This past year, we've spent more time indoors than ever before. It's no wonder, then, that streaming services have blossomed as more people switch from cable and terrestrial television channels to Netflix, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Peac✃ock, Hulu, and more. T▨here's a lot to choose from.
Choosing the best TV shows of 2020🗹 has been somewhat of a challenge. The Total Film team argued long and hard about what should make the top picks, with a diverse array of shows making the cut. There are series from acclaimed filmmakers, animated masterpieces, and, yes, a certain Star Wars spin-o🐎ff. We've spent a lot of time with our televisions this year – so let's celebrate that! These are the best TV shows of 2020, as chosen by the Total Film team.
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25. Gangs Of London
If you've been hankering for the type of propulsive action that Gareth Evans introduced with The Raid, then Gangs of London is a squalid delight from 🗹the director. Each episode contains at least one act🌊ion set-piece that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster, from a caravan park shootout to the world's goriest riff on Home Alone.
The nine episode series isn't all muscular fights and frantic gunfights, as an enjoyably soapy story about rival gangs struggling to fill a power vacuum offered plenty of intrigue between the punch-ups, with Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù's undercover cop Elliot finding himself slowly pulled deeper into the criminal underground than he was expecting. Dìrísù's compelling and soulful turn helps anchor some of the increasingly melodramatic moments towards the end of the series.
24. What We Do In The Shadows S2
The television adaptation of the vampiric mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows continues to impress, with the second season bringing on board some beloved actors – Mark Hamill, Benedict Wong, and more – to cameo as members of the undeaꦉd. The laughs are once again hearty, with Harvey Guillén's wannabe vampire driไving the dark heart at the centre of the show.
Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou delight as two lovers in a twisted quasi-open relationship, while Kayvan Novak's Nandor the Relentless deals with his past more than ever. The highlight, though, is Mark Proksch as the energy vampire Colin Robinson. An episode that centres on his workplace is one of the funniest 20 minutes of television th😼is y📖ear.
23. Industry
There are some shows that are destined for greatness from their first episode. The opener of Industry is as hard-hitting as they come, centring on a group of grad💯uates who have just started working for an investment bank in London. It's immediately cuꦡt-throat, and the series becomes more and more vicious as things go on.
Lena Dunham directs the electric first episode, setting a tone similar to Succession. Myha'la Herrold is excellent as the unassuming yet deadly lead, while the rest of the cast is bulked out by unrecognisable faces, minus Ken Leung (Lost, Sopranos)🐲 and Freya Mavor (Skins). If you can stomach seeing these terrible Londoners flashing cash and paying the price, then Industry is a must-watch.
11. I'll Be Gone In The Dark
HBO’s six-part true-crime documentary tracꦉks how Michelle McNamara unearthed new evidence while researching her same-titled 2018 bestselling book on the Golden State Killer, who committed at🅷 least 13 killings and 50 rapes between 1973 and 1986.
Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) 🅰directs the first episode of I'll Be Gone In The Dark, which sees McNamara pitch her initial idea to Los Angeles Magazine. 🙈As she dives deeper into the troubling truth, there are twists and turns that lead to a stunning conclusion. This is riveting viewing, and incredibly moving.
10. I Hate Suzie
Billie Piper’s semi-autobiographical 💎collaboration with Lucy Prebble (Secret Diary Of A Call Girl) is an unflinching, brutally f🧔unny and reflective look at the female experience (mother/wife/friend/lover) via singer-turned- actor Suzie (Piper), whose life unravelled after a phone hack.
Ballsy and brilliant, I Hate Suzie sees Pip♏er in her best role to date, offering a brave performance that bears her soul. It's also darkly funny in moments, making the g♔ut-punches even more painful when they land.
9. Dead To Me S2
The tragicomedy’s second instalment ramps up the twists as polar opposite pals Jen and Judy struggle to keep the aftermath of last season’s criminalising cliffhanger a 🔥secret. A masterful blend of dark thrills and laugh-out-loud one-liners.
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini are both sensational as the central duo, while James Marsden as Steve's semi-identical twin brother is pure excellence. There are even more unforgettable turns this time around &ndash💖; we couldn't stop watching.
8. The Boys S2
The sophomore season of Amazon’s superhero series is messier than the first and without the same surprise factor. But boy is it dark, with all-American hero Homelander (Antony Starr), egged on by Stormfront (Aya Cash), going full-psycho🌟path to genuinely disturbing effect.
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7. Better Call Saul S5
The penultimate season of Vince Gilligan’s rich Breaking Bad prequel sees Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) slippin’ closer to the Saul Goodman character we know from Breaking Bad. One episode in particular, “Bagman”, delivers 55 minutes on par w🐓ith the best of the original show.
However, it's Kim (Rhea Seehorn) who continues to be the show’s most valuable player – though we wonder why she doesn't make it across to Breaking Bad. Expect heartbಌreak to come as Better Call Saul wraps with season 7.
5. Devs
Alex Garland’s firsꦡt foray into TV matched up to his features Ex Machina and Annihilation. A big-brain chin-stroke on free will and determinism, Devs follows software engineer Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) as she investigates the disappearance of her boyfriend after he just startedꦛ working for a top-secret division of a quantum computing company.
The series delves deep into whether humans can be blamed for their actions, and sees Nick Offermanﷺ play against type as the evil Willy Wonka-esque leader of a Silicon Valley company. It's just mesmerising.
4. Normal People
If you were craving intimacy during lockdown, Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel more than delivered, its heart-p💖iecing romance resonating across generations.
Following high-school lovers Connell and Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal) as they navi🐟gate early adulthood on opposite ends of the social spectrum, Normal People is binge-viewing to obsess over. The central duo announce themselves as ones to watch.
3. I May Destroy You
Confirming creator/writer/co-director/star Michaela Coel as a major talent, I May Destroy You defies all small-screen expectations. A vivid depiction of the aftermath of surviving a sexual assault, the 12-parter confidently tackles themes of consent,🅘 race, gender, and social media, while evading genre shackles.
I May Destroy You is fu🍌nny, moving, shocking, and relatable, but always thought-provoking. Coel stuns in the lead role in this uncompromising drama that's a m🎉ust-watch for everyone.
2. The Mandalorian S1 + S2
There was gratification with Disney Plus’s delayed UK launch: we got two seasons of Jon Favreau’s superlative Star Wars serial in one year. Arguably an even more satisfying visit to the galaxy far, far away than the sequel trilogy, both seasons lean into the franchise’s ear👍ly pulp and we♔stern roots.
The Mandalorian has a cool hero, kick-ass action and movie-quality production values, which it didn’t even need, because quite🧸 frankly we’d tune in every week just for Baby Yoda/The Child/Grogu. And then there's the addition of Boba Fett, Ahsoka Tano, and other familiar Star Wars faces. No wonder they're making a half-dozen spin-off series...
1. Small Axe
Expectations were high when Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (12 Years
A Slave, Widows) turned to TV for a five-film anthology series based on London’s West Indian comꦅmunity in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. But it was impossible to anticipate just how impactful this collection would proಌve to be.
Featuring stories of oppression, hope, love and adversity, it was a remarkably potent mix: moving, thrilling, funny and sensual. True stories of the likes of the Mangrove Nine and Leroy Logan were told with historical an𓃲d cultural specificity, and gave a brace of talented actors a chance to shine: John Boyega, Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright,ও and more made fine work of complex roles. A powerful, personal TV event to savour each week.
