Amazon Prime UK TV review: Black Sails Season 3, Episode 1

“This crew has sacrificed a lot of blood to make your name what it is. It doesn’t belong to you.”

Black Sails is back and, after a barn-storming second season (they have barns at sea, right?), the pirate series is … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV review: Black Sails, Season 2

“What’s the target, Captain?”

The strength of Black Sails has always been its complexity. Rather than settle for being a Pirates of the Caribbean knock-off, it strives to plunder waters with more depth. And so, Season 1 gave us … Read More

UK TV review: Stan Lee’s Lucky Man (Episodes 1 and 2)

Marvel is everywhere these days, from big cinema blockbusters to even your Netflix subscription. Is it sheer financial clout? Unbeatable quality? Pure good luck? One of the reasons is certainly Stan Lee, the guy who has helped create decades’ worth … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 4, Episode 3 (Some Conscience Lost)

Read our interview with Matthew Macfadyen and Adam Rothenberg here.

Episode 3 of Ripper Street Season 4 airs on BBC Two at 10pm on 29th August. This is a spoiler-free review.

“Inspector Reid has taken leave of his senses. Not … Read More

Why you should be watching Amazon’s Mad Dogs

From Transparent to The Man in the High Castle, Amazon’s original series so far have demonstrated an almost uncanny appreciation for binge-viewing, with episodes flowing together more like a movie that happens to be split into parts than a TV … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Shadowhunters (Episode 2)

Already seen Episode 2? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

Now thoroughly entwined with the world of the Shadowhunters, Clary (Katherine McNamara) is determined to find her kidnapped mother. Coming along for the ride in Episode 2, ominously named … Read More

Walter Presents TV review: 10 (Episodes 1 to 5)

What is Walter Presents? Click here for everything you need to know about All 4’s new VOD service.

When it comes to foreign-language TV, everyone knows what to expect: crime dramas, with a couple of turns. 10 offers exactly that … Read More

The best films and TV shows on BBC iPlayer (18th January 2016)

Crash. Bang. Wallop. Oof. The BBC went into reverse last weekend with its new Saturday night TV show, The Getaway Car – a series that promised Total Wipeout meets Gogglebox but ended up closer to Driving School meets Alan Partridge, … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Jericho, Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge, Crashing

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

BBC iPlayer review: The Rack Pack

Snooker. It’s not the most exciting sport in the world – well, if you’re not a fan of watching people knocking tiny balls around a table with a stick. But ask Barry Hearn (Kevin Bishop) back in the 1980s and … Read More