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  • Rumi (Ramy Youssef) in a still from the animated series No 1 Happy Family USA

    Review
    #1 Happy Family USA – a truly special comedy that’s packed with 00s nostalgia

    Ramy Youssef’s surreal tale of a Muslim family in post-9/11 America is quietly subversive TV that’s full of laughter – and painfully real
  • Tionne (Akins Subair), Tiana (Chenée Taylor) and Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) in Just Act Normal.

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

  • Charismatic villains … Lee Wenham in The Diamond Heist

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

  • In a suit, he stands in a used car lot holding a drill

    Review
    Government Cheese – David Oyelowo’s new drama is utterly meaningless

  • Ambika Mod as Selma Desai in Playdate.

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

  • Akins Subair in Just Act Normal.

    ‘Charisma in abundance’: why Just Act Normal is the best showcase for new talent since Adolescence

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Reviews

  • Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Hacks season 4.

    Hacks season four
    The return of this extremely funny, hugely raw comedy is a sheer pleasure

  • Jimmi Simpson and Cristin Milioti in the Black Mirror season finale, USS Callister: Into Infinity.

    Black Mirror season seven
    Charlie Brooker’s thrilling satire gets it warmest, most human season ever

    • Joe and Stacey with Belle, one of their five children.

      Stacey & Joe
      Solomon’s husband is absolutely useless

    • ‘It’s like a custard that – isn’t sweet’ … Parry eats a palm weevil grub in Tribe With Bruce Parry.

      Tribe With Bruce Parry
      He loses his mind on drugs … and it doesn’t disappoint

    • Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan and Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza in the opening episode of MobLand (Paramount Plus).

      MobLand
      Tom Hardy can pull off miracles! And this show needs a few

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    Episode recaps

    • Bella Ramsey as Ellie (right) and Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us season 2.

      The Last of Us
      Season two, episode one – it looks like an ominous new year for Ellie and Joel

      Five years on, Ellie is giving her surrogate father the cold shoulder and Joel is in therapy. But darker things lie on the horizon …
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      Sherwood
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    • Ian St Clair (David Morrissey) in Sherwood

      Sherwood
      Series two, episode five – one devastating scene after another

    • Perry Fitzpatrick as Rory.

      Sherwood
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    • Family values … Ryan Bottomley (Oliver Huntingdon) and Stephie Bottomley (Bethany Asher) in Sherwood

      Sherwood
      Series two, episode three – absolutely electrifying TV

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    Podcasts

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