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.
Why Halt and Catch Fire should be your next box set
May 18, 2025 | David Farnor
This was originally published in October 2020.
“Computers aren’t the thing. They’re the thing that gets us to the thing.”
Halt and Catch Fire. It’s possibly the least catchy name for a TV show, with even the meaning behind it … Read More
Why Love, Death + Robots should be on your watchlist
May 15, 2025 | Luke Channell
Netflix’s dark sci-fi anthology is full of enthralling narratives and visual wonder – and some gratuitous nudity.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
May 13, 2025 | Helen Archer
This urgent four-part series is a long overdue corrective to a grave injustice.Read More
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light: A profound, thoughtful conclusion
May 11, 2025 | Ivan Radford
Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis are exceptional in this profound, thoughtful conclusion to Thomas Cromwell’s story.Read More
The Four Seasons: Hilarious and heartfelt
May 11, 2025 | Ivan Radford
Steve Carell, Colman Domingo and Tina Fey shine in this hilarious, heartfelt comedy about the messy, flawed relationships between three couples.Read More
Black Mirror review: Season 7, Episode 4 (Plaything)
April 24, 2025 | David Farnor
Questions of connection and control collide in this brain-scrambling mystery thriller anchored by an intense Peter Capaldi.Read More
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini: Fast-paced and more-ish
April 22, 2025 | Helen Archer
This fast-paced and more-ish three-part documentary exposes the narcissistic void at the heart of modern-day hoaxers.Read More
Black Mirror review: Season 7, Episode 2 (Bête Noire)
April 22, 2025 | David Farnor
This sharp, intimate tale of truth and lies is fiendishly disorienting thriller.Read More
Black Mirror review: Season 7, Episode 1 (Common People)
April 21, 2025 | David Farnor
Black Mirror’s seventh season begins with a bleak, moving and timely comment on the subscription economy.Read More
Top TV box sets to binge watch right now
April 20, 2025 | VOD News
Weekends. Bank Holidays. Half-terms. Christmas. Whatever the reason for you being indoors, TV shows are one of the best cures for having time to fill. From comedy to mystery, sci-fi to crime thrillers, British to French programmes and fantasy to … Read More
