The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 10 – Sharp Objects
A career-best Amy Adams was the ace in Jean-Marc Vallée’s almost deliberately inaccessible follow-up to Big Little LiesThe best TV of 2018The best culture of 2018Despite the glamorous A-list cast of...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 9 – Atlanta
In a busy 2018 for Donald Glover, arguably his most impressive feat was the surreal second season of this ambitious examination of African-American lifeThe best TV of 2018The best culture of 2018Donald...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 8 – Black Earth Rising
Hugo Blick tore up the TV rulebook with a pulsating drama that forced us to reflect on Rwanda’s horrifying chapter in modern historyBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018The genocide directed by the Hutu...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 7 – The Good Fight
Christine Baranski stormed through a breezily brilliant legal drama that delivered a cathartic howl against Trump’s AmericaBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018It has been quite a year for Christine...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 6 – Derry Girls
The year’s breakout comedy was a giddy mix of poignancy and nostalgia – and its subject matter couldn’t have been timelierThe best TV of 2018The best culture of 2018At the optimistic end of 2018, four...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 5 – Succession
The year’s guiltiest pleasure was an engrossing prestige TV melodrama that cannily critiqued end-times capitalismBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018A scene in the first episode of Succession neatly...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 4 – Patrick Melrose
David Nicholls turned Edward St Aubyn’s books into a heart-wrenching account of abuse and addiction, carried by a majestic Benedict CumberbatchBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018The louche, addled...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 3 – Bodyguard
The water-cooler hit of the decade was a madcap thriller that hid a frank message behind its gleefully over-the-top facadeBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018 The BBC’s biggest ratings hit in a decade...
View ArticleFrom Bake Off's Rahul to Love Island's Adam: TV heroes and villains of 2018
2018 featured some truly terrible TV baddies, including a cursed telly studio and unrepentant cult leaders. Good job we had a compassionate film crew and a star baker to balance it outRahul Mandal,...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 2 – A Very English Scandal
Hugh Grant’s subversive rebirth continued with a ravishing study of vengeance, tabloid titillation and the high camp of British politiciansBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018As American political...
View ArticleThe best TV episodes of 2018, from Inside No 9 to Maniac
Our critics pick their 25 favourite moments from the year’s best television – including the surreal horror of Atlanta and the historical jaunts of Doctor WhoThe best TV shows of 2018: the full...
View ArticleFrom #MeToo to Apu: Lucy Mangan on 2018’s biggest TV controversies
The Guardian’s TV critic looks back on a year of shows that provided respite from the ‘raging bin fire that is the real world’Near the end of the fourth season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, when...
View ArticleFilthy rich agents: how shadowy elites conquered TV in 2018
From Bodyguard to Collateral, nefarious conspiracies were everywhere this year, mirroring the murky political mood and dirty tricks of real lifeIt has long been a trope of TV drama that any crime...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 1 – Killing Eve
Shocking, gory and very funny, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s spy-v-assassin thriller was a high-wire act of misdirection that subverted stale genre expectationsRead our interview with Jodie ComerBest TV of...
View ArticleThe chic assassin: Jodie Comer on playing Killing Eve’s Villanelle
Her nonchalant psychopath transformed Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s blood-soaked drama into our TV show of the year. The actor on why we’re obsessed with violent women – and why she wants to punch herself in...
View ArticleSadcoms to bad mums: what made TV tick in 2018
Bloodshed, brainwashing and a boatload of Brits … here are the unlikely trends of the yearFor years, our end-of-year lists have been dominated by American imports. But look at this: A Very English...
View Article'Sublime on every level': your top TV of 2018
What should sweep the awards? What did you watch on loop? And what did we ignore? From Patrick Melrose to My Brilliant Friend, here are readers’ favourite shows of the yearRead our critics’ top...
View ArticleThe 50 best TV shows of 2018: the full list
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s femme fatale takes the top spot, above political high camp, breakneck drama and the water-cooler hit of the decadeBest TV of 2018Best culture of 2018Continue reading...
View ArticleSorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018
From the squandered promise of Who Is America? to the glacial pacing of McMafia, this year featured plenty of turkeys that failed to take flightIn theory, McMafia had lots going for it. A captive...
View ArticleEuan Ferguson’s best TV of 2018
My Brilliant Friend, Killing Eve and Save Me were among the highlights in a vintage year for drama. See our top 10 dramas below• Read the Observer critics’ review of 2018 in full hereThe standout...
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