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A thoroughly unscientific awards ceremony for the second-screen age, sorting the British telly that survives a scroll from the shows that catch you out the second you glance at a message. Includes the Do Not Scroll hall of fame, the perfect background shortlist and a two-minute test for your own watchlist.
Modern telly is terrified of silence. Credits are squeezed, autoplay is always lurking and the next episode is shoved in your face before the last one has finished. Here is a modest argument for a breathing-room setting — and for letting British telly earn its closing moments again.
Thirty-four titles saved, none watched, and a quiet sense of failure every time you open the app. The streaming queue has stopped being a to-do list and started being a debt — so here's a self-assessment framework and five rules for pruning it without the shame.
The skip button has quietly become the most-used control in British telly, and honestly, most intros deserve it. But there's a tier of opening titles that genuinely earns its ninety seconds — so here's our never-skip fifteen, plus the three we bin before the kettle's even boiled.
Once upon a time, 9pm was a national event. Now it's a scheduling shrug. We mourn the watercooler hour, trace its slow demise across 2026, and find out what (if anything) is worth watching at nine instead.
You know the face. You just can't place the name. We celebrate the supporting players who prop up every British drama, build a 2026 spot-them checklist, and ask why they never get the gong.
Forget the frocks and the five-minute speeches — the real awards go to whatever's on while you're folding a fitted sheet and half-reading a group chat. Here are our entirely unscientific winners for 2026, from the best laundry-folding drama to the show most likely to send you to sleep on a Sunday.
You've had the argument. Someone swears blind a beloved British sitcom is 'definitely on iPlayer', and forty minutes later you're both staring at a rental page asking for £2.49 an episode. Here's our guide to the shows stuck in the digital attic in 2026 — and where to actually find them.
There's an argument brewing in living rooms across the UK, and it's about length. Six tight episodes you can finish by Thursday beats a ten-part epic you'll abandon in week three — and in 2026, British telly is quietly proving it. Here's why the weekday half-hour is back, and what to put on your list.
Christmas telly isn't a treat, it's a logistics operation. Here's how the Paam TV team is tackling the 2026 festive fortnight — what to watch live, what to series-link, what to save for the dead zone, and what to quietly delete before anyone notices. Times shift, so check your EPG on the day; the strategy holds either way.