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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 1 (The Magician’s Apprentice)
September 20, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review of Episode 1. If you’ve already seen the episode, read on at the end for spoilers and geeky references for old Who fans.
Aside from Season 8’s two-part finale, Doctor Who has focused more on … Read More
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 5 and 6
September 19, 2015 | Josh Slater-WilliamsWarning: Show Me a Hero is based on actual events. If you don’t know what happened in real life, this review contains spoilers.
Although these episode reviews of Show Me a Hero have largely been on the positive side, a … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (14th September 2015)
September 14, 2015 | David FarnorAs autumn gets underway, the season of appointment TV begins once more in fresh earnest. The X Factor and Strictly join The Great British Bake Off in the TV industry’s efforts to create event television – the kind of thing … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: First Dates, Hunted, Gogglebox, The Nick
September 13, 2015 | 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 review: Secrets and Lies (Episode 1)
September 9, 2015 | David FarnorWhat has Ryan Phillippe been doing these past few years? Between Damages and The Lincoln Lawyer – and talks with Netflix to star in Marvel’s Iron Fist – the answer is ABC’s new thriller, Secrets and Lies.
He plays … Read More
Why you should be watching Line of Duty
September 9, 2015 | Helen ArcherJed Mercurio specialises in shades of grey. Now credited with being Britain’s answer to the American style showrunner – a bonafide, bankable televisual auteur – his dramas tend to feature flawed characters navigating large, uncaring bureaucracies, where they are tested … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (8th September 2015)
September 8, 2015 | David FarnorAs autumn gets underway, the season of appointment TV begins once more in fresh earnest. The X Factor and Strictly join The Great British Bake Off in the TV industry’s efforts to create event television – the kind of thing … Read More
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 4
September 7, 2015 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThis is a spoiler-free review of Episode 4. Come back after the UK broadcast for added spoilers.
If Alfred Molina’s performance as Spallone in Show Me a Hero to date has resembled, more than any other film or television performance, … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Educating Cardiff, Modern Life is Goodish, Life Stories, Sugar Rush
September 6, 2015 | 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
Netflix TV review: Narcos (Episodes 2 to 5)
September 5, 2015 | Chris BryantTony Montana famously said “if you want a war, you got a war”. Pablo Escobar actually fought one. Continuing its rich blend of truth and past-tense fear-mongering, Narcos Season 1 lives up to the standards the fellow Netflix Originals have … Read More