Minx: This comedy has a lot to say about womanhood and feminism and it’s great fun.
The success of shows like Hacks, Abbott Elementary and The Marvellous Mrs Maisel at this year’s EMMY Awards show that female-led comedy is finally...
Bad Sisters: Sharon Horgan’s comedy drama balances light and dark to perfection.
An all-female central cast, a tricksy timeline narrative involving the abusive husband of one of the characters being murdered, all of which is set...
Prime Video’s A League of Their Own is much more than a remake.
A TV show that is based on a successful movie comes with many expectations. Given that it has a world, characters, and a fanbase built in, the...
Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal is unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
There’s always been a prevailing belief of sorts that comedy and horror go hand-in-hand, and nowhere is that more evident than when it comes to the...
Better Call Saul delivers one of the best series finales of all time
After a rather subdued run of episodes, we finally get to see both Saul Goodman and Jimmy McGill at the height of their powers. It’s a bittersweet,...
Better Call Saul’s ‘Waterworks’
I had intended to review every episode of this final block of Better Call Saul episodes. I enjoyed the Gene flashforward 'Nippy' which caught up...
Huzzah! Why The Great is the riotous period drama you’ve been waiting for.
Seasoned viewers of period drama will be well aware that the past is a foreign country and that folk do things differently there. Even so, The Great...
Marriage revels in the complexities of everyday life.
Those of us who fell for Him & Her and Mum will have done so because of the unique writing from the creator of both shows Stefan...
Better Things: The brilliantly intimate comedy comes to end.
One of the best recent comedies is ending and it's entirely possible you haven't seen any of it. Pamela Adlon's brilliantly personal Better Things...
Under the Banner of Heaven uses a shocking crime to look deeper at religious beliefs.
After watching the first episode of “Under the Banner of Heaven,” I was admittedly sceptical. The first episode starts out slow, simply introducing...
Better Call Saul’s “Fun and Games’ reaches the full Saul Goodman
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment I started to worry about Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). The relationship between Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim is,...
Better Call Saul delivers one of TV’s most exhilarating and exhausting episodes in ‘Point and Shoot’.
One of the things I admire most about the Breaking Bad universe is how everything feels so methodically planned. In truth, when the Breaking Bad...
Happy Valley: How Sally Wainwright crafted the truly outstanding British drama.
Shockingly, I only watched Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley for the first time earlier this year. As incredibly late to the party I was, I’m glad I...
Autumn 2022: The shows we’re really excited to see.
After a summer of sport, TV is getting its act together this autumn. Yes, the World Cup will disrupt things in November but the streamers have...
How streamers are leaving UK subscribers out of the conversations
I'm not the biggest fan of Netflix. It's a confused brand that offers so much to every possible viewer, that it's impossible to tell quite who...
Why The Handmaid’s Tale feels more vital than ever.
In the spring of 2017, I had the rare luxury of a night to myself. I was channel hopping when I came across what looked like the climax of an action...
Clocking Off offered a slice of British life that has never dated.
When Paul Abbott's Clocking Off debuted in January of 2000 the TV landscape looked entirely different. Abbott, who has since gone to success with...
Breaking Bad: The art of telling one epic story from beginning to end.
A pair of trousers fly through the air, landing on a dusty road which an RV speeds through with panicked abandon. So begins a series that was...
Justified: Remembering one of TV’s best kept secrets.
“You see that guy in the hat?” “The tall one?” “The one in the hat!” Does anyone actually listen to their friends’ recommendations anymore? It’s a...
Celebrating The Wire 20 Years On.
It was the show’s mastery of character that made it great. 20 years ago this month, HBO aired the first episode of The Wire. Nine months earlier,...
Deadwood: Looking back at HBO’s true masterpiece.
“Pain or damage don’t end the world. Or despair, or f***ing beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you’ve got more punishment in...
The Sopranos: The show that paved the way for all that was to come.
Like everyone else, including James Gandolfini’s own son, Michael, in preparation for his role in the prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark (as...
The rise and rise of Apple TV+: Why the streamer is a must.
Co-written by site Editor Luke Knowles and Site Contributor Amy Beth. *Contains spoilers for season one of Severance* “You know, my mother was an...
Spooks at 20: A look at the show that took risks few shows would.
You can’t beat a catchy slogan. ‘MI5, Not 9-to-5’ exclaimed the trailers and advertising promotion for a new BBC spy drama that promised to bring...
Vince Gilligan teams with Rhea Seehorn for new drama
Vince Gilligan has confirmed his first new project outside of the Breaking Bad Universe, BUT he's bringing a familiar face with him!...
ITV announces The Walk-in
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned a five-part drama, The Walk- In, which is the true story of how a Neo-Nazi plan to kill an MP was...
First Look: Emily Blunt in The English on BBC Two.
The BBC have released the first teaser for Hugo Blick’s Western The English starring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, Sicario) and Chaske Spencer (Wild...
First Look: Am I Being Unreasonable?
The BBC have released the first full trailer for upcoming comedy thriller Am I Being Unreasonable created and written by Daisy May Cooper &...
ITV announce Payback.
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill has commissioned six-part crime thriller Payback, produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, starring Morven...
Disney+ confirms a date for critically acclaimed drama The Bear
Disney+ have confirmed a date for the critically acclaimed US drama The Bear. The series follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a...