Catch up TV reviews: What British Muslims Really Think, River Monsters, Scott & Bailey, Tower Block

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 … Read More

PewDiePie passes 43m subscribers as YouTube growth continues

PewDiePie now has more than 43 million subscribers on YouTube. Already the most popular channel on the whole site, Swedish gamer Felix Kjellberg isn’t about to lose that title any time soon – but he also now represents a growing … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 2 (Not in Scotland Anymore)

This is a spoiler-free review. Come back after the episode’s release for additional, spoilery notes.

The title of Outlander Season 2’s second episode promises new horizons – and it certainly delivers on those fronts. Well, in the bedroom department, anyway. … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 9 (Nailed)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Will he? Won’t he? That’s been the question Better Call Saul has left us asking for the whole of its first two seasons – at what point will Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) finally become Saul Goodman? … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Natural Born Pranksters

Director: Roman Atwood, Ben Pluimer Cast: Roman Atwood, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Dennis Roady Certificate: 15 Watch Natural Born Pranksters online in the UK: Netflix UK / YouTube / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV … Read More

VOD film review: Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Director: Peter Greenaway Cast: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti Certificate: 18 Watch Eisenstein in Guanajuato online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / BFI Player / Sky Store

How do you edit a film about Eisenstein? Don’t … Read More

Interview: Hirokazu Koreeda on Our Little Sister

In a modern age where mainstream directors often seem to be competing to see who can blow the biggest thing up, Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda has made an art of conquering tiny things.

His latest, Our Little Sister (read our … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (16th April)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Nosferatu the … Read More

Record growth for UKTV as broadcaster invests in original content

UK TV has announced a significant leap in revenue, ratings and programme investment in the last year.

The UK’s broadcasting network delivered 9.31 per cent SOCI across 2015, putting it ahead of the Channel 5 portfolio (9.27 per cent) and … Read More

Is Amazon about to take on UK pay-TV providers?

Amazon may be about to take on UK pay-TV providers with its own streaming network.

SVOD services and pay-TV providers, such as Sky or Virgin, have often been thought of as rivals to each other. Recent figures from Barb, though, … Read More