Why you should be watching Stranger Things on Netflix UK

Season 5, Part 1 premieres on 26th November 2025. This review was originally published in July 2016 and is based on Season 1.

From its very opening, Stranger Things is less strange than it is familiar. Written and directed by … Read More

UK TV review: Preacher, Episode 7 (He Gone)

Warning: This review contains spoilers.

“Custers don’t cry. We fight.”

The title of Preacher Episode 7, He Gone, may refer to Jesse’s casting out of Eugene, but it just as simply fits the preacher himself. Cocooning himself in his own … Read More

Mr. Robot Season 1: The beautiful carnage of the unpredictable

With Mr. Robot Season 2 arriving this week, get booted up to speed with our look back at the end of Season 1. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of opening episodes, or stream the whole thing now on … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 13 (Dragonfly in Amber)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Right, this is it, folks. The Outlander Season 2 finale has arrived. And all the signs are there for an ambitious climax – after all, you don’t name an episode after the very book you’re adapting … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Brief Encounters, Life Stripped Bare, Son of a B****

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 … Read More

9 reasons you should be watching Happy Valley

Season 3 premieres on 1st January 2023.

Wherever you were in May 2014, it’s a cast-iron certainty that at some point you heard a variation on the phrase, “Oh my goodness, did you see Happy Valley last night?” The first … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 6 (Jeepers Creepers)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

This is it, Episode 6 of Scream Season 2 tells us. This is the moment when Noah confronts Audrey and the truth comes out. End season. Except, of course, there are still several episodes to go … Read More

Netflix UK binge-review: Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Finale (Episodes 11, 12 and 13)

Watch Season 4 of Orange Is the New Black along with us: leave your comments below for Episodes 11 to 13, all spoilers welcome. Not caught up with Season 4? Read our spoiler-free review of the first four episodes here … Read More

UK TV review: American Gothic (Episodes 1 and 2)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers

What is it with rich, white families and secrets? Every family has the odd skeleton in the closet, but if they’re wealthy and Caucasian, they’re almost guaranteed to be the subject of a TV show … Read More

UK TV review: Roadies (Episode 1 and 2)

There comes a time in every music lover’s life where an artist or band they once idolised, or at least reaped significant enjoyment from, starts to sag artistically to a degree you can no longer support. A lot of the … Read More