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The 25 best TV shows of 2018

by Emma Fraser

From Atlanta to The Deuce and Doc­tor Who to Der­ry Girls, here are our small-screen high­lights from this year.
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Queen of discomfort Julia Davis reigns again in Sally4Ever

by Roxanne Sancto

This pitch-black rela­tion­ship com­e­dy is one of the year’s most excru­ci­at­ing­ly awk­ward – and best – view­ing experiences.
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Why Netflix’s live-action remake of Cowboy Bebop is destined to fail

by Kambole Campbell

Shinichi­ro Watanabe’s sin­gu­lar ​’90s show is yet anoth­er clas­sic ani­mé that should be left well alone.
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My Brilliant Friend ‘The Dolls’ review – A heartfelt portrait of postwar Italy

by Roxanne Sancto

HBO’s adap­ta­tion of Ele­na Ferrente’s nov­el sees a woman recall the spe­cial friend­ship that changed her life.
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What Daniel Sloss’ Netflix special teaches us about love, actually

by James Morton

The Scot­tish stand-up’s ​“love let­ter to sin­gle peo­ple” bril­liant­ly chal­lenges unre­al­is­tic ideas of romance.
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Heaven can’t help a teenage witch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

by Hannah Strong

Net­flix puts a spooky twist on a ​’90s TV sta­ple for their lat­est Orig­i­nal series.
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How TV comedies are leading the way on #MeToo

by Caspar Salmon

Shows like BoJack Horse­man, GLOW and Unbreak­able Kim­my Schmidt are tak­ing a bold, com­plex approach to tack­ling sys­temic misogyny.
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Maniac review: Mesmerising character work in a retrofuturistic setting

by Roxanne Sancto

Emma Stone and Jon­ah Hill sign up for a mind-bend­ing drug tri­al in Cary Fukunaga’s immer­sive miniseries.
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Disenchantment and Matt Groening’s lovable, flawed heroes

by Victoria Luxford

The Simp­sons creator’s first for­ay into stream­ing con­tin­ues his tra­di­tion of sub­ver­sive cen­tral characters.
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How Sharp Objects helped me open up about my condition

by Catherine Pearson

The show’s depic­tion of the rare hair pulling dis­or­der tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia hit very close to home.