Race against the clock: why is so much TV jumping through time?
From Deutschland 86 to The Crown, shows are fast-forwarding through the recent past to keep us on our toes – and the action politically explosive
September 2011
TV matters
TV matters: Philip Glenister in Hidden
Mark Lawson
Will we be able to believe in Glenister as Harry Venn when his Gene Hunt still looms so large, asks Mark Lawson
August 2010
Television: why we're more square-eyed than ever
Sarah Ditum
Sarah Ditum: With fantastic, gripping shows and innovative, exciting ways to watch, these are truly great times to be a TV viewer
July 2010
The Q&A
Q&A: Keeley Hawes
'I'd edit out the night my phone rang my mother when I was discussing something rude'
May 2010
TV and radio blog
Were the 80s all street parties, red braces and Ziggy flashes for you?
Ashes to Ashes ends and everything becomes less clear
TV and radio blog
Ashes to Ashes: co-creator Matthew Graham says goodbye to Gene Hunt
Farewell to Ashes to Ashes and Gene Hunt, the lovable sexist, racist, macho homophobe
TV and radio blog
Ashes to Ashes: Gene Hunt's last stand
TV review
Unreported World; Ashes to Ashes
April 2010
TV matters
TV matters: Outnumbered
Mark Lawson
TV matters: It can be tricky when fictional television characters watch TV, but Outnumbered manages to make it both believable and funny, says Mark Lawson
TV ratings: 5.5m arrested by Ashes to Ashes
The start of the third series beat ITV's new gameshow, The Door, hosted by Chris Tarrant and Amanda Holden. By John Plunkett
David Cameron depicted as Gene Hunt in Labour poster
TV and radio blog
Good eggs: This Easter's TV highlights
TV and radio blog
Ashes To Ashes: what do you think will happen?
March 2010
TV and radio blog
Credits where credit's due: three minutes of TV heaven
Ashes to Ashes: a sneak peek at the final series
June 2009
TV ratings: Smouldering performance from Ashes to Ashes
TV and radio blog
Ashes to Ashes – but not dust to dust
May 2009
TV ratings: Tears, Lies and Videotape loses out to Ashes to Ashes
ITV1's primetime documentary draws 4.5 million viewers to BBC1 drama's 5.6 million. By John Plunkett
