Ranked: The 25 best robots from Robot Wars

Robot Wars returns to UK TV screens tonight, 18 years after the show first began. Hosted by Jeremy Clarkson and Philippa Forrester, and later Craig Charles, the show pitted mechanical monsters against each other in the arena to see which … Read More

Costs Compared: NOW TV Combo vs Sky – which is right for you?

This week, NOW launched a brand new set-top box, one that allows users to pause and rewind live TV. But with it came something else a bit more revolutionary: the NOW Combo, the UK’s first contract-free TV, broadband and calls … Read More

9 reasons you should be watching Happy Valley

Season 3 premieres on 1st January 2023.

Wherever you were in May 2014, it’s a cast-iron certainty that at some point you heard a variation on the phrase, “Oh my goodness, did you see Happy Valley last night?” The first … Read More

15 TV shows to fill the Game of Thrones gap

There is no worse feeling in life than knowing there will not be a new episode of Game of Thrones this week. The season has finished. It’s gone. It’s over. There are 40 odd weeks until the next one.

What … Read More

Why you should be watching Gilmore Girls

Before the Gilmore Girls reunion airs, it’s time to acquaint – or reacquaint – yourself with the denizens of Stars Hollow. For the newbies, the programme follows single mother Lorelei (Lauren Graham), her brainy, high-achieving daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), and … Read More

NOW TV Kids Pass Explained: What is it and how do the changes affect you?

Earlier this year, we brought you the news that NOW would be launching a new Kids Membership in June. The Pass launched this week, but what does it mean for you? And how does it work?

What is a … Read More

10 years on: How YouTube’s Lonelygirl15 help invent the web series

Say the words “Lonelygirl15” to someone these days and you’ll likely be met with faint recognition. “Oh yeah, that YouTube hoax”, they might say. “How long ago was that?” The answer is 10 years ago.

16th June 2006. That was … Read More

The Living and the Dead: A horror show to savour

“Most of the time, there’s a ghost, you put it to bed and go home. How do you do it week after week?”

That’s Ashley Pharaoh, creator of The Living and the Dead, speaking at the premiere of BBC … Read More

Top 15 moments of Orange Is the New Black: Season 3

With Season 4 of OITNB on the way this month, we look back at our favourite bits from Season 3. Warning: Spoilers.

“Everything is different the second time around,” sings Orange Is the New Black’s theme tune. By the time … Read More

Sundance and chill: The changing relationship between film festivals and VOD

Earlier this year, Amazon and Netflix made headlines by becoming the top buyers at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. By the end of the festival, both companies had secured the rights to multiple titles, with Amazon paying … Read More