Arts & Culture: Television

Revelations: How to Find God

Jon Ronson rather breezed through his sojourn among the spiritually eager

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Famous, Rich and Homeless

Even a topic such as homelessness now gets a novelty on-screen treatment

Occupation

Someone should send Tony Blair a DVD of this superb drama about Iraq

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

Is this comic fantasy series a cult hit in the making – or just one for the nerds?

Britain's Got Talent

Reality television is a vessel for feelings that dare not speak their name

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

A certain historian needs to learn that he isn’t necessarily the main attraction

Do not adjust your set

Samantha Morton’s film about children in care is the latest in a string of ambitious new Channel 4 dramas. Has the broadcaster, long derided as the purveyor of trashy reality TV, cleaned up its act?

Bonding over the baroque

A series about the history of English music is a bit too anxious to please

Talking about a revolution

The tedium of the negotiating table stifles a drama about the end of apartheid

The Madmen did well

The first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency have shown him to be a marketing exec’s dream, a Marlboro Man for the Noughties – and little else

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