Radio Times Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: 20 to 11

The votes have been counted and the results are in... here's our critics' countdown of the year's best telly

18. Thirteen (BBC3)

In a year when Brie Larson won an Oscar for Room and The Missing’s Alice Webster saga had the nation hooked, Jodi Comer’s Ivy Moxam brought the story of life after captivity home for British teens and adults alike in BBC3’s first online drama offering. Writer Marnie Dickens penned an addictive five-episode arc, refusing to feature Ivy’s captor prominently – because his story wasn’t the one she wanted to tell. And oh what a story young Ivy had to share, with more than enough twists and turns to keep us coming back for more. Sarah Doran

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