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This month marks twenty years since the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired! Buffy is widely regarded as a high watermark in genre television, as well as rightly being considered just a well-written drama, regardless of the fact it’s got literal demons coming out of its ears. Buy the Complete Series DVD boxset on Amazon … >
Memorable TV theme tunes are a curious beast – and sadly a dying breed with many modern series abandoning the traditional opening titles sequence altogether. It’d be a shame if this trend continues – after all, who really sticks around at the end of an episode to listen to the music? A great theme tune … >
Despise schmaltz and kids singing and people learning the true meaning of the season? Of course you do, you’re only human. So while the family is crowded around the telly cooing at something heartwarming, tuck into our viewing suggestions for those who hate Christmas, and with no sign of Bad Santa, Die Hard and Gremlins… … >
Smallfilms are a peculiarly British animation studio: industrious, creative and successful but always too tiny and quaint to ever be called a powerhouse. Initially a two-man operation working out of an old barn – with Peter Firmin making models or providing traditional artwork alongside Oliver Postgate animating these elements and (in a voice that was … >
Apparently not everyone in the UK is watching Better Call Saul, the superlative prequel spin-off of Breaking Bad, so we’ve taken the liberty of addressing some of the potential reasons that you haven’t dived in yet. New episodes of the ten-part first season are available each week for streaming exclusively on Netflix every Tuesday at … >
It’s clear that the BBC have plans to make this a recurring event and so the teething problems may be ironed out subsequently but, as it stands, it was a nice day out that didn’t entirely justify the ticket price.
With Matty back, we’re finally the closest we’ll be to getting the whole gang back together by next week’s finale.
As viewers, we can’t help but notice that a lot of the gang just haven’t spent much time with each other this year, especially Liv.
Skins really is a series that should be fearless, a series that can do anything and it’s utterly gratifying to see it live up to that potential.
Franky has essentially overtaken Mini as Generation 3’s queen bitch, which is a real shame as she was one of Skins‘ all-time best creations.