Grayson’s Art Club Jubilee special: a terrifying extravaganza for the bunting obsessed
If television is, as I believe it to be, a barometer of national cultural health, this country is getting madder…
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Is Britain’s Strictest Headmistress a visionary or a tyrant?
Many of Katharine Birbalsingh’s rules seem petty beyond belief – but she gets results. What does her approach tell us…
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The Victorians in The Essex Serpent are as far-fetched as the sea-monster
Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes struggle to convince in the TV adaptation of Sarah Perry’s gothic novel.
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Anatomy of a Scandal is an unconvincing take on politics post-MeToo
The preposterous plot, ropey acting and strangely Americanised sets left me yawning and rolling my eyes.
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Rest in peace, Peaky Blinders. We will miss this magnificent show so much
The complex, labyrinthine BBC drama now begins its final series. Someone should say a prayer.
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BBC One’s This Is Going To Hurt is cold, mean and – crucially – not funny
Ben Whishaw is miscast in this adaptation of Adam Kay's bestselling medical memoir, and there is something badly amiss with…
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Pam + Tommy reminds me of porn: it’s boring, lifeless and full of erect nipples
Yes, this Disney+ series features a huge, animatronic penis. But why was it made? What’s it for?
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Why The Great Pottery Throw Down is the loveliest show on TV
I never thought I would cry at pots. But this series movingly communicates the value a creative hobby can bring…
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The Succession finale was monstrous, near-Shakespearean perfection
Jesse Armstrong effected the most remarkable reversal of fortune of all, Logan now in the ascendant over his fractious, ingrate…
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Amazon Prime fantasy series The Wheel of Time is a colossal waste of time and money
Can this derivative series really have cost $10m an episode to make? I went into a kind of death spiral…
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The return of Succession
What does Jesse Armstrong want for his monsters now?
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Strictly Come Dancing is the most reliable talent show on TV
A careful balance of well-loved routine and quiet reinvention means BBC One’s flagship talent show remains one of the few…
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A new docuseries captures 9/11 minute by minute
9/11: One Day in America forces the viewer to experience the attacks in painful detail.
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BBC drama The North Water is bloody and brutal
Ice-cold and uncompromising, this series is grim enough to go out after the 9pm watershed.
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The White Lotus is Agatha Christie with tiki torches and Xanax – and I loved it
This weird, funny drama about a luxury hotel in Hawaii understands the rich and powerful are often uneasy in their…
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From Sex/Life to 365 Days: The rise of TV soft porn
Why we should celebrate the ascent of popular erotica.
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Ted Lasso is the most overrated show on TV
Despite its tired jokes, absurd plots and dramatic clichés, Ted Lasso is universally acclaimed. Am I missing something?
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ITV’s Professor T is a lockdown nightmare gone wrong
Ben Miller stars as an unnervingly observant Cambridge don with OCD called Jasper Tempest. It’s all incredibly strange.
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Will this be the most feral Love Island yet?
For years, we have lamented Love Island as commercialised and insincere. But after the past 15 months, who actually cares?
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Robert Popper: How we made Friday Night Dinner
The writer of Friday Night Dinner reflects on the tenth anniversary of Channel 4’s longest-running sitcom.
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