Radio Times Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: 10 to 1

2. Line of Duty (BBC2)

Season three of Jed Mercurio’s drama about corrupt cops pivoted slightly: instead of not knowing if Keeley Hawes was guilty, this year we knew from the outset that Craig Parkinson was. That added to the tension as we willed his colleagues to see the snake in their midst. Some supremely ambitious storytelling climaxed in the breathless final episode with not one but two of the show’s trademark outrageously long interview scenes, followed by a galloping action sequence that was like steam exploding out of a pressure cooker. Incredible. Jack Seale