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The lesson of the new Lord of the Flies: Don’t leave the boys alone
Jack Thorne has followed Adolescence with another triumphant and troubling piece of work
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The terrible power of Industry
The high finance drama used to tease and torment by making us care about scumbags. Now it’s genuinely thrilling and terrifying too
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The philosophy behind the BBC’s Waiting for the Out
Andy West, the man who inspired the hit new drama, on nature, change and the ‘terrible, dehumanising’ life behind bars
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Death to the celebrity documentary
From the Beckhams to Eddie Murphy and Charlie Sheen, they promise truth but deliver reputation-laundering dressed up as intimacy
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The Night Manager returns - and it's what John le Carré would've wanted
Lifelong devotees of John le Carré need not worry, the saga of Jonathan Pine is in safe hands with screenwriter David Farr
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Hogwarts and law courts: the best TV of 2026
A new take on Harry Potter, a Legally Blonde prequel and the latest iteration of the Blade Runner franchise are among excuses not to go out in 2026
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Forget plot, Emily in Paris has surrendered to Instagram
Not even Minnie Driver can save a misfiring move to Rome for a series optimised for social media
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Christmas would not be Christmas without a Mark Gatiss ghost tale
The Room in the Tower is his eighth festive special for the BBC: long may he continue
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Could Britain handle its own Black Swan documentary?
The shocking Danish show that revealed a criminal network’s white collar connections was watched by half a nation and brought change
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The beatification of Martin Scorsese
A new documentary series turns the director into a Hollywood saint – and dulls some of his brilliance
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Riot Women is the most important show of the year
Sally Wainwright’s punk requiem for the invisible offers a loud argument that rage can bring change
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Anemone is a seriously accomplished debut
This film is a fine addition to Daniel Day-Lewis’s body of work, one of the greatest in cinema
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Kill, stream, repeat: has our obsession with true crime gone too far?
The mysterious serial killer who terrorised Florence is the subject of yet another true crime Netflix show
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Can we get Jack Kerouac’s America back?
Ebs Burnough’s new documentary, Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation, wants you to believe that we have more desire to communicate than social media will lead you to believe
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Slow Horses, a metaphor for post-Brexit Britain
Mick Herron’s spy thriller series and Will Smith’s magnificent adaptation have become pitch-perfect accompaniments to the shabbiness and disillusionment of Britain today
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Outrageous is Downton Abbey, with added Nazis
A new series about the Mitford sisters gains extra poignancy in an era when extremist politics again divides families