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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 1
February 5, 2014 | David Farnor
“Everything I write has a precedent in truth.”
That’s the opening rationale behind Sky Atlantic’s Fleming, a four-part biopic of Ian Fleming. The parallels between the writer of James Bond and his fictional creation are familiar to die-hard fans of … Read More
VOD TV review: The Musketeers (BBC) – Episode 2
February 1, 2014 | David Farnor
Photo: BBC/Dusan Martincek
After last week’s pants (in all senses of the word) opener, Episode 2 of BBC’s Musketeers delivers a big surprise: it’s actually rather good. Not so terrible it’s. Actually good enough to be, well, good. O
The … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The League (Season 5)
January 21, 2014 | Andrew Jones
The League is framed around an eight-person NFL Fantasy Football League, but while that would almost seem impenetrable for the average UK viewer, the craft of good comedy is about making everyone laugh, even those confused over the more technical … Read More
VOD TV review: The Musketeers (BBC) – Episode 1
January 20, 2014 | David Farnor
Photo: BBC/Dusan Martincek
There’s no getting round it. BBC’s new sword-slashing drama The Musketeers is rather pants. In fact, pants feature rather heavily; there’s barely a scene where our heroic quartet aren’t slipping in or out of their trousers after … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3 (His Last Vow)
January 13, 2014 | David Farnor
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers.
“The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.”
It’s hard to know exactly how you would react to the news that the woman you’ve just married … Read More
Netflix TV review: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 9
January 8, 2014 | Andrew Jones
It is fair to say most comedy shows entering their ninth season start to show signs of wear and tear. After all, a lot of comedy is based on relationships that can only logically exist for a short period of … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 2 (The Sign of Three)
January 6, 2014 | David Farnor
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers.
We all know what to expect from a wedding, just as we all know what to expect from an episode of Sherlock, but The Sign of Three skipped the old, blue and borrowed and … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Holmes Season 3, Episode 1 (The Empty Hearse)
January 2, 2014 | David Farnor
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers.
How did Sherlock fake his death? The Empty Hearse, the first episode of Season Three, finally gives us some answers. In fact, it gives us three. And, along the way, throws in an appearance … Read More
Netflix TV review: Roger & Val Have Just Got In (Season 1)
January 2, 2014 | Chris Bryant
Roger (Alfred Molina), an occasionally rash, socialist botanist and Val (Dawn French), a logical, gentle food technology teacher, have just got in from work. And for half an hour after this, we’re allowed an insight into their lives. Their silly, … Read More
UK TV review: The Time of the Doctor (2013 Christmas special)
December 30, 2013 | David Farnor
“And now it’s time for one last bow, like all your other selves. 11’s hour is over now, the clock is striking 12.”
That’s the poem Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) reads to The Doctor (Matt Smith) as his finale arrives. … Read More
