BBC Three bags triple win, as Netflix snubbed at BAFTA TV awards

BBC Three bagged a triple win at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards, on a night where voters played things surprisingly safe and traditional.

The online channel, which jumped from traditional TV to the web last year, has gone … Read More

The Crown and Fleabag rule over BAFTA TV nominations

The Crown and Fleabag rule over this year’s BAFTA TV awards, as both Netflix and BBC Three bag nominations.

Netflix’s lavish royal series marked the streaming giant’s first big move into British programming, with Left Bank Pictures producing the BBC-worthy … Read More

Wolf Hall bags double BAFTA win, as Transparent trumps Narcos

Wolf Hall bagged a double win at last night’s TV BAFTAs, as the BBC dominated proceedings.

Mark Rylance waltzed away with Leading Actor for his stunning turn as Cromwell, while director Peter Kosminsky was on hand to accept the big … Read More

Why W1A should be your next box set

“That’s all good, then,” says Ian Fletcher, Head of Values at the BBC after another unproductive group discussion. For anyone who watched mockumentary Twenty Twelve – or saw Season 1 of this Beeb-themed follow-up – Ian Fletcher’s (Hugh Bonneville) defeated … Read More

The 6 stages of watching Netflix’s Making a Murderer

Forget your Abominable Brides and your classic holiday movies – by far the best television that aired over the festive season was Netflix’s crime documentary series Making A Murderer. Certainly, people couldn’t stop talking about it, all sharing the same, … Read More

Amazon Prime Video TV review: Transparent Season 2 (Episodes 6 to 10)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers.

“What is being queer, if it’s not questioning everything?” argues Ali in the second half of Transparent Season 2. “We can make our own rules. Be open and brave.”

Gaby Hoffmann’s daughter has always been … Read More

Amazon Prime Video TV review: Transparent Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 5)

A little over a year ago, Amazon released Transparent, a show about a father who comes out as a mother to his children. We declared it the best TV series of 2014. The Golden Globes agreed with us, making it … Read More

UK TV review: Catastrophe Season 2

“Quite possibly the best comedy you’ll see all year” is how we described Season 1 of Catastrophe, which aired on Channel 4 at the beginning of the year. Now, before 2015 is over, the show has already returned for a … Read More

UK VOD TV review: This Is England ’90 (Episodes 3 and 4)

Episodes 3 and 4 of This Is England ’90, suitably titled Autumn and Winter, do exactly what many viewers expected. Where Spring and Summer displayed the boisterous bond the group feels, even when apart, the final two episodes do what … Read More

UK VOD TV review: This Is England ’90 (Episodes 1 and 2)

Beaten, bloodied and back for more, the This Is England gang return to screens to welcome in a new culture, a new life and a new decade.

Shane Meadow’s wild drama reignites in Spring 1990, and the gang aren’t … Read More