BBC iPlayer
VOD film review: A Bigger Splash
June 28, 2016 | David Farnor
A steamy thriller driven by four superb performances, A Bigger Splash is cinema to soak up and savour.Read More
UK TV review: Detectorists
June 1, 2016 | David Farnor
Dig past the tranquil surface of this gentle comedy and there’s real treasure here. Read More
Review: Top Gear – and why it could learn a thing or two from BBC Three’s Extra Gear
May 29, 2016 | David Farnor
Top Gear without Clarkson, Hammond and May? The BBC reboot was always damned if it did and damned if it didn’t. And, sure enough, the first episode aired with Twitter in full backlash mode. Some were angry it was too … Read More
Why W1A should be your next box set
May 8, 2016 | David Farnor
“That’s all good, then,” says Ian Fletcher, Head of Values at the BBC after another unproductive group discussion. For anyone who watched mockumentary Twenty Twelve – or saw Season 1 of this Beeb-themed follow-up – Ian Fletcher’s (Hugh Bonneville) defeated … Read More
Shakespeare Day Live: The full BBC iPlayer line-up
April 19, 2016 | David Farnor
Saturday 23rd April marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – and BBC iPlayer is celebrating in style.
Shakespeare Day Live will take place across the whole of Saturday, with a host of events streaming live on a dedicated pop-up … Read More
BBC Three box set review: In the Flesh (Season 1)
April 9, 2016 | David Farnor
“You get bitten. You come back. We’ve seen it in the films. That’s how it works.”
That’s one of the residents in Roarton, Lancashire, a town where the dead have started coming back to life. Zombies? In a TV show? … Read More
UK TV review: The Night Manager
March 30, 2016 | David Farnor
Susanne Brier’s nail-biting adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller feels like it was written yesterday.Read More
BBC Three TV review: Flat TV
March 24, 2016 | David Farnor
The words “flatshare” and “sitcom” may not fill you with excitement, but Flat TV, BBC Three’s latest new comedy series, defies your expectations (and its title) throughout: it doesn’t fall flat once.
The show follows Tom and Naz, two twenty-something … Read More
The best films and TV shows on BBC iPlayer (20th March 2016)
March 20, 2016 | David Farnor
We review the best TV shows and films currently available on BBC iPlayer. (Click here to skip to our reviews of the best movies on BBC iPlayer.)
Sport Relief
Catching up with a whole night of live TV fundraising … Read More
The best films and TV shows on BBC iPlayer (13th March 2016)
March 13, 2016 | David Farnor
We review the best TV shows and films currently available on BBC iPlayer. (Click here to skip to our reviews of the best movies on BBC iPlayer.)
Trapped
“It seems more than likely that someone was murdered and dismembered … Read More
