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From Taboo to Doctor Who: BBC teases bright new year with 2017 trailer
January 3, 2017 | David Farnor2017 is officially here and it can only be better than 2016, right? That will be the case, if the BBC has anything to do with it.
TV had a stonkingly good 12 months last year – you can see … Read More
Netflix snaps up UK rights to supernatural series Beyond
January 3, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix has snapped up the UK rights to supernatural series Beyond.
The show, which got the green light from ABC Family Worldwide last year, is created by Adam Nussdorf, whose previous credits include writing several episodes of TRON: Uprising and … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (1st January 2017)
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorHeard 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, following Mark’s highlighting … Read More
Walter Presents kicks off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorWalter Presents is kicking off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted.
All 4’s online channel, dedicated to foreign-language TV shows from around the world, Walter Presents launched in the UK in January 2016. Since then, the site has given us shows … Read More
Game of Thrones most pirated show of the year
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorGame of Thrones is once again the most pirated TV show of the year.
Figures from TorrentFreak show that HBO’s fantasy epic took the crown for the most torrented TV series on the web in 2016, the fifth year … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (1st January 2017)
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorNot 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
Top 16 TV shows of 2016
December 31, 2016 | David FarnorIt’s the end of 2016 – and it couldn’t come quickly enough. But while the last 12 months have been horrifying horrors piled on top of terrifying terrors, not to mention a dollop of traumatising traumas, there have been some … Read More
The 18 best episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
December 31, 2016 | David FarnorNow, this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute just sit right there. I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air.
Twitter launches live 360-degree videos
December 31, 2016 | David FarnorTwitter has stepped up its live-streaming game once more with the introduction of live 360-degree videos.
As of this week, you can now stream 360-degree videos live on the social network, allowing users to move their phone and swipe their … Read More
What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in January 2017?
December 30, 2016 | David FarnorAs the new year begins, it’s important to get your new TV box sets lined up – and Sky and NOW are on hand to help.
Fortitude Season 2 is January’s big premiere on Sky Atlantic, taking us back … Read More