Every Inside No 9 episode ranked
Game of cat and mouse, anyone? When a hirsute homeless man returns a lost wallet to primary school-teacher Tom, the mysterious tramp ends up moving in with…
Starstruck, review: cut-price Stars in Their Eyes made me wish I had my fingers in my ears
Saturday night television rarely gives us great moments, but I’ll tell you one of them: the 2000 Stars in Their Eyes final when the previous year’s winner,…
No Return, review: ITV’s watchable drama is let down by cartoon baddies
Don’t go on holiday to Turkey. This is not advice from me – I’ve been there and had a lovely time – but from ITV. In No…
The Teacher, review: Sheridan Smith excels as the tutor you wouldn’t let near your teenage sons
It’s Sheridan Smith season. Last month she played a grieving mother in the BBC drama Four Lives. Next Monday we’ll see her in ITV’s No Return, as…
When it comes to crime drama, whodunnit isn’t always the right question
A lot of this comes down to the performances: all terrific. And I mean all terrific, with such a uniformity of terrificness that you know it must…
Four Lives, review: quite simply as good as true-crime TV drama gets
In a sea of police dramas, Four Lives (BBC One) stands out. That’s because the police are the villains, rather than the heroes. It is a true-life…