Why Britain believes in Rev

Last month, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that he believed “we should be more confident about our status as a Christian country”. The comments, written in The Church Times ahead of Easter Sunday, prompted 50 notable public figures to … Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3 (Field Trip)

Episode 3 opens in Mad Men’s most relaxed position: Don smoking in a cinema. He sees the cars pull away and the couples that adorn the screen, as they hold hands and fall in love – a contrast to what … Read More

VOD TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 17 (Turn, Turn, Turn)

To coincide with the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the agents have to deal with the ramifications of what is happening inside their own agency – and you can be sure there’ll be treachery afoot!

After seeing the … Read More

TV review: Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 4 (Oathkeeper) – spoilers

Warning: This review contains spoilers.

If you speak to anyone who watched Episode 4 of Game of Thrones Season 4, they will mention one of two things. Which of these is mentioned first will depend on whether they have read … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

“Some roads you shouldn’t go down. Maps used to say ‘There be dragons’…”

It’s safe to say that when the words “Fargo” and “TV show” were uttered, everyone did their best Marge Gunderson impression and collectively exhaled: “Oh, nah”. A … Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2 (A Day’s Work)

It’s Valentine’s Day 1969 and, as far as our advertising executive’s lives go, the game has changed. Struggling against their old ideals and their own success, the heavy-drinking colleagues navigate the inter-office politics with the same misunderstandings and grudges they … Read More

UK TV review: The Trip to Italy

“Rob can’t read poetry in his own voice because he lacks conviction.”

That’s Steve Coogan, playing Steve Coogan, talking about Rob Brydon, playing Rob Brydon. It’s par for the course for The Trip to Italy, the follow-up to 2010’s The … Read More

VOD TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 16 (End of the Beginning)

Agents Garrett (Bill Paxton) and Triplett are back with the S.H.I.E.L.D crew and together they are trying to track down the Clairvoyant, following three possible leads. Standing in their way is Deathlok, the man-made machine who claims Mike Peterson is … Read More

Why you should be watching Parks and Recreation

Warm, funny and irresistibly positive, this comedy never fails to make you smile.Read More

Spoiler-free TV review: Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 3 (Breaker of Chains)

“War is war, but killing a man at a wedding is horrid. What sort of monster would do such a thing?”

Episode 3 of Game of Thrones does not start well for Tyrion (Peter Dinklage). He is arrested immediately following … Read More