Break Clause: Channel 4’s fresh new romantic comedy is a delight.
Ben (Samuel Bottomley) loves Lill (Lara Ricote). Everyone in their friend group knows that. Ben's parents, Deb (Lucy Black) and Alan (John...
70Up’s final instalments wave a moving goodbye to more than its stars
Despite the rise in prestige drama and comedy, it can feel that, in 2026, much of the innovation and ground-breaking television is behind us, which...
Adults – the best hangout comedy of the decade that understands how these comedies work.
When HBO Max launched in the UK, Netflix lost one of its most-watched shows to the new streaming platform. That show, Friends (began in 1994 and...
Colin From Accounts delivers a brilliantly funny and cathartic final season.
Colin From Accounts began the most awkward meet-cute and turned into one of television's best love stories. When this decade is over,...
Slow Horses’ greatest hits feel season shows why Jack Lowden’s star is rising.
If you didn’t know that season 7 of Slow Horses had already wrapped production, you’d be forgiven for thinking season 6 was the last hurrah for...
Furious, Lucky, Star City and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed – The most interesting female characters on television
In the second episode of Furious (now available on Disney+), a petite woman in her early twenties (Lola Petticrew) wearing a striking wig seduces a...
Ann Droid: A Prophetic Comedy That Will Soften The Stoniest Of Faces
I last saw Sue Johnston playing one of an ensemble of ageing actors in Channel 4’s Truelove as old friends whose meet-ups were increasing in...
Ted Lasso’s women’s team return feels like someone was listening
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Ted Lasso star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis says an “epiphany” convinced him to make the decision to...
Widow’s Bay creates comedy performances and scares to wow
“Shut it down! Shut it all down!” When this line is shouted less than 15 minutes into the first episode of Widow’s Bay, you know exactly the...
Falling delivers a tender contemplation on love in many forms
Forgive me father for I have sinned. I assumed Channel 4’s nun and priest romantic drama Falling was going to be a titillating romp of lustful...
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is one of the warmest and enjoyable shows in a long time
TV producers scout the bestseller lists to find promising content for their next smash hit, and it must be quite a compliment to an author if their...
DTF St Louis – a moving story of masculinity that is more than it seems
When a TV show creates a promotion that obscures the true nature of the story they are telling, it can be a gamble. It can pay off spectacularly -...
More Than Cosy: The Quiet Brilliance of Foyle’s War.
Murder is murder. You stop believing that, and we might as well not be fighting the war.” Not long ago, I was watching Foyle’s War, and my wife...
20 Years of Life on Mars
In 2006, the BBC took quite a big gamble. In a TV landscape where safe procedurals like New Tricks and a revamped Silent Witness were big hitters,...
Best of 2025: Our Picks
It's that time of year again. We asked our website and podcast contributors to provide a list of their favourite TV of the year. Below our the...
The Best TV shows of 2025
TV in 2025 has been a mixed bag. Mostly that's because a lot of our favourite shows or shows we'd been anticipating didn't live up to our...
The impact of The Handmaid’s Tale: Written in 1985, arrived on television in 2018, but worryingly relavant in 2025
Years ago, my friends spent months urging me to watch a new show on Channel 4 called The Handmaid’s Tale. I resisted with complete confidence. I...
Subtitles On: Why We’re All Reaching For the Subtitles Button
There are two types of people in the world: those who use subtitles and those who do not. OK, perhaps there are more insightful metrics that define...
Gangs of London manages to sidestep the gangster cliches and provide a portrayal of the true melting pot of the Capital.
I am not a hard man, I admit it, the thought of violence exploding around me, makes me instinctively look for a teacher to tell. But… I bloody love...
How The White Lotus became one of TV’s most surprising hits.
If anything good came from the global pandemic in 2020, it would have to be The White Lotus. Its creator Mike White has spoken of being tasked by...
Severance: The Ultimate recap.
Almost 3 years ago, the first season of Apple TV’s Severance, a sci-fi thriller about a procedure that separates your work memories from your...
Best of 2024: Our Picks
It's that time of year again. We asked our website and podcast contributors to provide a Top 10 of their favourite TV of the year. Below our the...
Traitors: How the BBC cultivated the most talked about show in years.
"Are you a Traitor?" So says Claudia Winkleman from the trailers, the mysterious posters and social media dropping in late December… It sounds good,...
The Best TV of 2024
Television in 2024 felt different. Things slowed down. You could feel broadcasters and streaming platforms straining to deliver the volume of shows...
Doctor Foster to return to BBC One for third and final series.
The BBC has announced the return of hit drama Doctor Foster for a third and final series. Created and written by Mike Bartlett, the new five-part...
The BBC announce Shy and Lola starring Hayley Squires and Bell Powley.
Shy & Lola is a new six-part drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, written by award-winning screenwriter and novelist Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard,...
The BBC announces a new political drama from Blue Lights Creators.
Blue Lights creators Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn have been commissioned to write a brand new drama for the BBC. D-Notice is a...
Acclaimed actor Robert Robert Carlyle confirmed to lead Line of Duty return.
Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later) has been cast as guest series lead in the new series of Line of Duty. The...
Channel 4 announces new drama, Wrong Move.
Channel 4 has commissioned brand new original drama Wrong Move (6x60’) written and created by Ben Edwards (Coma, Miss Scarlet & The Duke),...
Channel 4 announces cast for upcoming drama, Close to Home.
Channel 4 announces new drama adaptation Close to Home with Anthony Boyle, Jessica Reynolds, Seamus O’Hara and Oisín Thompson as lead cast...