From Shark School to SexyTadhg and Dove Ellis to Hotgirl, here’s who’s tipped to take over in the year ahead

David Bowie died on January 10th, 2016. He still has a message for the modern world in a way that, frozen in time, John Lennon or Elvis Presley simply doesn’t

Television: With three gimmicks in the latest UK series, the makers seem terrified of the blueprint going stale

If ever a landfill-indie group deserved a shoegaze-style rehabilitation, it’s Ryan, Gary and Ross Jarman

Television: British comedy doesn’t always land with Irish viewers, but French and Mark Heap are great in this understated chortle onslaught

Television: The class distinctions will quickly bore Irish viewers, but the mystery is at least compelling

Television: Celebrity dancers have much to improve on, but this new season will clearly be entertaining

Television: The real destructive force at the end of this fifth and final season was the pain of growing up

Think of the movies Atlas or the deafeningly forgettable Red Notice

Television: Suave sleuth Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) emanates movie star glamour, but the world he inhabits is notably murkier than before

Television: Patrick Kielty exudes positivity in the face of impossible odds and vapid banter

Including Industry, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Tip Toe, Lord of the Flies and Grown Ups

The latest chapter in the Ballymena man’s hugely successful career is perhaps his starriest yet – all thanks to the murderously moreish whodunits of Harlan Coben

Game quality remained high in a year in which 1990s nostalgia played a big role

You have to credit McIlroy for possessing something all too rare in professional sport: a moral compass