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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
First look UK TV review: The Young Pope
October 26, 2016 | Anton Bitel
“Ever since I was little I’ve learnt to confound people’s ideas of what’s going on in my head”, confides Lenny Belardo (Jude Law) some way into the first episode of The Young Pope, before adding, “I’m also intransigent, irritable, vindictive … Read More
UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 1 (The Adventures Of Supergirl)
October 25, 2016 | David Farnor
Season 2 gets off to a flying start, as Supergirl returns tighter, more confident and as charming as ever.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 5 (Men Against Fire – spoilers)
October 25, 2016 | Chris Bryant
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Black Mirror’s fifth new episode, penned by Brooker himself, spends 10 to 15 minutes creating an interesting but not unfamiliar world in which technology takes … Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 1 (The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be)
October 24, 2016 | Neil Brazier
This is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for spoilers in full bloody detail.
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When Season 6 of The Walking Dead ended, all our heroes were on their knees, being teased with death by a barb-wire-wrapped baseball … Read More
UK TV review: Westworld, Episode 3
October 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.
What makes us human? That’s the question that a lot of sci-fi essentially boils down to. What, exactly, does a soul consist of? Snips … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 4 (San Junipero – spoilers)
October 24, 2016 | Nathanael Smith
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
One of the joys of watching Black Mirror is that you know, instinctively, that everything is not what it seems. It is a show that … Read More
Catch up TV review: Tutankhamun, Crazyhead, The Crystal Maze, HIM
October 23, 2016 | David Farnor
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.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
7 reasons you should be watching Supergirl
October 23, 2016 | David Farnor
Supergirl Season 2 flies onto UK TV on Monday 24th October and, while the show is still in its early days, it’s fast become one of the most entertaining super-series around. The programme’s second run airs on Sky 1 every … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 3 (Shut Up and Dance – spoilers)
October 23, 2016 | Ian Loring
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Considering the transatlantic vibe of Black Mirror Season 3 – Bryce Dallas Howard starring in one episode, Dan Trachtenberg and Wyatt Russell being involved in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 2 (Playtest – spoilers)
October 22, 2016 | Mark Harrison
Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.
Charlie Brooker has explained in the past that the titular Black Mirror is something you see everywhere – the “cold, shiny screen” of your phone … Read More
