What it’s like being on The Crystal Maze

Tonight, for the first time in 21 years, a brand new episode of The Crystal Maze will be broadcast on UK television. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long since the show was original on Channel 4, but … Read More

Why you should be watching Ripper Street

Ripper Street returns this week for a fifth and final season. This last run, which will be released all-at-once, picks up directly where the Season 4 cliffhanger left off – and follows its aftermath for six episodes, as our leads … Read More

Raindance 2016: VR Arcade is a real glimpse of the future

Virtual reality. It’s a thing. And, with the release of HTC Vive VR and PlayStation VR in the UK, it’s an increasingly affordable thing. But is it the future of entertainment?

Facebook, Google, Sony and more definitely seem to think … Read More

10 things we’ve learned from Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Season 7 premieres on 10th April 2025.

With the return of Black Mirror to our screens, Charlie Brooker’s Twilight Zone for the Twitter age has tackled everything from political engagement to relationships and all the pixels in between with a … Read More

Ranked: Pablo Escobar’s jumpers from Narcos

There are a lot of good things about Netflix’s Narcos. The intimidating presence of Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar. The violence. The music. The deliberate use of Murphy’s voiceover to draw you back for one more episode. But the best … Read More

Autumn 2016 TV preview: UK air dates and where to watch online

Autumn means one thing. Ok, it means many things. Red leaves. School. Chilly winds. Rainy nights. Halloween. But the most important thing? Television. This month marks the point at which all the good TV shows return – or, in some … Read More

London Film Festival 2016: Top 30 things to see

The London Film Festival returns to – you guessed it – London this October and streaming services are all over Leicester Square and beyond.

Netflix is previewing new episodes of Black Mirror, Werner Herzog is beaming his new film live … Read More

Raindance 2016: Top 25 things to see

The 2016 Raindance Film Festival kicks off one week today. With 108 feature films, 85 shorts and a whole heap of web series from around the world, Europea’s largest independent film festival is also one of the most surprising events … Read More

Westworld: A look back at the Michael Crichton movie

In 1973, Michael Crichton created Westworld, a sci-fi movie about a robotic theme park gone wrong. Now, with the HBO TV series based on the movie on our screens, here’s the low-down on Crichton’s original 1973 film:

So what’s Westworld … Read More

Top 11 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series

With Star Trek: Discovery almost here, we continue our #BackTrek countdown through the best bits of the sci-fi series to date.

As of this week, Star Trek is now 50 years old. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the sci-fi series about … Read More