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.
True Crime Tuesdays: 24 Hours in Police Custody
November 9, 2021 | Helen Archer
And so we come to the end of the 12th season of 24 Hours in Police Custody, Channel 4’s series that goes behind the scenes at Luton police station, following Bedfordshire cops as they investigate increasingly harrowing crimes. Over the … Read More
UK TV review: Back to Life Season 2
November 7, 2021 | Helen Archer
Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon’s comedy-drama gets deeper and darker in this subtle, moving and funny second season.Read More
Only Murders in the Building: Dissecting the Season 1 finale
October 31, 2021 | Brendon Connelly
Warning: This contains spoilers for Season 1 of Only Murders in the Building. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review here.
Only Murders in the Building is one of the best TV shows I have ever seen. Could it have … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
October 26, 2021 | Helen Archer
This speculation-heavy series falls into the same traps of sensationalism and voyeurism that it attempts to criticise.Read More
Why Netflix’s Black Space should be your next box set
October 24, 2021 | Helen Archer
Israel has been producing some interesting drama of late. From False Flags to Fauda – which the BDS urged viewers to boycott – much of its output involves controversial yet fascinating insights into inhabiting a society with a backdrop of … Read More
First look UK TV review: Succession Season 3
October 18, 2021 | David Farnor
Jesse Armstrong’s exquisitely crafted tragicomedy goes full beast in this funny, scathing and human third chapter.Read More
First look TV review: You Season 3
October 17, 2021 | David Farnor
You shakes up its formula with an ambitious third season that balances trashy thrills with domestic chills.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Good Girls Season 4
October 17, 2021 | Sophie Davies
This review contains spoilers. Not caught up? Read our Season 1 review here.
In its fourth and unexpectedly final season, Good Girls is kept afloat by its charismatic leads, but the storytelling feels repetitive. Although the finale teases a … Read More
Apple TV+ review: Ted Lasso Season 2 (spoilers)
October 12, 2021 | David Farnor
Apple’s funny, thoughtful football series scores some surprising serious points in its confident second season.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Bambers: Murder at the Farm
October 12, 2021 | Helen Archer
This balanced, thorough and engrossing documentary deserves to be the last word on the White House Farm murders.Read More
