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TV year in review: The 25 best shows of 2025
This was a huge year for TV, with some of the best shows coming out of the blue. Do you agree with our critics?
- Craig Mathieson, Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Karl Quinn, Kylie Northover and Debi Enker
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What to stream this week: Ethan Hawke’s eccentric thriller and five more picks
Don’t miss The Lowdown, a Succession-style drama about the Irish Guinness family, and the return of Slow Horses.
- Craig Mathieson
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Slow Horses is back for a fifth season. But can it maintain the pace?
The pleasures of Jackson Lamb and his misfit crew of spies are becoming familiar, but each season still feels like a delight.
- Karl Quinn
Slow Horses launches Christopher Chung’s life in the fast lane
He plays the thoroughly unlikeable Roddy Ho in Slow Horses, but Christopher Chung is only getting started.
- Louise Rugendyke
Full list of nominees and winners at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards 2025
Severance, The Penguin, The Studio and The White Lotus swept this year’s nominations, with almost 100 nods between them.
- Michael Idato and Louise Rugendyke
The 29 best shows to watch this spring (and two extra for summer)
Next big things, epic finales, returning favourites, new comedies and killer dramas: this is the best TV coming your way.
- Louise Rugendyke
Hugo Weaving rarely does TV. He made an exception for Slow Horses
The Australian actor steps into season four of the British spy thriller, playing the American leader of a mercenary group.
- Louise Rugendyke
Shogun v The Bear: Who will dominate this year’s Emmy Awards?
With no Succession dominating the awards, a power vacuum has opened up, making it one of the more unpredictable ceremonies in years.
- Louise Rugendyke
A 250-year symphony: The many movie angles on Beethoven
In the 250th year since his birth, revisit portrayals of the composer as romantic hero, political animal, irascible old man, and even late-blooming feminist.
- Sandra Hall
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Films of the decade: from Animal Kingdom to La La Land and Get Out
This list of the best movies of the last 10 years is wickedly personal. No one will agree with all; some won't agree with any. I'll probably disagree with it by next week.
- Paul Byrnes