After a torturously long time, HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death is reaching British shores and broadcasting on BBC2 from 4th January (with all episodes on iPlayer). One of the few shows to survive HBO’s eager axe, Our Flag Means Death was an immediate cult...
The Best of 2022: A year stacked with great television.
When it came time to compile our Best of the Year piece two things struck me. The first was that wasn't one BIG show that resonated with people in the same way Normal People and I May Destroy You did in 2020 or It's a Sin and Mare of Easttown last year. The second was...
Autumn 2022: The shows we’re really excited to see.
After a summer of sport, TV is getting its act together this autumn. Yes, the World Cup will disrupt things in November but the streamers have plenty to keep us non-footie fans occupied. Here are the shows we're looking forward to over the next few months. Minx...
The EMMY Nominations 2022
The nominations have been announced for this year's Emmy Awards. Announced by JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) the nominees represent the best of recent television. The most nominated shows were Succession with 25 nominations,...
Sarah Lancashire’s Julia to return for second season.
Sarah Lancashire is to return for a second season of HBO Max's re-telling of Julia Child's life story in Julia Executive Producers Chris Keyser and Daniel Goldfarb said, “Julia Child tends to make people happy. In a bleak world, she is a welcome balm. Making this...
The Sex Lives of The College Girls is brilliant if you can past the awkward title.
Before I can review this charming, unpredictable and warm-hearted new show from HBO Max, I have to address the title. The Sex Lives of College Girls is a terrible title for a show. It conjures up all sorts of things that, thankfully, the show doesn't go anywhere near....
HBO release trailer for spiritual sequel to The Wire ‘We Own This City’
Based on Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton’s same-named non-fiction book, We Own This City sees The Wire creators David Simon and George Pelecanos reunite for a gritty six-part series that looks at the world of crime, cops, and corruption as they chronicle the rise...
Station Eleven: Why the apocalypse is not the end of the world
If you thought you’d had it with a worldwide deadly disease then Station Eleven is keen to prove you wrong. StarzPlay’s adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel places us front and centre in a world where 99% of the Earth’s population have been wiped out by a...