Episode Ratings Grid
Episode Power Rankings
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Mo Gilligan and Babatunde Aleshe are among the famous faces hitting the couch for a special episode for this year's Stand Up to Cancer appeal. From Saturday night entertainment juggernauts to the week's biggest news stories, from hard-hitting documentary series to gritty drama, the contributors offers sharp, insightful, funny, and sometimes emotional critiques of popular and topical TV shows.
This time, Britain's sharpest armchair critics have been watching The Million Pound Cube, Strictly Come Dancing, The Undoing, The Yorkshire Vet, First Dates, and BBC News (Trump vs Biden)
Lowlights
Britain's favourite opinionated viewers on: Casino Royale, Catchphrase, The Missing, Nigellissima, Morecambe & Wise, The X Factor and the News.
The Quality Arc
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
Episode Engagement
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
Series Trajectory
One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.
Season Momentum
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
Season Consistency
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.