Television

Nobody at the BBC, Sky or Channel 4 sat down and agreed a theme for the year, but one turned

The summer schedule used to be where good telly went to die. Repeats, the tennis, the odd limp new commission

Almost everyone now watches TV with subtitles on – and the young, sharp-eared lot most of all. What that says about telly’s audio, our phones and the death of trusting your ears.

Just under ten million Britons watched pensioners solve a murder. Cosy crime 2026 is the most reliable thing on British TV – here is why, and what to watch.

A magazine-quality Alice and Steve review of Sophie Goodhart’s Disney+ wrong-com starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement – the sharpest British comedy launch of 2026.

There is a moment, about halfway through the first episode of Two Weeks in August, where Jessica Raine’s character watches