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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 12
September 1, 2015 | Jo BromilowAlready seen Episode 12? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
Things continue to get more grim for our heroes, as they pit themselves directly against the Dragon and his arsenal of delusions. Before the Dragon gets another opportunity to … Read More
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 3
August 31, 2015 | Josh Slater-WilliamsAlready seen Episode 3? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
This week’s Show Me a Hero opens with a moment of levity before heading back into the brawl, as a montage shows Nick’s repeated failure to get fellow Democrat … Read More
UK TV review: Fear the Walking Dead, Episode 1 (spoiler-free)
August 30, 2015 | David FarnorAMC’s spin-off series feels surprisingly unique without losing the franchise’s familiar element of fear.Read More
UK VOD TV review: Agent Carter, Season 1, Episode 8
August 30, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 8? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
The stakes are suitably high at the start of Valediction, the Season 1 finale of Agent Carter. Following on from last week’s massacre at the cinema, the SSR has … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (30th August 2015)
August 30, 2015 | David FarnorFamiliar faces from long ago resurface on BBC iPlayer this week – and we don’t just mean Goodness Gracious Me.
Anne Robinson’s return to presenting brings us Britain’s Spending Secrets, an excuse for the Weakest Link host (whose credentials as … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: The Trials of Jimmy Rose, School Swap, Muslim Drag Queens
August 29, 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
First look Netflix UK TV review: Narcos
August 28, 2015 | Chris Bryant“Magic realism is defined as what happens when a highly detailed realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe. There is a reason magic realism was born in Colombia.”
Narcos follows the 80s cocaine boom from the very … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Season 2, Episode 1
August 26, 2015 | David Farnor“You’re a doctor. Find a cure,” demands Eph’s son in the opening episode of The Strain Season 2, but not before uttering a well-chosen swear word. If you can’t imagine the ickle Zach of Season 1 cursing at his pa, … Read More
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 11
August 25, 2015 | Jo BromilowAlready seen Episode 11? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
As the light dims on this series (we’ve only got till lucky number 13), every episode begins to grow dimmer, shot through with darkness. Episode 11 is both physically … Read More
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 2
August 24, 2015 | Josh Slater-WilliamsAlready seen Episode 2? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
If parts of Show Me a Hero’s opener perhaps felt a little too calculated, Episode 2 feels much looser and chaotic, as the proverbial excrement hits the fan for … Read More