Top 10 TV shows and movies on BBC iPlayer (Thursday 13th November)

The Fall

Season 2 of The Fall starts tonight, with Gillian Anderson reprising her role as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, who’s continuing her increasingly desperate hunt for the serial murderer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan). But if you missed BBC Two’s … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain (Season 1, Episode 9)

How do you follow a claustrophobic hour of tense TV? Expand outwards – and risk undoing all of that suspense. Episode 9 does just that – and, sure enough, the excitement wriggles away like a weird vampiric worm offered a … Read More

Preview: The Newsroom Season 3 available to watch online in the UK tonight

Aaron Sorkin fans rejoice, because The Newsroom Season 3 UK premiere is tonight on Sky Atlantic at 10pm.

The quick-witted and fast-paced drama from the quick-witted and fast-paced creator of The West Wing stars Emmy winner Jeff Daniels and Emily … Read More

Vimeo On Demand webseries review: High Maintenance (Season 2)

Breathe a relaxed sigh: High Maintenance has returned for a second season. The webseries follows a pot dealer on his rounds in Brooklyn. A comedy about weed? It might sound like a dumb stoner show, but cast aside your low … Read More

The future of online advertising? Channel 4 launches first programmatic VOD ads in battle with YouTube

Channel 4 will offer Europe’s first programmatic VOD ads next year.

The announcement, made at Channel 4’s Upfront 2015 event, sees the broadcaster make its first big step into the UK VOD advertising landscape, offering advertisers a digital marketplace to … Read More

VOD film review: Super Mario Bros

Director: Rocky Morton, Anabel Jankel Cast: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper Certificate: PG Watch Super Mario Bros online: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Nintendo’s only ever venture into … Read More

Trailer: Lilyhammer Season 3 lands on Netflix on 21st November

Season 3 of Lilyhammer lands on Netflix on Friday 21st November – and now we have a trailer to give us a first glimpse.

The comedy drama, which was picked up by Netflix following its debut on the BBC in … Read More

Vodafone to launch UK TV service in 2015

Vodafone will launch its own TV and broadband service in 2015.

The communications firm will use BT infrastructure and its own business fibre network to provide the service.

No details have yet been announced about pricing or content for the … Read More

Netflix updates iPhone app to 1080p

Netflix has updated its app for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

The app, released yesterday, will upgrades the streaming service’s video to 1080p resolution for the new iOS devices – good news for those who bought the new phone … Read More

Ridley Scott and Alex Gibney join Amazon 2015 pilots line-up

Ridley Scott, Alex Gibney, Shawn Ryan and Rufus Sewell are all joining Amazon’s new line-up of TV pilots for 2015.

The fourth season of Amazon’s pilots, which will arrive early next year, will feature a record seven TV series, from … Read More