Culchiecore, bonkbusters, murder, more murder and Nationwide: What I’ve seen on TV in 2024
Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months
Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
Including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Squid Game season two, Beast Games, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Television: The only reason the series exists is to cash in on nostalgia for the original camp masterpiece
Spanish businessman Jorge Segovia Bonet took case in Irish High Court against streaming TV giant over its drama series El Presidente
Including Bad Sisters season two, Say Nothing, Senna, Countdown: Paul vs Tyson and more
Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025
Including Disclaimer, Rivals, The Last Days of the Space Age, La Máquina and Citadel: Diana
On The Grand Tour: One for the Road, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bow out of their Prime Video car show
Television: Their brand of television is Marmite on wheels, and some will cheer their departure, but is this the end for car-based telly?
Including Slow Horses series four, WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along, a final Grand Tour, and Eve Hewson and Nicole Kidman in The Perfect Couple
Prime Video is investing untold amounts in its Lord of the Rings fantasy. But the fastest-growing new streamer has a very different approach
Television: The Rings of Power is still hugely flawed attempt to turn Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into Star Wars with staves
Oscar-nominated Irish star of The Dry, Kin and Belfast plays a ‘Dark Wizard’ as hit Tolkien spin-off returns
Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes
From Arrival to The Zone of Interest, our picks also take in everything from Halloween and Lost in Translation to Lawrence of Arabia and Pinocchio
Those About to Die: Anyone can achieve their dreams if their father is an emperor
Television: Nobody can keep their robes on for longer than 10 minutes at a time in Roland Emmerich’s splashy, trashy Amazon show
Television review: Jeremy Clarkson turns misty-eyed over the fate of his cattle. Top Gear fans will be shocked
Andrew Scott in Ripley and Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in Mr & Mrs Smith are among the highlights thus far
Patrick Freyne: As the singer clambers into her own heart in her musical fantasia, an uncharitable critic might suggest she is climbing up a different body part
Television: Self-funded streaming project manages to be a lot of things while also being nothing at all
Television: Donald Glover’s dour thriller is blunt reminder that some things are best left in the past
How do you stop yourself from laughing, or even smiling, and what does it do to your psyche if you do? A new Prime Video series sees 10 Irish comics strive to keep a straight face
Patrick Freyne: The show, which stars the widest Alan in existence, is the United States’ id as expressed by a malfunctioning AI
Platform gives customers access to more than 100 live channels
Watching this energetic drama, it is almost hard to believe this is inspired by a true story
Television: Irish intonations aside, is it any good? Yes – provided you appreciate the manic gunplay of the Keanu Reeves movies
Neighbours returns for a new era, while The Continental delves into the world of John Wick
Star of Seinfeld and new film You Hurt My Feelings talks about her dark days on Saturday Night Live, ageing and sexism
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices