Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency hits Netflix this December

Netflix has announced that Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency will be released in the UK this December.

The adaptation of Douglas Adams’ comic novels is co-produced by the streaming giant and BBC America, with Netflix being the exclusive home for … Read More

The Wallandering Dead? Netflix brings in The Rain from Scandinavia

Nobody does TV thrillers quite like Sweden, Norway, Denmark and their other chillingly gripping brethren. So while the BBC has made itself the Saturday night home of subtitled shows, and Channel 4 has launched Walter Presents, a streaming service dedicated … Read More

Before the Flood available to watch online for free around the world

Climate change documentary Before the Flood will get an unprecedented global digital release this Sunday.

Directed by Oscar winner Fisher Stevens and produced and presented by actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, the film shows the … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (29th October)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s The Phantom of … Read More

BBC Three will break into prison this November

BBC Three will break into prison this November with a new documentary series.

The three-part show, produced by Antidote Productions, will see filmmaker Livvy Haydock take a look inside UK prisons. In the first film, she investigates the rise of … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (29th October 2016)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More

Serial killer? Shudder and The Paragon Collective team up for weekly horror podcast

Shudder and The Paragon Collective are teaming up for a weekly horror podcast just in time for Halloween, with RuPaul and Lee Pace on vocals.

AMC’s horror subscription streaming service launched in the UK last week, giving horror fans a … Read More

RIP Vine: Twitter shuts down video service

Twitter is shutting down its video service, Vine.

The social video site was created back in 2012, allowing users to upload six-second videos that loop, GIF-style. The company was snapped up by Twitter within a matter of months for a … Read More

What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in November 2016?

With Westworld, The Young Pope and The Walking Dead already filling up their viewing calendar every week, you’d think that Sky customers couldn’t ask for more this November, but more is what’s on the way, as DC’s Legends of Tomorrow … Read More

Vessel to close following Verizon acquisition

Verizon is closing its doors this Monday, following the acquisition of the site by Verizon.

The streaming service was launched last year as a subscription alternative to YouTube. Offering subscribers early access to videos from participating vloggers, and giving those … Read More