About

I am from Northern Ireland and based in the UK, so I am probably over-interested in shows about place, class, pressure, public institutions, and people trying to be normal while history happens in the background.

Mostly I write about drama: how stories are built, how characters change, and whether a series knows where it is going or is quietly making it up as it runs.

I think Breaking Bad is perfect television. I think The Wire is the most complete portrait of a city ever put to screen. I think Derry Girls understands home better than almost any British comedy. I think Game of Thrones is what happens when ambition outruns the writing. These are opinions I hold firmly and revise rarely.

The mix here is whatever I cannot stop thinking about: American prestige TV watched from this side of the Atlantic, British drama, Channel 4 comedy, reality television, sport documentaries, old favourites, bad endings, great episodes, and shows I only meant to watch one episode of.

Everything is up for debate, obviously. That is half the fun.

Chris