Prime Instant Video review: Vikings – A look back at Season 1, Episode 7, 8 and 9

When Vikings first sailed onto LOVEFiLM Instant’s shores, the comparisons to Game of Thrones were inevitable. Swords, mountains, beards, surely they were similar? But while the History Channel’s epic, written by Michael Hirst, unfolded on a smaller scale, by the … Read More

Why 30 Rock should be your next box set

Tina Fey’s sitcom is witty, self-aware and utterly joyful.Read More

UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 1

The case isn’t the crime: it’s the men trying to solve it.Read More

UK TV review: A look back at Heroes

Tim Kring’s superhero series paved the way for what was to come – a stepping stone that remains entertaining, if not super.Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 2

There are unwritten rules when it comes to Bond girls that govern the bad and the good, the ones who live and the ones who die. You would expect Sky Atlantic’s Fleming, with all its nods to 007’s canon, to … Read More

Amazon Originals Season 2: Our review of the TV show pilots

While Netflix is stealing the spotlight with House of Cards, another all-at-once release that bucks traditional TV distribution models, Amazon Prime Instant Video is breaking the mould even further by releasing a new set of pilots for Amazon Original TV … Read More

Netflix TV review: House of Cards (Season 2, Episode 2)

After the first episode’s explosive final minutes, Episode 2 of House of Cards Season 2 may seem a little slower, but make no mistake: the events of Chapter 15 are far more worrying.

How often do you see Joe Biden … Read More

Netflix UK review: House of Cards (Season 2, Episode 1)

Thundering back into the station, House of Cards – and its lead, Francis J. Underwood (Kevin Spacey) – is an unstoppable train. With a final scene that smirks as it chills and an opening scene showing how easy Frank and … Read More

VOD TV review: The 7.39 (BBC)

Written by David Nicholls, who brought us One Day and Starter for 10, The 7:39 provides an ambivalent love story between two people who share the same monotonous commute Monday to Friday.

Carl (David Morrissey) is a married father of … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Babylon (Channel 4 pilot)

Babylon. By Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. It’s telling that’s how the show is billed in its credits: a rare instance where the writers are given headline status above a director and cast. And what a director and cast it … Read More