![]() The caustic comedian’s takedown was perfectly poised in the TV schedules just six days before the coronation – and it pitched a molotov cocktail right into the heart of the institution. What we said: “I demolished it in as close to one sitting as life these days allows, because it is as addictive as it is perceptive.” Read the full review Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy A rare treat that will very much hit home with those of a certain age. Is she at a yoga retreat, or has she abandoned their family for keeps? This bizarre mystery propels you through till the show hits its real crux: a harrowing look at the tedium of middle age and lives unfulfilled, thanks to a stunning performance by Lizzy Caplan. He wakes one day to find his wife Rachel (Claire Danes) has disappeared. Photograph: FX NetworksĪdapted from the hit novel, this is ostensibly the story of Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg), a well-to-do family man in New York who is constantly being mocked by his trust fund friends for being just a doctor. Harrowing … Claire Danes and Jesse Eisenberg in Fleishman Is in Trouble. What we said: “Like being happily trapped for an hour and half with escapees from an Iris Murdoch novel.” Read the full review Fleishman Is in Trouble Its enigmatic last episode is the perfect way to say farewell to Shaun Evans as the titular sergeant, and set the character up for the melancholy alcoholism that characterises John Thaw’s portrayal – but not without the odd compellingly unanswered question, of course … There are Jags, real ales and the ever-growing sense of an investigator out of sync with the times he finds himself in. This aspect of Dead Ringers does feel invigoratingly new and, to use that horrible word Beverly loves so much, empowering – at least to me in the UK.” Read the full review EndeavourĪfter 11 years of classy investigative drama, the Inspector Morse prequel’s final season wraps up all its loose ends with a fan-pleasing valedictory lap. Imagine an unexpurgated and more stylishly shot One Born Every Minute. What we said: “It is intimate and only as horrifying as an ordinarily bad birth might be. ![]() There is a tense, clinical darkness throughout, but the razor-sharp writing is still wickedly fun. ![]() The series dives into daring explorations of modern fertility and childbirth and doesn’t shy away from showing the reality of labour – which feels surprisingly radical in itself. She’s two very different siblings (with the devilish Elliot letting Weisz revel in her wilder side) who have very different ideas about what they want to do with a proposed new birthing centre. Rachel Weisz clearly had a blast playing identical gynaecologist twins Elliot and Beverly Mantel in this sex-swapped reimagining of David Cronenberg’s 1988 film. What’s real, and what is a setup? What counts as courage, and what is plain stupidity? By the end of the first episode, I’m engrossed.” Read the full review Colin from Accounts It leaves so many tantalising threads just waiting to unravel. What we said: “This drama shares some of its DNA with The Responder, though it has a marginally less cynical edge, and a more complex political and historical landscape at its heart. ![]() Impeccably written characters, charmingly blossoming relationships between colleagues, and one of the most tragic TV deaths of the year give this gripping procedural the potential to become the next Line of Duty. In practice, it breathes new life into a much-done style of TV by taking a bird’s eye view of a city still coming to terms with the legacy of the Troubles – and the problematic nature of policing it. On paper, this Belfast police drama provides a fresh twist on the genre by following three new recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, with a couple of months of probation left to go. Can a new sitcom really mine some primetime BBC One belly laughs from the beleaguered institution? It’s a big ask, but the answer – pretty miraculously – is yes.” Read the full review Blue Lights ![]() What we said: “Between the institutional racism, the institutional misogyny and the institutional homophobia, the Metropolitan police isn’t exactly steeped in hilarity. This sitcom from Famalam duo Akemnji Ndifornyen and Gbemisola Ikumelo takes the premise of two definitely “not street” community support officers forced to go undercover in a drug gang due to a lack of Black coppers – and turns it into one of the year’s most fantastic farces. It’s chock-a-block with gags, a tour-de-force of comic timing and definitely the funniest show you’ll see which shines a light on institutional racism in the police force. ![]()
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