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
14. Cold Feet (ITV)
TV reboots aren’t meant to work, are they? They’re shameless cash-ins that baffle newcomers and annoy fans. But Mike Bullen’s resurrection of Cold Feet after 13 years away was something different. It was a classy and thoughtful return that not only stood comparison with the original – it might (whisper it) have even been better. The Cold Feet five (minus poor Rachel) had matured in ways that seemed plausible – this was drama imbued with a vital sense that these characters had grown older, if not always wiser. And Bullen wasn’t afraid to tackle hard subjects like Pete’s depression alongside Cold Feet staples like the Tina/Adam will-they-won’t-they saga. Ben Dowell
