The curse of the Noughties reboot
From Peep Show to Gossip Girl, new versions of classic 2000s shows fail to understand why their time period was…
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The Windsors is the most painfully accurate depiction of the royals on TV
Forget The Crown – the uncanny veracity of this wild satire rings out like the dinner gong at Balmoral.
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ITV’s Malpractice is preposterous – but so gripping, you won’t mind
This series from the makers of Line of Duty is set in a Yorkshire hospital – and follows drugs, corruption…
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ITV’s Raoul Moat drama is sickening, cynical TV
The pain of Moat’s victims has been callously put aside, all to make another middling series with a middling cast.…
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The limits of “female experience” TV
From Dreamland to The Power, shows are still signposting the astonishing revelation that women are complex people, too.
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Succession is back, with a script sharper than broken glass
Pay close attention to the first episode: it contains not just text and subtext, but a third layer – something…
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The BBC’s new Great Expectations is so bad it should be illegal
Steven Knight’s crass, sexed-up version of the novel strips it of all its humour and tenderness. Does he think he’s…
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Top Gear is finished
Even before Flintoff’s tragic accident, the BBC show’s macho speed stunts felt outdated and gratuitous.
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The Cockfields is a genius, black-hearted British social comedy
I was hysterical with laughter watching this Diane Morgan-starring series from David Earl and Joe Wilkinson.
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David Attenborough’s Wild Isles makes me proud to be British, despite everything
The new series, which roams from Shetland to Cornwall to Northern Ireland to capture our wildlife, is the BBC at…
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Happy Valley is deeply conservative copaganda
The series celebrates Catherine Cawood’s rough justice. Now, Labour is calling for more police officers like her. Are our memories…
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Daisy Jones & the Six: an unconvincing, overly slick take on the 1970s rock scene
This mock biopic of a fictional, Fleetwood Mac-style band is full of beautiful actors and clothes – but even more…
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Stranger Things series four is all about “trauma”. No wonder Gen Z love it
The sci-fi show is increasingly metaphorical, speaking directly to younger viewers well-acquainted with pop psychology.
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Hugo Blick’s masterful drama The English has left me in slack-jawed awe
I love how Emily Blunt holds a gun in this ultraviolent, suspenseful series set in the American West in the…
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The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich
The second season of Mike White’s luxury-hotel comedy-drama is an exquisite examination of the miseries of the wealthy.
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Netflix’s Ozark is overstuffed – not to mention tonally weird
Could the channel use a hit? Every time my subscription leaves my bank account, I think again that it could.
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As Succession ends – how long should a great TV show run?
The question of when to end a series is a perfect example of the tension between art and commerce.
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When did The Crown get so boring?
The new series of the Netflix show is more Hello! magazine than history – and no more exciting for it.…
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The deep realism of Better Call Saul
This Breaking Bad spin-off was a high point in television drama: never has a series better conveyed the complexities of…
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The Rings of Power is bold, beautiful and thrilling television
Amazon bet on its Lord of the Rings prequel, the most expensive TV show ever made. It paid off.
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