ARCHIVE ▸ Niall Johnson
Last night saw Sky Atlantic bring another nihilistic and sadistic season of Game of Thrones (9pm) to a typically brutal end.
Last night saw Channel 4 launch a brand new show, the creepy and unnerving psychological drama Humans (9pm), to a strong buzz and impressive ratings.
Last night saw Channel 4 up its game slightly by taking its fixed-rig camera set-up to the outskirts of Ethiopia in an ethically questionable effort to bring The Tribe (9pm) to prime time viewers’ living rooms.
In a bid to offer up some relief to the never-ending onslaught of brooding and gritty police procedurals littering the nation’s TV screens, last night saw BBC One launch hilariously earnest thriller The Interceptor (9pm).
A little over 1 million live viewers tuned in to see if things in Westoros can actually get worse after that scene last week.
Nineteen years after the BBC blew away unsuspecting viewers minds with the transgressive yet landmark docusoap Airport, last night saw primetime TV cautiously return to Heathrow Airport in an attempt to milk some more drama.
Last night saw commercial broadcaster ITV rule the prestigious prime time slot as the nation’s favourite therapeutic weeping session Long Lost Family (9pm) returned, sending Twitter users into an emotional meltdown in the process.
Last night saw both of the BBC’s terrestrial channels treat viewers to the return of two successful shows, with Key Mellor’s drama The Syndicate (9pm) providing the biggest prime time draw.
Monday night heralded the début of the second series of ITV’s once controversial and divisive old-school sitcom, Vicious (9pm), as the 76-year-old double act of Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi returned as warring partners.