Unbelievably, we've reached the end of the year. A time to reflect and champion the best television had to offer. Perhaps more so than every other year when I compile the list, I don't feel as if there's a definitive show of the year. The final season of Succession...
With TV slowing over the summer, it's time to look back at the best shows of the year to this point and perhaps give you the chance to catch up with some of the gems you may have missed. Happy Valley January 2023, BBC One - I'll admit to being equal parts excited and...
So here we are, Logan Roy's funeral. Something Succession had baked into its premise from the start but still feels shocking even after the weeks we've had to digest it. "Church and State" opens with a chipper Roman (Kieran Culkin) rehearsing his eulogy in his...
Towards the end of 'America Decides' Roman says, "We've just created a great night of television, nothing happens." He is right. America Decides is one of the best episodes of this decade and it's one of the best in Succession's long list of great episodes. It...
Whenever Succession directly deals with American politics, it’s even easier to see how much this one family’s actions contribute to major world events—and how little that fact even crosses their minds until it serves their narrative. The episode is bookended by two...
When Kill List, (the fifth episode of Succession's final season) opens, Kendall Roy is in a chauffeur-driven car with Jay-Z blaring out. It's the most Kendall thing to do after all. He's clearly emboldened by his new position. This entire sequence of Kendall jamming...
So here we are, life without Logan Roy. The kids get very little chance to grieve and process their feelings before the board convenes to announce who will take over and what will become of the all-important deal. When the episode opens, the three siblings are still...
I watch A LOT of TV, and because I'm a massive snob, I watch a lot of GREAT TV. Sometimes I can feel silly. In the big scheme of things, I realise TV is a strange thing to be passionate about. I could talk about my favourite television for as long as someone would be...
So, it finally happened. Logan Roy (Brian Cox) told his children (all awkwardly ambushed by him at a karaoke bar of all places) that he loved them. It follows perhaps the only compliment he has ever given his children by telling them, "you're not serious people."...
The season three finale of Succession was incredible. Easily standing as one of the best TV episodes of this century. In truth, you could say that about the majority of Succession episodes. But the Jesse Armstrong penned All the Bells Say was full of important moments...
It's that time of year again, here's our look at the best shows of 2015! Last Tango in Halifax (December 2014 - February 2015, BBC1) A fixture on our best of the year list since it began in 2012, Last Tango in Halifax proved once again to be one of the best dramas on...
Hey folks, welcome back to another review of some recent TV highlights as I cast my withering gaze over what the small screen as offered us recently. We start with a drama that has been the subject of several news reports due to the single complaint one of its scenes...
In this podcast we look at the return of Peep Show, discover Gary hasn't seen all of Father Ted, and discover the joy of private browsing. There's also two rounds of Matt Vs Luke.
Channel 4 have released details of the final series of Fresh Meat as filming on the university comedy drama's final run began. When we left the residents of 28 Hartnell Avenue things weren’t going so well for the gang; JP had put the house on the market, but had a...
In what is possibly the best piece of TV news we've reported in a while, The British Comedy Guide and Broadcast are reporting that we will be getting a fourth series of Fresh Meat by the end of the year! It'll be the last series, but that seems fair enough as they'd...
We're only a couple of weeks away from Christmas now and that might explain the mixed bag of offerings that TV has given us over the past seven days. From hard-hitting documentary to rock spoof through to a star-studded gala it's fair to say there's been something for...
On this week's Matt on the Box we have two very different types of policing drama plus department store dilemmas and doggy disasters. Earlier in the year, I was excited by the prospect of a satirical drama written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and directed by Danny...
Matt and Gary hold the fort as Luke heads to the jungle?? They discuss the end of Doctor Who, the start of the Fall and the usual reality TV section.
After mentioning the multitude of crime dramas that were populating our screens in the last instalment, this week we welcomed even more. As well as the superb Line of Duty, which you can read about elsewhere on the site, two other crime dramas debuted this week....
In a special podcast for Valentines, we discuss the returns of Outnumbered, George Gently, DCI Banks and Channel 4's new police comedy Babylon.
So unbelievably we've reached that point again when we look back fondly on the last twelve months of television and celebrate the best. Ripper Street (January 2013, BBC1) This series wasn't what a lot of viewers were expecting when they settled down on a dark Sunday...
In our latest podcast we moan about The X Factor, slightly tire of I'm a Celebrity and praise the return of Him & Her!
The more observant of you may have noticed that I've been absent for a week, but that's primarily because I felt there wasn't that much TV to discuss. So instead I have decided to look at five of the biggest shows from the last fortnight in which we've been offered a...
This week on the podcast Gary and Matt discuss their favourite Christmas Specials, preview this year's Christmas TV and talk X-Factor, I'm a Celebrity and Fresh Meat