Squid Game

Netflix’s games were once its best-kept secret – where did it all go wrong?

Its investment in indie darlings and big-name talent suggested the streamer wanted big stakes in the gaming industry, but layoffs, lousy ties-in and leadership changes suggest that is changing

Keza MacDonald

26, Feb, 2025 @3:00 PM

Squid Game: Unleashed review – a masterclass in missing the point

The signature games of the TV show, such as Red Light, Green Light, are among the 40+ here, but they’re neither exciting nor competitive

Keza MacDonald

17, Jan, 2025 @8:00 AM

‘I didn’t sleep for days’: readers on the TV shows that went way too far

From fish and chip shop-induced trauma to programmes packed with relentless death and gore, here are the television moments that had you reaching for the remote

Guardian readers

16, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

The Guide #171: Our readers on their pick of 2024’s best films, music, TV shows and podcasts

From sci-fi epics to investigate deep-dives, the Guide readers have their say on the year’s finest culture

Gwilym Mumford

27, Dec, 2024 @3:00 PM

Squid Game season two review – TV that will make you uncomfortably bloodthirsty indeed

When we get into the actual games, the smash-hit K-drama finds its feet. But it spends far too many episodes dragging its heels extremely painfully. Series three must do better

Rebecca Nicholson

26, Dec, 2024 @5:00 AM

Squid Game is back and dialling up the gore: ‘There is more blood this time, I promise’

Korean hellfest Squid Game arrived in 2021, and swiftly became Netflix’s biggest ever show. Now comes season two, darker and funnier than before. Its creator and star talk dental disasters – and what it’s like to be a Jedi

Michael Hogan

20, Dec, 2024 @1:00 PM

Rivals to Slow Horses: the must-see TV for autumn 2024

A Jilly Cooper bonkbuster! The successor to Succession! More Gavin and Stacey! Television is going to be incredible this autumn. Here’s a guide to all the unmissable viewing

Alexi Duggins, Kate Abbott and Stuart Heritage

24, Aug, 2024 @10:00 AM

BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?

From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS alone rakes in billions every year. Are there lessons for other countries?

Justin McCurry

06, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

‘I was in tears, angry, emotional’: do reality TV shows use sleep deprivation to trigger meltdowns and showdowns?

Exhaustion, vomiting, brains ‘turning to mush’ … from Love Island to The Apprentice to Squid Game: The Challenge, former contestants reveal how their big TV breaks became waking nightmares

Amelia Tait

11, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

‘Watch through your fingers’ – Squid Game: The Challenge is the guiltiest TV pleasure of all time

Impossible to resist and with a revelatory cast, this is the absolute apex of brutal, addictive competition shows. Even if, ultimately, the joke is on us

Phil Harrison

07, Dec, 2023 @3:50 PM

Why Squid Game the gameshow has trapped me with its tentacles – I can’t tear myself away | Emma Brockes

The casting is pitch-perfect, the demands on contestants are formidable and there’s an unbelievable amount of prize money on offer. What’s not to love?, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Emma Brockes

07, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM