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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Barbara Ellen

The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review

Alexander Skarsgård (Lukas Matsson) and Matthew Macfadyen (Tom Wambsgans), centre, and co in the final episode of Succession.
‘Swirling secrets, seized lapels’: Alexander Skarsgård (Lukas Matsson) and Matthew Macfadyen (Tom Wambsgans), centre, and co in the final episode of Succession. Photograph: David M Russell/HBO

Succession (Sky Atlantic/Now)
The Gallows Pole (BBC Two) | iPlayer
Changing Ends (ITVX)
University Challenge (BBC Two) | iPlayer

The good news is that Succession didn’t choke. The feature-length finale of Jesse Armstrong’s award-garlanded, 39-episode, four-series opus didn’t succumb to last episode performance anxiety. It didn’t trail off or descend into weirdness. Still, it’s over, kaput (be warned, spoilergeddon ahead). The Murdochs (the inspo-Roys) must be relieved, but what about the rest of us?

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