The beige sofas and brutally lacquered hairstyles of The Newsreader (ABC/BBC/Roku) bely a colourful, multi-layered drama set in a 1980s Australian TV newsroom. Helen Norville (Anna Torv) and Dale Jennings (Sam Reid) are the two emotionally intertwined news anchors who are just about holding it together on screen, as things take a distinctly messier turn off it.
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Graham Snowdon, editor
The third and final series of Top Boy (Netflix) came to a poignantly nihilistic end as the rivalry between childhood best friends Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane Robinson) spiralled further from the vortex of Hackney's Summerhouse estate. Brilliantly acted, written and conceived to create empathy amid violence.
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