DOCTOR WHO, 10.2 – ‘Smile’
byIf the theme of robots becoming sentient seems familiar in “Smile”, the second episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who, then look no further…
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CLIQUE – Series One
byChildhood friends Georgia and Holly are a few weeks into studying at university in Edinburgh, when Georgia finds herself drawn into an elite circle of alpha females, led by lecturer Jude McDermid…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.1 – ‘The Pilot’
byThere’s a marvellous composition right at the start of this week’s Doctor Who that speaks volumes. As “The Pilot” begins and Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie)…
TABOO – Series One
byTaboo is the kind of show that divides people. For every person who loves it passionately (revelling in the mud, muck, and mayhem that Tom…
John Hurt: Imagination’s Victim
byI cannot say enough good things about John Hurt. What he did is just glorious. His character is so fantastic. It’s a human-being thing; your…
SHERLOCK, 4.3 – ‘The Final Problem’
byIf this is the end of Sherlock then, I have to say, so be it. In this fourth series, it has eschewed the mythology of…
SHERLOCK, 4.2 – ‘The Lying Detective’
bySherlock’s almost manic necessity for tricky narrative transition calms down a bit this week, fortunately. There are less wipes, dissolves, and multiple POVs cluttering up…
SHERLOCK, 4.1 – ‘The Six Thatchers’
byAs is customary with Sherlock, there are a lot of red herrings to wade through in “The Six Thatchers” before even a whiff of the…
6 to See this January
byWhat new movies and television shows are most deserving of your attention this month? Our editor, Dan Owen, selects his top six choices for UK audiences…
2016’s Film & TV: Our Favourites & Disappointments
byTo end 2016, some of our writers have compiled their favourite and most disappointing TV shows or movies…
DOCTOR WHO – ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’
by“The Return of Doctor Mysterio” is, as Steven Moffat has acknowledged, an homage to the superhero comics of his youth, and particularly to the Richard…
THE MISSING – Series Two
bySometimes I feel as though there are two pairs of Williams brothers: the ones who wrote brash shows like Roman’s Empire and the muddled, histrionic…