Soulmates review: Black Mirror-esque series is intriguing but hollow
An anthology series from a writer of the hit dystopian show explores the dark implications of a soulmate test in a show that favors ambition over intimacy
April 2019
Killing Eve fans in UK may have to wait months to watch season two
Series will premiere in US on BBC America, with no date set for British broadcast
December 2018
2018 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: the full list
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s femme fatale takes the top spot, above political high camp, breakneck drama and the water-cooler hit of the decade
June 2018
TV review
The Terror review – ships, souls and spirits are crushed in the Arctic
The final two episodes of this horror series captured in all its brutality the physical and mental hell of a real-life attempt to find the Northwest Passage
March 2018
Stub it out: Netflix criticised for too many smoking scenes
Anti-smoking group finds streaming giant’s shows feature twice as many cigarettes and ‘tobacco incidents’ as traditional TV channels
November 2017
2017 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2017: 50-1
The countdown reaches its peak with a sci-fi dystopia that chimed with the real threat of Donald Trump, followed closely by superlative police drama, true-crime milestones, peril at sea, and the comic adventures in wrestling
April 2017
Brosnan's back! Why we should celebrate the shouty former Bond's return
His post-007 career hasn’t flourished, but finally Brosnan might have found the perfect role: an angry patriarch who likes to yell at the top of his voice
December 2016
BBC and ITV to launch BritBox on-demand service in US
Broadcasters aim for international Netflix-style platform for British shows such as EastEnders and Silent Witness
October 2016
Halt and Catch Fire: not Mad Men in the 80s, but so much better
The third season signed off with a leap into the 90s and an episode full of arguments about technology that were really about something much deeper
August 2016
Halt and Catch Fire: on the set of the best show on TV (that no one is watching)
We get a behind-the-scenes look at the show that’s been dubbed the heir apparent to Mad Men and has reinvented the dark ‘anti-hero’ drama
July 2016
Preacher: episode by episode
Preacher recap: season one, episode eight – El Valero
We don’t get the big confrontation we were promised at the end of last week’s episode, but we do find out that Jesse is pretty handy with a rifle
June 2016
Bob Odenkirk to play New York Times journalist David Carr in new miniseries
Carr, whose memoir The Night Of The Gun provides the basis of the new AMC show, will be played by the Better Call Saul actor in a six-part drama
Preacher: episode by episode
Preacher recap: season one, episode two – See
Cassidy has stolen the church’s wine, Jesse deals with temptation and The Saint of Killers might have made his first appearance. Preacher is heating up.
David Schwimmer: 'I’m drawn to characters that are broken and in pain'
The Friends star’s new vehicle Feed The Beast gives him the chance to show off his darker side – and it just might be the next big Scandinavian adaptation
January 2016
TV and radio blog
Preacher's AMC makeover gives fans reason to hope
Seth Rogen gave fans more clues about the direction he is taking Preacher, but will too many ‘surprises’ spoil to tale of God and some guy called Arseface
November 2015
Brian Moylan's having an episode
Into the Badlands: slavery sci-fi with a kung fu edge that's unlike anything else
AMC’s new show is set in a post-apocalyptic America where barons rule, heavily choreographed fight scenes are plentiful and grindhouse meets arthouse
October 2015
Fear the Walking Dead: episode by episode
Fear the Walking Dead finale: season one, episode six – The Good Man
In the season finale, everyone has to pay for their misdeeds as Maddie, Travis and Daniel try to save their families
September 2015
Breaking Bad network chief calls using data to pick shows a ‘disaster’
TV and radio blog
Summer TV catch-up: Mr Robot, Halt and Catch Fire and more hits you missed
August 2015
Fear the Walking Dead: episode by episode
Fear the Walking Dead season one, episode one: Pilot – recap
This companion piece for AMC’s ratings monster the Walking Dead gives fans an origin story that’s full of the same addictive brand of guts, gore and gloom
