Matt and Dawn are back reviewing four shows available this week. On Sky Atlantic, there's glossy legal drama War, starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller, which is written by podcast favourite George Kay. The series has been heavily advertised using its two well-known...
Ben (Samuel Bottomley) loves Lill (Lara Ricote). Everyone in their friend group knows that. Ben's parents, Deb (Lucy Black) and Alan (John Thompson), love them both, taking Lil into their house so that Ben can work and save up money for their big move from Ben's...
Matt, Luke and Dawn are back aboard the TV Time Machine to look at the TV landscape of September 2001. First, the utterly charming romantic comedy drama Bob & Rose, which starred Alan Davies as a gay man whose life was turned upside down when he met and fell for a...
Despite the rise in prestige drama and comedy, it can feel that, in 2026, much of the innovation and ground-breaking television is behind us, which makes the final instalment of the documentary series 7Up all the more heart-breaking — and its contents alone could...
When HBO Max launched in the UK, Netflix lost one of its most-watched shows to the new streaming platform. That show, Friends (began in 1994 and ended in 2004) was constantly rewatched and clocked up 32.6 billion viewing minutes on the platform in a single year. I...
PICKS OF THE WEEK Saturday Night Live UK Saturday 26th September Sky One Colin From Accounts Monday 28th/Tuesday 29th September *Final Episodes* BBC Two Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Monday 28th September Sky One Last Seen Wednesday 30th September Apple TV Slow...
Matt and Dawn are back, joined by site contributor Ruthie Nugent, to review shows available this week. ITV has a new police drama starring Michelle Keegan. The Blame puts police misogyny at its centre and is actually better than the trio is expecting. Next, Channel 4...
PICKS OF THE WEEK Saturday Night Live UK Saturday 12th September Sky One Colin From Accounts Monday 14th/Tuesday 15th September BBC Two 70 Up Tuesday 15th September ITV1 Last Seen Wednesday 16th September Apple TV Slow Horses Wednesday 16th September Apple TV Dragons’...
Colin From Accounts began the most awkward meet-cute and turned into one of television's best love stories. When this decade is over, this warm-hearted and brilliantly funny Australian comedy deserves to be remembered as one of the best comedies of its...
If you didn’t know that season 7 of Slow Horses had already wrapped production, you’d be forgiven for thinking season 6 was the last hurrah for Jackson Lamb (Sir Gary Oldman) and his Slow Horses. It feels like an ovation in the theatre of Slough House as characters...
Matt, Dawn, and Luke return to review 4 shows available on platforms this week. The adorable but also brilliantly funny Australian comedy Colin From Accounts for its third and final season. The series does a clever thing to keep things fresh for the age-gap lovers...
Though TV has been rather quiet this summer, Matt was given the chance to attend the final Edinburgh TV Festival to learn about what the channels and the streamers are looking for in new commissions, as well as to preview the things they are excited for in the autumn...
PICKS OF THE WEEK 24 Hours in Police Custody Sunday 6th September Channel 4 Colin From Accounts Monday 7th/Tuesday 8th September BBC Two Last Seen Wednesday 9th September Apple TV Dragons' Den Thursday 10th September BBC One Gogglebox Friday 11th September Channel 4...
Saturday 9.00pm 9/11: The Unseen Footage 5 - The story of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks told through previously unseen footage discovered in the archives of the international news agency Reuters almost 25 years later. From journalists and first responders to...
Matt and Dawn are back to mop up the shows they've missed in a lackluster August. Beginning with the return of Ted Lasso on Apple TV. This fourth season, three years after the third, wasn't planned, and it sees Ted return to coach an all-female team, but does the new...
In the second episode of Furious (now available on Disney+), a petite woman in her early twenties (Lola Petticrew) wearing a striking wig seduces a much older man (Rob Delaney) before using a needle to administer a powerful sedative that renders him unable to move....
Saturday 9.00pm Kabul BBC Four - Subtitled French drama series. In August 2021, American troops withdraw from the Afghan capital Kabul and the Taliban return. As international personnel prepare to evacuate, the Nazany family fears retaliation and must decide whether...
I last saw Sue Johnston playing one of an ensemble of ageing actors in Channel 4’s Truelove as old friends whose meet-ups were increasing in frequency as they met at mutual friends’ funerals. It was from this bleak backdrop that the series grew into a dark reflection...
Matt and Luke are still aboard their TV Time Machine, looking back at the TV landscape of August 2001. Like in 2026, the TV isn't at its best in the summer, but we have found 4 shows to discuss, and each one is worthy of discussion. On UKTV Play, which became Dave,...
Saturday 8.35pm Paul Heaton at the BBC BBC Two - One of Britain's most prolific and successful singer-songwriters of the past four decades, Paul Heaton started his career as frontman of the Housemartins and then formed the Beautiful South. This collection of...
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Ted Lasso star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis says an “epiphany” convinced him to make the decision to revive his show, after the third season had been declared “the end”. It’s not hard to imagine that the epiphany may have...
Luke and Matt are back aboard their TV Time Machine to observe the TV landscape of August 2001. Luke is still struggling to remember what he was doing, but Matt was working at the company his dad worked for alone in an empty warehouse! On television, satirical Channel...
Saturday 7.55pm Bolero at the Proms BBC Two - Nick Mohammed is joined by Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara to present the Proms debut of the Spanish National Orchestra from the Royal Albert Hall. Under chief conductor David Afkham, the orchestra performs...
Matt and Dawn are joined by site contributor Tyler to review four new shows available on different platforms this week. Firstly, Heartstopper, a show the trio have loved, concludes with a feature-length film, Heartstopper Forever. The condensed nature of Heartstopper...