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 Mrs. Wilson should be your next box set
December 27, 2018 | David FarnorRuth Wilson is superb in this moving, gripping true drama about the blurred lines between fact and fiction.Read More
BBC iPlayer TV review: The Long Song
December 23, 2018 | David FarnorSuperbly performed, this slavery drama is a refreshingly layered, consistently engaging and hugely gripping piece of television.Read More
Why you should catch up with The A List
December 23, 2018 | David FarnorGenre scares meet growing pains in this ambitious and compelling teen thriller.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Watership Down (2018)
December 22, 2018 | David FarnorSad, scary yet surprisingly fun, this beautifully judged adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel finds hope and light amid the disturbing shade.Read More
Amazon Prime Video UK TV Review: Patriot Season 2 (spoilers)
December 15, 2018 | Ian WintertonPatriot’s sophomore mission brims with dark humour, grisly violence and off-kilter dialogue.Read More
Sunderland ‘Til I Die: Sublimely agonising television
December 14, 2018 | David FarnorThis beautifully edited football documentary captures the gripping despair and heart-wrenching hope of being a sports fan.Read More
Counterpart: The best TV show of 2018 you haven’t seen
December 6, 2018 | David FarnorJ.K. Simmons dazzles in this twisting, gripping tale of spies, secret worlds and double identities.Read More
Why The Cry should be your next box set
December 1, 2018 | David FarnorThis gut-churning tale of a child’s disappearance is impeccably painful TV.Read More
UK TV review: Blood
November 25, 2018 | David FarnorAdrian Dunbar is wonderfully ambiguous in this well-acted and darkly gripping family drama.Read More
YouTube Premium TV review: Origin
November 21, 2018 | David FarnorGripping, disturbing and well acted, YouTube Premium’s glossy sci-fi horror is an impressive slice of genre telly.Read More