The 2017 TV Of The Year

The small screen has been squabbling with the big in recent times and can certainly boast its own inimitable run of 'event' watching. For the first time then, I'm able to comment on the brilliant state of the gogglebox and put together a TV year-end list.

Only rules here: the shows had to hit British screens (or streaming services) this year and also had to be full or limited series (hence the omission of one-off documentaries like the masterful Casting JonBenet on Netflix.) I've also decided to only include scripted TV and not include Documentary series (so no Louis Theroux or The Grand Tour, for example, although both, again, are brilliant.)

Without further ado; and after the customary squabbles, in-fighting and more shuffling than a Vegas casino, I present the best TV of 2017:

15. Big Mouth

14. The Man In The High Castle (season 2)

13. Red Oaks (season 3)

12. Thirteen Reasons Why

11. Ozark

10. Big Little Lies

9. Love (season 2)

8. The Sinner

7. Peaky Blinders (season 4)

6. Master Of None (season 2)

5. Rick And Morty (season 3)

4. Stranger Things 2

3. Westworld

2. Game Of Thrones (season 7)

1. Bojack Horseman (season 4)

A nod to some of the other TV that, I'm sure, would have been in contention for the top 15 but I wasn't able to catch in time/didn't have the capacity to watch: Twin Peaks: The Return, Legion, The Defenders, Snatch, American Gods, The Good Place, Godless and Mindhunter.

Close but no cigar nods to Dear White People, Back, The Crown (season 2), Catastrophe (season 3) and The End Of The F***ing World.

I suppose I should make a cursory nod here to The Walking Dead, one of my favourite TV shows and one I still watch out of loyalty. Safe to say, though, that it's been coasting for a while and, although Season 8 is not necessarily its nadir, it's still a show of diminishing returns and internal logic but some escapist fun with great characters nonetheless.