TV review: A Year In The Life Of A Year 2019

Now that Charlie Brooker can't be arsed to make a yearly Wipe, and Cunk & Other Humans on 2019 was so painfully disappointing, it's frustrating that this was so uneven.

The one-time Fast Show star Rhys Thomas returns with a gently comical take on the key events of 2019. Don't expect scathing satire; instead, Thomas's modus operandi is cleverly tweaking and re-editing real-life footage and adding his own mischievous scripts on top.

Rhys Thomas's show that shaped me: Cracker

If you haven't seen "the best crime drama of all time", the actor and writer/director has an offer you cannot refuse.

Rhys Thomas (The Life of Rock with Brian Pern) returns with a mockumentary retrospective of the past year, re-editing film and TV footage into a comedy countdown. He is aided and abetted by willing helpers Simon Day, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Montgomery and Tony Way.

White Gold: The new Inbetweeners

The "white gold" of the title refers to "the dirt-cheap white plastic bits that go round your windows" and the show is both something of a labour of love for [writer] Damon Beesley, whose own father Dennis was "a slightly deranged double-glazing salesman... like having Del Boy for a dad" and an entertaining take on 1980s excess.

Brian Pern - a knowing parody of the rock eulogy

Following the unofficial year of celebrity death that was 2016, another victim has been claimed by the great Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in the sky.

Simon Day reveals the fate of Brian Pern

Simon Day's BBC4 superstar was the subject of a spoof obituary - but it seems there could be life in the old rocker yet...