Sky VOD TV review: Fortitude Episode 11 (finale)

Warning: If you haven’t watched the previous episodes of Fortitude, this will contain spoilers.

“A loving God could not have created something so wicked.”

That’s what Darwin apparently wrote about the wasps that, it turns out, have been the force … Read More

ITV review: Thunderbirds Are Go! (Episodes 1 to 3)

You can tell a lot about a TV show from its title. Thunderbirds Are Go! – with the emphasis firmly on that exclamation mark – takes the Gerry Anderson puppets of old and puts them in motion. And then some. … Read More

UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 18 (Public Enemy)

You have to hand it to Arrow. Once again, they have pulled off an episode that could easily have been the season finale – except, once again, it isn’t, and they still have five episodes left to go. All of … Read More

Daredevil Season 1: A great crime drama in its own right

Both a great crime drama in its own right and a welcome addition to the Marvel universe.Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7, Episode 8 (Severance)

The final half of the final season of Mad Men opens with a girl looking directly down the camera, identical to Freddy Rumsen’s introduction to Season 7 Part 1 – “It’s about time” – except now, it’s not so much … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 7 (Paris)

Warning: This contains spoilers for anyone who has not seen Episodes 1 to 6 of Vikings Season 3. Read on at your peril.

So, Athelstan is dead – and with him goes one of Vikings’ most interesting characters. How … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul finale (Episode 10 – Marco)

“I was hired to a job. I did it. And that’s as far as it goes.”

That’s Mike (Jonathan Banks) to Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) in the Better Call Saul finale, as they reminisce in the car park about the Kettlemans’ … Read More

UK TV review: Residue (Season 1)

A promising piece of indie sci-fi with the binge-watching hook of a show with 10 times its budget.Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (Easter Bank Holiday 2015)

It’s the Easter Bank Holiday, which means you’re either outside, enjoying the sun, or indoors, frantically catching up on housework and in need of a TV break. Either way, there’s a whole host of stuff you’ve probably missed on the … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV binge review: Outlander Episode 2-8

“I’ll thank you to take your hands off my wife!”

How far we’ve come in the first half of Outlander Season 1 from the opening episode – all the way to 1743, to be exact. The show, based on Diana … Read More