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The 50 best TV shows of 2024: No 4 – Slow Horses

Gary Oldman gives the performance of his career in this excellent spy drama – which has finally become one of the most talked-about shows on TV

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

The Secret Lives of Animals review – is this Hugh Bonneville’s audition to be the next David Attenborough?

Paddington’s stepdad narrates a visually stunning nature documentary. It feels like a fairytale for the animal kingdom – children will love it

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped review – special TV to give your heart to

This winter warmer is so much more than just a deep dive into one of the greatest festive tunes – it’s an astonishing tribute to the genius of George Michael

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2024

From Caribbean favourites to everyday vegetarian recipes: Observer Food Monthly’s best food books of 2024

Essential reading for would-be top chefs, stocking fillers for the fermentation curious and odes to the simple pleasures of the kitchen. Ask Santa for the set

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024

Black Doves review – Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw’s gleefully pulpy Christmas gift

The starriest spy show of the year is here! And it’s got guns and gore galore – not to mention Sarah Lancashire as an ice queen. Fill your festive boots

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

Matlock review – Kathy Bates has spent years waiting for a role like this

An actor of the Oscar-winner’s calibre has deserved better for a long time – and is now front and centre of this legal drama. It’s far more than a spinoff of the 1980s US series … it’s a mystery fuelled by corporate greed

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024

My Brilliant Friend season four review – every episode of this stunning drama is like a mini movie

One of TV’s finest series in years reaches its end with a gorgeous finale. This Elena Ferrante adaptation is rich, sumptuous and deliciously overwrought – it truly is a wonder

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Boybands Forever review – behind the scenes of Take That’s topless, muscled kingdom

Full of gossip, confessions and revelations, this documentary is packed with all you ever wanted to know about the peaks – and troughs – of British boyband culture. Yes, even that infamous jelly video

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik review – friendship and rivalry in LA

The journalist and author of Hollywood’s Eve makes no pretence of impartiality as she charts the difficult relationship between two chroniclers of California

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube review – an extraordinary look at how Jean Charles de Menezes was killed

This mesmerising docuseries is full of astonishing interviews as it examines the Metropolitan police shooting of an innocent man – two weeks after the London bombings and terrorist threats of July 2005

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024