• TV Review – Life Story, Episode 1

    Despite being 88, David Attenborough is more productive than ever. The first episode of the BBC’s new six-part series, Life Story, is slightly more sentimental than any of his previous nature documentaries. Instead of narrating the whole way through, Attenborough is seen getting involved with the animals, most notably with a...
  • TV Review – Gotham, Episodes 1 And 2

    When ‘Gotham’ was first announced there were myriad questions raised, chief among them: is it possible to have a Batman series without Batman? The premise certainly sounded promising, allowing the audience to delve deeper into the infrastructure of Gotham (proverbially ‘looking under the hood’ of one of the most...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 2

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Troubles are brewing (when are they not?) within the CIA. Carrie (Claire Danes) is grounded on American soil but continues her investigation into former agents’ work in the Middle East. Quinn comes face to face with the pains accompanying a warrior’s homecoming. Meanwhile Saul is becoming...
  • TV Review – The Strain, Season 1, Episode 6

    Our favourite CDC investigator Dr. Eph is in trouble with the law this week, and with a solar eclipse shadowing New York City in darkness, there’s be nowhere to run from the infected… Warning: Spoilers follow! With last week’s episode “Runaways” ending with Dr. Ephraim being blamed for the death...
  • TV Review – The Apprentice, Episodes 1 and 2

    Spoiler Warning So finally, after the warm-up that was The Great British Bake Off, the true king of British reality TV has returned for 2014! Lord Sugar is back (alongside trusted aides Nick and Margar- sorry, Nick and Karen) to find an entrepreneur to go into business with. As...
  • TV Review – American Horror Story: Freak Show, Episode 2

    Welcoming us back into the twisted tale of Freak Show, American Horror Story returns with “Massacres and Matinees“, as the county police feel they need to answer the public’s question: who is the mysterious killer that’s been terrorising their little town of Jupiter? Warning: Spoilers follow! The police are going out to...
  • TV Review – The Strain, Episodes 4-5

    With the UK release of the fourth and fifth episodes, The Strain reaches its scariest senses yet, with even more frights as the infected become more sinister in presence, and higher in numbers… Warning: Spoilers follow! As the virus affects more and more people, we see more gore than before. Episode 4, “It’s...