The Wire

British tennis icon Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Wilderness) made headlines with a scandalous divorce from Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland, Fifteen-Love). Now, the two have decided to keep the rumour mill turning by spending a summer together at the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston, The Addams Family). To make things even messier, Nevile’s new wife, Kay Elliott (Mimi Keene, Sex Education) is also there.

Pandora’s Box is like a greatest hits album. It is Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol 87, but for tele­vision and covering more than three decades, rather than focusing on a single annus mirabilis. We know the lyrics, love the melodies and can sing along to the rousing choruses.

A finale, then, is a touchy affair, as the emotional stability of a show’s entire fandom rests in the palms of the showrunners’ hands. And if you think I’m exaggerating, just ask a Game of Thrones fan what they thought of The Iron Throne.

That was an extreme case but it did prove the power of a finale to tarnish a show’s legacy (although House of the Dragon is so far doing some good damage limitation). Here, however, we take a look at the ones who secured theirs.

Needless to say, the SPOILERS abound.