Henpocalypse! How did this painful dildo-wielding comedy make it to air?
I can’t remember the last time I endured a show as relentlessly laboured as this steaming dollop of faux-feminist puerility.…
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Terry Pratchett would love the queer politics of Good Omens 2
David Tennant’s devil and Michael Sheen’s angel are one of television’s great odd couple romances.
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Hunger in Britain is mainstream now
Gregg Wallace’s savage satire about the cost-saving benefits of human flesh consumption exposes a day-to-day reality.
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The Power of Parker captures the particular quirks of Nineties northern England
Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman’s new series is comic perfection – but perhaps not everyone will find it funny.
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The friendlier, softer University Challenge
As host, Amol Rajan takes a very different approach to Jeremy Paxman – he is more encouraging, even enthusiastic.
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The Sixth Commandment is a delicate dissection of human frailty
This unusually sensitive true crime drama features masterful performances from Timothy Spall, Anne Reid and Éanna Hardwicke.
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And Just Like That… is a woke horror show
The Sex and the City sequel is a combination of glib identity politics and extreme shopping – and it’s impossible…
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You won’t ever forget Channel 4’s Afghanistan documentary Evacuation
Give this revelatory series your time. Let it rip open your heart.
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Grieving, I find safety in the West Wing
The series provides the comfort and company I need – and it’s so horribly dated it doesn’t matter if watching…
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The abuse of the Bay City Rollers
Even if I hadn’t read the tabloid stories about the band’s struggles, they’d be top of my list in the…
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Bridget Christie’s The Change and the rise of menopause media
I’d take Christie’s dark humour over Davina McCall’s washboard stomach any day. But let’s stop pretending the topic is “taboo”.
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What HBO’s The Idol teaches us about porn
Its transgressive sex scenes are designed to get viewers off, go viral – and would never have been created by…
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BBC One’s Best Interests captures the horror of parental grief
Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan are magnificent as the father and mother of an unconscious disabled child.
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Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole has plenty of vomiting and swearing – but very little drama
The 18th-century fable about coining gangs, adapted from Benjamin Myers’ novel, is relentless and self-indulgent.
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How Succession created TV’s first irredeemable leading man
In Logan Roy, Jesse Armstrong and Brian Cox took the archetypal anti-hero and replaced it with a moral black hole…
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The secrets of the Succession opening titles
Each season, subtle changes are made to the credits sequence. What do they mean?
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The problem with The Rehearsal and Jury Duty
An emerging genre blurs the lines between reality TV and scripted comedy. But who is the butt of the joke?
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland reveals the madness of sectarianism
James Bluemel’s documentary series may be the best television ever made about Northern Ireland’s Troubles.
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How the tabloid media turned on Anna Nicole Smith
Smith’s life, death and now – thanks to a new Netflix documentary – after-life was a spectacle.
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Steeltown Murders left me bored and furious
There are countless other series just like this true crime drama. Is it any wonder I found it so wearying,…
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