An Everywoman on her way up
Funny Woman is a broad, old-fashioned comedy about an aspiring female comic in Sixties London with an indisputable star at…
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Channel 4’s Consent starkly illustrates the sexual harassment epidemic in schools
Adults must watch this drama, which demonstrates how schools’ failure to address a toxic classroom culture enables violence.
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Why we will mourn the loss of Happy Valley
Marrying suspense and a profound understanding of character, the epic finale proved that Sally Wainwright’s police drama has always been…
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How Happy Valley reveals the reality of austerity
Since 2014, Sally Wainwright’s complex police drama has laid bare the hope and terror of living in the north of…
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Russell T Davies’ Nolly is more than melodrama – it’s a social history
The story of the Crossroads actress Noele Gordon (played by Helena Bonham-Carter) becomes a metaphor for something bigger.
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The long shadow of Mr Blobby
Malice and stupidity were never far from Blobby’s bulbous surface. He was the perfect foil for the vacuous pop culture…
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How The Last of Us turns the apocalypse into mindless entertainment
The latest show to profit from our obsession with dystopia reveals the limits of the genre.
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The fierce women doctors of Maternal show that TV drama is moving on
Not so long ago, every successful working woman on screen was either a secret wreck or a man-in-training.
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