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: 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
Why you should be watching Bosch
February 12, 2015 | Neil Brazier
A gritty, realistic cop drama that grabs your attention from the off.Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 3
February 8, 2015 | David Farnor
Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.
1531. Two years have passed since our last visit to Wolf Hall and the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel has become bolder, almost Tarantino-esque in its entertainment. Here, between … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 2
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor
Read our reviews of each episode of Season 1 here.
“There’s a conversation I shouldn’t have had.”
That’s Cromwell, after talking to his sister-in-law (Saskia Reeves) in a typically dark room. It’s a key turning point in the BBC’s adaptation … Read More
Why you should be watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Netflix UK
January 15, 2015 | Nathanael Smith
With Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 arriving on Netflix UK on 28th March, we look back at the first season – and where you can watch it online.
The American sitcom formula has been fairly easy since Friends. Take a group … Read More
Looking back at Broadchurch Season 1
January 4, 2015 | David Farnor
We take a spoiler-free look back at Broadchurch Season 1 – and where to watch it online.
(Click here for a spoiler-filled recap.)
“I can’t be outside. I don’t want to be.”
That’s DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) to DI … Read More
The spooky true tales behind American Horror Story
October 25, 2014 | Alice Slater
We pick apart the true events behind one of TV’s spookiest series.
Peppered with intertextuality drawn from both fact and fiction, American Horror Story is an anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the chaps responsible for the … Read More
Why you should catch up with Peaky Blinders
September 16, 2014 | Chris Bryant
From its very first season, this BBC gangster drama is an uncompromising, graceful success.Read More
Lost: How a plane crash changed television
September 7, 2014 | Neil Brazier
We look back at Lost’s legacy and how it changed the face of modern TV.
Lost changed TV when it was first released in September 2004. Now, as we celebrate its 10 year anniversary, the series has finally joined the … Read More
UK TV review: Utopia Season 2
August 14, 2014 | David Farnor
This contains spoilers for Season 1 of Utopia and mild spoilers for Season 2. Not caught up? See our spoiler-free review here.
“If you really wanted to save the environment, you wouldn’t have had that child,” grins a sinister fellow … Read More
