Read James’ Take on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part Four here. For a show that was so strongly written in previous seasons, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part Four serves as a disappointing conclusion. Just when we think Sabrina Spellman’s (Kiernan Shipka) life is heading towards normality, our preconceptions are challenged, and not for […]Read More
This programme contains flash cars, big watches, and fake… At the end of November, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden called for more to be done to protect the reputation of the royal family after the release of the latest series of Netflix drama The Crown. The show has created some increasingly bad press for the royal […]Read More
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, rumours have begun to emerge that season three of fan-favourite Amazon Prime series The Boys has begun filming. Fans of the darkly comic superhero series The Boys, which presents a more likely picture of how arrogant ‘Supes’ (superheroes) might coexist alongside the rest of us, finally have cause to hope […]Read More
Amidst rising rates of Covid-19, filming of the live auditions stages for series fifteen of the ITV reality competition show Britain’s Got Talent has been postponed. This follows the news that three members of the production team testing positive for coronavirus in October 2020, which raised concerns about the safety of the show’s filming, and halted the […]Read More
As pubs and theatres closed, social events cancelled, and millions of workers furloughed this year, many of us turned to our trusty small screens for entertainment. BBC News viewing figures shot up, as Brits sought out the comforting familiarity of Huw Edward’s dulcet Welsh tones. Streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ saw their membership and […]Read More
Customers in the UK will see an increase on their monthly subscription month from February, the streaming giant has said. The Standard Plan, which is the most popular, will rise from £8.99 to £9.99 monthly. This package allows users to watch on two screens at once and also allows for HD viewing. The Premium Package […]Read More
In early December, Netflix released a teaser trailer for their latest 2021 series, Fate: the Winx Saga. Given the title, viewers were immediately drawn to the reboot of the beloved 2000’s cartoon The Winx Club that focused on five teenage fairies attending Alfea School to hone their skills and save the universe. The showrunner of the reboot, Brian […]Read More
The BBC are set to broadcast educational programmes for children during lockdown on BBC Two and CBBC. Starting on Monday 11 January, children will be able to access a wide range of programmes ranging from Science and Maths to English and History. This comes as Boris Johnson announced on Monday that all schools in England […]Read More
Read Eddie’s Take on ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ here. 2021 began with a bang with the return of Doctor Who. In The Revolution of Daleks, the Doctor, her “fam” (Yaz, Ryan, and Graham) are up against the deadliest enemy in the universe – the Daleks! Joined by a few familiar faces, it’s up to them […]Read More
Read Orla’s Take on ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ here. It’s certainly a pleasure to usher in another year with a new episode of Doctor Who, something that has become a custom over the past few years. Following the controversial series twelve finale, ‘The Timeless Children’, the pressure was on for Chibnall to deliver an exciting […]Read More
BBC’s Ghosts first premiered in spring 2019, receiving rave reviews, and the second series has been no different. Written by the stars of Horrible Histories and Yonderland, Laurence Rickard, Mathew Baynton, Ben Willbond, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby and Martha Howe-Douglas, and directed by Tom Kingsley, Ghosts is clearly the product of a well-oiled machine. The […]Read More
I think it’s safe to say that Sesame Street is one of, if not the most iconic kid’s shows ever made. Even if you didn’t grow up with it, you probably know about it in one way or another. With an iconic cast of lovable, colourful characters and over 50 years of educational broadcasting under […]Read More
Read our review of I May Destroy You here. Naively, these last five to seven years, I thought Black representation in television had gotten better. I even wrote an opinion piece in 2014 about how exciting it was to see streaming services like Netflix and Amazon thrive, due to their inclusivity. I wasn’t completely wrong, […]Read More
Is there something about the cold weather and the dark nights that make us yearn for the petticoat-wearing, ball-dancing, etiquette-minding past? The darkening months are synonymous with Poldark and Downton Abbey but a new, sexier period drama has risen to take their place. Based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, Bridgerton is Netflix’s first series made […]Read More
Christmas came early for Marvel geeks as Disney’s Investor Day unleashed a tonne of announcements and updates, including a first look at multiple exciting up-coming MCU shows. This included the much-anticipated and long-awaited Marvel series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier which, originally, was set to premiere in August this year. Now expected to debut […]Read More
