iPlayer Picks: BBC iPlayer Comedy Shorts review

Every week we pick out the best TV series and films on BBC iPlayer.

At the start of June, the BBC released a group of original comedy shorts that are exclusive to BBC iPlayer. The collection, cunningly titled iPlayer Original … Read More

VOD film review: The Damned United

Peter Morgan and Michael Sheen team up for another character-driven winner.Read More

VOD film review: Drag Me to Hell

Scary, funny, and absolutely terrifying, Drag me to Hell is a great modern horror.Read More

VOD film review: Frozen

The exciting, empowering tale of two sisters is a delightful, showstopping family musical.Read More

VOD film review: Saving Mr. Banks

This well-cast drama about the making of Mary Poppins is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.Read More

VOD film review: Queen of Versailles

This superb documentary skewers the fragile nature of consumerism and capitalism.Read More

A look back at Jonathan Creek – and what made it so magic

Photo: BBC/John Rogers

Amateur sleuths with unruly hair and distinctive jackets are nothing new for the BBC. Before there was Sherlock, a generation of viewers were already familiar with the solving of impossible crimes. Every week, Danse Macabre hailed the … Read More

VOD film review: Gravity

Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate survival thriller is a breathtakingly personal piece of sci-fi.Read More

VOD film review: A Fish Called Wanda

Kevin Kline is hysterical in this screwball farce that might be the funniest British movie ever made.Read More

VOD film review: Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are superb in this intense, riveting hijacking thriller.Read More