Cursed Child star Noma Dumezweni: ‘As a Black woman in acting, I’m fearless now’
A landmark turn as Hermione in the Harry Potter play brought the actor to Disney and HBO’s attention. Now she’s playing godmother to a new generation of Black talent
July 2021
Jean Hanff Korelitz: ‘I wanted to be a literary novelist. But I realised that I liked plot’
The author of the book behind TV smash The Undoing talks about her new novel The Plot, a thriller about plagiarism – and how she fell for Hugh Grant
March 2021
From Line of Duty to The Fall: why can't TV shows stop killing women?
Extreme violence against women seems to have become a staple of TV crime shows. Writers and producers reveal what’s behind the high female body count – and what needs to change
February 2021
I wish I knew how to quit You: our writers' favourite TV hate-watches
Which shows are so bad they’re addictive? From You, to Made in Chelsea and the hideously self-unaware The Newsroom
December 2020
2020 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Waterhole; The Undoing; Inside Cinema, Raised by Wolves; Red, White and Blue
Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman: stars of the perfect whodunnit, thanks to its ultimate plot twist
Rebecca Nicholson
The Undoing was the perfect pandemic TV
Arwa Mahdawi
November 2020
The Undoing series finale review – a lesson in lowering expectations
Hugh Grant's Undoing: how romcom leading men embraced the dark side
The Undoing: perfect whodunnit gripping more than one nation
Lucy Mangan
'Biggest sin in the programme': how a coat from The Undoing divided the internet
Susanne Bier: Queen of the luxe thriller
The week in TV: The Undoing; The Sister; America's War on Abortion – review
October 2020
A tale of two Hughs: Laurie and Grant reap the rewards of wisdom
Time to delight in watching the two British actors embrace the confidence and success that comes with experience
TV review
The Undoing review – Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman start to unravel
A moneyed couple, a seductive stranger, a murder ... HBO’s latest series has all the usual thriller hallmarks, but its stellar performances make it truly gripping
The watcher
The Undoing: like Gossip Girl 40 years on, with added murder
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star in a not very thrilling thriller about rich New Yorkers being awful to each other
