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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
Barbara Ellen
The existential sci-fi of Alien: Earth

Fri 15 Aug 2025

The existential sci-fi of Alien: Earth
Barbara Ellen
The return of Wednesday Addams

Fri 8 Aug 2025

The return of Wednesday Addams
Barbara Ellen
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a stunning achievement

Fri 1 Aug 2025

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a stunning achievement
Barbara Ellen
Unforgivable tests the limits of human sympathy

Sat 26 Jul 2025

Unforgivable tests the limits of human sympathy
Jude Rogers
Do we need Bookish, yet another cosy crime?

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Do we need Bookish, yet another cosy crime?
Jude Rogers
Lena Dunham’s Too Much is unfiltered, lurid – and exhausting

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Lena Dunham’s Too Much is unfiltered, lurid – and exhausting
Barbara Ellen
Will Sharpe: ‘Writing was a way of making myself feel I belonged’

Sat 5 Jul 2025

Will Sharpe: ‘Writing was a way of making myself feel I belonged’
Barbara Ellen
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – images that can’t be unseen

Thu 3 Jul 2025

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – images that can’t be unseen
Barbara Ellen
The Week in TV: Squid Game, The Bear, Smoke

Fri 27 Jun 2025

The Week in TV: Squid Game, The Bear, Smoke
Barbara Ellen
Adam Curtis’s doom-scroll through 20th-century Britain

Fri 20 Jun 2025

Adam Curtis’s doom-scroll through 20th-century Britain
Barbara Ellen
The week in TV: The Gold, Jamie’s Dyslexia Revolution and quirky mini-thriller Beth

Sun 15 Jun 2025

The week in TV: The Gold, Jamie’s Dyslexia Revolution and quirky mini-thriller Beth
Barbara Ellen
After 10 years on ‘Love Island’, Britain is a different island

Sat 14 Jun 2025

After 10 years on ‘Love Island’, Britain is a different island
Barbara Ellen
The week in TV:  Mountainhead, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Stick

Sun 8 Jun 2025

The week in TV:  Mountainhead, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Stick
Barbara Ellen
The week in TV: And Just Like That…, The Rehearsal, The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone and more

Tue 3 Jun 2025

The week in TV: And Just Like That…, The Rehearsal, The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone and more
Donna Ferguson
Sian Gibson: ‘I don’t feel famous at all’

Sat 31 May 2025

Sian Gibson: ‘I don’t feel famous at all’
Barbara Ellen
The week in TV: Sirens, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and more

Sat 24 May 2025

The week in TV: Sirens, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and more
Emily H Wilson
We need Buffy the Vampire Slayer more than ever

Sat 24 May 2025

We need Buffy the Vampire Slayer more than ever
Barbara Ellen
TV review: Virgin Island, Inside Our ADHD Minds, Murderbot and more

Tue 20 May 2025

TV review: Virgin Island, Inside Our ADHD Minds, Murderbot and more
Barbara Ellen
TV review: Poker Face, The Handmaid’s Tale and more

Sat 10 May 2025

TV review: Poker Face, The Handmaid’s Tale and more
Olivia Ovenden
Review: The Four Seasons for a new generation

Wed 7 May 2025

Review: The Four Seasons for a new generation
Vanessa Thorpe
Traitors Inc: how the hit show became a national institution

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Traitors Inc: how the hit show became a national institution

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