First look BBC Three TV review: This Country Season 2

BBC Three’s gently hilarious mockumentary returns for a promising second season.Read More

Short film review: Terminally Happy

Big themes and ambitious questions dissolve with precision in a poignant, thought-provoking sci-fi cocktail.Read More

Catch up TV review: Homeland, Electric Dreams, 24 Hours in Police Custody, Married at First Sight

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.

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UK TV review: Strike: The Silkworm

“Offer them a biscuit. That always makes people feel special.” That’s the kind of wisdom you can expect from Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke). Some detectives will give you musings on the wretched nature of humanity. Others will have a wry … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Victoria & Abdul

This is a handsome tall tale sweetly performed, but royally lacking in depth.Read More

VOD film review: Marshall

Chadwick Boseman is on hugely winning form as Thurgood Marshall in this likeable legal drama.Read More

VOD film review: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Playing out like a legal thriller, this documentary about the only scapegoat of the US banking crisis is compelling, eye-opening viewing.Read More

VOD film review: The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci’s hilariously bleak satire of the disarray of tyrannical rule is a chilling, scathingly relevant spectacle.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Seven Seconds

Regina King delivers a moving performance in Veena Sud’s uneven, but fiery and important drama.Read More

The 90s On Netflix: Shakespeare In Love (1998)

Loved not wisely, but too well – this Best Picture by any other name would still be as sweet.Read More