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In The Tourist, the new six-part BBC thriller from Harry and Jack Williams, Jamie Dornan stars as a Irish man in Australia who suddenly loses his memory

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From the return of Jed Mercurio's thrilling Line of Duty to Russell T Davies' fun and tragic Aids drama It's A Sin, here are our favourite TV shows of 2021

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Claire Foy and Paul Bettany star in Sarah Phelps' latest drama, based on the notorious divorce trial of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in 1963

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Tom Edge's new four-part BBC drama follows the car salesman Hero (Samuel Adewunmi) as he's on trial for murder. He decides to deliver his own closing speech

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Colin Farrell stars in this chilly five-part period drama by Andrew Haigh, following a whaling vessel in 1859. Jack O'Connell, Stephen Graham and Tom Courtenay also star

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In the second and final series of Baptiste, the British Ambassador Emma Chambers (Fiona Shaw) wakes up to find her family gone. Julien Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo) is on the case!

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Sean Bean and Stephen Graham star in this new prison drama from Jimmy McGovern. The story follows a new inmate, the schoolteacher Mark (Bean), and his prison officer Eric (Graham)

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This new two-part BBC drama from Gwyneth Hughes examines three families affected by the abortion law in Northern Ireland. Genevieve O'Reilly stars

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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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Boasting the longest interrogation scene in Line of Duty history, episode 6 is filled with shocking revelations about DSU Jo Davidson (Kelly Macdonald). Spoilers ahead!

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Episode five unloads even heavier bombshells, exploring Gail Vella's undisclosed revelations about connectively corrupt coppers from previous seasons. Spoilers ahead!

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The best chapter of the season so far, episode four blasts with intense interrogations, nerve-shredding action scenes, and nuanced characters. Spoilers ahead!

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Episode 3 kicks off with seething, frustrating suspense after Terry Boyle (Tommy Jessop) is brought back for questioning. Warning: spoilers ahead

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In episode 2, Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and AC-12 dig deeper into DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald) and MIT. And some familiar faces return. Spoilers ahead!

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In the third and final series of this popular Welsh legal drama, Faith (Eve Myles) endures tricky divorce proceedings, truanting teenagers, and a big case involving a terminally ill child

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Kelly Macdonald stars in the latest Line of Duty, which changes its atmosphere this time around. Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure also star

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In Bloodlands, James Nesbitt stars as Northern Irish detective Tom Brannick, who tries to find his wife's killer after her assassin returns for the first time since the Troubles

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This eight-part true-crime drama examines the exotic and murderous case of Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman). Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber also star

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It's a confusing, upsetting, and beautiful conclusion to His Dark Materials series two. Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) is catching up to Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson)

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From the trials of being a female celebrity in I Hate Suzie to Michaela Coel's revolutionary comedy-drama I May Destroy You, 2020 has been awash with incredible TV

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In the penultimate episode, Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) get closer and Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) ventures into Cittàgazze

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In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…

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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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Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) steps into a new world, and Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) plan to steal back the alethiometer from Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare)

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The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising

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His Dark Materials is back on form in episode four, in which Andrew Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge make their long expected appearances. As does the subtle knife…

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In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police

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Lyra (Dafne Keen) is on the run again, Will (Amir Wilson) continues to have contorted dreams, and Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) has a chat with Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson)

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Luca Guadagnino returns to Northern Italy for his new coming-of-age drama series, following 14-year-old Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) as he wanders a US military base in Veneto

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Another entry in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Lovers Rock plunges into a heavy, reggae-fuelled house party in 1980 west London

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In episode 2, Lyra (Dafne Keen) enters Will's alternate Oxford and tries to solve the enigma of Dust with particle physicist Mary Malone (Simone Kirby)

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The first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Mangrove examines the story of the Mangrove Nine, arrested for protesting police brutality in 1970. Letitia Wright stars