Meet the Roman Emperor, review: Mary Beard’s scandal-packed documentary deserves a whole series
The badly behaved Roman emperors provided the classicist with more than enough juicy content
The badly behaved Roman emperors provided the classicist with more than enough juicy content
The sun-drenched 1999 film of Patricia Highsmith’s novel was fantastic. This brooding black-and-white spin-off series is dull by comparison
Amanda Lamb and Alexis Conran present Channel 5’s fifth show dedicated to air fryers this year – won’t somebody save us from this drivel?
Rudolph is still terrific fun as a billionaire’s ex intent on shedding her riches, but this second series tries too hard to be serious
Sir David may be about to turn 98, but he shows few signs of slowing down – his latest treat is a documentary about nocturnal mammals
The Peaky Blinders creator wisely leaves Dickens behind to return to the working-class stories he tells best in this 1980s-set drama
Sam Neill is characteristically great, but the plot – which is very similar to Peter Morgan's The Jury – lacks emotional heft
Even its talented leads – Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West – can’t save this millennial sitcom from feeling like it’s all been done before
The outlandish medical soap may have refreshed its cast list, but its vital ingredients are still present – including Ellen Pompeo
Allen’s humour held together this documentary-slash-reality show, that saw David Cameron share why he legalised same-sex marriage in 2014
One imagines viewers tune in because they loved Miller in Death in Paradise – but his crime-busting Professor Tempest is no DI Richard Poole
Farrell is a masterclass in charisma as sleuth John Sugar, who glides and drinks his way through LA like a modern-day Philip Marlowe
Steve Martin looks forward and back in this interesting but superficial two-part documentary that should afford more insight than it does
The holiday tastes of India’s super-rich could make for tiresome viewing, but insight from female workers made this worthwhile
This remarkable documentary uses bodycam footage to take us inside the day-to-day lives (and tragedies) of the Berlingo Special Battalion
This stately adaptation of Amor Towles’s much-loved 2016 novel could prove a little slow for some, but McGregor is dazzling
Any suggestion of Atlantis’s existence was quickly rejected, but the historian’s enthusiasm for his subject meant it didn’t matter
Broadchurch actor Andrew Buchan makes his screenwriting debut with this pleasingly off-kilter show that understands TV crime drama lore
Kris Marshall is endlessly charming, the crimes are well thought-out and the setting is beautiful – no wonder it’s a national favourite
Born into acting royalty, a global icon thanks to Star Wars – but Fisher, who died in 2016, was also hilarious, honest and self-effacing