Television

The White Lotus has turned me into a sadist

Don’t shed a tear for Gaitok – nice guys deserve to finish last

Mar 22 •

In praise of Hugh Grant’s mid-career character turn

Hugh Grant’s career is dead. Long live Hugh Grant’s career!

Mar 1 •

Who remembers Sex Box?

In 2013, a short-lived British series saw couples have sex in front of a live studio audience. It was typical of the crazed mood in TV of the era

Nov 30, 2024 •

Why Mad Men is better than The Sopranos

And The Wire, and Succession, and Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones, and Twin Peaks…

Nov 2, 2024 •

‘He was a magic nerd’: the story of the best British crime series ever

Irreverent but incisive, Jonathan Creek’s late-Nineties heyday was brief but influential

Sep 28, 2024 •

Was Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka the best child actor ever?

Many children wilt under the pressure of acting in a major film or TV show. Not so Shipka, who played Sally Draper in Mad Men

Aug 23, 2024 •

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