Ian Hyland

Ian Hyland is a writer, presenter and critic who has been covering TV and entertainment for over 20 years. He has written TV review columns for 4 national newspapers in the UK and was “actually, fairly satisfied” with the Game of Thrones finale.

Yahoo TV UK
'My Mum, Your Dad is utterly addictive stuff'
ITV's single-parent dating show has returned, with a new cast and a tweaked format, but the magic remains.
4d ago
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'Forced jollity aside, Strictly's launch show shrugged off controversy in style'
The BBC dancing competition is back and the early signs are good.
6d ago
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'The Grand Tour finale is the perfect ending for Clarkson, May, and Hammond'
The petrol head Top Gear trio bring their TV odyssey to an end in Prime Video's One For The Road.
9d ago
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'Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends is up there with the worst TV of the year'
ITV2 has served up another reality TV stinker in what was already a bad year for the genre.
19d ago
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'It's no wonder Celebrity Race Across the World is the number one TV show right now'
The BBC has hit upon a winning formula for the celebrity version of Race Across the World.
23d ago
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'After Naked Dating and Hot Mess Summer, Rylan needs a new agent'
To have one disastrous dating show on your TV hosting CV in a year could be considered unlucky. To have two could be considered a worrying trend.
a month ago
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'Celebrity Masterchef just showed Strictly Come Dancing how to do a lineup'
Yahoo TV critic Ian Hyland says Celebrity Masterchef booked a more appealing line-up than Strictly Come Dancing.
a month ago
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'This year's Strictly lineup is less who's who, and more who dropped out?'
This year's Strictly lineup is stacked with BBC safe faces, but where's the glitz and glamour?
a month ago
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'Romance and cringe is alive and well in Love Is Blind UK'
The UK version of Netflix's hit dating series has arrived with real life couple Matt and Emma Willis on hosting duties.
a month ago
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'It's wise of ITV to air Cooking With The Stars when no-one is watching'
ITV's answer to Celebrity Mastechef returns while the Paris Olympics hits its stride.
2 months ago
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'Those About To Die is clunky, bloodthirsty, but very watchable'
Anthony Hopkins stars in Prime Video's Roman swords and sandals epic from the master of disaster Roland Emmerich.
2 months ago
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'I have one warning about The Night Caller - don't watch the trailer first'
Robert Glenister is terrific in this new slow-burn Channel 5 drama that will keep you busy until the semi-finals of the Euros.
2 months ago
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'The best TV of 2024 so far, and why Baby Reindeer didn't make the list'
TV critic Ian Hyland has watched a lot of telly in 2024, and these are his favourite shows of the year so far.
3 months ago
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'ITV's Euro 2024 coverage is wiping the floor with the BBC'
As the Euros reach the knock-out stages, it's clear that ITV's coverage is leagues ahead of the BBC's.
3 months ago
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'House of the Dragon's latest shocker makes Game of Thrones look tame'
HBO's fantasy prequel returns to Sky with an early contender for 2024's most shocking TV moment.
3 months ago
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'The Piano succeeds where Britain's Got Talent fails'
The second season of Channel 4's musical reality show with Claudia Winkleman delivered real emotion, and true talents.
3 months ago
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'The wrong act won Britain's Got Talent'
Simon Cowell has lost sight of what made Britain's Got Talent a huge hit in the first place, plucky British no-hopers like Susan Boyle blowing everyone away.
4 months ago
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'Race Across the World is a rare reality show - it doesn't matter who wins'
As the BBC One travel competition comes to an end, it's clear that it's the taking part that counts in this brilliantly cast series.
4 months ago
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'20 years on, MasterChef remains a winning recipe thanks to its hosts'
As the BBC's cooking show crowns its 20th champion, we look at the tasty formula that keeps us coming back year after year.
4 months ago
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'Fortune Hotel is dangerously addictive just like The Traitors'
Stephen Mangan's new ITV game show has provoked comparisons to the BBC's hit Claudia Winkleman show, but is that a bad thing?
4 months ago