When it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians? | Zoe Williams
Photograph: BBC/Mammoth ScreenView image in fullscreenIndia Amarteifio in The Rapture. I watched a preview of the programme in May, while preparing to interview the lead actor Ruth Madeley. The whole encounter made the show feel even more prophetic.
- ▪Photograph: BBC/Mammoth ScreenView image in fullscreenIndia Amarteifio in The Rapture.
- ▪I watched a preview of the programme in May, while preparing to interview the lead actor Ruth Madeley.
- ▪The whole encounter made the show feel even more prophetic.
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India Amarteifio in The Rapture. Photograph: BBC/Mammoth ScreenView image in fullscreenIndia Amarteifio in The Rapture. Photograph: BBC/Mammoth ScreenOpinionClimate crisisWhen it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians?Zoe WilliamsFrom BBC drama The Rapture on the climate crisis to Apple’s Criminal Record on the rise of the far right, culture often sees what politics fails toMon 27 Jul 2026 11.32 EDTLast modified on Mon 27 Jul 2026 11.42 EDTShareIn the BBC’s new apocalypse drama, The Rapture, the UK is engulfed in a terrifying heatwave. I watched a preview of the programme in May, while preparing to interview the lead actor Ruth Madeley.
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