What was your favourite British TV show this year?
From Doctor Who to Wolf Hall, Slow Horses to Baby Reindeer and more.
Its a dicey time for the British TV industry.
The model needs to change.
Despite all that gloom, 2024 has still seen some amazing work come to screen.
Gladiators
In terms of uncomplicated, feel-good family joy, few series can beat this years BBC OneGladiatorsreboot.
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ITVsRed Eye(already renewed for a second series) is exactly that.
Brain-off conspiracy fun.Read our review here.
The Traitors Series 2
When it works, it works, and in series two,The Traitorsworked.
Four-parter ITVUntil I Kill Youthough, really delivers on that promise.
Maxwell-Martin gives an extraordinary performance as this idiosyncratic survivor.Read about the dramas depiction ofBalmers Catch-22 situation here.
Ludwig
This David Mitchell vehicle is charming stuff.
A well-acted, unchallenging binge-watch dotted with treats including cameos by Derek Jacobi and Felicity Kendal.Read our review here.
Whats really going on at the bread factory?
Its worth spending six episodes of this unusual series finding out.Read our review here.
Watch it for Redmaynes prosthetic disguises, car chases and expert marksmanship.Read our review here.
Shardlake
This TV adaptation of CJ Sansoms Tudor-set mystery novels has been alongtime in the coming.
Taskmaster Series 17 & 18
What is there to say?
ItsTaskmaster, one of the most reliably entertaining British comedy shows around.
Always daft fun.Read our series ranking here.
This 10-part Netflix series is theonlyadaptation to watch.
Rivals
Perhaps its the waiting-in-for-parcels time of Christmas talking, but how great is it when something actuallydelivers?
When it was first announced, Disney+sRivalspromised to be oodles of saucy fun and delivered exactly that.
A second series has already been announced.Read our series one review here.
KAOS
Dont cry that its over, smile because it happened?
The cast was top-notch (Jeff Goldblum as Zeus?
Janet McTeer as Hera?
and the whole thing was totally transportive.Read our review here.
It was pacey, gripping, funny and well, it featuredthe best character on television.
What more is there to say?
Doctor WhoSeries 14
Rewatch the trailer above.
Do it now, Ill wait.
Bring on the Christmas special.Read our reviews and more here.
Almost 10 years, in fact, when the first series aired.
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This was an astounding feat.
In Plodding On,Inside No.
9for granted, so we chose not to by putting it at the top of this list.
Bravo to all involved.Read our episode reviews here.
