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In this new BBC adaptation of David Nicholls' Us, Tom Hollander stars as a pedantic biochemist who hopes to fix his family relationships with a trip across Europe

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From the gruelling examination of Dennis Nilsen's conviction in ITV's Des to the BBC's new adaptation of David Nicholls' Booker-nominated Us, this week in TV is dark and emotional

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In Lethal White, the third series of Strike, private investigators Cormoran (Tom Burke) and Robin (Holliday Grainger) get wrapped in a complex family conflict wrapped in political division

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From John Boyega fighting systemic racism in Steve McQueen's Small Axe to Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant recovering from scandal in The Undoing, here's the best of autumn TV

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In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge joins the cast for His Dark Materials season 2, in which Lyra (Dafne Keen) crosses the bridge between dimensions and finally meets Will (Amir Wilson)

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In this new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, Lily James stars as an upper-class woman engrossed in ideas of love, sex and marriage

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In the latest BBC film from Jimmy McGovern, Anthony is a metafictional examination of Anthony Walker, a teenager murdered in 2005 for being black

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In the final episodes of I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel examines a mind-bending, torturous journey into empathy, understanding, and acceptance

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In Mrs America, Cate Blanchett stars as the American anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly who, in the 70s, battled feminists like Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to oppose the Equal Rights Amendment

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Arabella (Michaela Coel) continues to struggle with her second work, but finds communal solace in her support group. Terry (Weruche Opia), on the other hand, is sceptical

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The BBC's new Talking Heads remake uses Alan Bennett's original stories along with well as two premieres. Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton star

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Based on Eleanor Catton's Booker-winning novel, The Luminaries is an endlessly confusing murder-mystery wrapped in gold nuggets and zodiac signs. Eva Green stars

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Michaela Coel wrestles with hurricane confessions and complicated flashbacks, as I May Destroy You continues to be one of the best TV shows of the year

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Adam Kay's bestselling memoir is heading to the small screen in a BBC-AMC co-production – and Ben Whishaw will be playing the author himself

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Based around the Salisbury Novichok attacks on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018, this three-part BBC drama follows the efforts by Tracy Daszkiewicz (Anne-Marie Duff) to contain the poison

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Episodes 3 and 4 of Michaela Coel's BBC series plunges into the sticky issues of consent, drugs, and period sex

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At once relevant and timeless, the story of Anthony Bryan, who was wrongly threatened to be deported, is brought to the BBC by his brother, playwright Stephen S. Thompson

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In this new BBC drama from Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You follows the carefree life of Londoner Arabella (Coel), who pieces together the traumatic night before

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From the ever-relevant racial dystopia in Noughts + Crosses to the beautiful adaptation of Sally Rooney's millennial novel Normal People, TV in 2020 has been awash with great drama

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The virtual festival of the arts continues with new relays of opera, classical music and documentaries, plus theatre and visual art

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The final two episodes of the BBC adaptation see Sally Rooney's lovers finally accept their pain, and lean into their love for one another

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In the season finale, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) considers different career options and Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) gets closer to her enemy

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Connell and Marianne suffer individual losses in titanic spadefuls in episodes nine and 10, as abusive relationships and premature deaths create a sense of immense anguish

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In episode three, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) is encouraged to keep killing by the Twelve, Eve (Sandra Oh) is catching up with her assassin/lover, and Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) is stressed

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The second half of the BBC's Normal People lurches into focus with great pain – Hettie McDonald directs a strained academic year and a suffocating holiday

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In episode six, Eve (Sandra Oh) investigates her ex's puncturing and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) hangs with Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) after last week's explosive finish

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Following the supremely successful A Christmas Carol, Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) continues his series of BBC Dickens adaptations with Great Expectations. Tom Hardy produces

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Lenny Abrahamson directs his last two episodes of the series by dealing in extremes, delivering an hour of television both satisfying and devastating

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Episode 5 is all about Villanelle (Jodie Comer) as she travels back to Mother Russia to visit her family. Get ready for strange reunions, harvest festivals and Elton John

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Marianne and Connell navigate the end of school and the start of college in two searing, stunning episodes crystallising the devastation of youthful mistakes