“Gently hilarious”: Fisk review
Fisk is one of those rare sitcoms that manages to be hilarious without ever making you feel mean for laughing. The comedy is gentle but legitimately funny, and all three series of the show are...
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The best TV and streaming premieres: September 2025
It's that time of the month when we tell you which programs you can't miss on streaming platforms and TV networks. Luckily, small-screen lovers are about to have a great audiovisual feast this...
Prime Video’s 5 most exciting international series to watch right now
With series such as Reacher, The Boys, and The Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime Video offers a wide range of content for all tastes. While American productions make up the majority of its offerings,...
Great Adaptations: Richard Sharpe on screen
Welcome to this month’s Great Adaptations, where this month we're talking about heroes, specifically the kind of heroes who seem to be able to handle anything. Not the unlikely heroes, or the...
In defence of guilty-pleasure TV
The phrase "guilty pleasure" has become so embedded in our vocabulary that we don’t often stop to question what it actually means. When we describe our television viewing habits – or, for that...
The best TV and streaming premieres: August 2025
If you're looking for your next streaming fix and wondering which series you should watch in August, we are here with our selection of the most anticipated returns on the small screen. August 2025...
“Terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West”: Untamed has been renewed
Netflix’s Untamed has just been renewed for a second season, which is terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West. When it came out, I was surprised to read some...
Why you should read ‘The Testaments’ if you have watched ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
After the finale of The Handmaid’s Tale this year, it didn’t take long for disappointment to surface on social media, with some viewers calling the last episode “awful.” However, that...
The 8 best TV shows of 2025 so far
TV in the first half of the 2025 has been wonderfully fruitful. There has been a little bit of everything, from dark comedies and teen dramas, to post-apocalyptic adaptations and heartwarming family...
The Last Of Us season two crashed and burned
This week, it was announced that Neil Druckmann will be stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us series to focus on his work for Naughty Dog. Some background in case you are not aware: Druckmann and...