●●●●○ Otis (Asa Butterfield) becomes Netflix’s answer to the sex and love columnists of teen magazines from the early noughties as he attempts to resolve his peers’ sexual struggles with the occasional help of his sex therapist mother (Gillian Anderson) … Continue reading Sex Education // Reviewed Grace Kenny takes a look at Netflix’s newest taboo-busting hit
●●●●○ If killing off Keeley Hawes halfway through a series wasn’t enough to tell you that there’s little the BBC considers sacrosanct anymore, then just look at Upstart Crow, a near-blasphemous Shakespeare sitcom which has somehow become one of the … Continue reading Upstart Crow // Reviewed The smartest Shakespearean sitcom you’ve never seen
●●●●○ Now in its fourth season, Better Call Saul continues to prove itself one of television’s best dramas. Some may once have seen the show as Breaking Bad’s awkward younger brother, an entertaining return to the world of Walter White … Continue reading Better Call Saul Season 4 // REVIEW Shady spin-off tries breaking free from Breaking Bad
●●●●○ After bidding farewell to core characters Mike Ross (Patrick Adams) and Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle), who left to pursue new jobs in Seattle at the end of season seven, Suits returned to TV screens this year for an eighth … Continue reading Suits, Season 8 // REVIEW
●○○○○ Satire, done well, offers superb critique of the subject or society, which is why Netflix’s most recent fiasco Insatiable is such a crushing disappointment. It could have followed in the footsteps of classics like Monty Python or Father Ted, … Continue reading Insatiable // Netflix’s Controversial Comedy Reviewed An Offensive Parody That Bites Off More Than it Can Chew
●●●○○ Mindy Kaling’s name listed as creator was the only thing that drew me to this new gym sitcom; normally I would have spent weeks ignoring it on Netflix’s in-your-face home screen. But I’ve been a fan of Kaling since … Continue reading Champions: Could Sitcoms Be Mindy’s Calling? This sitcom about an underperforming gym owner and his estranged son could be in better shape.
Reader, I watched Love Island so you don’t have to. (Who am I kidding? You’re all watching it too.) During my odyssey into Love Island, I, as much as anyone, was dragged into its ludicrous non-drama (if the rest of … Continue reading Love Island is a Dystopia – so why are we addicted to it? TV editor Arianne Dunne explores her love-hate relationship with telly’s latest ratings triumph
●●●●○ It only takes watching about half an episode of The Split to realise there could never have been any other title for the BBC’s glossy new divorce drama. Of course, it features a family of lawyers who specialise in … Continue reading REVIEW: The Split Abi Morgan’s layered, thematic drama is a female-led tour de force
Call the Midwife is perhaps the BBC’s most unexpected long-running series of the 2010s. A cynic might be forgiven for asking, “But who would want to tune in to a guaranteed hour of women screaming and babies crying every week, … Continue reading Crying Out for More “Call the Midwife” What “Call the Midwife” has cracked is a recipe for introducing change while appearing to stay the same.
Howard’s End E.M. Forster’s novel Howard’s End, about a trio of unconventional, wealthy orphan siblings and their collision with the more traditionalist ways of their sister’s fiancé and his family, receives a four-part miniseries in the first major adaptation of … Continue reading All The TV You Didn’t See in 2017 Lily Casson tells you what’s worth going back for.
●●●●○ Jon Bernthal’s popularity in the second series of Daredevil led to a spinoff series ordered, written, shot and released in just over one year. While the likes of Daredevil and Iron Fist always see a chance for redemption in … Continue reading Taking Care of Business: “The Punisher” More brutal than much of the MCU, The Punisher’s action sequences are slow, methodical and downright terrifying.
●●●●● Season sixteen of Project Runway celebrated models of all sizes, and this fresh inclusivity inspired creative excellence among the sixteen chosen designers. The finale saw the remaining four competitors, Margarita Alvarez, Brandon Kee, Ayana Ife and Kentaro Kameyama showcase … Continue reading Make It Work: Project Runway Season 16 Finale The finale saw the remaining four competitors showcase their collections at New York Fashion Week, which succeeded in not only embracing plus-sized models, but also the culture and heritage of the diverse four.