TV
Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 9 (Love Is to Die)
September 2, 2014 | Jo BromilowWhile True Blood fans in the US are already bidding a sad farewell to their favourite vamps, we’ve still got precious minutes left with our well-chiseled cast. And far from going out with a bang, it looks like our cast … Read More
Amazon TV pilot reviews: Red Oaks, Hand of God, The Cosmopolitans, Really, Hysteria
August 31, 2014 | David FarnorAmazon’s new batch of TV pilots have arrived online for all to stream – and it contains one gem, one stinker, and three others with varying potential.
The third season of pilots for Amazon Original shows sees the company continue … Read More
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 2 (Into the Dalek)
August 31, 2014 | Simon KinnearWhen a new Doctor arrives, there’s always a period of waiting. Waiting for the statement of intent, waiting for the first story to define the parameters and the potential of the show’s near-future. The earlier the better, of course, otherwise … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 1 (Deep Breath)
August 25, 2014 | Simon KinnearWarning: This contains mild spoilers
It’s the perfect title, of course. Every X number of years, Doctor Who fans gather, breath held, to find out if the new guy is going to match up to the standards set by previous … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 8 (Almost Home)
August 25, 2014 | Jo BromilowIt’s getting harder to know what to make of this final season, what conclusion to eventually draw, as the various threads get tied up. What started out as a decent scale conflict between our protagonists and the Hep V vampires … Read More
Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Under the Dome Season 1
August 19, 2014 | David FarnorAmazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Under the Dome Season 1
As Under the Dome returns to Channel 5 for a second season, we look back at the first on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Is it worth catching up on … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 7 (May Be The Last Time)
August 18, 2014 | Jo BromilowThis final season of True Blood may have a much shorter episode run, but is fast becoming more complex as we head towards the show’s conclusion.
As opposed to previous seasons, which take in events that reach far outside … Read More
First look Netflix review: BoJack Horseman Season 1
August 18, 2014 | Philip W BaylesConsidering Netflix is trying to become a pioneer of what on-demand television can become, it’s a little ironic that BoJack Horseman feels so clichéd, at least on paper.
The eponymous equine (Will Arnett), once a sitcom star of the … Read More
UK TV review: Utopia Season 2
August 14, 2014 | David FarnorThis contains spoilers for Season 1 of Utopia and mild spoilers for Season 2. Not caught up? See our spoiler-free review here.
“If you really wanted to save the environment, you wouldn’t have had that child,” grins a sinister fellow … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 6 (Karma)
August 11, 2014 | Jo BromilowThe race against time goes rattling on in Episode 6 of True Blood Season 7, as a new twist in the tale of our Bon Temps heroes reveals that, among many other things, Jesus has a funny sense of humour.















