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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire: Season 3, Episode 5
September 22, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“You keep me grounded,” Cameron tells Donna in Episode 5 of Halt and Catch Fire, Yerba Buena. Three seasons in, we know that Cameron has always needed Donna’s influence to ground her, but this is the … Read More
Catch up TV review: Unspun, The Last Leg, First Day at Big School
September 18, 2016 | 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: The Night Of
September 18, 2016 | David Farnor“If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” That’s a lawyer speaking at the trial of Nasir Khan (Riz Ahmed), a young Pakistani-American, in HBO’s The Night Of. Invited to a party in downtown Manhattan, he borrows his dad’s taxi … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2 (Episodes 8, 9, 10)
September 17, 2016 | Chris BryantA juggernaut of a story told in a stylish, tough, and human way.Read More
UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 10
September 14, 2016 | David FarnorThis review contains spoilers. Not caught up with Mr. Robot Season 2 yet? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 and 2.
Mr. Robot’s second season has got to the point where we’d be better off listing a series of … Read More
UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3, Episode 4
September 13, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
Nothing has the whiff of sweet pleasure and bitter aroma of disappointment like a microwaved cheese Danish. We know it. Gordon knows it. And yet he still finds himself nauseous, dizzying and twitching, nuking one in … Read More
Why One Mississippi should be your next box set
September 12, 2016 | David FarnorTig Notaro’s poignant autobiographical comedy is beautifully honest and hugely moving.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2 (Episode 5, 6, 7)
September 12, 2016 | Chris BryantThe life of Pablo becomes the legacy of Pablo in the next three episodes of Netflix’s immersive bilingual drama. As the authorities let Pablo slip away again, his enemies take matters into their own hands in the hunt for the … Read More
Catch up TV review: Cold Feet, Go 8 Bit, Paralympics
September 11, 2016 | 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: The People v. O.J. Simpson (American Crime Story)
September 11, 2016 | Helen ArcherWho knew what to expect when it was first announced that Ryan Murphy, best known for his trashy yet wildly entertaining programmes, Nip/Tuck, Glee, and American Horror Story, was going to produce a show based on the 1995 trial of … Read More