Television

German public broadcasting has gone beyond a public service and has become excessive and expensive

A Spanish drama about the aftermath of a brutal gang rape is a little hard to take seriously

A new Polish crime thriller is riveting - but also stressful, banal and not a great deal of fun to watch

Its creators may plead otherwise, but the world's biggest TV show rendered sex as grotesque and alienating as any puritanical religiosity

Tight, exciting and nuanced, new six-part Croatian drama thriller Four Strangers is a proper treat

A new Spanish Netflix series portrays celebrity as inherently toxic and destructive, and yet a natural ambition for the aimless disenfranchised young people to whom it is sold

Flee is the best representation yet of what it really means to be a refugee

A new Netflix show about tech-bro chaos and indulgence is topical and current. It's also completely played out

The new Netflix drama sets aside political quibbles and moments of cultural discord, settling instead for lighter watching

The presenter managed to stay at the top for six decades, winning hearts whether baring her monochrome midriff to a startled nation or holding that same nation’s politicians to account in full colour

A Danish drama set in the world of social work paints an unbearable balancing act of competing harms

Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama

A new Spanish Netflix series asks what privacy in the modern age looks like, especially when all too often the little we have gets betrayed

For a Gen-Zer, Nick Hornby's marital vignettes are reminiscent of late-night and wine-filled debates with family members

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

This Netflix film about a Danish restaurateur could have done with being much worse or much, much better

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

Comedian MITCH BENN on the inevitable reaction to Ncuti Gatwa being cast as the next Doctor from the inevitable quarters

BritBox's latest is a perfectly pitched and painfully funny new addition to the canon of works about Irish alcoholism

There’s been a significant semiotic shift on planet Kardashian - the name of the show has changed!

This Polish erotic thriller is such an oddity it will make you question whether it's actually a film at all

A new Netflix film is a worthy and sometimes dazzling new addition to the canon of horrifying ballet depictions

Netflix's new Amsterdam-set drama addresses the potential tedium of over-familiarity with sex, as well as its liberatory capacities

I, Claudius is remembered as a BBC classic, but it started a trend for historical European-set dramas with extra helpings of sex and violence

This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere

The actual stand-up in Netflix's new dramedy is rarely as funny as it is supposed to be, but the characters are so vivid it barely matters

The German version of Netflix's hit makeover series looks cheaper and more like a world I can recognise, says MEGAN NOLAN

The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

A new romantic comedy series is warm and funny without undermining the seriousness beneath its central questions

Despite all the artistic licence in the world and interesting source material this Netflix series is over-long, draining and empty to watch

With Briton Dave Ryding going for gold in Beijing, now's the perfect time to celebrate the 44 years of a BBC institution

A Netflix film poses a pivotal question – are any two people meant to be together, or is it just a matter of timing?