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Utopia

November 2021

  • Composite featuring former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in Veep

    10 Quick Questions
    From ‘love circle’ to ‘technical oversight’: is it satire or Icac?

    Can you tell a political comedy from actual #AusPol? Put yourself to the test by guessing where these quotes came from

September 2020

  • Utopia series 1 on Amazon Prime

    TV review
    Utopia review – sanitised remake is no match for cult TV original

    Amazon have bankrolled a shiny new version of Channel 4’s sleeper hit, penned by Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn. But though its pandemic plot feels prescient, it’s a damp squib of a series

September 2019

  • The best TV of the century composite.

    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

May 2018

  • Adeel Akhtar

    The Q&A
    Adeel Akhtar: ‘My wife says I'm a tired, older version of Riz Ahmed’

    The actor on a lucky necklace, a brush with the law and putting on his own play

April 2018

  • Utopia series 2

    Paradise found: Utopia's remake is a welcome dose of TV justice

    Dennis Kelly’s drama was dropped by Channel 4 after two acclaimed seasons. Now Amazon’s committed to a nine-episode revival will its potential be realised?

January 2018

  • Composite image showing (clockwise from top left) Mindhunter, Westworld, The Handmaid's Tale and Riverdale

    TV and radio blog
    Mood indigo: why is TV looking so blue?

    From The Handmaid’s Tale and Mindhunter to Westworld and Riverdale, TV makers looking to tell tales of darkness and woe are using a blue hue

April 2015

  • Julia Raeside

    TV and radio blog
    The Bafta TV awards nominations spread the love around

    Julia Raeside
    Popular high-quality drama was championed in this year’s nominations, but a series of underdogs and cult gems were also acknowledged, from Utopia to Detectorists and Prey

December 2014

  • Peaky Blinders

    TV and radio blog
    The best TV shows of 2014 – readers' picks

    After our critics chose their favourite TV of the year, it’s time to give voice to the readers, who had a clear number one – and nominated a very interesting top 10

November 2014

  • Ready to kill … Adeel Akhtar as Wilson in Utopia.

    Media Monkey
    Utopia picks up an Emmy but still won’t be back on Channel 4

    Media Monkey: Despite winning yet another award, the series will not be returning to British screens

October 2014

  • Utopia Wilson WIlson

    TV and radio blog
    Utopia has been cancelled but its bold legacy will live on

    Richard Vine: A third series has been ruled out, but the graphic Channel 4 thriller was unique, inventive, exhilarating TV. Still, there’s always the David Fincher remake to look forward to ...

September 2014

  • David Fincher

    David Fincher on Gone Girl: ‘Bad things happen in this movie…’

    The cult director of The Social Network refashions Gillian Fynn’s gripping bestseller into a macabre meditation on married life in the modern age

August 2014

  • Game of Thrones

    TV and radio blog
    Experimental soundtracks and lavish orchestras – TV never sounded so good

    Phelim O’Neill: The ambitious scores of Game of Thrones, Utopia and new US drama The Knick are bringing a new dimension to music on TV
  • Executed

    TV review
    Executed review – a tacky documentary that sold its subject short

    Rebecca Nicholson: ITV marked the anniversary of the last UK hanging with a curious mess of cheap visuals, tepid provocation and unanswered questions. Meanwhile, the second series of Utopia came to an end – let's hope there's a third
    • Utopia: episode by episode
      Utopia recap: series two, episode six

    • Utopia: episode by episode
      Utopia recap: series two, episode five

    • Mark Lawson on television
      Utopia and The Honourable Woman's reinvention of the flashback

July 2014

  • Ready to kill … Adeel Akhtar as Wilson in Utopia.

    Utopia: episode by episode
    Utopia recap: series two, episode four

  • Lee … clearly up to no good.

    Utopia: episode by episode
    Utopia recap: series two, episode three

  • 24:Live Another Day, Utopia, Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience

    Andrew Collins: telly addict
    24:Live Another Day, Utopia, Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience and more: TV review — video

  • utopia

    Observer TV reviews
    Utopia; Glasgow Girls; Silicon Valley; The Mimic – review

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