America’s premium cable TV network HBO has been responsible for some top quality original programming, with more than a few shows helping to boost the ratings of UK channels. Over the past decade especially HBO has really made a name for itself as the home of great writing and drama, with its shows regularly charting highly in ‘Best TV Shows Ever’ lists.
Fantasy drama Merlin returns to BBC One this autumn with a fourth series, kicking off with a two-part opener.
The fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures continues to be bold and thrilling, with a genuinely charismatic ensemble.
With its wondrous fantasy elements, teenage romance, action-adventure and subtle, knowing sense of humour, The Borrowers really is ideal festive viewing for the whole family.
Charlie Brooker (Dead Set) returns to Channel 4 this December with Black Mirror, a new three-part mini-series of suspenseful, satirical stand-alone dramas with a techno-paranoia bent.
So we’re here, ten years later, at the final season of a show that nobody really expected to soar.
With American Horror Story arriving on UK screens next week, we asked you to vote for the scariest TV show ever. Here are the results…
Six years in and Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) still hasn’t met his future wife, but that’s okay; How I Met Your Mother is all about the journey, and Season 6 is the best part of it so far.
Starring Philip Glenister (Life on Mars), Ronan Bennett’s new four-part conspiracy thriller, Hidden, begins on BBC One in October.
From writer Jack Thorne (This Is England ’86, Skins), BBC Three’s new fantasy horror series, The Fades, begins later this month.