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2021 in TV

30 December 2021

  • The 2021 TV classics that you probably missed: Resident Alien, The Dog House, History of Swear Words, Cooking with Paris and Only Murders in the Building.

    Only Murders in the Building to Cooking With Paris: the unsung TV heroes of 2021

    Paris Hilton’s disgusting dishes! Martin Freeman as a bad dad! A history of swear words! Here’s another chance to discover the incredible shows of the year you may have missed

29 December 2021

  • We loathed them, but couldn’t tear ourselves away … Buffering, Kim’s Convenience, The Morning Show and Nine Perfect Strangers.

    Behind Her Eyes to Nine Perfect Strangers: the TV hatewatches of 2021

    Nicole Kidman’s ropey accent in Nine Perfect Strangers, The Morning Show’s entire second season: some of this year’s TV was so bad you just had to watch. Here are the shows we loved to hate

28 December 2021

  • Andrew Neil, Harry and Meghan, Måneskin, Richard Madeley, Christian Eriksen and Line of Duty

    Piers Morgan, Meghan and GB News: the TV controversies of the year

    From Morgan’s on-set wobbly to Meghan’s Oprah bombshell, TV prompted countless shocking moments this year. Here are the biggest

27 December 2021

  • The cast of our 2021 TV moments of the year: Andrew Scott, Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond, George Webster, Ted Lasso, Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice, plus swimmer Tom Dean.

    Ant and Dec trolling Boris, Andrew Scott snogging and Rose Ayling-Ellis: the TV moments of 2021

    From Ant and Dec’s political punditry to Rose and Giovanni’s powerful Strictly dance, here are the most amazing, moving and brilliantly bizarre things that happened on our screens

25 December 2021

  • ‘I had to look like someone who’s exhausted and in shock. That wasn’t too hard!’ … Sean Bean in Time.

    Sean Bean on Time, makeup and his trans role: ‘If I did it today, there’d be an uproar’

    In Time, the actor known as Game of Thrones’ Ned Stark had to show the terrors of prison … mostly by sitting in silence. He talks religion, looking rough – and the role he played that would not be made now

24 December 2021

  • ‘I’ve got no work plans for next year – it’s great’ … Rose Matafeo.

    Starstruck star Rose Matafeo: ‘Success freaks me out! It’s a gut-punch’

    The creator of the hit BBC romcom talks about having less than a day to enjoy its triumph – and how extreme nerd-dom got her through 2021

23 December 2021

  • Kate Winslet.

    Kate Winslet: ‘I feel way cooler as a fortysomething actress than I ever imagined’

    The star of one of 2021’s biggest TV hits, Mare of Easttown, talks about weepy reunions with Leonardo DiCaprio, bingeing Ted Lasso and middle-aged women taking over our screens

22 December 2021

  • ‘Writers are like vampires’ … Russell T Davies.

    Russell T Davies: ‘I genuinely thought – who wants to watch a show about Aids?’

    It’s a Sin has been voted the Guardian’s best TV show of the year. Russell T Davies reveals why it took him 30 years to write, who the real Colin is – and why he just can’t keep away from Doctor Who
  • Top TV shows of 2021, 1: It's a Sin, Channel 4. Composite

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021

    The great telly countdown hits the top spot with a furiously joyful, gut-wrenching five-part drama that was funny and full of life
  • Olly Alexander and Lydia West in It’s a Sin.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 1: It’s a Sin

    Russell T Davies’s Aids drama was gut-wrenching and it made us weep time and again, but it also made us truly love the characters. What a devastating delight

21 December 2021

  • Jolene Purdy and Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 2: The White Lotus

    An immaculate social satire featuring scabrous character studies, a murder-mystery and a shocking revenge scene

20 December 2021

  • Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 3: Mare of Easttown

    Kate Winslet mesmerises as a grieving detective in a whodunnit that blindsides the viewer from start to finish

17 December 2021

  • Power move … Tom in Succession.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 4: Succession

    The show’s dark third series gave us what might be its greatest ever run of episodes – and someone to root for at long last

16 December 2021

  • Human carnage … Squid Game.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 5: Squid Game

    Hwang Dong-hyuk’s South Korean satire chimed with a massive global audience facing calamitous times

15 December 2021

  • Playing in the grey areas … Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie in Feel Good.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 6: Feel Good

    Series two of the exquisite comedy tackled trauma, PTSD and gender identity and still managed to make you feel warm inside

14 December 2021

  • Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Time

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 7: Time

    Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama seemed dauntingly bleak but in the end offered glimmers of hope … and some sublime acting by Sean Bean and Stephen Graham

13 December 2021

  • Sophie Willan and Jayde Adams in Alma’s Not Normal.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 8: Alma’s Not Normal

    Sophie Willan’s brave, joyous comedy – which won a Bafta on its pilot alone – invites us to laugh in the face of life’s lemons

10 December 2021

  • Rose Matafeo as Jessie in Starstruck.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 9: Starstruck

    Rose Matafeo plays troublemaker Jessie in a moreish comedy series that brings joy, heartbreak and meet-cutes with a movie star

9 December 2021

  • I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 10: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson

    The second season of the bite-size absurdist sketch show took bizarre humour to a new high – and one viewing just wasn’t enough
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