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- Doctor Who (BBC One) The time-travel drama will be back on New Year's Day, that at least is for certain, with Jodie Whittaker's Doctor once again taking on the show's most famous enemy in Revolution of the Daleks (the best episode yet of Whittaker's time in the Tardis).
- WandaVision (Disney+) Image source, Disney. The first footage from the Marvel spin-off series features the characters Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) living what appears to be a sitcom-inspired suburban existence but with something dark and mysterious lurking in the fringes.
- Sex Education (Netflix) Image source, Sam Taylor/Netflix. Image caption, Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield are two of the stars of Sex Education. Production got under way on the third series of the drama-comedy earlier in the month.
- Conversations with Friends (BBC Three) Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, Sally Rooney: Will the adaptation of her debut novel be as big a hit as the small screen version of Normal People?
All major TV channels, including BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 suspend regular programming following the death of Prince Philip, which is announced at midday. BBC One breaks into its morning schedule to air a BBC News special, while ITV cuts short This Morning to hand over to ITV News .
Dec 31, 2021 · Get Me Out of Here! (peaking at 12.1m in 2020, down to a peak of 10.8m this year) and The Great British Bake Off, slipping from 10.4m viewers in 2020 to 9.3m this year. Let’s look more closely at the UK TV’s top 10 programmes of 2021. Line of Duty (BBC One, May) – 15.2m.
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- Doctor Who (BBC One) The time-travel drama will be back on New Year's Day, that at least is for certain, with Jodie Whittaker's Doctor once again taking on the show's most famous enemy in Revolution of the Daleks (the best episode yet of Whittaker's time in the Tardis).
- WandaVision (Disney+) Disney. The first footage from the Marvel spin-off series features the characters Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) living what appears to be a sitcom-inspired suburban existence but with something dark and mysterious lurking in the fringes.
- Sex Education (Netflix) Sam Taylor/Netflix. Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield are two of the stars of Sex Education. Production got under way on the third series of the drama-comedy earlier in the month.
- Conversations with Friends (BBC Three) Getty Images. Sally Rooney: Will the adaptation of her debut novel be as big a hit as the small screen version of Normal People?
- We Are Lady Parts
- It's A Sin
- The Pursuit of Love
- Feel Good
- Starstruck
- Anne Boleyn
- This Way Up
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK
- The Outlaws
- Line of Duty
What started as a Channel 4 comedy short has now been made into one of the must-see shows of the year. Created by Nida Manzoor, We Are Lady Parts is a six-part series about the formation of an all-women Muslim punk band, and every moment rules. You’ll meet Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey), Ayesha (Juliette Motamed), Bisma (Faith Omole), and Momtaz (Luci...
FromQueer as Folk creator Russell T. Davies, It’s A Sinis a deeply moving five-part series from Channel 4 and streaming on HBO Max. Set in London in the ‘80s, the show hinges around five friends — Ritchie (Olly Alexander), Jill (Lydia West), Ash (Nathaniel Curtis), Roscoe (Omari Douglas),and Colin (Callum Scott Howells) — living together over a dec...
Directed by Emily Mortimer, BBC One's adaptation of Nancy Mitford's 1945 novel is an absolute riot for lovers of period dramas. Set between World Wars, The Pursuit of Love centres around the romantic whims of the audacious Linda Radlett (Lily James), as told by her close cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham). But as Mashable’s Rachel Thompson points o...
Yes, Mae Martin is Canadian. Yes, this was once a Channel 4 show that is now a full-on Netflix production. ButFeel Good Season 2 counts on this list as it was entirely filmed and mostly set in the UK with a mainly British cast, and it's so damn bloody excellent I’m including it, alright? Building relationships, growing up, breaking free of emotiona...
It’s Notting Hill but not as you know it. Created by and starring New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo and filmed in London, Starstruckleans into the mess of liking someone new, especially when one of you is a movie star. A light, fun, six-episode series, Starstruck is a millennial rom-com about Jessie (Matafeo), a twenty-something working in London w...
We’ve seen many an onscreen representation of Anne Boleyn, some spectacular, some OK, and Channel 5's latest bout is the former, a feat achieved largely thanks to its lead, Queen & Slim star Jodie Turner-Smith. The three-part series takes place in England in 1536, when Anne is the most powerful woman in the country — with five months to live. For t...
Continuing its run with a second season every bit as brilliant as the first, Aisling Bea's sharply written comedy/drama about two sisters navigating life in London pulls at the heart strings while making us splutter with laughter. The tone is perfect, the performances (from Bea in the lead as Aine and Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan as her sister Shona...
Clap for the bing, bang, boooooong, the second season of Drag Race UK was one of the best of RuPaul's beloved show yet. From Lawrence Chaney's everything to Bimini Bon Boulash's haute couture journey (that amoeba look!), from Ginny Lemon’s shock voluntary exit to every single one of Tayce's talking head moments, and the United Kingdolls’ version of...
When you combine the powerful forces of The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant and acting legend Christopher Walken, good things are bound to happen. Splicing silly comedy with elements of crime thriller, Merchant's six-episode series sees seven mismatched strangers (Merchant and Walken alongside Rhianne Barreto, Gamba Cole, Darren Boyd, Clare Perk...
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the wee donkey, Line of Duty was all anyone could talk about this year in the UK. When the sixth season of the beloved police corruption drama landed on BBC in March, Twitter exploded over the awaited "bent coppers" line delivered by Adrian Dunbar as one Superintendent Ted Hastings. Although the final episode polarised ...
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Dec 16, 2021 · The best TV shows of 2021 ranged from returning prestige dramas to new streaming hits. TV Guide's list includes Succession, Ted Lasso, WandaVision, Evil, Reservation Dogs, and more.
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Dec 30, 2021 · Best TV shows of the year 2021, 30-21: Back to Life, Midnight Mass and more. Best TV shows of the year 2021, 40-31: This Way Up, The Outlaws and more. Best TV shows of the year 2021, 50-41:...
