Netflix renews Alice in Borderland for Season 2

Netflix has renewed Alice in Borderland for a second season.

The series, starring Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya, is based on a survival and thriller manga (originally published in Weekly Shonen Sunday S / Weekly Shonen Sunday) by Haro Aso.

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UK TV review: Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

Dawn French is brilliantly prickly in this slight but sweet tale of two authors.Read More

What’s leaving Walter Presents in December 2020?

Several years old and counting, Walter Presents continues its run of impressively curated and remarkably consistent foreign-language TV shows brought to UK screens for the first time. Hailing from countries as diverse as Japan, France, Brazil and Mexico, not to … Read More

Trailer: Traces heads to BBC One from Alibi

Crime drama Traces is heading from Alibi to BBC One this January and a new trailer gives us a teasing glimpse of the series.

The six-part series, set in Dundee, stars Molly Windsor, Laura Fraser, Jennifer Spence and Martin Compston. … Read More

Amazon inks wide-ranging deal with Jessica Simpson

Amazon Studios has joined with musician, actress, entrepreneur, and author Jessica Simpson in a unique multi-media rights deal.

Simpson’s critically-acclaimed memoir Open Book debuted at #1 in three categories of The New York Times bestseller list, and was included in Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of … Read More

VOD film review: You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Far from a dated AOL advert, Nora Ephron’s rom-com is a good old-fashioned early adopter.Read More

What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in January 2021?

As we finally bid farewell to 2020, Netflix is getting the new year off to a promising start, bringing forward the debut of Cobra Kai Season 3 to New Year’s Day.

Other Netflix original series returning include Disenchantment, Carmen … Read More

What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in January 2021?

Amazon is seeing in the new year in style, with two big new exclusives on the way. First up is Season 3 of American Gods, hoping to get the fantasy epic back on track, and hot on its heels is … Read More

Catch up TV review: Christmas Bake Off 2020, Quentin Blake’s Clown, Meet the Richardsons at Christmas

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

The best mystery shows of 2020

Nothing says “dark winter nights” like curling up with a good mystery box set. As 2020 draws to a close, our resident super-sleuth pores back over the past 12 months of TV and deduces the best puzzling, gripping and entertaining … Read More