Life on Our Planet review – Morgan Freeman repeats the same cliches again and again
This CGI-fuelled nature series features such a hyperbolic voiceover from the Oscar winner that it can be hard to listen to. Particularly as it comes at the expense of facts
July 2023
‘You’ll have more empathy, you’ll have more fun’: the man who wants to transform our relationship with sleep
From snoring to shift work, Russell Foster explains the myths and misconceptions that get in the way of a well-rested society
December 2022
2022 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2022
A great year for bingeable boxsets, streaming successes and your set-top box – see what you missed as the top telly shows of the year are revealed
July 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: look through the lens of an £8bn space telescope
The universe is there for the taking on BBC Two. Plus: The Lazarus Project nears its endgame. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2021
The week in TV: Colin in Black and White; The Outlaws; The Long Call; Universe
Netflix covers almost all bases in its hybrid series on knee-taking quarterback Colin Kaepernick; the stars collide for Stephen Merchant and Brian Cox; and move over Vera?
July 2021
Lunch with...
Chris Packham: ‘People like me have a very aggravated sense of injustice’
At his New Forest home, the broadcaster and activist discusses autism, Extinction Rebellion and his Self-Isolating Bird Club
June 2021
How we made
How we made Embarrassing Bodies: Christian Jessen on TV’s intimate hit
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Anne Boleyn; Mare of Easttown; Sweet Tooth; The Anti-Vax Conspiracy
April 2021
Lockdown culture
Hobbit forming: how Dominic Monaghan became obsessed with scorpions
Dominic Monaghan has starred in Lord of the Rings and Lost. But neither compare to the joys of gardening in LA – and raising deadly creatures
January 2021
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Pembrokeshire Murders; The Great Pottery Throw Down and more
A real-life crime drama reveals the plod of police work, kiln beats cake as a crafty contest returns, and Bollywood comes under the harshest spotlight
October 2020
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: In the Face of Terror; David Attenborough; Deaf U; Agatha and the Midnight Murders
The pain of families bereaved by Isis, and the realities of being young and deaf
September 2020
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Away; Planet Earth: A Celebration; Strike and more - review
Hilary Swank can’t save Netflix’s clunking mission to Mars
April 2020
King of the swingers: what Primates tells us about our locked-down world
From the orangutans that lived undisturbed for 700,000 years to the frolicking rhesus macaques of Kathmandu, the BBC’s new nature blockbuster brings us closer than ever to the planet of the apes
January 2020
Chris Packham urges TV makers to shout louder about nature crises
Springwatch presenter laments past failure of environmental shows to spark action
December 2019
2019 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2019: the full list
The pick of the year’s top television featured ghosts, gangsters, comedy buffoons – and a hot priest
November 2019
'I was peeing and a polar bear popped up!' Secrets of Seven Worlds, One Planet
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Who Are You Calling Fat?; How Europe Stole My Mum and more
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say
June 2019
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: When They See Us, The Planets and more – review
Ava DuVernay gives dramatic voice to the falsely jailed Central Park Five, while Brian Cox talks up our solar system’s rocky horrors
February 2019
Underground by Will Hunt review – the worlds beneath our feet
Parisian sewers, old gold mines and the Mole Man of Hackney in a thrilling celebration of the subterranean
