TV Review

This is exactly what we were waiting for. Following on from last week’s Part 1 of this “Edward Mordrake” two-parter, Part 2 is everything its predecessor was not: exciting, fulfilling and full of death; indeed a great comfort after the previous disappointing chapter. Warning: Spoilers follow! With each of...

This week’s episode is a good one, with more flashbacks into Abraham Setrakian’s past with Eichorst, and even a twist that leaves us desperate for answers… Warning: Spoilers follow! We haven’t seen much of the airplane survivors recently, but this week’s “For Services Rendered” starts with the last one to...

Warning: Spoilers follow! Carrie’s off “happy hunting”, Fara tries to recruit Aayan, and on the home front, Quinn is in an alcoholic tailspin. This episode, “Shalwar Kameez”, opens with a new sequence of arty credits (sans Brody, of course), with the Middle Eastern imagery indicating the season’s overseas focus. We...

Once again we return to the biggest horror show of the year, and unfortunately, this episode just does not live up to expectation. Titled “Edward Mordrake (Part 1)” of a two-part episode, this time, as it the Halloween instalment, I imagined we would get a super scary and suspenseful 60 minutes, but the...

Spoiler Warning Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just blasted back onto our screens. And if the first episode was anything to go by, it’s going to be a great series. Although Series 1 started slowly, it found its feet after the Captain America: The Winter Soldier crossover. ‘Shadows’, the first episode...

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...

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...