Why you should be watching Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

Season 3 premieres on 9th July 2024. This mini review is based on Season 1 and was originally published as part of a BBC Three reviews column.

Rising star Awkwafina (real name Nora Lum) plays Nora Lin, a fictionalised … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Ratched

“I wish I got to Mildred Ratched before the world got to her,” remarks someone halfway through Ratched, Netflix’s prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. If that sentence made you do a double-take, this brazen, bloody piece of … Read More

Criminal Season 2 review: Brilliantly simple, rivetingly complex

Netflix’s superbly acted, sharply streamlined crime procedural is rivetingly complex telly.Read More

Classic Doctor Who: The Peter Cushing Dalek movies

Offering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More

Catch up TV review: Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club, James Nesbitt: A Game of Two Halves, All Creatures Great and Small

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Duchess

Katherine Ryan takes her bold, unapologetic persona into the real world with this uneven sitcom.Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: Outcry

This tough-to-watch documentary is a reminder that wrongful conviction can happen to anyone.Read More

Why Away should be your next box set

Netflix’s open-hearted space voyage is a winningly old-school ensemble drama.Read More

First look UK TV review: The Boys Season 2

The Boys are back and they’re more sharply satirical and unsubtly entertaining than ever.Read More

UK TV review: Two Weeks to Live

Maisie Williams playing a seemingly harmless but secretly deadly young woman? It’s easy to see the appeal of Two Weeks to Live, Sky One’s new thriller that gives the Game of Thrones star a leading role in her own series. … Read More