3 d. ago Malpractice season two review – relentlessly tense TV that will leave you terrified

Who would you treat first – a woman with postpartum psychosis, or a pregnant crack addict about to be sectioned? This brilliant show looks at the impossible decisions one doctor has to make that ends in tragedyTwo years ago, former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah created the relentlessly tense first series of Malpractice, a tale of an A&E doctor whose errors under impossible pressure, combined with the inexperience and equal stresses of others, resulted in the death of a patient. Then things escalated. It took in topical medical subjects – primarily the creeping problem of opioid addiction – alongside social issues, including the manifold effects of the pandemic, the prevalence of burnout, the bureaucratic inefficiencies that hinder staff and patients, the institutional buck-passing and arse-covering that greet any type of mistake, and the potential for corruption that exists in any large organisation. It asked how much we should expect of people trapped in a system starved of reso...

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5 d. ago The Handmaid's Tale season six, episode one review: 'bloody horror becomes bland'

The final season of The Handmaid's Tale arrives with timely grimness but is in danger of misery overload

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5 d. ago As the curtain falls on Gilead, is The Handmaid’s Tale too close to the bone?

The show’s bleak and uncompromising final chapter is yet another gripping demonstration of how fear metastasises into fascism

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1 week ago Doctor Who Season 2 episode 3 review: didn't expect to see that again

Isn’t it exciting when Doctor Who pulls an old foe out of the vault? This time around, the writers have gone way back into the archives and pulled out a goodie: hello, the creepy invisible monster from Midnight.

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1 week ago Spring is the only season by Simon Barnes review: a paean to the season

Spring is in the air, at last. After a grinding winter of long icy spells, the sun is back, the blossom is on the trees and we can hear birdsong again.

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1 week ago You season 5 on Netflix review: this ridiculous TV drama deserves its mercy killing

Goodbye, You. Netflix’s hit tale of murderous romantic Joe Goldberg ends with an embarrassing final season — and a strangely good last episode

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2 w. ago Race Across the World Season 5 on BBC One review: I'm not crying, you are

Now five seasons in, this travel adventure show is still undeniably wholesome

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2 w. ago Andor season two review – the excellent Star Wars for grownups is as thrilling as ever (and funnier too)

Comedy spacecraft thefts, passive-aggressive in-laws and a planet being fracked to death – the revolution just got playful, comrades!Comrades! Welcome back to the revolution. Andor is the Star Wars TV show with the sharpest political acumen: yes, like everything in the franchise, it’s about an underdog rebel movement fighting against a totalitarian empire in space, and it has plenty of thrilling battle sequences, but here there are no Jedi mind powers or cute green backwards-talking psychics. Under the hard-nosed stewardship of writer Tony Gilroy, Andor bins the magic and myth and replaces it with the reality of anti-fascist struggle, where the good guys are ready to risk their lives for freedom. It’s the Star Wars spin-off with the strongest claim to being a proper drama – but, in season two’s opening triple bill, it shows it can do sly, wry comedy too.We’re a year on from where we left off, which is four years before the Death Star blows up at the end of the original movie – the p...

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2 w. ago Disney+'s 'triumphant' series dubbed a 'masterpiece' ahead of second and final season

One of Disney+'s most critically acclaimed series is about to return for its second and final outing

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2 w. ago Doctor Who Season 2 Episode 2 review: poking fun at its own fans... has the show jumped the shark?

Lux is fun and frothy, but this two-dimensional cartoon caper falls flat when it mocks the show’s fanbase

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3 w. ago French tennis star who was told she 'needs deodorant' and 'smells really bad' by Brit rival Harriet Dart offers hilarious response

Dart was facing French player Lois Boisson at the Open de Rouen and lost the first set. As the second set got underway, she then put in an unusual request to the chair umpire.

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3 w. ago The Last of Us season two review – Bella Ramsey is absolutely wonderful

The actor’s take on a damaged young soul fighting for autonomy is a punchy, watchable delight. The second season is slower and narrower in scope, but it is just as gutsy and thoughtfulSeason one of The Last of Us was a lot. It must have surprised some viewers to find that an adaptation of a video game was among the best dramas of 2023 – although it wasn’t too unexpected for anyone who noticed that it was co-created by Craig Mazin, writer of the magnificent Chernobyl. More to the point, The Last of Us was relentless, constantly shifting and weaving to deliver devastation and heartbreak in brutal new ways. On its return for a second season, it has earned the right to take a breath and slow down.A quick recap. A fungus-based pandemic has splintered civilisation as we know it, turning the millions of “infected” into groaning, lurching sub-humans who are not undead but are still monsters whose only impulse is to bite the healthy. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a man whose 14-year-old daughter died...

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3 w. ago The Last Of Us review: Season two's return is hilariously bad with two

Human society could collapse, and zombies might roam the land, but one glimmer of civilisation will never be extinguished. You'll always be able to see a therapist.

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3 w. ago The Last Of Us season two, episode one review: a lukewarm beginning

A few ominous hints lay the groundwork for what’s to come, but for the most part, episode one seems content just to let its characters go through the motions

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3 w. ago Hacks season four review – the return of this extremely funny, hugely raw comedy is a sheer pleasure

This moving, hilarious tale of two comedy frenemies is so good it should be one of the best-loved things on TV. Jean Smart’s performance is a masterclass in how to break an audience’s heartHacks should, by rights, be one of the biggest and best-loved shows on TV. It beat The Bear for outstanding comedy series at last year’s Emmys, and is a triumph of dazzling wit and some of the most lethal backstabbing ever committed to the small screen. In the UK, at least, it hasn’t made the largest impact: probably because, until recently, new seasons hadn’t streamed here since 2022. It recently found a home on Sky (thank goodness), just in time for this fourth outing, which comes complete with a load of starry cameos that HBO have demanded that journalists keep stumm about. If you thought that the toxic frenemy vibe between The White Lotus’s blond BFFs was lacking, say, 500% more shrieking; multiple HR complaints; comedy-flavoured barbs; and a drug-fuelled night out in Vegas, this is the show f...

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3 w. ago Black Mirror season 7 episode 5 review: Eulogy ending explained

Paul Giamatti gives a stunning performance in Black Mirror season 7’s Eulogy 📺

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3 w. ago Black Mirror season 7 episode 4 review: Plaything rating and what happened at the end?

Peter Capaldi plays a killer in Black Mirror’s Plaything 📺

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3 w. ago Black Mirror season 7 episode 3 review: Hotel Reverie ending explained

Black Mirror does golden age Hollywood glamour in Hotel Reverie

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3 w. ago Black Mirror season 7 episode 2 review: Bete Noire ending explained

Review of Black Mirror season 7 episode 2 ‘Bete Noire’

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3 w. ago Black Mirror season 7 review: Charlie Brooker delivers a welcome return to form

A starry cast aim for San Junipero levels of doomed love in the seventh installment of the hit sci-fi anthology series

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