Ask any TV diehard for their picks for the best shows of all time and a familiar refrain will ring out: The Sopranos, The Wire, and Breaking Bad typically duke it out to be top dog, with some shouts for the likes of Deadwood thrown in for good measure.
Since then, many pretenders to the throne – Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, and Succession, to name but a few – have been and gone, each making their own indelible mark on the television landscape. But, 10 years on from its finale, it's time to give one of the golden era's forgotten sons its flowers. Yes, it's Boardwalk Empire that deserves its place as part of the canon alongside the rest of the greats carved into TV's Mount Rushmore.
