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
UK TV review: Toast of Tinseltown
January 9, 2022 | David FarnorMatt Berry makes a gloriously silly return in this hilarious Hollywood outing for Steven Toast.Read More