Want to be cultured this Christmas? From TV to podcasts to books, Ed Power has the definite list of everything you missed this year - so you can curl up on the couch and catch up

First up: The Crown on Netflix.

As the networks get ready to release their autumn/winter highlights, Netflix was fast out of the blocks to announce that season three of The Crown will arrive on Sunday, November 17.

Despite having earned rave review for the title role in Mary Queen of Scots.

This year's Oscar nominations have been revealed.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their cultural picks for the year ahead

Here's your morning bulletin.

The Favourite is already being talked up for Oscars. Its director tells Esther McCarthy all about the Irish-produced period film.

The festival, which runs from November 9-18, will showcase Irish and international films with a focus on current global issues.

Ólafur Arnalds has provided the soundtrack for TV show Broadchurch but also has a clubbier outlet with Kiasmos. He performs in Cork and Dublin next week, writes Ed Power.

Vanessa Emme is an Irish-Filipina actress currently based in London. She plays Helena Charles in John

Without futher ado:

Dáithí Ó Sé hosts the Rose of Tralee on Monday and Tuesday at 8pm on RTE One.

Game of Thrones returns to Sky Atlantic on Monday at 9pm.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The Lobster is a dystopian sci-fi film shot in Kerry in 2014 with a bunch of big stars like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C Reilly, Olivia Colman and Lea Seydoux. And it looks like just about the weirdest thing ever.

It was recently announced that The Lobster, which was shot in Co. Kerry, would be screening at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2015. And now we've got some more footage from the film. And boy does it look utterly bizarre.

What's on telly tonight

Olivia Colman is pregnant.

RITA ORA has said her flirting on The Voice is harmless – and a way of making contestants feel comfortable.

Des O’Driscoll highlights some television highlights for the week ahead.

Britain’s Got Talent winner Pudsey the dog took a ‘bow wow’ on the red carpet at the premiere of his big screen debut yesterday.

Stars of the second series of whodunnit drama ‘Broadchurch’ have been united for the first time as they attended the read-through of scripts.

Actress Olivia Colman got her third TV Bafta in two years as hit crime drama 'Broadchurch' scored a hat-trick at the annual awards tonight.

There's some good news for Broadchurch fans - with a return for the two main stars confirmed for the second series.

MUSIC NEWS:

Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter’s portrayal of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s tempestuous relationship has been recognised with a TV Bafta nomination in the UK.

Highlights include Top of the Lake and Celebrity Masterchef Ireland

Some of the biggest names of the British small screen gathered at TV Baftas in London last night.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Tough screen star Sean Bean’s portrayal of a cross-dressing teacher has landed him a best actor title at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards – one of two prizes for courtroom drama The Accused.

Parting is such bittersweet sorrow in Dan Mazer’s London-set anti-romcom.

Denzel Washington stars as commercial pilot Whip Whitaker in Flight (15A), which opens with a vividly depicted airplane crash.

Based on the private journals of Margaret Lynch Suckley, a distant relative of Franklin D Roosevelt, Roger Michell’s misfiring comedy recalls an important meeting between America and Britain on the eve of the Second World War.

They played arch-rivals in political satire 'The Thick Of It', but Rebecca Front and Peter Capaldi shared the glory at the British Comedy Awards.

Some of the biggest stars of the small screen will be on the red carpet tonight at the TV Baftas.

A TV drama about serial killer Fred West headed the shortlist for the TV Baftas today with nominations for four awards.

Daniel Radcliffe could be saying goodbye to Harry Potter with an award after he was nominated for a best actor gong for his role in the last instalment of the hit films.