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Lucy Mangan

Lucy Mangan is a Guardian TV critic. Twitter: @LucyMangan

August 2024

  • Alexandra Farmer from Whitby wildlife sanctuary in Yorkshire By the Sea

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    Yorkshire By the Sea review – God’s own country lives up to its name in every gorgeous shot

  • Lost in France … Daryl (Norman Reedus) is back in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.

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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon review – finally, the zombie show has a spinoff you can actually care about

July 2024

  • A participant in the BBC’s Atomic People.

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    Atomic People review – the quietly devastating truth about surviving Hiroshima

  • Roger Stone in A Storm Foretold.

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    A Storm Foretold review – a terrifying glimpse into Trump’s time in the White House

  • Pampinea (Zosia Mamet) and Misia (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) in The Decameron.

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    The Decameron review – this starry medieval show is non-stop fun

  • ‘There is something fun and funny for everyone’ … Apple TV+’s Time Bandits.

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    Time Bandits review – the gloriously fun return of a fantasy classic

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    Elsbeth review – a tedious spinoff for the Good Wife character who makes you want to smash your TV

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    Piglets review – this comedy is so weak you wonder why the police bothered to complain about it

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    Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccable

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    Mr Bigstuff review – Danny Dyer does the business

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    Orlando Bloom: To the Edge review – even Katy Perry doesn’t care about her fiance’s irritating exploits

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    The Jetty review – could this be the new Happy Valley?

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    Exploding Kittens review – unfunny, infuriating and life-sapping

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    Sausage Party: Foodtopia review – you may need to look away from all the fruit and veg pornography

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    Sunny review – this robot-fuelled comedy thriller sounds crap … and is actually excellent

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    Spent review – Michelle de Swarte’s riches-to-rags comedy is astonishing

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    The Man with 1000 Kids review – yet more proof that we should raze human civilisation to the ground

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    Inheriting the Castle review – the fairytale gift that became a nightmare

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    A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder review – this very modern Nancy Drew is a hoot

June 2024

  • Ryan Serhant in Owning Manhattan

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    Owning Manhattan review – please stop putting real-estate agents on TV!

    The backbiting egotists behind these multimillion dollar sales ooze confidence – which is as horrible as it sounds. The wildly expensive (and tasteless) properties aren’t much nicer
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