2016: Television Preview
A new year brings fresh entertainment from the world of television. To help you get over the loss of 2015 to the mists of...
DOCTOR WHO – ‘The Husbands of River Song’
[usr 3.0] When a man pops his head out of a police box door and asks a duffle-coated Matt Lucas for an opinion on...
LUTHER – Series Four
[usr 2.5] It’s been two years since we last saw DCI John Luther (Idris Elba); the dishevelled, troubled, imposing detective with a knack for...
JESSICA JONES – Season One
[usr 4.0] Whereas Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is tethered to the unfolding sprawl of Marvel’s cinematic universe (with The Avengers as elephants-in-the-room), Netflix have found a...
THE KNICK, 2.10 – ‘This is All We Are’
[usr 4.5] The Knick has always been a series that boasted a wry and dark sense of humour, which was always necessary to offset...
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL – ‘She Gets Revenge’
[usr 2.5] The high points of “She Gets Revenge” are the scenes between Liz (Denis O’Hare) and Douglas (Josh Braaten), the son she abandoned...
MR. ROBOT – Season One
[usr 5.0] There are some shows that make you sit up after the first episode and exclaim: ‘what was that I just watched?’ It’s...
THE KNICK, 2.9 – ‘Do You Remember Moon Flower?’
[usr 4.5] As has so often been the case this season, the opening shot of “Do You Remember Moon Flower?” is designed specifically to...
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL – ‘She Wants Revenge’
[usr 2.5] “She Wants Revenge” begins promisingly, with the Countess (Lady Gaga), in voiceover, making plans to rid herself of everyone but Rudolph Valentino...
TRIPPED – Series One, Episode One
[usr 2.5] The best word for E4’s newest comedy is ‘amiable’. Tripped, co-created by Jamie Mathieson (who wrote the Doctor Who episodes “Mummy on...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.10 – ‘I Live Here Now’
[usr 4.5] Here ends one of television’s finest seasons, and a remarkable achievement in terms of The Leftovers transforming itself into a more inclusive drama without...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.12 – ‘Hell Bent’
[usr 3.0] If there’s one thing that Steven Moffat’s “Hell Bent” achieves, it’s certainly not clarity. Picking up from The Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) arrival...