TV
Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
First look UK TV review: The Muppets (2015 TV series)
October 19, 2015 | David FarnorThe Muppets misses that rainbow connection – but certainly finds your funny bone.Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 2 (JSS)
October 19, 2015 | Neil BrazierAlready seen Episode 2? Read on for spoilers.
Following on from the powerful season opening, JSS looks at what was happening inside the walls whilst Rick (Andrew Lincoln) was away. Yes, this episode doesn’t feature the grizzled leader or his … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Homeland Season 5, Episode 1
October 18, 2015 | David FarnorIt’s hard to image a more suitable title for Homeland’s Season 5 opener than “Separation Anxiety”. After Season 4’s surprising about-turn into good-again territory, drawing a line in the sand between now and the Brody-bogged days of Seasons 2 and … Read More
Catch-up TV reviews: The Returned S2, Unforgotten, TFI Friday, Wheelchair Rugby
October 18, 2015 | David FarnorWe catch up with some of the week’s TV available on Freeview VOD services.
TFI Friday – All 4
Dum dum daaaa do-do-do daaaa. (Ba-ba bum baa.) Those who still find themselves occasionally humming the theme tune for TFI … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 5 (The Girl Who Died)
October 18, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.
Last week’s slightly difficult episode aside, let us make no apologies for enjoying the hell out of Peter Capaldi’s second season as Doctor Who so … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)
October 16, 2015 | David FarnorIf you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More
The Returned Season 1 and the questions it left behind
October 15, 2015 | David FarnorAs The Returned returns for Season 2, we look back at the first season – and tell you what you need to know to catch up.
It feels like a long time since The Returned first chilled spines up and … Read More
UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 2, Episode 2
October 12, 2015 | David Farnor“It’s hard to tell if they’re part of your story, or you’re part of theirs,” Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) is told during the second episode of The Leftovers Season 2. That, in many ways, was the problem with Season 1: … Read More
Brand new and brilliantly unpredictable: Why you should catch up with Fargo Season 1
October 12, 2015 | Chris BryantWe look back at Season 1 of Fargo – and where you can watch it online.
Set in 2006, 10 years after the Coen Brothers’ film of the same name, Fargo incorporates a few of the major characters and feelings … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 1
October 12, 2015 | Neil BrazierThis is a spoiler-free review of Season 6, Episode 1 – read on at the bottom for spoilers.
New York City’s Madison Square Garden held a flagship premier event. Walker Stalker Con began in the United States (and is heading … Read More















