‘There’s a reason for everything – even the goats’: Adam Scott on the eerie genius of Severance
With Mark, the microchipped office drone, the star has put ‘befuddled beta males’ behind him. He reveals why shooting during Covid fed the show’s strangeness – but still can’t explain the goats
‘Best workplace drama since Mad Men’: the sandwich-makers who shook the world
How did The Bear – a small, indie-feeling series about a top chef who returns home to save the family business – become such a TV sensation? We unravel a story of chaos, obsession and thinly-sliced beef
Paddington, Neighbours and Matt Hancock snogging: the TV moments of 2022
From the Queen’s afternoon tea skit to the utter surrealness of I’m A Celebrity, here are the most incredible, touching and bizarre things that happened on our screens this year
This beautiful, gripping story about Britain past and present had crossbow murders, decades-long feuds, gallows humour and a glorious cast. Who could ask for more?
With black goo and baby goats, this workplace thriller was tantalisingly weird – and proved that Ben Stiller is one of the most interesting directors working in TV right now
Magnificently brutal and emotionally whip-smart, this superb comedy never once lost sight of the humour at the heart of the gloriously damaged odd couple drama
The 50 best TV shows of 2022: No 5 – The Responder
Martin Freeman was superb as a bent Merseyside copper in this propulsive, state-of-the-nation drama. Gritty, fascinating, challenging, it was a masterwork of ethical conundrums
The 50 best TV shows of 2022: No 7 – Better Call Saul
The high-energy exploits of a sleazy lawyer became an impossibly beautiful love story. The Breaking Bad spin-off ended on a magnificent, multilayered highThe 50 best TV shows of 2022More of the best culture of 2022
The stock of the juicy, sexy BBC drama about bankers rose massively this year. Backs were stabbed, fortunes were gambled, souls were sold … and we were hooked
Tonally perfect, exquisitely funny and hugely moving, the final series of Lisa McGee’s comedy about growing up in 90s Northern Ireland was a masterpiece
