Re-reading the utterly original Rachel Cooke
The writer, who was the New Statesman’s TV reviewer for nearly two decades, has died aged 56
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The insidious cruelty of justice porn
A new documentary explores the moral complexity of To Catch a Predator, a 2000s show based on hunting paedophiles
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Death by Lightning: the unsung ballad of James Garfield
Netflix’s period piece tells the story of a president overlooked by history and his oddball assassin
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Down Cemetery Road: a hugely enjoyable ride
The whole thing is a delectable blend of intrigue and jokes, often at the expense of identity politics
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Harlan Coben’s Lazarus will make you feel a bit queasy
Coben’s new Amazon show is utterly implausible, absurdly pacy, and has more twists and turns than Thorpe Park
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Incels need the Inbetweeners
The show is full of embarrassing depictions of sexual rejection. Could the reboot save teenagers from the manosphere?
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Victoria Beckham’s needlessly boring TV makeover
The singer-turned-designer’s new documentary is a surface-level retelling of an otherwise fascinating life
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Celebrity Traitors is obsessed with the past
The show’s line-up seems to have been selected from a decade ago. But that’s nothing to fret about
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Alan Partridge’s late style
Can a national joke survive when it’s also trying to become a national treasure?
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The quiet revolution of Gilmore Girls
First aired 25 years ago, the show subverted the golden age of American nuclear family sitcoms
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The Summer I Turned Pretty’s drawn out climax
Jenny Han’s book-turned-TV-show rests on a single plot device – but somehow it captivated us all.
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Black Rabbit: gourmands of New York
Jude Law and Jason Bateman shine as intensely charismatic figures under extreme pressure
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Michael Palin takes on Venezuela
The entertainer’s latest documentary is an affirmation of life against the brutality of dictatorship.
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Mitchell and Webb’s second look
With their new Channel 4 sketch show, the duo are on a mission to save the comedy double-act.
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Hostage and the rise of female-led TV thrillers
In Netflix’s latest slick political drama, Suranne Jones offers a complex psychological portrait of leadership.
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Farewell Carrie Bradshaw, the imperfect radical
She changed things for women. I can see why the boundaried younger generation are affronted to hear that.
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Back to Netflix’s beguiling world of Wednesday
The second series of the Addams Family spin-off is an elegant anomaly in the streamer’s line-up.
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With Chief of War, Hawaii gets the Game of Thrones treatment
You can’t fault the world-historical ambition of Jason Momoa’s period action drama.
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Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters is TV without bite
ITV’s bid to combine marine conservation and entertainment is a slender concept stretched thinner with each episode.
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Lena Dunham has made TV funny again
In Too Much, her first major TV project since Girls, the American screenwriter proves she knows London like a local.
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