Happy Valley’s penultimate episode features three important conversations.
The penultimate Happy Valley consisted of three deeply important conversations. The first comes from an unlikely source. Several times throughout...
Shrinking – The warmhearted comedy showcases the best of what Bill Lawrence can do.
There’s no denying just how seismic a success Ted Lasso became for Apple TV+ during the more heightened days of the pandemic when it found an...
Is Catherine in danger? Happy Valley’s fourth episode ratchets up the tension.
Last week, as Ryan was leaving his visit with his 'father', Tommy (James Norton) asked him how his bungee jump went. It felt like a glib throwaway...
Waterloo Road’s new incarnation tackles important issues while capturing the spirit of the original series.
If you’re over the age of twenty, you probably remember Waterloo Road. A gritty and soapy, Manchester-based series that told the complex stories of...
More pain in the Calder Valley as Happy Valley reaches its midpoint.
Happy Valley has always been Ryan's story. That's the main reason we had to wait such a long time for this final series. Sally Wainwright wanted to...
The Last of Us might be the perfect Video Game adaptation.
Video Game to adaptations have gained a reputation for being notoriously bad for as far back as the 1993 adaptation of “Super Mario Bros” to as...
Happy Valley delivers its most powerful episode yet as Catherine suffers the ultimate betrayal.
I have praised Sally Wainwright's dialogue in every review of one of her shows I've ever written. The second episode of Happy Valley series 3 proved...
Our Flag Means Death has hidden depths greater than the madcap premise.
After a torturously long time, HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death is reaching British shores and broadcasting on BBC2 from 4th January...
Happy Valley’s third series proves well worth the wait.
ere were times when I worried the BBC had forgotten they'd commissioned a third series of Happy Valley. Sally Wainwright had busied herself with...
The English – Hugo Blick’s Western juggles a lot of plates and is ‘mostly’ a rewarding experience.
It’s tricky making a western nowadays. Just going route one and making a classic example of the genre is too cliched, and more than a little...
The Handmaids Tale continues to surprise
The Handmaid’s Tale is back and – yes, I’m going to say it – better than ever. Season 5, which began airing on Channel 4 and Amazon Prime Video on...
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor feels like a missed opportunity saved by a thrilling conclusion
Chris Chibnall's era of Doctor Who has perhaps been the most divisive of the show's run. Praised by some and despised by others. Whatever you made...
2023: 23 Shows I’m desperate to see.
Another year is upon us and 2023 is already packed with exciting and noteworthy new and retuning shows that we can't wait to see. The Last of Us...
Best of 2022: Our Picks
As we say goodbye to 2022, we thought we'd pay tribute to the best shows of the year by publishing all of our team's Top 10 shows of the year that...
The Best of 2022: A year stacked with great television.
When it came time to compile our Best of the Year piece two things struck me. The first was that wasn't one BIG show that resonated with people in...
The BBC at 100: 100 of its best shows.
This year the BBC turns 100. Fundamental to Britain and funded by licence fee payers, the BBC has garnered a worldwide reputation for quality. For...
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,...
The Last of Us to return for second season
Critically acclaimed drama The Last of Us has been renewed for a second season. The series from co-creators Craig Mazin (Emmy Award-winning creator...
Alan Carr to write and star in an a semi autobiographical sitcom.
Filming has now commenced on Changing Ends, a brand-new six-part autobiographical comedy for ITVX and ITV1 starring Alan Carr, made by the...
Cast confirmed for new series of Inside No.9
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith bring five more stand-alone episodes of their critically acclaimed and BAFTA Award-winning series, Inside No....
First Look: Succession Season 4
Sky announced the new series of Succession will air exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW from 27 March. The series also revealed a new teaser trailer...
ITV confirm cast for ‘Platform 7’
AFTA-NOMINATED JASMINE JOBSON ANNOUNCED AS LEAD IN NEW ITVX DRAMA, PLATFORM 7, FROM DANCING LEDGE PRODUCTIONS, ADAPTED BY BAFTA AND INTERNATIONAL...
Meryl Streep joins the cast of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ for Season 3
Meryl Streep is joining the cast of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building for its upcoming third season. Little is known about her role in the series...