Posts By David Farnor
BBC to become “Internet first” broadcaster
April 13, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC aims to be an “Internet first” broadcaster, its technology chief has said.
The broadcaster has come under an increasing number of pressures in recent years, from those who believe the licence fee should be scrapped, or from subscription … Read More
Spoiler Alert: Everyone Is Dead Now (a Game of Thrones song)
April 12, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: Spoilers.
With Game of Thrones Season 5 returning on Monday 13th April, the question on everyone’s lips is who’s going to get it next?
After the Red Wedding in Season 3 and the Purple Wedding in Season 4, we’re … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 8 (To the Gates!)
April 12, 2015 | David FarnorVikings found itself up the proverbial river last week, as it tried to introduce Paris and all its political tensions to us, while still dragging us back to England to follow the blood-thirsty Brits. The resulting mesh of villains we … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Dior and I
April 12, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Frédéric Tcheng Cast: Raf Simons Certificate: U Watch Dior and I online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / BFI Player / TalkTalk TV / Curzon Home Cinema / Google Play / iTunes/ Volta / Dogwoof … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 1 (spoiler-free)
April 12, 2015 | David FarnorGame of Thrones has, in the past two seasons, dealt out more trauma to audiences than most other TV shows combined. How, then, can Season 5 top what’s gone before? The answer, of course, is that it can’t, but the … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Outlander Episode 9
April 11, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: This contains minor spoilers.
If the first half of Outlander Season 1 was a celebration of a woman’s independent identity, it concluded with a bit of a dilemma: the rescuing of Claire from the clutches of Black Jack Randall. … Read More
Sky VOD TV review: Fortitude Episode 11 (finale)
April 11, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: If you haven’t watched the previous episodes of Fortitude, this will contain spoilers.
“A loving God could not have created something so wicked.”
That’s what Darwin apparently wrote about the wasps that, it turns out, have been the force … Read More
ITV review: Thunderbirds Are Go! (Episodes 1 to 3)
April 11, 2015 | David FarnorYou can tell a lot about a TV show from its title. Thunderbirds Are Go! – with the emphasis firmly on that exclamation mark – takes the Gerry Anderson puppets of old and puts them in motion. And then some. … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 7 (Paris)
April 8, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for anyone who has not seen Episodes 1 to 6 of Vikings Season 3. Read on at your peril.
So, Athelstan is dead – and with him goes one of Vikings’ most interesting characters. How … Read More
VOD film review: Black Sea
April 8, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn Certificate: 15 Watch Black Sea online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
Last year year, it … Read More