1. Succession
Sky Atlantic; April
The fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong’s withering, witty evisceration of stateside mega wealth. A note-perfect farewell to Brian Cox’s sharkish patriarch, Logan Roy, “the kids” and their suited parasites. With this shattering swan song, Succession secured its place among the greatest television ever made.
2. Beef
Netflix; April
In a bumper year for innovation, from Korean satire Bargain to amateur philanthropy sendup The Curse, off-kilter drama Beef, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, still stood out. Viewers marvelled as a California road rage incident escalated into a feuding, audacious, clawingly funny 21st-century fever dream.