Small ProphetsBBC TwoMain takeaway: it’s good to have a hobbyI love the new Mackenzie Crook show, Small Prophets (BBC Two). I’d marry it if you could marry a television programme (Also, I have just remembered: I am already married). I love it because it’s also about a man who works in a hardware superstore who, on the side, creates all-knowing homunculi in jars. (“How the hell did this get made?” is generally what I say when watching my favourite TV shows). The Iris AffairSky/NowMain takeaway: Tom Hollander should be in everythingNiamh Algar and Tom Hollander in The Iris Affair.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2026 09:45 UTC