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.
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
Spooks: A look back at the BBC spy series’ best episodes
May 4, 2015 | David Farnor
From Tom to Lucas, we look back at the best episodes of the BBC’s spy series, Spooks.Read More
UK TV review: The Enfield Haunting (Episode 1)
May 3, 2015 | David Farnor
Practical effects and a convincing cast make this real haunting truly scaryRead More
UK TV review: Residue (Season 1)
April 6, 2015 | David Farnor
A promising piece of indie sci-fi with the binge-watching hook of a show with 10 times its budget.Read More
Inside No. 9 Season 1: TV’s best horror show in years
March 26, 2015 | David Farnor
Why Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s series is the BBC’s best horror show in years.Read More
Top 10 Community parody episodes
March 9, 2015 | Mark Harrison
Dan Harmon’s Community does many things well, but one of the best things it does is pop culture references. The show, ostensibly a sitcom set at Greendale Community College in Colorado, is a little reminiscent of Simon Pegg and Jessica … Read More
Why Jed Mercurio’s Critical should be your next box set
March 8, 2015 | David Farnor
24 with scalpels, Jed Mercurio’s fast-paced medical drama is a heart-stopping thrill ride.Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 5 (Crows)
February 20, 2015 | David Farnor
Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.
Whoever said Wolf Hall was boring? The ratings may have dropped for the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels, but the penultimate episode of the season is its busiest yet.
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 4
February 15, 2015 | David Farnor
Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.
Words. Words. Just words.
If Wolf Hall could be accused of anything, it’s of being over-written. Slow-paced, stuffed with characters and told in a present tense without a name for … Read More
