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POW sign. Photo: Etsy Ketsy/Flickr
The Vagenda List of the Quietly Awesome
By Rhiannon and Holly - 18 February 15:40

From ITV's Agenda to the comedian Tiffany Stevenson, a run-down of the people and causes Rhiannon and Holly feel deserve broader recognition in 2013.

Kevin Spacey in House of Cards.
The rise of TV binge-watching, and the death of the spoiler alert
By Bim Adewunmi - 07 February 18:15

Netflix has put all of its new House of Cards series online in one go. It's like a boxset without a boxset - but will it ruin the social aspect of telly viewing?

A screen shot from the second series of Lena Dunham's "Girls"
Why is there so much nudity in "Girls"?
By Philip Maughan - 03 February 11:24

Warning: contains mild spoilers.

Meredith and Cristina in Grey's Anatomy
"She's my person": what are the best female friendships on TV?
By Bim Adewunmi - 17 January 12:46

From Buffy and Willow to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, relationships between women are no longer depicted only as bloodletting exercises in one-upmanship.

A scene from Count Duckula.
Fraggle Rock was as good as I remembered, but Count Duckula was much, much worse
By Bim Adewunmi - 11 January 8:49

CITV's Old Skool Weekend pricked the bubble of childhood nostalgia for Bim Adewunmi.

Nashville
From Nashville to Louis CK, the Americans - and their sitcoms - are coming
By Bim Adewunmi - 20 December 18:33

At last, Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation is heading to our screens - one of a host of great US dramas and comedies heading our way next year.

Nashville
From Nashville to Louis CK, the Americans - and their sitcoms - are coming
By Bim Adewunmi - 20 December 18:32

At last, Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation is heading to our screens - one of a host of great US dramas and comedies heading our way next year.

Viva from Some Girls. Source: BBC
Melanin without tokenism: black people are slowly being allowed to be normal on TV
By Bim Adewunmi - 16 November 13:46

In her first column on television and pop culture, Bim Adewunmi explores the progress made by non-white characters on British telly.

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In the Critics this week
By - 27 September 11:59

Benjamin Kunkel, Talitha Stevenson, Will Self and more.

Benedict Cumberbatch: the heart of the drama.
Parade's End: smitten by Benedict Cumberbatch's amazing mouth
By Rachel Cooke - 23 August 11:22

Rachel Cooke reviews Tom Stoppard's adaptation of the novels by Ford Madox Ford.

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