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Lucy Mangan

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Lucy Mangan is the Guardian TV critic and author of Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives

April 2026

  • Close up of a woman and a man snuggled close together in warm winter clothes

    TV review
    Should I Marry a Murderer? review – the amazing woman who spied on her killer fiancé for police

  • Man in tweed jacket, jeans and white shirt standing in front of a sign saying 'Welcome to Widow's Bay' by a port

    TV review
    Widow’s Bay review – Matthew Rhys’ intoxicating comedy-horror is an absolute blast

  • cashier Leanne (Sheridan Smith) and manager Matty (Michael Socha)

    TV review
    The Cage review – an astonishing, deeply moving state-of-the-nation thriller

  • Time to consider moving out … Graham Norton and the families competing in The Neighbourhood.

    TV review
    The Neighbourhood review – Graham Norton is the only good thing about this tired reality show

  • TV review
    Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer

  • TV review
    Unchosen review – Asa Butterfield’s creepy cult show is a total waste of all this talent

  • TV review
    Beef season two review – the best show on TV becomes an unlovable White Lotus rip-off

  • TV review
    Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future review – some of these insights into AI are just mindblowing

  • TV review
    Margo’s Got Money Troubles review – Michelle Pfeiffer’s career renaissance starts here

  • TV review
    American Classic review – I defy you not to fall in love with Kevin Kline and Laura Linney’s tender comedy

  • TV review
    The Miniature Wife review – Matthew Macfadyen is wasted in this pointless comedy

  • TV review
    The Testaments review – brace yourself for a bloody sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

  • TV review
    The Boys season five review – it’s the final outing for this gory splatterfest

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    Harry Clark Goes to Rome review – so lovely you’ll be weeping buckets

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    Hatton Garden: The Great Diamond Heist review – a brazen sitdown with a super villain

March 2026

  • Atlantic puffins on Inside Britain’s National Parks.

    TV review
    Inside Britain’s National Parks review – TV that will make you want to jack it all in and just be happy

    Everyone you meet in this lovely documentary, from the goat herders to the osprey nest makers, is making the world better and is also that rarest of things: truly content. Start Googling career changes now
  • Camila Morrone as bride Rachel Harkin in Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen on Netflix.

    TV review
    Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen review – so scary it will send you hysterical

    Abandoned babies, pink Barbie shoes and throat-slitting serial killers? This wedding horror from the makers of Stranger Things is so hellish I may never sleep again

    • TV review
      The Pitt review – ER fans have been waiting for a brilliant show like this

    • TV review
      The Hunt: Prey vs Predator review – this hugely fun reality show is like The Traitors meets The Hunger Games

    • Saturday Night Live UK review – it didn’t fail and it could have been a lot worse

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