Box Sets
Looking for your next binge? Box Set reviews will tell you whether a show’s worth watching, without spoiling the end for you – a handy guide to the best TV box sets on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, DVD and more.
Netflix UK TV review: The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
January 30, 2022 | David FarnorThis overlong send-up of modern murder mystery thrillers is as uneven as it is entertaining.Read More
First look UK TV review: The Responder
January 25, 2022 | David FarnorMartin Freeman is blisteringly intense in this searing state-of-the-nation police thriller.Read More
WandaVision: The TV show most in tune with the Covid-19 pandemic
January 23, 2022 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for WandaVision. Not seen it? Read our spoiler-free review here.
“It can’t all be sorrow, can it?” asks Vision (Paul Bettany), as he talks to Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) on the set of WandaVision. By this point, … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Killer Nanny: Did She Do It?
January 18, 2022 | Helen ArcherThis three-part examination of a heated case paints a vivid picture of the events and emotions involved.Read More
The best overlooked Netflix original TV shows you (probably) haven’t seen
January 16, 2022 | David FarnorThis month sees Netflix turn 10 years old in the UK. In the years since its first original show, House of Cards, proved a game-changing new arrival on our screens, the streamer has expanded and evolved its TV output, from … Read More
The best Netflix original TV shows to binge
January 16, 2022 | David FarnorThis month sees Netflix turn 10 years old in the UK. In the years since its first original show, House of Cards, proved a game-changing new arrival on our screens, the streamer has expanded and evolved its TV output, from … Read More
True Crime Tuesday: The Shrink Next Door
January 11, 2022 | Helen ArcherThis well-acted true crime comedy isn’t complex enough to get to the core of its central manipulative relationship.Read More
UK TV review: Four Lives
January 9, 2022 | David FarnorSheridan Smith and Stephen Merchant are excellent in this moving, chilling portrait of a flawed police investigation.Read More
UK TV review: Anne (2021)
January 9, 2022 | David FarnorMaxine Peake is excellent in this harrowing, heartfelt tale of one mother’s hunt for justice after the Hillsborough disaster.Read More
Why Mandy should be your next box set
January 9, 2022 | David FarnorDiane Morgan’s solo sitcom is a surreal, deadpan delight.Read More