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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: The Night Manager
March 30, 2016 | David FarnorSusanne Brier’s nail-biting adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller feels like it was written yesterday.Read More
UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 15 (East)
March 28, 2016 | Neil BrazierThis is a spoiler-free review – read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled analysis.
In some ways, Episode 15 of The Walking Dead is very much like the one that came before it. Slow, patient build until it signs … Read More
Amazon Prime Video TV review: Vikings Season 4, Episodes 4 and 5
March 27, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“Death intrigues me. Death of children. Death of friends. Yet my own death continues to elude me.”
Death is a huge part of all cultures around the world and one of the things that marks Michael … Read More
Netflix UK TV binge review: Daredevil Season 2 (Episodes 9, 10, 11)
March 26, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers – if you haven’t seen episodes one to four, read our spoiler-free review of Daredevil Season 2. If you have seen them, share your spoilery thoughts in the comments below.
As Daredevil moves into the last … Read More
UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 4 (White Knights)
March 26, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
After spending the first three episodes in 1975, the Legends of Tomorrow gang (hereafter known as the Legends) finally fire up the Waverider’s time-travel circuits and head to Soviet Russia in 1986, for the first instalment … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Travel Man, Exposed: Saudi Arabia, The Food Chain, Heston’s Dinners in Space
March 26, 2016 | David FarnorWhat’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 … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 13 (Sins of the Father)
March 26, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
Nicely teed up by last week’s cliff-hanger, Episode 13 of Arrow Season 4 is a relatively streamlined affair, in which Oliver wrestles with Nyssa’s ultimatum and Felicity works through some daddy issues. As the episode’s title … Read More
Walter Presents TV review: Blue Eyes / Blå ögon (Episodes 1 and 2)
March 25, 2016 | Helen ArcherThis a spoiler-free review. Come back after the episode’s broadcast for additional, spoilery notes – or read our interview with the show’s writer here.
Although it was made in 2014, Blue Eyes, the latest Nordic noir to hit our screens, … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 9 (A Little Song and Dance)
March 24, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
OK, who had “Busby Berkeley musical number” in the Agent Carter sweepstakes? However you expected the show would follow last week’s drastic cliffhanger, you probably wouldn’t … Read More
BBC Three TV review: Flat TV
March 24, 2016 | David FarnorThe words “flatshare” and “sitcom” may not fill you with excitement, but Flat TV, BBC Three’s latest new comedy series, defies your expectations (and its title) throughout: it doesn’t fall flat once.
The show follows Tom and Naz, two twenty-something … Read More