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

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