# The best TV series of 2020 according to the Sight & Sound poll

The top 15 of Sight & Sound's (BFI) critics' poll of the best TV of 2020, led by Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You.

- 482 votes · 15 items
- Feb 7, 2021 · Alberto P.
- https://even.best/en/l/1362/the-best-tv-series-of-2020-according-to-the-sight-sound-poll

## Top 15

1. **I May Destroy You** (62 · ▲68 ▼6) — No. 1. Michaela Coel writes and stars in a story of sexual assault (BBC/HBO).
2. **Normal People** (58 · ▲59 ▼1) — No. 2. Sally Rooney's novel, with Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
3. **The Queen's Gambit** (53 · ▲56 ▼3) — No. 3. Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess prodigy (Netflix).
4. **Des** (29 · ▲34 ▼5) — No. 7. David Tennant as killer Dennis Nilsen (ITV).
5. **Devs** (25 · ▲30 ▼5) — No. 4. Alex Garland and a mysterious tech company.
6. **I Hate Suzie** (25 · ▲28 ▼3) — No. 5. Billie Piper as an actress whose phone is hacked.
7. **Ozark** (21 · ▲25 ▼4) — No. 6. Season three (Netflix).
8. **The Plot Against America** (21 · ▲22 ▼1) — No. 8. Philip Roth's novel (HBO).
9. **Little Fires Everywhere** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — No. 13. Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.
10. **Quiz** (15 · ▲19 ▼4) — No. 9. The coughing scandal on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV).
11. **Unorthodox** (13 · ▲17 ▼4) — No. 10. A young woman flees a Hasidic community in Brooklyn (Netflix).
12. **Better Call Saul** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — No. 14. Season five.
13. **Lovecraft Country** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — No. 12. Horror and racism in the 1950s (HBO).
14. **Mrs. America** (10 · ▲15 ▼5) — No. 11. Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly.
15. **Adult Material** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — No. 15. A porn actress and mother (Channel 4).

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