TV
Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 5 (Time Heist)
September 20, 2014 | Simon KinnearIt is one of the more amusing ironies of Doctor Who, a series about time travel, that it can hardly ever succeed in making a decent story with ‘Time’ in the title. Check out the official Doctor Who Magazine poll … Read More
First look UK TV review: Tyrant (Episode 1)
September 18, 2014 | David FarnorAll the pieces seem in place for Tyrant to grow into a serious political drama, but that is mostly because Episode 1 spends the entire hour laboriously setting them up.
The show is the brainchild of Prisoners of War creator … Read More
TV review: The Strain Episode 1 (Night Zero)
September 17, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This contains very minor spoilers.
Vampires are young, sexy and cool. Everyone knows this. Everyone except Guillermo del Toro. Thank goodness, then, that he is the one behind The Strain, the latest fanged creation to swoop onto our screens. … Read More
TV review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 1 (Golden Days for Boys and Girls)
September 17, 2014 | Neil BrazierThe Boardwalk is back for its final season, a reduced eight-part run that proclaims “all empires must fall”. In this opening episode, all empires have left Atlantic City behind. Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) is in Havana with Sally Wheet (Patricia … Read More
Why you should catch up with Peaky Blinders
September 16, 2014 | Chris BryantFrom its very first season, this BBC gangster drama is an uncompromising, graceful success.Read More
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 4 (Listen)
September 13, 2014 | Simon KinnearOne day, we’re going to find out that Steven Moffat is actually a time traveller and has been writing his episodes of Doctor Who out of order. How else to explain an episode like Listen, whose crystalline perfection – tautly … Read More
UK VOD TV Review: The Leftovers Season 1, Episode 1
September 13, 2014 | Chris BlohmThis week marks the debut of a cracking new drama series called The Leftovers, a 10-part enigma with a metaphysical bent and a sci-fi twinge that rocks up to UK shores courtesy of Sky Atlantic. It’s a cryptic and generally … Read More
Netflix UK review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 1
September 12, 2014 | Chris BryantMomma, I killed a man. Sons of Anarchy’s trademark has never been tough guys or ultra-violence. Sure, it does both with style and meaning, but Kurt Sutter’s country ballad only becomes incomparable during its musical montages. Season 7’s first of … Read More
Amazon Prime Instant TV review: Arrow (Season 1)
September 9, 2014 | Matthew TurnerWith Arrow Season 1 available to watch online in the UK on Amazon Prime, we warm up for Season 3’s arrival in the UK by looking back at how The CW’s superhero series started.
“My name is Oliver Queen. For … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 10 (Thank You)
September 8, 2014 | Jo Bromilow(Warning: This review contains spoilers)
So that’s it. No more nights out in Fangtasia, no more occult sacrifices to stumble in on and no need to sleep with a stake by your bed. You’re down to your last bottle of … Read More