Box Sets
Looking for your next binge? Box Set reviews will tell you whether a show’s worth watching, without spoiling the end for you – a handy guide to the best TV box sets on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, DVD and more.
Why you should be watching UnREAL on Amazon Prime Video
June 19, 2016 | Helen ArcherThere is something very fitting about the fact that it was Lifetime which picked up the darkly brilliant drama UnREAL last year. The natural home of the kind of output popular with predominately female viewers – from TV movies that … Read More
Why you should be watching BBC Three’s Murder in Successville
June 16, 2016 | David FarnorThis hilarious, inventive improv crime comedy series is one of the most unique things on TV.Read More
UK TV review: Detectorists
June 1, 2016 | David FarnorDig past the tranquil surface of this gentle comedy and there’s real treasure here. Read More
Why Scream the TV series should be your next box set
May 29, 2016 | David FarnorEnjoyably familiar but surprisingly new, this spooky spin-off is undemanding fun.Read More
Top running gags from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
May 15, 2016 | Mark HarrisonUpdate: Season 15 arrives on Netflix UK on 1st February 2022
There aren’t many shows that are more than 10 seasons in and still turning out instant classic episodes on a regular basis, but as viewers of FXX’s long-running flagship … Read More
An 8-bit guide to Silicon Valley’s brilliance
May 12, 2016 | Chris BryantWhen Richard and his friends inadvertently create a world-class compression algorithm within their music app, ‘Pied Piper’, while working for Silicon Valley’s big guns, they have to decide whether to sell their work to the man or try and make … Read More
Why W1A should be your next box set
May 8, 2016 | David Farnor“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
Why iZombie should be your next box set
May 4, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis review is based on Season 1.
Early on in the first season of iZombie, The CW’s supernatural procedural show created by Veronica Mars’ Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright, a zombie acknowledges that his kind are a little played out … Read More
UK TV review: Daredevil Season 2 (Episode 12 and 13)
April 2, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers – if you haven’t seen episodes one to four, read our spoiler-free review of Daredevil Season 2.
As Season 2 of Daredevil heads into its concluding episodes, it’s clear that the showrunners are prepared to leave … Read More
Why it’s worth catching up with Kingdom (2014)
March 31, 2016 | David Farnor20 years ago, if you asked someone what “MMA” was, they’d probably recommend you talk to a doctor. Today, though, Mixed Martial Arts has become something of a phenomenon. February’s UFC London event at The O2 Arena (covered on BBC … Read More