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 (currently in its second season on Channel 4) is that little bit more different. The exuberant comedy-drama on the rise...
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 Golaszewski. Both shows showcased his knack for realistic dialogue. Though both were billed as comedies they were both really character...
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 finished with its fifth season earlier this year on FX and is currently quietly airing on BBC Two on Sundays or all on...
After watching the first episode of “Under the Banner of Heaven,” I was admittedly sceptical. The first episode starts out slow, simply introducing the murder at the centre and the detective who will be solving it. Everything about the first hour of the show told me...
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, in my view, one of the most interesting partnerships on television. Incredibly, nauseated, connected by their mutual...
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 team sat down for their final season they placed a machine gun in the trunk of Walt's station wagon. It was a decision that...
Adaptations either work out extremely well and are applauded or they completely annoy the longstanding fanbase and divide any newcomers. Those adapting beloved works are fighting a constant battle between honouring the original text and the ideas that inspired...
While I don’t yet know whether The Undeclared War is BAFTA magnet Peter Kosminsky’s best work, after watching the opening episode, I am prepared to say it is his most intelligent and timely. Cybersecurity is a major subject in modern society as technology relentlessly...
Borgen is the best political series on television. It's not an area television drama dabbles in that often. There's the original House of Cards and the Netflix version which now feels sullied, The West Wing (don't ask me my opinion of Sorkin) and Sky's OTT drama...
Atlanta has always been a genre-defying show. The pilot episode leads you to believe otherwise, that the series is a straightforward comedy-drama following the rise of Atlanta rapper Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) and his cousin/manager Earn (series creator Donald...
The first season of Only Murders in the Building was one of the best shows of last year. Funny, warm and with a new take on the mystery genre it was unpredictable and absolutely delightful. For those who need a refresher, the series follows Charles (Steve Martin),...
The BBC's new crime drama Sherwood is brilliant. A starry cast, tackling a uniquely British story with an intriguing central mystery that feels tied to its surroundings rather than tacked on to keep viewers interested. The residents in this former mining village are...
The odd couple is a much-mined sitcom premise, with a myriad of shows built upon the fastidious, introvert forced by circumstance to spend time with a casually confident, careless extrovert. Looking at the trailers for Channel 4’s latest sitcom Big Boys, you might...
America is reeling from a gigantic loss in the Cold War – of prestige, of humiliation. In other words: A Red Moon. We are introduced to Ronald D. Moore’s For All Mankind as it throws us for an alternate history style scenario establishing the gauntlet from the get-go...
Inside No. 9’s most surprising twist might be that seven series in, it’s just as high-quality as it was at the start. With the latest run of episodes, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have proved that they’re still perfectly capable of entertaining us, moving us...
A new David Simon project dropping has roughly the same effect on critics that a designer drug has when it debuts among addicts. So with We Own This City beginning on Tuesday 7th June on Sky Atlantic expect a deluge of podcasts, blogs and think pieces marking the...
It’s unsurprising given the world events of the past couple of years that TV has been turning to more positive, heartwarming comedies for escapism. Shows like Schitt’s Creek and Ted Lasso have given us an antidote to the harshness of life around us, by leaning hard...
HBO's Barry is having its best season yet. The lengthy gap between its second and third season (thanks again Covid) allowed creative team Bill Hader and Alec Beg not only to go back and tweak elements of the scripts of season 3 they weren't entirely happy with but...
If you've seen the mid-season finale of Better Call Saul then you're probably still sat aghast. I spent its closing moments with my hand clasped over my mouth as if I'd just witnessed something horrific. Thinking about it now, with a few days to let the episode sink...
During its fifth season, a conversation arose about whether Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul was actually a better show than its predecessor. Breaking Bad is my favourite TV show of all time, it blew my tiny mind but even I started to question it. What I loved...
Why remake perfection? This is what many Call My Agent! fans asked when it was announced that a British version of the hit French Netflix series was being made. A fabulous comedy about acting agents and the diva-like behaviour of the celebrities they were tasked with...
“Do you ever feel like you’re only doing things because everyone else is, and you’re scared to change?” This kind of sentiment is something often reflected among teenagers and young adults as they try to find their way in the world and who they are. This feeling is...
Before I can review this charming, unpredictable and warm-hearted new show from HBO Max, I have to address the title. The Sex Lives of College Girls is a terrible title for a show. It conjures up all sorts of things that, thankfully, the show doesn't go anywhere near....
For a large chunk of its opening episode, you may not be quite sure of what is going on during Shining Girls. Beginning on a genuinely creepy note, the series draws you into its mystery and utilisation of particular genre tropes thanks to some superlative deployment...