Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Search jobs
Sign in

Lucy Mangan

Lucy Mangan is the Guardian TV critic and author of Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives

April 2025

  • Tionne (Akins Subair), Tiana (Chenée Taylor) and Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) in Just Act Normal.

    TV review
    Just Act Normal review – to watch this wonderful show is to see stars being born

  • Charismatic villains … Lee Wenham in The Diamond Heist

    TV review
    The Diamond Heist review – Guy Ritchie’s thrilling tale of the failed Millennium Dome jewel robbery

  • Ambika Mod as Selma Desai in Playdate.

    TV review
    The Stolen Girl review – you will forget this enjoyably preposterous thriller within five seconds of finishing it

  • King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose for photos in front of the Colosseum in Rome

    Digested week
    Digested week: It’s 35 years since the ‘tax man’ conceded married women were independent beings

    Lucy Mangan

  • TV review
    Your Friends & Neighbours review – Jon Hamm’s fun new drama is like The White Lotus back from holiday

  • TV review
    Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing review – nothing about this shocking tale feels OK

  • TV review
    Reunion review – this excellent British Sign Language thriller is an absolute revelation

  • TV review
    Dying for Sex review – Michelle Williams’ erotic journey is revolutionary TV

  • TV review
    The Bondsman review – the scariest thing about Kevin Bacon’s demonic thriller? His singing

  • TV review
    Stacey & Joe review – Solomon’s husband is absolutely useless

March 2025

  • The man who left to ‘go stare at a finch in Sri Lanka’ … a young Jack Dorsey.

    TV review
    Twitter: Breaking the Bird review – how all the hate speech flooded in

  • A woman looks though printed photos of Brianna Ghey

    TV review
    Brianna: A Mother’s Story review – surely this exploitative documentary should not have been made

  • Seth Rogen as Matt Remick in The Studio.

    TV review
    The Studio review – Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire is fast, furious and beautifully fun

  • James Nelson-Joyce, Sean Bean and Jack McMullen in This City Is Ours.

    TV review
    This City Is Ours review – there is zero emotional depth to Sean Bean’s new gang drama

  • TV review
    Happy Face review – Dennis Quaid is a grinning caricature in this shoddy, half-baked crime drama

  • TV review
    The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism

  • TV review
    Thames Water: Inside the Crisis review – the public needs to see this foul mess

  • TV review
    Protection review – Siobhan Finneran fires on all cylinders in this tasty crime drama

  • TV review
    Dope Thief review – this crime caper’s hilarious moments are like Brooklyn Nine-Nine meets Breaking Bad

  • TV review
    Stacey Dooley: Rape on Trial review – it’s impossible not to feel profound admiration for these brave women

About 3,189 results for Lucy Mangan
1234...
Explore more on these topics