Green Guide
How Hacks reunited its odd-couple besties for a knockout third season
The insults and heartfelt affection between comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and upstart writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) continue with the return of the brittle comedy Hacks.
- by Craig Mathieson
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Why is Jeremy Clarkson still on TV?
He comes across as an anti-government, right-wing, petrolhead blowhard, but Clarkson’s Farm reveals the controversy-prone journalist and presenter has a more complicated X-factor.
- by Ben Pobjie
Let’s call time on famous actors making travel shows, unless it’s Stanley Tucci
It was said of US troops in Britain during WWII that they were overpaid, overfed, oversexed and over here. Same goes for most celebrities on the tourist trail.
- by Louise Rugendyke
After 30 years, this TV show has never been more relevant
Long before the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, Frontline eviscerated the priorities and practices of a sometimes-dubious business.
- by Debi Enker
Every life matters in this remarkable documentary set in a Paris psychiatric centre
Nicolas Philibert is the director of On the Adamant, which observes the comings and goings of patients at a centre located on a barge in central Paris.
- by Tom Ryan
Dark Matter is a ‘sliding door’ head-spinner tailor-made for Joel Edgerton
The Australian actor plays an introverted physics professor who is kidnapped to a parallel world where he finds himself single, as he chose work over love.
- by Craig Mathieson
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Blue Lights is one of the best police dramas in years
Set in Northern Ireland, this police drama is a genuine sleeper that deserves the wide acclaim it’s earned over two seasons (with two more on the way).
- by Aine Ryan
This satiric series based on Tom Wolfe’s novel unpacks the fault lines of America today
Adapted by the prolific David E Kelley, A Man in Full stars Jeff Daniels as a property tycoon who won’t change with the times.
- by Craig Mathieson
The teen YouTuber who grew up into a fully qualified comedian
Mawaan Rizwan cast members of his own family in his sitcom Juice, a joyous celebration of a neurotic Pakistani-British man navigating love, family and work stresses.
- by Ben Pobjie
Mamma mia, here we go again … Australia is back in the Eurovision fold
Australian contenders Electric Fields have hit the stage in Sweden with a two-pronged mission: Eurovision victory, with a side serve of world peace.
- by Michael Idato
The good TV shows you missed in the deluge of streaming
There’s always a buzzy new show demanding your attention, while scores of series previously on your radar are washed away. Here are the shows you may have missed.
- by Debi Enker