Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 5 (The Girl Who Died)

This 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)

If 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

As 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

“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

We 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

This 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

UK VOD TV review: This Is England ’90 (Episodes 3 and 4)

Episodes 3 and 4 of This Is England ’90, suitably titled Autumn and Winter, do exactly what many viewers expected. Where Spring and Summer displayed the boisterous bond the group feels, even when apart, the final two episodes do what … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Homeland Season 4

Before Season 5 begins on Channel 4 on Sunday 11th October, we catch up with Homeland Season 4 – and where to watch it online.

Is there a TV show more unevenly brilliant than Homeland? Season 4 of the show … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 4 (Before the Flood)

This is a spoiler-free review. Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.

Before The Flood has a cold open sequence that is utterly unique in the history of Doctor Who. Never, in 52 years of adventures on … Read More

First look Amazon Prime TV review: Red Oaks Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 5)

It’s not often that a TV show feels fully-formed in its first episode. A typical series takes a few weeks to reveal its characters, to find its voice. Red Oaks is not one of them.

Amazon’s latest original show is … Read More