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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 8 and 9 (spoilers)
July 12, 2017 | Simon KinnearRadical and awe-inspiring, Twin Peaks’ return is making us re-assess the possibilities of television.Read More
UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 3, Episode 1 (The Book of Kevin)
July 9, 2017 | David FarnorAs its begins it confident final season, The Leftovers remains one of the best, and most audacious, shows on television.Read More
Catch up TV review: The Windsors, Britain’s Great Gay Buildings, Dunkirk: The New Evidence
July 9, 2017 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Shooter Season 1
July 9, 2017 | David FarnorWith Shooter Season 2 premiering on 19th July, is it worth catching up on Season 1? We put the Ryan Philippe thriller in our sights.
A TV show about guns in the current climate might seem like a terrible idea … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Castlevania Season 1
July 8, 2017 | Ned NewberryKoji Igarashi’s beloved videogames gets the adaptation it deserves in this intelligent, lovingly produced series.Read More
UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 3 (Damsels)
July 4, 2017 | Chris BryantThe weirdest, most involving, most quotable search for God ever.Read More
Catch up TV review: Vlogglebox, Outlander, The Autistic Gardener
July 2, 2017 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 12 (The Doctor Falls)
July 1, 2017 | Mark HarrisonThe Twelfth Doctor’s darkest hour is also his finest in a devastatingly fantastic finale.Read More
Why you should be watching Asian Provocateur on Netflix
July 1, 2017 | David FarnorRomesh Ranganathan is the latest to tackle the now-prolific genre of Comedian Travels Abroad. We all know what to expect from such shows, from awkward encounters and amusing outsider-gets-cultural-detail-incorrect slips, not to mention their awe at the exotic world around … Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Gypsy
June 30, 2017 | Mike WilliamsConvoluted stories of equally complex characters don’t always work. It’s even more of a challenge when you’re trying to woo the Netflix crowd, coaxing them to persist with a 10-hour mini-series. The beginning of Gypsy, a psychosexual drama starring Naomi … Read More