Inside No 9: Every episode ranked (from best to best)

Nothing says a good night in like a spooky horror story, and who better to inject chills directly into your spine than Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton? The pair are kings of creepy, a status that has been reinforced over … Read More

The best TV shows and box sets on BBC iPlayer (10th May 2021)

We review the best TV shows and films currently available on BBC iPlayer. (Click here to see our reviews of the best movies on BBC iPlayer.)

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Pick of the week: Inside No 9: … Read More

The Battle for Britney: Disappointing and dated

Britney Spears is big news right now, thanks in no small part to the flurry of documentaries examining the conservatorship she has been under for more than a decade. February saw the release of the New York Times’ Framing Britney … Read More

UK TV review: Starstruck

9

Rating

Rose Matafeo is on winning form in this charming, enjoyable and highly bingeable rom-com.Read More

BBC Four review: The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale is perhaps more famous for a stage direction involving a bear than its plot, but Shakespeare’s strange tragi-comedy is stylish and engaging in its own right in this production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Originally called off … Read More

Love & Mercy review: A warm, creative biopic of Brian Wilson

8

Rating

This warm, creative biopic of Beach Boys pioneer Brian Wilson hums with good vibrations.Read More

Beauty and the beast: Looking back at 1933’s King Kong

“It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Those are the iconic words that close out 1933’s King Kong – and not only gave us one of cinema’s most definitive fabled monster movie romances, but also ushered in … Read More

UK TV review: Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure

Is there anything in life quite as delightfully absurd as Eddie Izzard in full flow? The comedian has been the queen of surreal stand-up for years, and in more than one language. She peppers English, German French throughout Force … Read More

UK TV review: Bill Bailey: Limboland

9

Rating

Bill Bailey has rare been better than in this hilarious hour of impeccably tuned silliness.Read More

UK TV review: Fern Brady: Power and Chaos

8

Rating

This enjoyably cynical set is packed with acerbic energy.Read More