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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 5 and 6
September 19, 2015 | Josh Slater-Williams
Warning: Show Me a Hero is based on actual events. If you don’t know what happened in real life, this review contains spoilers.
Although these episode reviews of Show Me a Hero have largely been on the positive side, a … Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (14th September 2015)
September 14, 2015 | David Farnor
As autumn gets underway, the season of appointment TV begins once more in fresh earnest. The X Factor and Strictly join The Great British Bake Off in the TV industry’s efforts to create event television – the kind of thing … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: First Dates, Hunted, Gogglebox, The Nick
September 13, 2015 | David Farnor
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.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More
UK TV review: Secrets and Lies (Episode 1)
September 9, 2015 | David Farnor
What has Ryan Phillippe been doing these past few years? Between Damages and The Lincoln Lawyer – and talks with Netflix to star in Marvel’s Iron Fist – the answer is ABC’s new thriller, Secrets and Lies.
He plays … Read More
Why you should be watching Line of Duty
September 9, 2015 | Helen Archer
Jed Mercurio’s outstanding, ambiguous TV drama immerses us in the murky world of bent coppers.Read More
Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (8th September 2015)
September 8, 2015 | David Farnor
As autumn gets underway, the season of appointment TV begins once more in fresh earnest. The X Factor and Strictly join The Great British Bake Off in the TV industry’s efforts to create event television – the kind of thing … Read More
UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 4
September 7, 2015 | Josh Slater-Williams
This is a spoiler-free review of Episode 4. Come back after the UK broadcast for added spoilers.
If Alfred Molina’s performance as Spallone in Show Me a Hero to date has resembled, more than any other film or television performance, … Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Educating Cardiff, Modern Life is Goodish, Life Stories, Sugar Rush
September 6, 2015 | David Farnor
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.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More
Netflix TV review: Narcos (Episodes 2 to 5)
September 5, 2015 | Chris Bryant
Tony Montana famously said “if you want a war, you got a war”. Pablo Escobar actually fought one. Continuing its rich blend of truth and past-tense fear-mongering, Narcos Season 1 lives up to the standards the fellow Netflix Originals have … Read More
First look Amazon TV review: Hand of God (Episode 1 and 2)
September 3, 2015 | David Farnor
As the old saying goes, when a TV show starts with a naked Ron Perlman chanting in a fountain, you know you’re in for a good time. It’s a bold opening for Amazon’s new series, Hand of God, the kind … Read More
