Sky News' Backstage podcast team gives the run-down on their favourite films and TV shows of 2021, looking back at the likes of It's A Sin and Framing Britney Spears from the start of the year, to more recent hits such as Squid Game - plus, of course, the return of James Bond.
Clockwise from top left: Squid Game, West Side Story, Promising Young Woman, It's A Sin. Pic: Netflix/Youngkyu Park/ 20th Century Studios/ Focus Features/Sky Cinema/ Channel 4Another year of restrictions, lockdowns and limited live entertainment meant more heavy reliance on screens, and TV and film certainly delivered - despite productions having to adhere to new COVID protocols in order to keep cast and crews safe.
The lists prove that there really is a wealth of great stuff being made - so if you're wondering what to watch while isolating, while bored over the holidays, or just so you're in the know come awards season, we've got you covered.Gabrielle Creevy as Bethan in In My Skin. Pic: Clémentine Schneidermann/ BBC
The first TV series set in the Marvel Universe turned out to be a real benchmark for others to live up to. Set just after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany return as Wanda Maximoff and Vision from the films, trying to figure out what's going on when their surroundings start to change. A study of grief in the form of a sitcom, the show was perhaps a surprise to some coming from Marvel.
A somewhat maligned second series after the first one became a surprise mega-hit, some critics weren't bowled over by the first few episodes of the season, which looked at Ted's second season in charge at AFC Richmond. But with a new villain emerging, an insight into Ted's psyche and so much heart we think the show is impossible to resist, it was still a brilliant series. Plus, it's worth watching for Hannah Waddingham alone, if nothing else.
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