Wrote (MSW) superfan Tim Benzie for those enthusiastic enough about the long-running cosy-crime drama to join his audience. After collecting a goody bag on the way into the OneTouch Theatre, I felt a frisson of excitement run though the auditorium as the famed Jessica Fletcher – protagonist of the popular 80s and 90s show – flashed on the screen. As the familiar strains of the opening credits rolled, host Tim Benzie began what would be a whirlwind tour through Fletcher's fictional world, all tied together by the evening's chosen episode – Paint Me a Murder, first aired in 1985. His MSW montage recreation endeared him immediately to the audience, who proved themselves more willing than many I have seen at the Highland venue to join in with interactive interludes. The show was perfectly pitched for all to enjoy – from the clueless newbies (there were a couple among our number who confessed to never having seen an episode) to the die-hard Fangelas (who battled it out during a hilarious Cabot's Cove quiz). Choosing between watching the show as the mystery unfolded or keeping an eye out for our host's affectionate on-stage antics was tough – so seriously were we taking our role as the operators of the 'suspiciometer' ranking the key players' likelihood of having committed the crime. And when the denouement denoued, the only disappointment was that our evening was almost over – bar an enthusiastic singalong with Benzie's self-penned MSW theme tune; a tongue-in-cheek masterpiece that hit all the right notes, even if we didn't. Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote was an evening of unadulterated fun and nostalgia, reverent to the late Angela Lansbury and her art, and recognisant of her fun-loving fandom. Tim promised us a new episode if he is able to return to the Highland capital, and I for one can't wait to see what more he has in store. If you enjoyed this, you may also like: REVIEW: A Scottish Comedy Collective at Eden Court
