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.
Netflix UK TV review: W/ Bob & David
November 14, 2015 | Andrew Jones
The hits and frequent and fantastic in this very funny sketch show from Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.Read More
Ridiculous, camp and OTT: Why Empire is a TV phenomenon
October 5, 2015 | Limara Salt
With Empire available to stream online, we look back at the first season of Lee Daniels’ phenomenal TV show.
It’s quite difficult to explain exactly how much of a phenomenon Empire is, but here goes. It is the number one … Read More
Why you should be watching The Last Man on Earth
September 30, 2015 | Andrew Jones
If you missed this show, it really would be the end of the world.Read More
Intelligence and compromise: Why you should be watching Borgen
September 22, 2015 | Helen Archer
Borgen – Power & Glory arrives on Netflix on 2nd June 2022. This review is of the original three seasons of Borgen.
We all know that politics can be an ugly business. This seems especially true in the UK, where … Read More
Why you should be watching Line of Duty
September 9, 2015 | Helen Archer
Jed Mercurio’s outstanding, ambiguous TV drama immerses us in the murky world of bent coppers.Read More
In defence of True Detective Season 2
August 11, 2015 | Martyn Conterio
With True Detective Season 2 now over – you can read our reviews here – one writer steps up to defend Nic Pizzolatto’s show from its critics.
True Detective is the most exciting thing to happen to television crime fiction … Read More
BBC TV review: The Clangers
June 20, 2015 | David Farnor
The gently warm-hearted animation is proof that remakes aren’t always a bad thing.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 1
June 6, 2015 | David Farnor
With Halt and Catch Fire Season 1 to 4 departing Amazon Prime on 16th October 2020, we boot up the first season of AMC’s computer drama.
Halt and Catch Fire: an early computer command that forced all instructions to compete … Read More
UK TV review: The Jinx (spoilers)
May 21, 2015 | Ivan Radford
This spoiler-filled review was first published on 21st May 2015 and is based on the final three episodes of Season 1. For a spoiler-free review based on the first three episodes, click here.
“I did not knowingly, purposely lie.”
After … Read More
Why Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell should be your next box set
May 17, 2015 | David Farnor
A bewitching piece of television with the power to make the incredible credible.Read More
