Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (23rd August 2015)

On Sunday 23rd August, the BBC begins the start of an ambitious project with CBS: a live string of three broadcasts from Monterey Bay in California. Filming from the sea, the air and from an aquarium studio, the hope is … Read More

UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 7

Already seen Episode 7? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

All seems lost for Agent Carter this week. She is under arrest and her fellow agents present her with a wall of evidence of her secret doings since the … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Very British Problems, Flockstars, Katie Price: In Therapy

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.  

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UK VOD TV review: The Flash, Season 1, Episode 19

Pointedly titled Who is Harrison Wells?, the 19th hour of The Flash poses a question to which the audience has already known the answer to for quite some time. That knowledge has made many episodes more interesting to watch, but … Read More

UK TV review: The Spoils Before Dying

Like Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace? Love jazz? Then you should try The Spoils Before Dying, the hot new jazz noir detective show nobody’s talking about.

Why is nobody talking about it? That’s partly because the show is broadcast at 10.30pm on … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Hit Record on TV

“Ladies and gentlemen, please turn on all recording devices,” announces a polite voice at the start of each episode of HitRecord on TV – a playful instruction that neatly sums up the subversive, all-inclusive philosophy that governs Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 10

Already seen Episode 10? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

When a character calling himself “The Great Red Dragon” appears on the scene to bump the Wendigo off the top spot in Monster of the Week polls, there’s definitely … Read More

UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 1

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For those well acquainted with past HBO series or miniseries (co-)written or (co-)produced by David Simon, the opening scene of his newest project, Show Me a Hero, may throw you off guard … Read More

UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 6

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Back on home turf after last week’s sojourn to Belarus, A Sin To Err gets the endgame of Agent Carter Season 1 back on track in a big, bad way. The story … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (16th August 2015)

With BBC iPlayer enjoying a record month a traffic in July – a time when its collection was at its most diverse and impressive – the catch-up service continues its crowd-pleasing run by bringing back the third season of Sherlock … Read More