Inside No. 9 concludes its sixth series with an uncomfortable ‘state of the nation’ piece, including more political and religious themes than ever before. The episode revolves around a family coming together to watch the Last Night of the Proms on...
Having previously appeared (via audio only) in series 3 episode The Devil of Christmas, Derek Jacobi becomes the first guest star to make a second voyage Inside No. 9. This week’s instalment, How Do You Plead? takes place in a lavish...
Although Simon Says, by the time it aired, had an accidental link to Line Duty, this week’s instalment of Inside No. 9 has an intentional one, in the form of guest star Adrian Dunbar playing a version of himself. The setup...
The latest episode of Inside No. 9 is a story of surveillance and secrecy. A rather drab man has booked himself into an even drabber hotel room so that he can spy on a woman across the road, worried that she’s seeing another man. But is he the only one who’s...
When you’re a fan of a long-running TV show, you’ll no doubt have expectations for its final episode. And if these expectations aren’t met, it’s only natural that you might be left feeling disappointed, underwhelmed, or even angry. But whereas in the past you would...
It’s a bold move for an anthology show to kick off a new series with possibly its most bonkers entry yet. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have talked about how (aside from budgetary constraints) they essentially have free rein to do what they...
Reviving a beloved sitcom might feel like a safe bet for TV commissioners, since the show already has an audience who will likely return to find out what their favourite characters are doing now, but it’s a much riskier move when it comes to delivering quality TV. In...
Written by and starring comedian Liam Williams, BBC Three’s underrated, brilliantly observed mockumentary Pls Like is now on its third series of lampooning the sort of online culture that’s baffling to anyone older than Gen Z. At the centre...
It’s the year 2000 and best friends Maya and Anna have just started middle school, full of optimism for this new chapter of their lives. We follow them as they navigate their way through the social jungle of sleepovers, pool parties, school plays and first kisses. And...
Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble prove themselves to be a dream team as the co-creators (Piper stars and Prebble writes) of Sky Atlantic comedy-drama I Hate Suzie. The pair previously worked together on Secret Diary of a Call Girl and 2012 play The Effect, and Prebble...
Channel 4’s Feel Good, written by Mae Martin and Joe Hampson, is a captivating modern rom-com that ruminates on matters from love and addiction to sexuality and gender identity. Canadian stand-up comedian Mae Martin stars as a...
As we approach the end of Inside No. 9's long-awaited fifth series, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have given us another gripping half-hour in Thinking Out Loud. This unsettling and unpredictable episode, directed by Pemberton, features...
In what has so far been a very experimental series of Inside No. 9 (Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have said themselves that they think it’s their most varied series to date), this fourth episode, Misdirection, is the first one that...
BBC Three's sublime rural mockumentary This Country is back for what creators Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper have said is its final series. When we last saw the Mucklowe cousins (played by the Cooper siblings) just over a year ago in 'The Aftermath', Kerry was...
Two years since we last had a series of Inside No. 9 on our screens (although thankfully we got the superb Halloween special Dead Line in the meantime to tide us over), Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s acclaimed anthology show is finally back for its fifth...
"There is a small person inside of you dying to get out." A fitness instructor says this to Annie Easton (Aidy Bryant) in the opening of Shrill. Annie isn't in a gym or an exercise class; she's just in a coffee shop minding her own business when the ultra-toned woman...
In episodes 3 and 4 of its second season, Pose delves further into the grim realities of life, past and present, for trans women of colour. Being set at the height of the AIDS epidemic, death has been a constant presence throughout Ryan Murphy's...
In its second series, which came to an end on Monday night, Stath Lets Flats has gone from strength to strength and built up a devoted fanbase along the way. It would be a huge shame if Channel 4 doesn’t order any more. Jamie Demetriou leaves no comedic stone unturned...
A strange thing is happening in the world of streaming services. The huge success of Netflix has meant other broadcasters want their own slice of the streaming space. Disney will soon be removing all of its content from Netflix and plonking it all on its own Disney +...
Contributed by Sophie Davies There’s no denying that Netflix has transformed the way many of us consume TV in a relatively short space of time. I know people whose viewing habits have changed so much in the past few years that they now find new shows to watch almost...
The series kicks off with Detective Inspector Rabbit (Matt Berry) violently interrogating a suspect, only for it to be revealed that he’s actually demonstrating a day in the life of a policeman to a classroom of children. When the teacher gets involved in...
When I watched the first series of Lee and Dean last year, I have to admit that I wasn’t fully on board from the start. Initially, I was bothered by the mockumentary style − why would someone be making a documentary about the...
New BBC One sitcom Ghosts comes from the talented team of comedy writer-performers behind Horrible Histories and Yonderland. It revolves around a group of ghosts who have been inhabiting a run-down country house since their deaths there,...
Following a year of good behaviour and minimal contact with her family, a tense dinner in series 2’s opening episode culminated in Fleabag faking a miscarriage, to cover for her sister, and punching her awful brother-in-law in the face. Since then, we’ve...