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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 6 (Glorious Horrors)
June 16, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 6? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
What a tangled web our Penny Dreadfulites lead, as they wake up the morning after the night before. Now that creator has slept with creature and hunter … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 10
June 15, 2015 | David FarnorThis review is spoiler-free. Already seen the Season 5 finale? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“I think we’re done here,” says Ramsay Bolton in the middle of Game of Thrones Season 5’s final episode.
It’s the … Read More
Channel 4 TV review: Humans Episode 1
June 14, 2015 | David FarnorThis contains mild spoilers.
“What if she isn’t pretty? Can we change her for another one?”
That’s the daughter of Laura (Katherine Parkinson), whose husband, Joe (Tom Goodman Hill), buys a new Synth to help around the house. They’re the … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (14th June 2015)
June 14, 2015 | David FarnorA wave of new dramas arrive on BBC iPlayer this week, as The Game finishes and another game begins. But the Beeb’s TV line-up remains as diverse as ever, with the debut of a new documentary series about Napoleon.
That … Read More
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 1
June 13, 2015 | Jo BromilowAnd so, like the lethal yet beautiful predator that he is, Hannibal has slunk back onto our TV screens. Or more precisely, building on the dramatic, yet measured, exit he made at the end of last season’s devastating finale, he … Read More
First look Netflix TV review: Orange Is the New Black Season 3
June 11, 2015 | David FarnorThis contains spoilers for Orange Is the New Black Season 1 and 2 and minor spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 3.
“Everything is different the second time around,” sings Orange Is the New Black’s theme tune, as … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 9
June 8, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 9? Read on at the bottom for some spoiler-filled analysis.
Last week, Game of Thrones brought us the shocking reminder that no matter how much politicians pussyfoot around, when death rises up from the ground and tries … Read More
Netflix TV binge review: Sense8 (Episodes 4, 5 6)
June 8, 2015 | Chris Bryant“Art is like religion – to the believers, it is everything.”
Netflix’s blurb suggests that Sense8’s protagonists, The Sensates, are people whose telepathic gifts are the one thing keeping them alive. However, Episodes 4, 5, & 6 suggest quite the … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (7th June 2015)
June 7, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC can sometimes provide a mixed bag of TV offerings. The recent premiere of Sun Trap, a purported comedy starring Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak, is a prime example: the sitcom sees Novak’s undercover investigator parade a range of … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Outlander Episode 16 (Season 1 finale)
June 7, 2015 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
And so we reach the end of Outlander Season 1, a show that has been uneven – mostly in a good way – in its attempts to bring Diana Gabaldon’s historical fantasy romance to the screen. … Read More