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    <title>tv &amp;mdash; roblog</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>TV 2025</title>
      <link>https://blog.rstokes.uk/tv-2025</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2025.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;markhighlighted/mark = strong recommendationbrspan style=&#34;color:red;&#34;red/span = well worth a watch if you have the timebrdoc = documentary&#xA;&#xA;Vera (S14)&#xA;Guy Martin: Arctic Warrior&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;2024: The Year From Space (doc)/span&#xA;markBlack Doves (S1)/mark&#xA;7/7: The London Bombings (doc)&#xA;markSAS: Rogue Heroes (S1–S2)/mark&#xA;markTaskmaster (S1–20)/mark&#xA;Travel Man: 48 Hours In… (S13)&#xA;8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S27)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Helmand: Tour of Duty (doc)/span&#xA;Top Guns: Inside the RAF (doc)&#xA;Edward vs George: The Windsors at War (doc)&#xA;Surviving Black Hawk Down (doc)&#xA;Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer (doc)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Concorde: The Race for Supersonic (doc)/span&#xA;David Mitchell’s Outsiders (S3)&#xA;markPrime Target/mark&#xA;American Murder: Gabby Petito (doc)&#xA;Full Swing (S3)&#xA;Out There&#xA;Guy Martin: Top Gun&#xA;markLast One Laughing UK (S1)/mark&#xA;Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland’s Mafia (doc)&#xA;markMindhunter (S1–2)/mark&#xA;markBlack Mirror (S7)/mark&#xA;markLouis Theroux: The Settlers (doc)/mark&#xA;Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Clarkson’s Farm (S4)/span&#xA;markThe Last of Us (S2)/mark&#xA;markThis City Is Ours (S1)/mark&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Fred &amp; Rose West: A British Horror Story (doc)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden (doc)/span&#xA;The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot (doc)&#xA;Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (doc)&#xA;markThe Gold (S1–2)/mark&#xA;Flight 149: Hostage of War (doc)&#xA;markShifty/mark&#xA;Welcome to Wrexham (S4)&#xA;markThe Bear (S4)/mark&#xA;Glastonbury Festival 2025&#xA;Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem (doc)&#xA;markHamza&#39;s Hidden Wild Isles (doc)/mark&#xA;Earth&#39;s Tropical Islands: Hawaii (doc)&#xA;Trainwreck: Poop Cruise (doc) &#xA;markWise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (doc)/mark&#xA;markThe Penguin/mark&#xA;Smoke&#xA;Resident Alien (S4)&#xA;markSlow Horses (S5)/mark&#xA;Grand Designs (S27)&#xA;markHuman (doc)/mark&#xA;markHow Are You? It&#39;s Alan (Partridge)/mark&#xA;Cocaine Quarterback (doc)&#xA;markBlue Lights (S3)/mark&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Down Cemetery Road/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Only Connect (S21)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Man Like Mobeen (S1–5)/span&#xA;markThe Studio (S1)/mark&#xA;markCommunity (S1–6)/mark&#xA;King of Lies: Football&#39;s Greatest Con (doc)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now (doc)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Diplomat (S3)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Rick and Morty (S1)/span&#xA;Heat Vision and Jack&#xA;Sean Combs: The Reckoning (doc)&#xA;markPluribus (S1)/mark&#xA;&#xA;brTags: #tv #endOfYearReview]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2025.</p>



<h5 id="mark-highlighted-mark-strong-recommendation-br-span-style-color-red-red-span-well-worth-a-watch-if-you-have-the-time-br-doc-documentary"><mark>highlighted</mark> = strong recommendation<br><span style="color:red;"><strong>red</strong></span> = well worth a watch if you have the time<br>doc = documentary</h5>
<ul><li>Vera (S14)</li>
<li>Guy Martin: Arctic Warrior</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>2024: The Year From Space (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>Black Doves (S1)</strong></mark></li>
<li>7/7: The London Bombings (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>SAS: Rogue Heroes (S1–S2)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>Taskmaster (S1–20)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Travel Man: 48 Hours In… (S13)</li>
<li>8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S27)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Helmand: Tour of Duty (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li>Top Guns: Inside the RAF (doc)</li>
<li>Edward vs George: The Windsors at War (doc)</li>
<li>Surviving Black Hawk Down (doc)</li>
<li>Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer (doc)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Concorde: The Race for Supersonic (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li>David Mitchell’s Outsiders (S3)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Prime Target</strong></mark></li>
<li>American Murder: Gabby Petito (doc)</li>
<li>Full Swing (S3)</li>
<li>Out There</li>
<li>Guy Martin: Top Gun</li>
<li><mark><strong>Last One Laughing UK (S1)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland’s Mafia (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Mindhunter (S1–2)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>Black Mirror (S7)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>Louis Theroux: The Settlers (doc)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Clarkson’s Farm (S4)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>The Last of Us (S2)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>This City Is Ours (S1)</strong></mark></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Fred &amp; Rose West: A British Horror Story (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li>The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot (doc)</li>
<li>Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>The Gold (S1–2)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Flight 149: Hostage of War (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Shifty</strong></mark></li>
<li>Welcome to Wrexham (S4)</li>
<li><mark><strong>The Bear (S4)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Glastonbury Festival 2025</li>
<li>Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Hamza&#39;s Hidden Wild Isles (doc)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Earth&#39;s Tropical Islands: Hawaii (doc)</li>
<li>Trainwreck: Poop Cruise (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (doc)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>The Penguin</strong></mark></li>
<li>Smoke</li>
<li>Resident Alien (S4)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Slow Horses (S5)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Grand Designs (S27)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Human (doc)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>How Are You? It&#39;s Alan (Partridge)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Cocaine Quarterback (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Blue Lights (S3)</strong></mark></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Down Cemetery Road</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Only Connect (S21)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Man Like Mobeen (S1–5)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>The Studio (S1)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>Community (S1–6)</strong></mark></li>
<li>King of Lies: Football&#39;s Greatest Con (doc)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now (doc)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Diplomat (S3)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Rick and Morty (S1)</strong></span></li>
<li>Heat Vision and Jack</li>
<li>Sean Combs: The Reckoning (doc)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Pluribus (S1)</strong></mark></li></ul>

<p><br>Tags: <a href="https://blog.rstokes.uk/tag:tv" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">tv</span></a> <a href="https://blog.rstokes.uk/tag:endOfYearReview" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">endOfYearReview</span></a></p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>TV 2024</title>
      <link>https://blog.rstokes.uk/tv-2024</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2024.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;markhighlighted/mark = strong recommendationbrspan style=&#34;color:red;&#34;bold/span = well worth a watch if you have the timebr&#xA;&#xA;markFargo (S5) (FX)/mark&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office (ITV)/span&#xA;markMasters of the Air (Apple)/mark&#xA;Griselda (Netflix)&#xA;American Nightmare (doc) (Netflix)&#xA;Deadwater Fell (Channel 4)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Curb Your Enthusiasm (S12) (HBO)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Space Shuttle That Fell To Earth (doc) (BBC)/span&#xA;Alice &amp; Jack (Channel 4)&#xA;markKin (S2) (RTE/BBC)/mark&#xA;Tell Them You Love Me (doc) (Sky)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Reckoning (BBC)/span&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Gentlemen (Amazon)/span&#xA;Full Swing (S2) (Netflix)&#xA;markHow To with John Wilson (HBO)/mark&#xA;The Dropout (Hulu/Disney)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Hunt for Raoul Moat (ITV)/span&#xA;True Detective: Night Country (S4) (HBO)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Jinx (doc) (HBO)/span&#xA;The Regime (HBO)&#xA;Resident Alien (S3) (SyFy)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Blue Lights (BBC)/span&#xA;markRipley (Netflix)/mark&#xA;Clarkson&#39;s Farm (S3) (Amazon)&#xA;markThe Responder (BBC)/mark&#xA;Vera (S13) (ITV)&#xA;markShōgun (FX/Disney)/mark&#xA;The Boys (S4) (Amazon)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;House of the Dragon (S2) (HBO)/span&#xA;Dark Matter (Apple)&#xA;markSugar (Apple)/mark&#xA;Young Sheldon (S7) (Channel 4)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;The Diplomat (S2) (Netflix)/span&#xA;markThe Bear (S3) (FX/Disney)/mark&#xA;The Old Man (S2) (FX/Disney)&#xA;Tom Brady: Man in the Arena (ESPN/Disney)&#xA;markRivals (Disney)/mark&#xA;Lucan (doc) (BBC)&#xA;markBad Monkey (Apple)/mark&#xA;Shrinking (S2) (Apple)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Industry (S3) (HBO/BBC)/span&#xA;The Day of the Jackal (Sky/Universal)&#xA;markJames Blunt: One Brit Wonder (doc) (Netflix)/mark&#xA;The Perfect Couple (Netflix)&#xA;markA Man On The Inside (Netflix)/mark&#xA;markSolar System (doc) (BBC)/mark&#xA;The Tourist (BBC)&#xA;markNobody Wants This (Netflix)/mark&#xA;Cheaters (BBC)&#xA;span style=&#34;color:red;&#34;Game of Throws: Inside Darts (doc) (Sky)/span&#xA;markWolf Hall (BBC)/mark&#xA;Bad Sisters (S2) (Apple)&#xA;&#xA;brTags: #tv #endOfYearReview]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2024.</p>



<h5 id="mark-highlighted-mark-strong-recommendation-br-span-style-color-red-bold-span-well-worth-a-watch-if-you-have-the-time-br"><mark>highlighted</mark> = strong recommendation<br><span style="color:red;"><strong>bold</strong></span> = well worth a watch if you have the time<br></h5>
<ul><li><mark><strong>Fargo (S5) (FX)</strong></mark></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office (ITV)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>Masters of the Air (Apple)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Griselda (Netflix)</li>
<li>American Nightmare (doc) (Netflix)</li>
<li>Deadwater Fell (Channel 4)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Curb Your Enthusiasm (S12) (HBO)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Space Shuttle That Fell To Earth (doc) (BBC)</strong></span></li>
<li>Alice &amp; Jack (Channel 4)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Kin (S2) (RTE/BBC)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Tell Them You Love Me (doc) (Sky)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Reckoning (BBC)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Gentlemen (Amazon)</strong></span></li>
<li>Full Swing (S2) (Netflix)</li>
<li><mark><strong>How To with John Wilson (HBO)</strong></mark></li>
<li>The Dropout (Hulu/Disney)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Hunt for Raoul Moat (ITV)</strong></span></li>
<li>True Detective: Night Country (S4) (HBO)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Jinx (doc) (HBO)</strong></span></li>
<li>The Regime (HBO)</li>
<li>Resident Alien (S3) (SyFy)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Blue Lights (BBC)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>Ripley (Netflix)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Clarkson&#39;s Farm (S3) (Amazon)</li>
<li><mark><strong>The Responder (BBC)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Vera (S13) (ITV)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Shōgun (FX/Disney)</strong></mark></li>
<li>The Boys (S4) (Amazon)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>House of the Dragon (S2) (HBO)</strong></span></li>
<li>Dark Matter (Apple)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Sugar (Apple)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Young Sheldon (S7) (Channel 4)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>The Diplomat (S2) (Netflix)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>The Bear (S3) (FX/Disney)</strong></mark></li>
<li>The Old Man (S2) (FX/Disney)</li>
<li>Tom Brady: Man in the Arena (ESPN/Disney)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Rivals (Disney)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Lucan (doc) (BBC)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Bad Monkey (Apple)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Shrinking (S2) (Apple)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Industry (S3) (HBO/BBC)</strong></span></li>
<li>The Day of the Jackal (Sky/Universal)</li>
<li><mark><strong>James Blunt: One Brit Wonder (doc) (Netflix)</strong></mark></li>
<li>The Perfect Couple (Netflix)</li>
<li><mark><strong>A Man On The Inside (Netflix)</strong></mark></li>
<li><mark><strong>Solar System (doc) (BBC)</strong></mark></li>
<li>The Tourist (BBC)</li>
<li><mark><strong>Nobody Wants This (Netflix)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Cheaters (BBC)</li>
<li><span style="color:red;"><strong>Game of Throws: Inside Darts (doc) (Sky)</strong></span></li>
<li><mark><strong>Wolf Hall (BBC)</strong></mark></li>
<li>Bad Sisters (S2) (Apple)</li></ul>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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