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Barbara Ellen
Is The Night Manager still the best of the television spy genre?

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Is The Night Manager still the best of the television spy genre?
Barbara Ellen
The Traitors is back – and pay attention, because everything has changed

Fri 2 Jan 2026

The Traitors is back – and pay attention, because everything has changed
Barbara Ellen
What TV to watch in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

What TV to watch in 2026
Rebecca Nicholson
Erin Doherty: ‘What I want to do is tell queer stories’

Fri 26 Dec 2025

Erin Doherty: ‘What I want to do is tell queer stories’
Barbara Ellen
The best TV of 2025

Thu 25 Dec 2025

The best TV of 2025
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from Amadeus to a Titanic documentary

Wed 24 Dec 2025

What to watch this week, from Amadeus to a Titanic documentary
Barbara Ellen
Taylor Swift: The End of an Era is bland and perfunctory

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Taylor Swift: The End of an Era is bland and perfunctory
Heidi Thomas
Call the Midwife delivers nostalgia, and I couldn't be prouder

Fri 19 Dec 2025

Call the Midwife delivers nostalgia, and I couldn't be prouder
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week

Thu 18 Dec 2025

What to watch this week
Barbara Ellen
See No Evil – a too painful story of child abuse and the Church

Sat 13 Dec 2025

See No Evil – a too painful story of child abuse and the Church
Olivia Ovenden
How Simon Cowell became irrelevant

Wed 10 Dec 2025

How Simon Cowell became irrelevant
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from See No Evil to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Wed 10 Dec 2025

What to watch this week, from See No Evil to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Barbara Ellen
Netflix’s The Abandons is Dynasty on horseback

Sat 6 Dec 2025

Netflix’s The Abandons is Dynasty on horseback
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from The Abandons to Dating Apps

Wed 3 Dec 2025

What to watch this week, from The Abandons to Dating Apps
Barbara Ellen
Prisoner 951 is a Kafkaesque hostage nightmare

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Prisoner 951 is a Kafkaesque hostage nightmare
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from Prisoner 951 to RuPaul’s Drag Race

Thu 27 Nov 2025

What to watch this week, from Prisoner 951 to RuPaul’s Drag Race
Barbara Ellen
The Black Swan is an extraordinary courtroom seat in a real-life Scandi noir case

Sat 22 Nov 2025

The Black Swan is an extraordinary courtroom seat in a real-life Scandi noir case
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from The Black Swan to Celebrity MasterChef

Thu 20 Nov 2025

What to watch this week, from The Black Swan to Celebrity MasterChef
Miranda Sawyer
All-star cast, zero-star reviews: why a critical slating is perfect for All’s Fair

Sat 15 Nov 2025

All-star cast, zero-star reviews: why a critical slating is perfect for All’s Fair
Barbara Ellen
Trespasses is a devastating tale of forbidden love

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Trespasses is a devastating tale of forbidden love
Simon Barnes
How Ellie Goldstein’s time on Strictly inspired my son

Sat 8 Nov 2025

How Ellie Goldstein’s time on Strictly inspired my son
Barbara Ellen
Was this the greatest Traitors final yet?

Fri 7 Nov 2025

Was this the greatest Traitors final yet?
Barbara Ellen
Pluribus is high-concept, low-speed science fiction

Fri 7 Nov 2025

Pluribus is high-concept, low-speed science fiction
Olivia Ovenden
The Celebrity Traitors is a show for our paranoid, tribalist age

Thu 6 Nov 2025

The Celebrity Traitors is a show for our paranoid, tribalist age
Barbara Ellen
How did The Celebrity Traitors become the biggest show on TV?

Mon 3 Nov 2025

How did The Celebrity Traitors become the biggest show on TV?
Barbara Ellen
Down Cemetery Road – a fresh female take on Slow Horses

Thu 30 Oct 2025

Down Cemetery Road – a fresh female take on Slow Horses
Barbara Ellen
As the dancing queens take their last tango, has Strictly lost its sparkle?

Sat 25 Oct 2025

As the dancing queens take their last tango, has Strictly lost its sparkle?
Barbara Ellen
The hot rabbi returns in Nobody Wants This

Fri 24 Oct 2025

The hot rabbi returns in Nobody Wants This
Barbara Ellen
Riot Women is a thrilling ode to midlife female rage

Sat 18 Oct 2025

Riot Women is a thrilling ode to midlife female rage
Barbara Ellen
Could The Celebrity Traitors herald a new dawn of prestige reality TV?

Wed 8 Oct 2025

Could The Celebrity Traitors herald a new dawn of prestige reality TV?
Barbara Ellen
The return of Alan Partridge

Fri 3 Oct 2025

The return of Alan Partridge
Barbara Ellen
The Hack is television on a mission

Fri 26 Sept 2025

The Hack is television on a mission
Sarah Crompton
The emotional ‘journey’ to Strictly’s glitterball begins

Sun 21 Sept 2025

The emotional ‘journey’ to Strictly’s glitterball begins
Barbara Ellen
Star power can’t save Black Rabbit

Sat 20 Sept 2025

Star power can’t save Black Rabbit
Barbara Ellen
Task is a tale from the underbelly of small-town America

Fri 12 Sept 2025

Task is a tale from the underbelly of small-town America
Barbara Ellen
The Paper is pitched perfectly between futility and zeal

Fri 5 Sept 2025

The Paper is pitched perfectly between futility and zeal
Barbara Ellen
King & Conqueror is dreary, overlong and anachronistic

Fri 29 Aug 2025

King & Conqueror is dreary, overlong and anachronistic
Francisco Garcia
David Simon on the ‘fear, greed and repetition’ of Hollywood

Fri 22 Aug 2025

David Simon on the ‘fear, greed and repetition’ of Hollywood
Barbara Ellen
The tasteless tale of Amanda Knox

Thu 21 Aug 2025

The tasteless tale of Amanda Knox

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