BAFTA TV Noms 2018 - What I'd like to see

Well well well, this year’s BAFTA TV nominations have been revealed and they are a most curious bunch!

6 nominations for Netflix by my reckoning, a whopping 10 for BBC Three and plenty for Channel 4 too.

Here’s a rundown of the winners I think we’ll see (although, just in case I get all of my predictions wrong and come out of this looking like a fool, I’d like to take this opportunity to say that these awards are notoriously unpredictable), along with some of the names I think should have been in with a chance.

The Best TV of 2017

I'm the first to admit that I watch a lot of TV, but I've surprised even myself with the sheer number of shows I've managed to cram in this year. It's been a year of endings, we've seen the final series of Broadchurch and W1A, Claire Foy's last series of The Crown and we've said goodbye to Peter Capaldi as The Doctor, but there's also been a raft of new shows and exciting new talents are starting to surface. Here's my run-down of the best TV of 2017.

The Best TV of 2016

And with the bonging of Big Ben, 2016 is over - a year that has tested even the most optimistic of optimists. Though it would probably do us all good to leave it in the past and never speak of it again, I'm going to linger a little longer and ask you to do the same, as I look back on those moments of light that led us through the darkness - the best TV of the year.

Les Misérables

Well readers, I am beside myself with excitement ... the BBC have just announced that they will be adapting Les Misérables, my favourite musical and one of the greatest books ever written, into a six part drama. While there may not be any singing, the new adaptation is going to be written by Costume-Drama God Andrew Davies, and will be produced by the team that created the astonishing War & Peace. Could it involve any more of my favourite things? Well, potentially. The success of this could all hang on its cast, so who's going to get the call? My friends and I have been imagining our dream line-up ever since we heard the news.

Upcoming Costume Dramas 2016

This year's shaping up to be an absolute cracker for Costume Dramas. We've already had the masterpiece that was War & Peace and I'm currently enjoying Victorian Ghost story The Living and the Dead on BBC One, but there are loads more period dramas coming up in the next few months. I'm donning my bonnet in anticipation.