TV & Radio
Our guide to the best from the world of television, podcasts and online streaming video. Reviews of some of the best new shows, news on some of your favourite series, features and opinion from our team.
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ReviewsBig Little Lies: Season 2
Our feelings about season 2 of Big Little Lies are complicated. On the one hand, give Laura Dern the Emmy! On the other, fuck HBO for preferring Jean-Marc Vallée's vision to Andrea Arnold's Read more »| 24 Jul 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Stephen Buchanan on I'm Alan Partridge
BBC New Comedy Award Winner Stephen Buchanan dives headfirst into the wonderful world of Partridge. Jurassic Park! Read more »| 23 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsKilling Eve: Season 2
Picking up moments after the first series’ bloody finale, Killing Eve dives into familiarly, hilariously perverse territory throughout its second series Read more »| 18 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsStranger Things 3
The third season of Netflix’s monster show Stranger Things delivers the exact same fun and frights as the first two seasons did – and that is not a bad thing Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsNailed It!: Season Three
Netflix's Nailed It! celebrates the joy of taking part, even if its contestants often run into severe problems in its baking challenges Read more »| 04 Jul 2019 -
NewsStranger Things 3 release epic, action-packed trailer
Things get very Jurassic Park in the latest trailer for the much-anticipated third season of 80s-set sci-fi show Stranger Things Read more »| 21 Jun 2019
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ReviewsChernobyl
Orwellian self-denial meets Kafkaesque nightmare in this gripping dramatisation of the Chernobyl disaster Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
ReviewsBlack Mirror: Season 5
Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology Black Mirror returns with a dampened and somewhat disappointing fifth season Read more »| 10 Jun 2019 -
ReviewsStreet Food: Season 1
Street Food is another pristine slice of Netflix food programming, but it fails to capture the energy and vibrancy that make its topic so interesting in the first place Read more »| 10 Jun 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Rachel Jackson on Amy Schumer's Growing
No room for haters here! Growing is all about love and loving for both its star Amy Schumer, and comedian and actor Rachel Jackson Read more »| 03 Jun 2019 -
NewsWatch the stunning trailer for Netflix's Dark Crystal prequel
Netflix's prequel to 80s classic The Dark Crystal looks to marry the tactile qualities of Jim Henson's puppets with the epic canvas of GCI Read more »| 30 May 2019 -
ReviewsChris McQueer's Hings
BBC Scotland's first three adaptations of Chris McQueer's wild comic tales are satisfying; we just hope the next series digs into Hings' richer stories Read more »| 27 May 2019 -
ReviewsGame of Thrones: Series 8 Review
There is an overall sense of satisfaction with this finale – yes, that satisfaction may crack under close examination but the emotional arcs land. Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
ReviewsTuca and Bertie
In ten episodes, Tuca and Bertie creates a fleshed-out world with two messy, believable protagonists and their long-term, long-suffering relationship. Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
NewsBlack Mirror season five trailer and date announced
Charlie Brooker's technophobic Black Mirror returns with episodes centred around Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie and Andrew Scott Read more »| 15 May 2019