From juicy dramas about polyamory, bootlegging and the ‘golden age of porn’ to the most jaw-dropping documentary moment of all time, HBO is known as the home of prestige TV. As it turns 50, here are its greatest hits so far
December 2020
2020 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1
Michaela Coel’s smart, subversive and taboo-breaking drama gave us absolutely unbeatable television – plus more of the year’s best
October 2020
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country: season one finale recap – spellbinding ending brings us full circle
We’re back where we began … but everything – and everyone – is much changed in the bloody, magical conclusion of HBO’s ambitious fantasy series
Lovecraft Country's Jonathan Majors: 'Jim Crow America is literally in my DNA'
He has caused a sensation in HBO’s horror hit. As Marvel supervillainry now beckons, the Texan actor reveals how he went from shoplifting tearaway to hottest young star around
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode nine – the Tulsa massacre sets stage for gripping finale
Costume & culture
The golden age of TV costume design
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode eight – real life racist murder haunts our heroes
September 2020
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode seven – a trippy, afro-futurist time-travelling delight
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode six – war, Judy Garland and a foxy lady
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode five – the goriest, sauciest episode yet
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode four – misogyny, murder and Montrose
August 2020
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode three – history is more horrible than fiction
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode two – have you guys not seen Get Out?
The week in TV: Lovecraft Country; African Renaissance; Manctopia and more
TV review
Lovecraft Country review – are people scarier than monsters?
Lovecraft Country: episode by episode
Lovecraft Country recap: season one, episode one – mysteries, monsters and midwest racism
TV tonight
TV tonight: sci-fi meets racism in the southern US in the 50s
Lovecraft Country: how a new horror series confronts racism in the US
Sound and vision
This week's home entertainment: from Derren Brown to Lovecraft Country
July 2020
Stream lover
Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Lovecraft Country, Acute Misfortune: what's streaming in Australia in August
Plus new Australian series Hungry Ghosts, Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror opus The Shining
