Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! Our new Deputy Opinion Editor, Jacob Fleming, tells us why Mike Schur’s Parks and Recreation made his list… Unpopular Opinion: Parks and Recreation (Parks & Rec) is better than US rendition of The Office. Yeah, I said it. I am aware I’m cheating a little here, […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! Emma Morgan takes a look at Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan’s The Trip… Part sitcom, part travel programme, part restaurant review, The Trip is an unusual but engaging showcase of the talents of two of our best loved comedians. Beginning with a restaurant tour of the […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! Christopher Burns takes us through why Donald Glover’s Atlanta made his list… As its creator once put “I’m not making a TV show, I am making an experience”, Atlanta has transformed over the course of its two seasons. Donald Glover’s show about four African-Americans finding their […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! In this feature, Emma Reilly looks at the enduring, subversive Adventure Time… First airing on Cartoon Network in 2010 and airing its final episode in September 2018, Adventure Time is often seen as a nostalgic childhood favourite for many people, but also as a current favourite […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! In this feature, Tommy Farrell explores why Mad Men is one of his favourites… AMC’s sprawling, meticulously produced, decade-spanning epic revolved around Don Draper, one of the Golden Age of Television’s greatest anti-heroes. The complexity and richness of his character – as well as Jon Hamm’s […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! Writers across all sections of the paper are contributing to this 20-part feature, discussing their favourite shows from 2010 – 2019 – will yours make the list? Regular Opinion contributor Emma Penney kicks us off with Netflix’s Lovesick… Lovesick first hit our screens in 2014 under […]Read More
MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ALL OF MR ROBOT UP UNTIL EPISODE 4.03 Forbidden Two years after the finale of season 3, Sam Esmail’s ground-breaking drama Mr Robot, centred around everyone’s favourite unreliable narrator/hacker Elliot Alderson, has entered its final season. I know I’m a little late to review each episode individually but, in this article, you […]Read More
Animation has always been a source of joy for me. As someone with an overactive imagination and a longing to find the surreality within reality, I have always found that watching animation gave me a sense of belonging even in the most unfamiliar of territories. Often, the alien worlds of the cartoons I watch feel […]Read More
RuPaul's Drag Race stumbles for the first time. Sam Lambeth reflects and laments on a truly forgettable season.Read More
Bryn goes fishing? John Prescott asks for Nessa back? What could possibly happen on the Christmas Day special of Gavin and Stacey?Read More
Having enjoyed fourteen years of being the nation’s most talked about programme, ITV have announced that The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently cancelled following the death of a participant. It was announced this week that the popular daytime show has officially ended transmission after ITV bosses revealed that participant, Steven Dymond (63), took his own life […]Read More
I know! The title isn’t original in the slightest but this is important. Television and film for the past few weeks have be dominated with the likes of Game of Thrones and Marvel…my opinions on those will remain reserved but it’s understandable! They are both conclusions to a cultural dynasty that have defined their respected […]Read More
I always grew up with the idea that puberty was the most awkward thing you could talk about with your friends, teachers and family. After lessons in school and the dreaded “talk” with parents, I still felt there were things that were just too taboo to discuss. This might just be me talking, but I’m […]Read More
It has been established in 2019 that – alongside the fact Brexit will continue on a long and banal journey and Leeds United will send spies to compare the prices of Asda and Aldi – if there is a controversial subject, Piers Morgan will comment on it. The recent revelation that Gregg’s were launching an […]Read More
Warning: Spoilers abound for the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House. In the finale of Mike Flanagan’s brilliant new 10-part adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, the youngest of the Crain family – the recently deceased Nell – shares a sentiment that, for the most part, completely encapsulates the spirit of the […]Read More
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