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Lucy Mangan

Lucy Mangan is a Guardian TV critic. Twitter: @LucyMangan

July 2024

  • Pampinea (Zosia Mamet) and Misia (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) in The Decameron.

    TV review
    The Decameron review – this starry medieval show is non-stop fun

  • ‘There is something fun and funny for everyone’ … Apple TV+’s Time Bandits.

    TV review
    Time Bandits review – the gloriously fun return of a fantasy classic

  • New York’s finest … Carrie Preston (right) as Elsbeth Tascioni.

    TV review
    Elsbeth review – a tedious spinoff for the Good Wife character who makes you want to smash your TV

  • Callie Cooke, Abdul Sessay, Rebecca Humphries, Sam Pote, Mark Heap, Sarah Parish, Jamie Bisping, Halema Hussain and Sukh Kur Ojla in Piglets

    TV review
    Piglets review – this comedy is so weak you wonder why the police bothered to complain about it

  • TV review
    Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccable

  • TV review
    Mr Bigstuff review – Danny Dyer does the business

  • TV review
    Orlando Bloom: To the Edge review – even Katy Perry doesn’t care about her fiance’s irritating exploits

  • TV review
    The Jetty review – could this be the new Happy Valley?

  • TV review
    Exploding Kittens review – unfunny, infuriating and life-sapping

  • TV review
    Sausage Party: Foodtopia review – you may need to look away from all the fruit and veg pornography

  • TV review
    Sunny review – this robot-fuelled comedy thriller sounds crap … and is actually excellent

  • TV review
    Spent review – Michelle de Swarte’s riches-to-rags comedy is astonishing

  • TV review
    The Man with 1000 Kids review – yet more proof that we should raze human civilisation to the ground

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    Inheriting the Castle review – the fairytale gift that became a nightmare

  • TV review
    A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder review – this very modern Nancy Drew is a hoot

June 2024

  • Ryan Serhant in Owning Manhattan

    TV review
    Owning Manhattan review – please stop putting real-estate agents on TV!

    The backbiting egotists behind these multimillion dollar sales ooze confidence – which is as horrible as it sounds. The wildly expensive (and tasteless) properties aren’t much nicer
  • A Highlands red stag rests beneath a tree

    Digested week
    Digested week: A sadly corrupted deer and the coming cyborg apocalypse

    Lucy Mangan
    We start with evidence of humanity’s unfathomable stupidity, before moving to exhibit B: Glastonbury

    • TV review
      Douglas Is Cancelled review – you might hate this show for daring to exist

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      My Lady Jane review – you know what Tudor dramas are missing? Magic animals

    • TV review
      Land of Women review – Eva Longoria’s new show makes the world feel a little bit nicer

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