Posts By David Farnor
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 12, Episode 9 (Ascension of the Cybermen)
February 24, 2020 | David Farnor
Season 12 begins its bold, ambitious finale with a genuine sense of peril.Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Homeland S8, Secret Life of the Zoo S9, Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future, Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, Endeavour S9
February 23, 2020 | David Farnor
What’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
Dr. No: Looking back at the definitive Bond villain
February 20, 2020 | David Farnor
This low-key, efficient spy thriler sets the bar for all future Bond villains to come.Read More
Hunters: An audacious, entertaining thriller
February 19, 2020 | David Farnor
This unlikely tale of Nazi hunters is an audacious, bold, deceptively personal thriller.Read More
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 12 Episode 8 (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)
February 18, 2020 | David Farnor
“Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron.” Those are the ground rules for Doctor Who’s enjoyably creepy latest outing, The Haunting of Villa Diodati.
The episode manages to combine two of the stalwart genres of the Beeb’s long-running sci-fi … Read More
VOD film review: Mother (2009)
February 17, 2020 | David Farnor
This surprising murder mystery meditates on maternal love with a gripping unpredictability.Read More
First look UK TV review: Outlander Season 5
February 17, 2020 | David Farnor
Outlander goes back to its roots for a moving, richly drawn study of friendship and loyalty.Read More
Q&A: Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper talk This Country Season 3
February 17, 2020 | David Farnor
“I think we’re all pretty much like the characters,” says Charlie Cooper of This Country. BBC Three’s hit mockumentary sitcom, which returns for its third and final season tonight (read our review here), has always succeeded because of the way … Read More
Why you should be watching King Gary
February 16, 2020 | David Farnor
Tom Davis is hilarious in this brilliantly observed comedy that has laughs and warmth in abundance.Read More
Why you should watch Visible: Out on Television on Apple TV
February 16, 2020 | David Farnor
This superb documentary about the LGBTQ+ movement and TV is thoughtful, thoroughly researched and hugely entertaining.Read More
