At first, the response to Apple’s dystopian sci-fi was tepid. But it’s proved itself to be a deliciously compelling examination of what makes us human, writes Nick Hilton. Plato would have loved it

The ITV show has been hit by a string of departures, and was beaten in the Christmas Day ratings by ‘The Weakest Link’. Nick Hilton looks at whether, in a world of streaming and reality TV, soaps can adapt to survive

James Norton – who seems trapped on ITV when, by rights, he should be a movie star – provides a lacklustre performance

If lessons have been learnt from Brendan O’Carroll’s racism controversy earlier this year, it’s not immediately clear what they are

Another cast of mild eccentrics enter the castle for a game of deception that’s now feeling quite familiar

The streamer’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation is full of characters who talk like they are encountering human life for the first time

Controversial five-part series stars Firth as Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter died in the UK’s deadliest terror attack

Middle-class family life is back under a microscope as the BBC One sitcom returns after eight years

Guest star Nicola Coughlan joins Ncuti Gatwa in a chaotic festive episode

Si King celebrates the life of his late friend, Dave Myers, in this one-off documentary

JK Rowling’s doorstopper proves challenging to adapt for screen, but Strike and Robin’s ‘will they, won’t they’ dynamic remains electric as ever

This documentary about the life of the former Tory MP fails to challenge him in any serious way, and is instead a portrait of a curious, attention-seeking family

The greengrocer-turned-presenter is stepping back from ‘MasterChef’ while allegations of historical misconduct are investigated. Nick Hilton looks back on his career as an unlikely TV star, which followed a tough start in life

From the improbable phenomenon ‘Baby Reindeer’ to the comfort of ‘Gogglebox’ and the smart, sexy and slick ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’, here are the top 20 releases from the past 12 months, selected by The Independent’s TV critic Nick Hilton

Hall plays a teacher whose life unravels after she starts hearing a constant, low, monotonous humming