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Scott Bryan
Tomatometer-approved critic
Scott Bryan is a TV Critic and Broadcaster. He reviews television for the Must Watch podcast on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live. He also has written for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times and the 'i' newspaper. He can be found tweeting at @scottygb.
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Somewhere Boy: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
You know a show is special when you’re so keen to watch the next episode. I watched all of this in one go... all eight parts. I just could not get enough of it.
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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Rogue Heroes: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
The characters feel very much like Stephen Knight creations because that’s what he’s always written and prided himself on. So I sort of feel that this is just perfect for Stephen too. - BBC.com
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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Tokyo Vice: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
I love the fact that you hear the two main characters speaking fluent Japanese throughout the series too. It gives it that level of depth, that extra little bit authenticity and heck, encourages you to put away your phone for a bit.
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - The Princess and the Queen (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - We Light the Way (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - King of the Narrow Sea (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - Second of His Name (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - The Rogue Prince (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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House of the Dragon: Season 1 - The Heirs of the Dragon (TV Episode) |
I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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Prehistoric Planet: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
The level of detail in every single scene is stunning. I would highly recommend that if you can; try to see this on the biggest screen you’ve got possible. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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Stranger Things: Season 4 (TV, 2022) |
When you watch these episodes from this new series, it doesn't really offer anything deeper, such as a deep dive into the characters or their relationships. There's just more plot.
- BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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The Outlaws: Season 2 (TV, 2022) |
If it was just that bit shorter it would be a bit punchier. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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The Undeclared War: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
It isn't a must-watch, but I still find it very informative. Peter has worked on this for years researching it, and of course GCHQ is quite a cryptic organisation. To provide us a bit of insight he did a lot of research. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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The Newsreader: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
Some shows set in newsrooms don't work because they feel too worthy. This series doesn't fall into that trap because it is set right back in the '80s. You end up getting sucked into how it looks at news reporting in the pre-internet era. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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Marriage: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
I have never seen a show that has had such a marmite reaction, but this show is magnificent. I absolutely adore it, because everything in it is so natural to the extent where it hardly feels like a television show at all. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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The Capture: Season 2 (TV, 2022) |
It explores real world issues that a lot of us are talking about right now, from government surveillance to fake news. - BBC.com
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| Posted Sep 26, 2022
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Heartstopper: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
When Ive spoken to friends who have seen the show, there is a weird melancholy after you finish watching. That melancholy is evident because I think for some people in their 30s, or in their 20s, or who arent in school any more, they never had this. - BBC.com
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| Posted May 01, 2022
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Succession: Season 3 (TV, 2021) |
It manages to build and build and build. Rarely do you get a show that in season three, really feels to be hitting its stride, but thats exactly what this show is doing. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Long Call: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
The problem with this drama though is that it just feels too generic. The moment that they open up with a wide shot of the sea filmed by a drone, it feels like you have seen this sort of ITV crime thriller hundreds of times before. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Colin in Black and White: Limited Series (TV, 2021) |
he main lead, Jaden Michaels, who plays young Colin, is astounding hes completely believable. Hes one to look out for and I think hes got a fantastic career ahead of him. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Dopesick: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
This shows the shocking, awful consequences of opioid addiction and about how the checks and balances that were in place obviously failed and how ordinary peoples lives were destroyed as a result. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Wheel of Time: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
What frustrates me is from the outset of The Wheel of Time is that it does that thing where it spends five minutes quickly explaining a world you dont know with terminology you have never heard or really understand. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Hawkeye: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
If you are very much plugged into the Marvel Universe, yes its a Must Watch. If youre not that bothered, then no. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Superman & Lois: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
The issue I found with this is that it leant too far into the realism and was therefore kind of boring. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Tourist: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
A lot of Harry or Jack Williams previous work, such as Baptiste, it was very grounded and set in the real world, which at times resulted in the twists and turns feeling rather unbelievable. This show has never felt believable! - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Rules of the Game: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
Despite the topic of toxic workplace culture being an important topic to explore in a television drama and Maxine Peake being the best thing in it, this does feel like a missed opportunity. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Responder: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
It kind of takes the normal police procedural and things from a normal police drama that you have seen countless times and kind of throws it on the floor and stamps on it! - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Gilded Age: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
The fact that Julian Fellowes has a done a lot of research for this will be appreciated by a lot of people and especially for those who love his stuff. For others they may find it a yawn-festlike I did. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Teacher: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
Its like two sides of a coin: there are two sides to every story and you work out what story is the right one. At the same time, some of the characters are a bit one dimensional. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Starstruck: Season 2 (TV, 2022) |
I'm amazed at how it never really feels like a typical sitcom, all the characters are believable and its a great ensemble cast. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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This Is Going to Hurt: Limited Series (TV, 2022) |
This drama is electric to watch and is full to the brim of dark humour. It also explores issues that the NHS has been facing for a long time. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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The Dropout: Limited Series (TV, 2022) |
This series does become extremely watchable, because you follow one persons journey from saying one lie to saying a bigger one, to then having to cover the first lie with a bigger one to not reveal the second. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Bridgerton: Season 2 (TV, 2022) |
Weve reviewed so many period dramas that always feel the same theyre always static, laboured and slow. Bridgerton is like the antidote to all of that. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Peacemaker: Season 1 (TV, 2022) |
You can tell theyve had an awful lot of fun with it. - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Squid Game: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
This is a show that plays to Netflix's strengths. Only Netflix are able to have a show that can generate such a buzz globally in literally a matter of days, even if the show is not in the English language. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 09, 2021
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Baptiste on Masterpiece: Season 2 (TV, 2021) |
I thought that series two of Baptiste would be a great opportunity for me to get into it again, but I couldn't. I found the flashbacks and flash forwards really quite jarring. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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Cooking With Paris: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
At the end of the day, I just don't think this show is good enough. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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Vigil: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
I am very worried about where this show is heading, plot wise - not in a bad way! Just tension wise! - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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The North Water: Miniseries (TV, 2021) |
When you see how bitterly cold and miserable they look out in the ice, it really comes through. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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Sex Education: Season 3 (TV, 2021) |
I was completely blown away by how much this show has changed from its very first episode. This is the best show on Netflix right now. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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Foundation: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
It would be enjoyable if they had a bit more fun with it, but watching it felt like I was in a meeting. - BBC.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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This Way Up: Season 2 (TV, 2021) |
"This is a show that does mental health so well because it explores it in all of its complexity ... I binged it all in one sitting. I bet you will too." - BBC.com
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| Posted Jul 15, 2021
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Monsters at Work: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
As someone who loves the films, I wonder ... do we need more of it? The films are so well self-contained. This feels like an excess of something we don't really need." - BBC.com
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| Posted Jul 15, 2021
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Frank of Ireland: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
It feels as if they are throwing every single joke at the wall, hoping that some of them stick. The more I was watching the show the more I got frustrated. - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Intergalactic: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
verything that happens in one episode in this show could make an entire series. Yet you don't learn anything about the characters at the heart of the story, so you end up not caring much about their fate. - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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The Pursuit of Love: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
This is a show not to be taken seriously, really. The less you take it seriously, the more you enjoy it. - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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The Nevers: Season 1 (TV, 2021) |
It just feels like there is thirty percent too much plot and rabbit holes not connected to other plot lines. ... It is just a bit too weighted down. - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Solos: Limited Series (TV, 2021) |
Black Mirror has killed all anthologies and nearly all shows set in the near future, because any show that feels any way similar makes you wonder "why aren't I watching Black Mirror?" - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Lisey's Story: Limited Series (TV, 2021) |
I really like this. I find it surprising for Apple TV+ to be doing a show like this too. - BBC.com
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| Posted Jun 14, 2021
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Wellington Paranormal: Season 3 (TV, 2021) |
It's absolutely a must watch. I watched the whole series in one sitting. Completely inhaled it. It is especially funny if you grew up in a rural area - BBC.com
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| Posted Apr 19, 2021
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