Lucy Sweet
Lucy Sweet
TV critic Lucy Sweet is a journalist, advertising copywriter, cartoonist and occasional singer. Her work has appeared in the Big Issue, GLAMOUR, The Guardian, The Pool and the Sunday Express, amongst many others. She is also the author of two novels, a book called WTF Knits and a very rude comic called Unskinny about large, loud women who don’t behave themselves.
Deborah Vance of Hacks is awful – so she's become my role model
Lucy Sweet

Deborah Vance of Hacks is awful – so she's become my role model

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love
Lucy Sweet

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?
Lucy Sweet

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?

Why the dystopian world of Severance is my unlikely comfort watch
TV

Why the dystopian world of Severance is my unlikely comfort watch

Why am I crying at a TV show about virgins?
TV

Why am I crying at a TV show about virgins?

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?
Lucy Sweet

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?

The family-unifying effect of University Challenge
Lucy Sweet

The family-unifying effect of University Challenge

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence
Lucy Sweet

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos
Lucy Sweet

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Lucy Sweet

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning

How 'winter madness' made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year
Lucy Sweet

How 'winter madness' made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here's 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025
TV's Claudia Winkleman
Lucy Sweet

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here's 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025