Watch Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell by candlelight; Hilary Mantel on the BBC.

Connell and Marianne from Sligo to Trinity College; Sally Rooney's novel in twelve half-hours.

Twelve episodes of John Cleese running a Torquay hotel badly; "don't mention the war".

Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews and a teddy bear at Oxford and Castle Howard; eleven hours of Waugh.

A 13-year-old arrested for murder, four episodes each in a single take; the British series of 2025.

David Brent at Wernham Hogg in Slough; twelve episodes and a Christmas special that invented the form.

Benedict Cumberbatch in modern London; the Reichenbach fall and the internet.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks to the camera through grief and a hot priest; two perfect seasons.