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Charlie Duffield

The Standard podcast: The best TV of 2025: from Adolescence to Hacks

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Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence - (Courtesy of Netflix)

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As we settle into the festive season, it’s time for a round-up of all the best TV from 2025.

It’s been a jam-packed one, as ever, serving up lashings of humour, tragedy and a whole lot of sequels. Severance has returned for the first time in years, as has Stranger Things, and the Alien franchise has gotten its own TV spinoff for the first time ever.

The Standard’s Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer Vicky Jessop is here to discuss the highlights - and lowlights - of the year, plus what to look forward to in 2026.

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