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.
Classic Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor, Ace and the final season
November 5, 2023 | Mark HarrisonOffering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More
The Fall of the House of Usher: A masterful tale of frightful fate
October 29, 2023 | David FarnorMike Flanagan’s deliciously dark reworking of Edgar Allan Poe is a thrilling tale of frightful fate.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Reckoning
October 24, 2023 | Helen ArcherBBC One’s sensitive but shallow Jimmy Savile drama is less of a reckoning than a biography of abuse.
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Why you should be watching Bodies
October 22, 2023 | Ivan RadfordNetflix’s ambitious time-hopping crime drama keeps you guessing and caring with every new twist.Read More
Frasier: Looking back at one of TV’s greatest sitcoms
October 22, 2023 | Martyn ConterioThe original Frasier is, quite simply, one of the greatest sitcoms ever made.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Beckham
October 15, 2023 | David FarnorThis surprisingly self-aware study of David Beckham on and off the pitch is a fun, frank and gripping watch.Read More
Why Netflix’s Lupin should be your next box set
October 1, 2023 | David FarnorThis playfully meta take on France’s gentleman thief is slick, charismatic and effortlessly cool.Read More
Classic Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord
September 10, 2023 | Mark HarrisonOffering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae
September 5, 2023 | Helen ArcherThis understated, dramatic two-parter provides some closure to one of Scotland’s longest unsolved murders.Read More
Why Fisk should be on your watchlist
August 28, 2023 | David FarnorThis unassuming Aussie comedy is a gently amusing and sharply observed treat.Read More