Asyia Iftikhar

Asyia Iftikhar | Senior TV Reporter

Asyia Iftikhar is Metro's resident Doctor Who nerd. She is passionate about amplifying marginalised voices within the media industry. She's interviewed A-List talent including Hunter Schafer and Colman Domingo and reported live from the London Film Festival red carpet.

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Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood tearfully announces she's leaving the BBC after 28 years

Channel: TV TV January 27, 2026
Portrait of Nigella Lawson, English cook and food writer, Melbourne, 2018

Nigella Lawson is the wrong choice for Great British Bake Off judge

Channel: TV TV January 26, 2026
Jack, Rachel, Faraaz, Stephen, Jade and James are the last contestants remaining in the BBC One show, The Traitors

Who won The Traitors season 4? The epic finale as it happened

Channel: TV TV January 24, 2026
Taylor Swift, Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi with host Graham Norton during filming for the Graham Norton Show,

Graham Norton boss reveals the secret 'hierarchy' that decides where guests sit

Channel: TV TV January 23, 2026
Portrait of Nigella Lawson, English cook and food writer, Melbourne, 2018

Nigella Lawson isn't right for Bake Off - I know who is

Channel: TV TV January 26, 2026
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'Most underrated show on BBC' quietly drops six new episodes

Channel: TV TV January 22, 2026
Harry Styles

Harry Styles fans 'so disappointed' at glaring issue with newly-announced world tour

Channel: Music Music January 22, 2026
Matthew in a checked jumper on The Traitors

Banished Traitors star Matthew: 'I have two regrets from the castle'

Channel: TV TV January 22, 2026
Play Video Television Programme: Fleabag. The Priest (ANDREW SCOTT) - (C) Two Brothers - Photographer: Luke Varley

Amazon Prime fans rush to binge one of the 'best BBC dramas of all time'

Channel: TV TV January 22, 2026
A still from the Traitors

The Traitors fans will have to wait a little longer to watch the finale tonight

Channel: TV TV January 23, 2026
Prue Leith on Bake Off

Prue Leith quits Great British Bake Off after 9 years as judge

Channel: TV TV January 21, 2026
Amanda Holden and Alan Carr

Alan Carr reveals he and Amanda Holden 'said no ages ago' to Strictly gig

Channel: TV TV January 21, 2026
Rachel and Stephen on a table with a dagger

Tonight's dagger twist on The Traitors could be the most savage in show's history

Channel: TV TV January 21, 2026
Play Video Three identical strangers. Left to right: Edward Galland, David Kellman, Robert Shafran.

Director behind Three Identical Strangers reveals next scandal she's uncovered

Channel: TV TV January 21, 2026
Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse in The Green Mile

One of Stephen King's 'best movies of all-time' is now streaming on Netflix

Channel: Film Film January 20, 2026
Jessie on The Traitors

The Traitors star Jessie: 'Parents of children with stammers have messaged me'

Channel: TV TV January 20, 2026